The Lu Lac Political Letter

• The LuLac Edition #1037, Dec. 14th, 2009

  PHOTO: NEW SYMBOL OF SENATE DEMOCRATS
  
  CHICKENING OUT!!!!
  
  Distressful news tonight from Washington, the U.S. Senate Democrats, you know the ones with the 60 vote majority are going to drop the Medicare plan to insure people without insurance 55 and older. This is a [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 9:01pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1036, Dec. 13th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: 13 QUESTIONS LOGO.
  
  13 QUESTIONS
  
  1. I SAW YOU ON TV 44 WITH THE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM AND WITH THE WILK CROWD. WHY DID YOU THROW SOFTBALL QUESTIONS TO EACH PANEL?
  
  I DON’T THINK THE HEALTH CARE PEOPLE [...]
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  Posted: December 13, 2009, 12:00am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1035, Dec. 12th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: OUR INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  Had the opportunity this week to talk with a seasonal employee. This fellow works part time as a mall Santa and since it is the season, we thought we’d ask him a few questions.
  Q: Why [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2009, 4:22pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1034, Dec.11th, 2009

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: HERE IS A PHOTO OF CONGRESSMAN KANJORSKI SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE PASSAGE [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 5:39pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1033, Dec. 9th, 2009

  Number of comments: 7
  PHOTO INDEX: MAYOR LOU BARLETTA OF HAZLETON.
  
  BARLETTA IN
  
  Ending a long period of speculation, Mayor Lou Barletta of Hazleton entered the Congressional race in the 11th district for a third time. He sent out this communication to his base.
  After [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 6:47pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1028, Dec. 8th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: COMPOSITE PHOTO OF WILKES BARRE AREA SCHOOL BOARD.
  
  NO SHAME
  
  The Wilkes Barre Area School Board voted 6-1 to renominate incumbent President Frank Pizzella as President. Pizzella is under investigation in the county corruption probe. His cronies on the board [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:39am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1031, Dec. 7th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: THE INTERIOR OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, PITTSTON, THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND AN EXTERIOR SHOT OF THE RECTORY.
  
  FLATTENED
  I got a call from my good friend David D. last night. The [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:16pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1030, Dec. 6th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: THE GREAT $195.00 PER PERSON AIRPORT PARTY. (PHOTO FROM THE TIMES LEADER).
  
  WERE YOU THERE?
  
  Were you at the great airport party of a few years back? It occurred to me as I scanned this photo that there were more [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 4:59pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1029, Dec. 5th, 2009

  Number of comments: 1
  PHOTO INDEX: OUR INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  This week another Judge went down in the corruption scandal in Luzerne County. I had the opportunity to talk to a former law enforcement professional about the scandal.
  Q: How long were you on the job?
  [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 4:31pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1028, Dec. 4th, 2009

  Number of comments: 8
  
  PHOTO INDEX: JEFF PIAZZA AND JOE COSGROVE.
  SONS AND FATHERS
  Fathers will always try to do right by their sons. Giving them guidance and purpose in life. When a father has a son, the son carries the unfulfilled dreams of the [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:43pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1027, Dec. 4th, 2009

  Number of comments: 12
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: STATE REPRESENTATIVE EDDIE DAY PASHINSKI, THE WILK TALKERS NANCY KMAN, KEVIN LYNN, SUE HENRY AND STEVE CORBETT, A SUNSHINE SUPERMARKET AD FROM 45 YEARS AGO (CLICK TO ENLARGE [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:01am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1026, Dec. 2nd, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: INFORMATION ON ENERGY FAIR FROM SENATOR BOB MELLOW (CLICK AD TO ENLARGE) AND SOON TO BE FORMER LUZERNE COUNTY JUDGE MICHAEL TOOLE.
  TOOLE TO GO
  Luzerne County Judge Michael Toole has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 7:58pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1025, Dec. 1st, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: THE FLAG OF AFGHANISTAN.
  
  A RISKY MOVE
  
  Here’s what I like about the Obama Foreign policy move on Afghanistan. The President has given full consideration and study to the issue. I have a feeling that his foreign policy style is incremental. [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 1:06pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1024, Nov. 30th, 2009

  WOULD YOU LEAVE THIS WOMAN AT 2:25AM????
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: MRS. TIGER WOODS AND LABOR AND INDUSTRY LOGO.
  
