Harrisburg School District ranked dead last in the state.

Harrisburg School District drowning in debt and fiscal irresponsibility.

Murders, shootings, muggings, thefts daily.

Property taxes increased 17%.

Millions in loans on the backs of taxpayers to pay for a Money Pit of a trash incinerator that was doomed from the start.

Water rates increased despite …

There are too many links on the right side of this page, and I can’t seem to stop adding.
It’s because of stuff like this from The Onion:
“WASHINGTON, DC—New data from the U.S. Commerce Department show that rich, buttery goodness beat out automobiles, timber, and crispety-crunchitiness as the country’s most valuable commodity in fiscal [...]

Sue reported today that the Blue Bistro will be opening in the former Jackie Blue location along 2nd St in Midtown. The new web site is www.bluewinebar.com and they offer a free drink coupon for registering on their site.
The coupon says it expires June 30, 2007 so I would imagine they will be opening [...]

Well, not really…but it might as well be.

Just got the Harrisburg Hello Newsletter- put out by the Downtown Improvement District weekly.

In the newsletter, they announced that Our city is once again showing it’s ineptitude to book a decent day of music on its own.

Here’s the gist of things-

The City is …

“Gonna walk around and drink some more”

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jD2NwYxmeE

The candidates endorsed by Mayor Stephen R. Reed have been granted a recount in the Democratic race for the Harrisburg City Council.
Source 

I sincerely hope that Gloria Martin Roberts, Susan Brown Wilson and Kia Hansard call for their own recount as well.

“Harrisburg: Shenanigan City USA”

(nice ring to it…and hell, we’ve got …

If you missed it, Sue Gleiter did a neat piece today on professional tasters, local people with palates educated to the nuances of coffee, cookies, wine and … ice cream.
Jeez, that takes me back. When I was in high school, I worked one summer at Hershey Ice Cream on Cameron Street. It was 15 minutes [...]