Job Creating With Tom Corbett: Private Jet Tax Loophole Edition

Why Not Eliminate the State House Altogether?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jon | Discuss this post |

Eric Boehm says there’s some life in the movement to shrink the state House from 203 members to 153 members: Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellany, State Government

Rendell Slams Corbett’s Food Stamp Asset Test

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jon | Discuss this post |

God I miss Ed Rendell: Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellany

Piggie of the Week Robert Patterson Leaves Office on Tuesday

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jon | Discuss this post |

Yesterday the Inquirer reported that despite *resigning*, semen evangelist Robert Patterson was actually still employed by the Department of Public Welfare and hadn’t left office yet. Continue reading →

Posted in Health

Patrick Murphy Opposes Mortgage Settlement

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jon | Discuss this post |

The Murphy campaign sends over a HuffPo op-ed Patrick Murphy wrote opposing the pending mortgage settlement back in December. Here’s the key bit: Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 - Election or End-of-days?, Corruption

The “5K” Plan for Municipal Consolidation

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jon | 2 Comments |

What if Harrisburg passed a law stating that only political jurisdictions with 5000 people or more will be recognized as legal municipalities after 2015? Continue reading →

Posted in Environment and Energy Tagged Municipal Consolidation

Where Do Dem AG Candidates Stand on the Mortgage Settlement?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jon | 1 Comment |

All the Democratic Attorneys General I like think the mortgage settlement goes too easy on the banks, and would interfere with important investigations into the foreclosure fraud issue. Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellany

Why Not Let Beer Distributors Sell Marijuana

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jon | 3 Comments |

Mark Kleiman’s students at UCLA have devised an ingenious plan for taxing and regulating marijuana at the state level that won’t provoke a massive federal crackdown.

Hope this finds its way to Daylin. Full summary of the plan is after the jump. Continue reading →

Posted in The Economy Tagged drug policy, marijuana

Occupy Electoral Politics

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jon | Discuss this post |

Randy LoBasso says Allyson Schwartz is getting a challenger from Occupy Philly: Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 - Election or End-of-days?

PA Supreme Court Throws Out State Legislature Maps

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Jake Sternberger | 3 Comments |

I have not had a chance to read the court’s majority opinion yet, but this is great news via The Republic: (UPDATE: The court order was released. Link is below.)

A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court is invalidating a plan to redraw district lines for seats in the state House and Senate, calling the redistricting approach “contrary to law.”
The justices voted 4-3 to send the plan back to the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, and the majority said their opinion in the case would be released later. Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Miscellany, Open Government