Posted on 27 February 2009 by Jersey
By now, most of you are aware that Eric Papenfuse made a pretty heavy allegation against Mayor Steven Reed and John Lavenda at his city-council-candidacy-announcement/press conference at the forthcoming Midtown Scholar Bookstore last night.
And certainly, most of you have likely read the commentary by Patriot News crime reporter Matthew Kemeny on either PennLive or in [...]
Tags: Lavenda, Papenfuse, Politics, Reed, Reporting
Posted on 08 September 2008 by jerseym
Dear Barak Obama Campaign Volunteers,
I’m writing this letter today to let you know a couple of things.
The first thing I’d like for (all of) you to know is that I am, certainly, definitely, without-a-doubt registered to vote. Please quit stopping me in the street and arbitrary, non-political locations like parks and walking paths [...]
Tags: Election, Obama
Posted on 08 September 2008 by BB
Just for the heck of it …In a Linglestown TV special report, BB offers a solution for coming to a decision on which presidential ticket to vote for in Nov. 4 election.
Tags: Election
Posted on 06 September 2008 by Central PA Gazelle
(HARRISBURG) - Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, has been hired to push alcohol to young people, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, Chairman Patrick “P.J.” Stapleton announced today.
The pregnant teen (at left in photo) was chosen due to what Stapleton called her “proven and impressive track record as a booze hound.”
Stapleton said he hoped a
Tags: Humor, LCB, Palin
Posted on 15 August 2008 by Central PA Gazelle
(HARRISBURG) - State House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese was seen standing alone today on the floor of a darkened and otherwise vacant Pennsylvania House of Representatives delivering a speech in which he called upon himself to resign.
“In light of the fact that nearly everyone I’ve dealt closely with in the past couple years has been indicted or probably will be soon, I urge myself to do the
Tags: Bill DeWeese, Humor
Posted on 11 August 2008 by Daniel Victor
According to a news release from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, local residents would “welcome John McCain to Harrisburg by unveiling a new video called ‘Jobs’ at a press event.” As the reporter who covers local Obama events and issues, I was dispatched.
I quickly realized it wasn’t much of a story. The room consisted of two [...]
Tags: Media, Obama, Politics, Reporting
Posted on 22 July 2008 by jerseym
*Note: I’m posting this because I agree wholeheartedly with what is contained within the text- but more importantly, I sincerely hope it gets read and not deleted from that horrible forum. Kudos, AzzVicking, for posting this:
Because of Steve Reed’s attitude, I usually don’t respond to his machinations, but this time I’ll make an exception. I [...]
Tags: PennLive, Reed