  TIGER BY THE TAIL
  
  Okay, when I heard the Tiger Woods story the first thing I thought of was the [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:16pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1023, Nov. 29th, 2009

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: THE STOOGES IN TUXES, THIS BLOG EDITOR IN HIS FORMAL WEAR/RESTROOM ATTENDANT UNIFORM, LACKAWANNA COUNTY COMMISSIONER A.J. [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 3:43pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1022, Nov. 28th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: OUR INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  With Black Friday over, I had the opportunity to talk to a sales associate that worked the day.
  Q: Are you tired?
  A: Not body wise but mentally yes. A lot of pressure because people want [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 12:31am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1021, Nov. 27th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: GOVERNOR ED RENDELL AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE EDDIE DAY PASHINSKI, THE GUY IN THE TRENCH COAT WITH THE CAMEL IN THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE IS MY LATE UNCLE TIMMY PRIBULA AND OUR 1964 [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 1:05am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1020, Nov. 26th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: THE THANKSGIVING TURKEY.
  
  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
  
  To all of my readers, I hope you have the joy of family, feast and fun on this truly American holiday. And if you are going to cook your turkey, do it in an oven. [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:32am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1019, Nov. 25th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: 1969 LOGO AND AIRLINE.
  
  THANKSGIVING TRAVEL
  So most Americans will travel today by car than by airplane. Why?
  1. There are less flights available.
  2. The airlines have nickeled and dimed travelers to death with charges on [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 3:48pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1018, Nov. 24th 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: WISCONSIN CONGRESSMAN DAVID OBEY.
  
  THE EDWIN STARR TAX
  
  Rep. David Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat and the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, is the latest lawmaker to call for a new tax aimed at the rich to pay for a troop [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:37pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1017, Nov. 23rd, 2009

  Number of comments: 6
  
  PHOTO INDEX: KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVES SECRETARY AND CONGRESSMAN PAUL KANJORSKI.
  
  KANJO GETS RUSHED
  WILK has a Rush Limbaugh feature on every morning at 7:25AM. Usually the little snippet borders on the ephemeral. The fact is it is [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:50pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1016, Nov. 22nd, 2009

  Number of comments: 17
  
  PHOTO INDEX: OUR HEALTH CARE REFORM LOGO, LUZERNE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
  "I’D FAINT DEAD AWAY"
  A classmate of mine at LCCC and I were talking about the recent doings at the Courthouse. Everyday she is in stunned wonderment about who will be [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:23am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1015, Nov. 22nd, 2009

  Number of comments: 0
  PHOTO INDEX: JFK IN DALLAS MOMENTS BEFORE HIS DEATH.
  
  46 YEARS AGO TODAY...........
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:18am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1014, Nov. 21st, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: OUR INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  With Thanksgiving coming up we had a chance to sit down with a person who volunteers to serve turkey dinner to the elderly and poor people in Lackawanna County.
  Q: How did you get started doing [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:10am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1013, Nov. 20th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: SATURDAY EVENING POST COVER OF BOBBY KENNEDY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
  
  BOBBY AT 84
  
  If Bobby Kennedy had lived he would've been celebrating his 84th birthday today. As time goes on, at least for my generation, the wound has yet to' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:24pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1012, Nov. 19th, 2009

  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: TAXMAN LOGO, 11TH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE COREY O'BRIEN AND FAMILY, FORMER ELECTED PRESIDENT AL GORE AND OUR 1964 LOGO.
  UNDER THE DOME
  Things are really heating up' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:56pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1011, Nov. 18th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: HEALTH REFORM LOGO.
  
  MONEY, WAR AND HEALTH
  
  I think it is hysterical how the Senate GOP members, sensible men like Lamar Alexander question the need for Health Care Reform by saying that it will cost too much money and that the [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:54pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1010, Nov. 17th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: GOVERNOR ED RENDELL IN SCRANTON (PHOTO FROM SCRANTON TIMES) AND PATIENT GETTING MAMMOGRAM.
  THE “ED” TOUR
  Governor Ed Rendell blew through Northeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday and as usual he made some news. The Governor went from Scranton to Hazleton [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:41pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1009, Nov. 16th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: CITY WIDE TOW OPERATOR BOB KADLUBOSKI.
  
