The last two weeks have seen a lot of cheering* and celebration* over the passing* of the 2010 Pennsylvania Budget. This is good* news because unlike last year’s disaster, not a single state agency was forced to alter operations and not a single state employee was forced to work without pay. Now that the budget [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Central PA’
January 9, 2010
Tweetup: Choice of Venue?
January’s Central PA Tweetup is scheduled, as always, for the third Wednesday of the month. That means we’ll be getting together on 1/20/10 around 7pm to hang out, drink beer, and — if you’ve never been to one before — meet your fellow area Tweeps face-to-face. We’ve been doing these things for a while now. [...]
August 1, 2009
Don't Reset The Main
Apologies for the lack of updates this weekend. I’ve had my hands full with personal matters. Among other problems, my house almost burned down Thursday afternoon:
July 8, 2009
I Just Joined Integrity Bank
I’ve spent the better part of the past two weeks searching for a replacement bank. I went into branches, called customer service numbers, asked the same questions of different employees, and asked friends & coworkers for advice. I’m pretty sure I compared all the locals (Mid Penn, Members 1st, Centric, etc), regionals (PNC, Citizens), and [...]
June 25, 2009
Pennsylvania Budget Impasse '09: Part II
Note: This is part of a series of posts detailing the 2009 Pennsylvania budget impasse. To see all posts in this series, click here. An anonymous source just forwarded me a very interesting email concerning Pennsylvania’s threat to require its employees to work with delayed pay. While it’s already been fairly well established that federal [...]
June 15, 2009
Metro Bank Harrisburg: An Example in Failure
UPDATE 3: If you’re having trouble with Metro Bank, I’ve added another post detailing how to file a formal complaint and how to make sure your complaint is effective. UPDATE 4: The Consumerist has linked to my story. Thanks, guys! Since Metro Bank isn’t paying attention to individual consumers, maybe some nationwide bad publicity will [...]
June 13, 2009
My Call to Labor & Industry
In case you’ve had your head under a rock for the past two months, Pennsylvania is about to violate federal labor law by demanding that its employees come to work without pay. Governor Ed Rendell has stated that employees are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, but the United States Supreme Court has a [...]
