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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Why Not Eliminate the State House Altogether?
Eric Boehm says there’s some life in the movement to shrink the state House from 203 members to 153 members:
Posted in Miscellany, State Government
Piggie of the Week Robert Patterson Leaves Office on Tuesday
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.
Posted in Health
Patrick Murphy Opposes Mortgage Settlement
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:
Posted in 2012 - Election or End-of-days?, Corruption
The “5K” Plan for Municipal Consolidation
What if Harrisburg passed a law stating that only political jurisdictions with 5000 people or more will be recognized as legal municipalities after 2015?
Where Do Dem AG Candidates Stand on the Mortgage Settlement?
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.
Posted in Miscellany
Why Not Let Beer Distributors Sell Marijuana
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 … More after the jump
Occupy Electoral Politics
Randy LoBasso says Allyson Schwartz is getting a challenger from Occupy Philly:
Posted in 2012 - Election or End-of-days?
PA Supreme Court Throws Out State Legislature Maps
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 … More after the jump
Posted in Elections, Miscellany, Open Government
Job Creating With Tom Corbett: Private Jet Tax Loophole Edition
Samantha Melamed says Tom Corbett is trying to play us for a bunch of suckers:
Posted in Budget/Taxes/Spending, The Economy