  BATMAN AND ME
  I first met Bob Kadluboski in the mid 90s when he was towing my car out of the Times Leader parking lot. I was there for a job interview and as I [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:29pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1008, Nov. 15th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: SARAH PALIN NEWSWEEK COVER.
  
  FACING THE MUSIC
  
  If you were in a time warp, you would think that John Perzel was attending a high power meeting at the State Capitol as he has done hundreds of times. Not so on Friday [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:32pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1007, Nov. 14th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: OUR INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  The recent hearings on PCN TV, the newspaper coverage of the Judicial scandal and the charges against a former county official prompted this discussion with an out of town transplant. This time I answered the questions.
  [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 4:41pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1006, Nov. 13th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: CHILDREN'S HEALTH PHOTO, LUZERNE COUNTY COMMISSION LOGO (COURTESY OF PITTSTON POLITICS.COM) AND OUR 1964 LOGO.
  CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE
  
  Amid a tough economy, and with more people losing medical benefits, another health' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:37pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1005, Nov. 13th, 2009

  Number of comments: 17
  
  PHOTO INDEX: 13 QUESTIONS LOGO.
  
  13 QUESTIONS
  
  1. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE ’09 LOCAL ELECTIONS?
  AS I SAID ON WYLN TV ELECTION NIGHT AND ON SUE HENRY’S SHOW, IT WAS A SPLIT DECISION. I THINK THE DEMOCRATS SHOWED THEIR REGISTRATION SUPERIORITY [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:08am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1004, Nov. 12th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL TOM CORBETT AT THIS AFTERNOON'S BONUS GATE PART 2 NEWS CONFERENCE, FORMER STATE HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN PERZEL AND WILKES BARRE DEMOCRATIC POWER BROKER AND JOBHOLDER BILL BRACE.
  BIG FISH-LITTLE FISH[...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:07pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1003, Nov. 11th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: DR. JOE LEONARDI: NOW AND THEN.
  
  STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
  STATE OF FITNESS
  
  Thursday night at 7PM, TV 44, WVIA TV will present a program on Childhood Obesity. One of the guests will be a frequent poster to this site and [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:33pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1002, Nov. 10th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: VETERAN SALUTING THE FLAG.
  VETERAN'S DAY
  To all of the veteran's from all of the wars, we thank you for your sacrifice. Here are a few Veteran's Day TV events you might want to consider: Secrets of the Dead," PBS,'" [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 5:24pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1,001, Nov. 10th, 2009

  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: FORMER DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE SENATOR JOE LIEBERMAN AND SCRANTON MAYOR CHRIS DOHERTY.
  DOHERTY IN
  Mayor Chris Doherty is apparently in with both feet for the Governor of Pennsylvania. Doherty is set to make an announcement Tuesday. [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:00am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #1,000, Nov. 9th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: OUR 1,000 EDITIONS LOGOS.
  1,000!!!!!
  Today we reach Edition #1,000. Hard to believe. This on line endeavor has taken us on many journeys. We’ve met many of our readers and posters. Our opportunity to reach people has been magnified [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:17am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #999, Nov. 8th, 2009

  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: THE ARENA AT CASEY PLAZA, FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN BLAUM, THIS BLOG EDITOR WITH THE LATE GOVERNOR AND ARENA PATRON ROBERT CASEY SENIOR AND OUR HEALTH [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 12:01am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #998, Nov. 7th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: OUR INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  So with the New York Yankees winning the World Series for the first time in nine years, it was time to celebrate. Now I am not a Yankee fan, I’m an Indian fan but I follow [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:20am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #997, Nov. 6th, 2009

  Number of comments: 9
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR TOM KNOX, OUR 1964 LOGO AND OUR RECAP LOGO.
  
