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By floor9 on Jun 30, 2009 in Budget Impasse, Politics | 40 Comments
Note: This is part of a series of posts detailing the 2009 Pennsylvania budget impasse. To see all posts in this series, click here.
Pennsylvania’s annual budget impasse (2009 edition) is well underway. Today, June 30th, is the deadline for a budget to be passed as per state law. Naturally, our legislature and governor are all [...]
By floor9 on Jun 25, 2009 in Budget Impasse, Central PA, Politics | 19 Comments
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 labor [...]
By floor9 on Jun 12, 2009 in Central PA, Politics | 1 Comment
With an impending budget impasse, AFSCME — the union to which most Pennsylvania civil service employees pay dues, regardless of whether they’re a member or not — has come forward in full support of its members with guns a-blazin’. Earlier this week, AFSCME finally updated their website to reference the impending stop-pay scenario with helpful [...]
By floor9 on May 14, 2009 in Politics | 5 Comments
Once again, our fearless leaders have warned us that they may fail to pass a budget this year. What’s different this time around is that instead of furloughing non-critical state employees, Governor Ed Rendell has assured all of us that we will continue to report to work no matter what happens. Only, we won’t get [...]
By floor9 on Nov 4, 2008 in Politics | Comments Off
Just two quick notes before I head off for celebrations, as our 2008 presidential election draws to a close.
By floor9 on Oct 2, 2008 in Politics | Comments Off
One of the funniest regulars on Twitter is @FakeSarahPalin. If you’re not following her, you’ll want to start immediately; she just announced that she’ll be liveTweeting tonight’s VP debate.
This is America and I will *not* debate with a French moderator ESPECIALLY THE ONE THEY NAMED THE IFILL TOWER AFTER
CINDY JUST TOLD HER ACCOUNTANT TO [...]
By floor9 on Jun 24, 2008 in Central PA, Politics | 2 Comments
Here’s an idea: Can we make the legislators — ALL OF THEM — eligible for furlough if the budget doesn’t pass?
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