  ELECTION BLOWBACK
  The dust is settling on Campaign 2009 and there are a few questions people are asking [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:07am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #996, Nov. 4th, 2009

  Number of comments: 26
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: THE WYLN TV 35 ELECTION NIGHT CREW, HOST DON PACHANCE, YOUR BLOG EDITOR, POLITICAL PUNDIT JOE ZOBA, KIM ZBORAY ANCHOR AND ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR AND L.A. TARONE, NEWS DIRECTOR. IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:31am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #995, Nov. 3rd, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: OUR VOTE LOGO.
  
  ELECTION DAY
  
  
  You know the drill, try to think before you vote. Cast your ballot, make your choice. Good luck and God speed. It's now up to you. Just do it. VOTE!
  
  MUSIC TO VOTE' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:27am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #994, Nov. 2nd, 2009

  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: SUPREME COURT CANDIDATES JANE ORIE MELVIN AND JACK PANELLA, DON PACHANCE, AL ZOBA, THIS BLOG EDITOR AND LUZERNE COUNTY COMMISSIONER MARY ANNE PETRILLA ON THE SET OF WYLN TV 35 AND A FEW [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 3:58pm EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #993, Nov. 1st, 2009

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: BLOG EDITOR WITH JUDGE PETER PAUL OLSZEWSKI JUNIOR, JUDGE THOMAS BURKE, BLOG [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 1:25am EST
  

• The LuLac Edition #992, Oct. 31st, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: OUR INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  As Election Day draws near I had the opportunity to talk with an 88 year old man who has been voting in almost every election since the 40s. Met him as I was putting my monthly supply [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 11:24am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #991, Oct. 30th, 2009

  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: OUR 1964 LOGO, LULAC CONTROLLER'S DEBATE PHOTO FEATURING BOB MORGAN, WALTER GRIFFITH AND WIL TOOLE MENTIONED IN THIS EDITION, IAN EDWARDS OF WILKES BARRE AND THE NEW CURRENCY' [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 6:29pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #990, Oct. 29th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: OUR VOTE LOGO.
  
  BY POPULAR REQUEST
  
  Since Monday night we have had many requests to upload the video of our Controller's debate the other night at Bentley's. Wow, we must have a lot of policy wonks out there. By request, in its [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 2:28pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #989, Oct. 29th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: ROW OFFICER CANDIDATES AT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS FORUM AT KING'S, IN PHOTO ONE, CONTROLLER CANDIDATES DEMOCRAT BOB MORGAN AND INDEPENDENT WIL TOOLE (SEATED) STANDING REPUBLICAN PROTHONOTARY HOPEFUL CAROLEE MEDICO OLINGINSKI, GOP CONTENDER' [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 12:39am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #988, Oct. 28th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEDX: JUDICIAL CANDIDATE WILLIAM AMESBURY, AND THE FINAL BIG 3 IN THE JUDICIAL RACE, RICHARD HUGHES, TINA POLACHEK GARTLEY AND WILLIAM AMESBURY.
  ENDORSEMENT QUESTION
  The Citizen's Voice endorsed the Judicial candidates on Monday. The paper like its neighbor' [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 10:20am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #987, Oct. 27th, 2009

  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: TINA POLACHEK GARTLEY AT WILKES, THE CANDIDATE WITH STUDENTS ATTENDING THE EVENT, A CROWD SHOT OF THE EVENT AND THIS BLOG EDITOR, LUZERNE COUNTY CONTROLLER CANDIDATES DEMOCRAT [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 1:08pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #986, Oct. 26th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: LULAC EDITOR AND CANDIDATES FOR LUZERNE COUNTY CONTROLLER BOB MORGAN, WALTER GRIFFITH AND WIL TOOLE. BLOG EDITOR TALKING POLITICAL GOSPEL PIE WITH ACTIVIST AND ATTENDEE CHARLIE HUTCHKO, AND A PARTIAL SHOT OF THE CROWD.
  [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 11:42pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #985, Oct. 26th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: ENTRANCE TO BENTLEY'S THE SIGHT OF THE LULAC CONTROLLER'S DEBATE, THIRD DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR TERRY BEST AND DORTHEA BEST ALONG WITH PARTY WORKER AT EVENT, PART OF THE CROWD AT THE THIRD [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:31am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #984, Oct. 25th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: THE PRESIDENT AND HIS DOG.
  
  TONE DEAF
  
  This is a small news story but might be indicative of the tone deafness that seems to permeate the White House these days. The First Family’s dog recently celebrated his first birthday. The [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 9:03am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #983, Oct. 24th, 2009

  Number of comments: 2
  PHOTO INDEX: OUR INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  This week Vic Mizzy died. He wrote the TV themes from The Addams family and “Green Acres”. Ne of my posters asked the ultimate question, Eva or Zsa Zsa? Turns out that all three of the [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 9:16am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #982, Oct. 23rd, 2009

  Number of comments: 8
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: STATE SUPREME COURT JUDICIAL CANDIDATE JANE ORIE MELVIN, OUR 1964 LOGO AND SCRANTON WRITE IN MAYORAL HOPEFUL GARY DEBILIO.
  
  WHAT DOES HARHUT WANT?
  A story in the Scranton Times implied that [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:02am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #981, Oct. 21st, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: OUR DEBATE LOGO AND GOP LOGO.
  DEBATE WEEK IN WILKES BARRE
  Ever hear of Football Night in America? How about debate week in Wilkes Barre. Next week starting on Monday Luzerne County residents can have three informational [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 3:32pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #980, Oct.20th, 2009

  Number of comments: 8
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN MICKEY MANTLE'S 78TH BIRTHDAY. HERE I AM WITH A VISIBLY ANNOYED MICK CARRYING A BIRTHDAY CAKE PRESENTED TO HIM AT A CARD SHOW AT THE COAL STREET ICE' [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 11:41am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #979, Oct. 19th, 2009

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: SENATOR BOB MELLOW, LUZERNE COUNTY CONTROLLR CANDIDATES WALTER GRIFFITH JUNIOR, ROBERT MORGAN AND WIL TOOLE.
  
  CONTROLLER'S FORUM
  One week from' [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 4:37pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #978, Oct. 18th, 2009

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: FRANK CASTELLANO, CANDIDATE FOR LACKAWANNA COUNTY COMMON PLEAS JUDGE AND TINA POLACHEK GARTLEY, CANDIDATE FOR LUZERNE COUNTY JUDGE.
  TINA GARTLEY, COZY?
  I have been doing a lot [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 1:57pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #977, Oct. 17th, 2009

  Number of comments: 0
  PHOTO INDEX: INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  This week I had the opportunity to talk with a young professional who immigrated to this country from the Soviet Union in the late 1990s. Her thoughts on America were interesting.
  Q: When you moved here where [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 1:13pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #976, Oct. 16th, 2009

  Number of comments: 15
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: LUZERNE COUNTY JUDICIAL CANDIDATES RICHARD HUGHES, TINA POLACHEK GARTLEY AND WILLIAM AMESBURY. IN SECOND PHOTO AMESBURY, HUGHES AND POLACHEK GARTLEY [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 12:00am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #975, Oct. 15th, 2009

  Number of comments: 1
  
  PHOTO INDEX: WILKES BARRE AREA SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE HARRY HAAS AND SAM TROY, RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT FOR THE BOARD.
  
  LULAC FORUM FINALIZED
  The LuLac Political Letter will be holding a political forum for candidates for Luzerne County Controller Monday night, [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 6:56am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #974, Oct. 14th, 2009

  Number of comments: 7
  PHOTO INDEX: NUMBER 1 RATED WILK TALKERS SUE HENRY, STEVE CORBETT, BLOG EDITOR, NANCY KMAN AND KEVIN LYNN AND ATTORNEY RICHARD HUGHES. (HUGHES PHOTO FROM TIMES LEADER).
  
  THE BIGGEST LOSERS
  
  Wonder statistically who were the biggest losers in the [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 2:13pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #973, Oct. 13th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: 13 QUESTIONS LOGO.
  
  13 QUESTIONS
  
  1. IF YOU WERE A DEMOCRAT LIKE DOHERTY OR WAGNER, HOW WOULD YOU POSITION YOURSELF FOR A RUN AS GOVERNOR SUCCEEDING A GOVERNOR LIKE ED RENDELL?
  
  THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 12:34am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #972, Oct. 11th, 2009

  Number of comments: 10
  
  PHOTO INDEX: FARM FRESH PRODUCE AND PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR.
  WHAT’S ONLY RIGHT
  When I was a kid sometimes my dad would bring home a dozen ears of corn or a cabbage from a farm that was [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 11:29am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #971, Oct. 10th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  This week I had a conversation with a representative from the Coca Cola company who was loading up an empty machine.
  Q: How many times a day you do this?
  A: Depends on the demand. This is [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 2:57pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #970, Oct. 9th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: OUR DEBATE LOGO, OUR 1964 LOGO AND THE LOGO FOR THE NEW COMMONWEALTH MEDICAL COLLEGE.
  
  CONTROLLER DEBATE SET
  The LuLac Political Letter will be holding a political forum Monday October 26th from [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 5:38am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #969, Oct. 8th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: JUDGE TERESA SARMINA CANDIDATE FOR SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE AND TINA POLACHEK GARTLEY CANDIDATE FOR LUZERNE COUNTY JUDGE, TINA AND HE DAD IN SECOND PHOTO (TERRY BEST IS TO THE RIGHT OF TINA IN [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 1:31am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #968, Oct. 8th, 20099

  
  PHOTO INDEX: LUZERNE COUNTY BUDGET DIRECTOR TOM PRIBULA AND ACTING CONTROLLER A.J. MARTINELLI IN THE MIDST OF BUDGET HEARINGS. (PHOTOS FROM TIMES LEADER).
  
  WORRIED MEN!!!
  
  Many people ask me what I miss most about my broadcast days. Mostly [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 1:11am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #977, Oct. 7th, 2009

  Number of comments: 4
  PHOTO INDEX: MONEY TREE. NOTE: NOT AVAILABLE TO BUDGET DIRECTOR TOM PRIBULA OR CONTROLLER CANDIDATES.
  
  CONTROLLER'S RACE
  
  MORGAN EMERGES
  
  Bob Morgan's campaign, the Democrat running for Luzerne County Controller surfaced this week in the form of billboards all throughout the county. [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 2:05pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #966, Oct. 6th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: CONGRESSMAN PAUL KANJORSKI, "REDI KILOWATT" AND DEMOCRATIC HOPEFUL DAN ONORATO.
  WOMEN'S HEALTH ED
  Our two U.S. Senators are taking aim at improving women's access to a medical education. Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 11:39am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #965, Oct. 5th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: COREY O'BRIEN HARD AT WORK ON HIS MINI BUS AS HE CAMPAIGNS IN THE 11TH DISTRICT AND GOP LOGO.
  THE GOP FIRST
  
  The First District Republican Committee representing Lower Luzerne County announces the launch of their new' [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 8:42pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #964, Oct. 4th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS CHRISTINE McLAUGHLIN, JUDICIAL CANDIDATE TINA POLACHEK GARTLEY AND BLOG EDITOR, GOVERNOR RENDELL AND '64 PHILLIES CAPS.
  POLACHEK GARTLEY EVENTS
  Two events on tap this week for candidate Tina' [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 10:18am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #963, Oct. 3rd, 2009

  Number of comments: 9
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: 1964 PHILLIES CAPS, 11TH CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE COREY O'BRIEN ON THE STEPS OF HIS MULTI FUNCTIONAL, MULTI MEDIA CAMPAIGN BUS, O'BRIEN TALKING TO THE MEDIA AND O'BRIEN WORKING THE' [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 8:08pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #962, Oct. 3rd, 2009

  Number of comments: 7
  PHOTO INDEX: OUR INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  I had the opportunity to talk with a professional secretary who moved to the area three years ago from upstate New York. She is somewhat politically aware because her father was on the periphery of [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 1:45pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #961, Oct. 2nd, 2009

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: 1964 PHILLIES LOGO, MARGIE AND HUGHES SIGNAGE AND OUR 1964 LOGO.
  
  FUNDRAISERS
  
  HUGHES FOR JUDGE
  
  Hughes fr Luzerne County Judge, Cocktail PartyDate: [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 3:49am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #960, Oct. 1st, 2009

  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: 1964 PHILLIES HATS, POLITICOS SHOWING UP AT COURTHOUSE 100th BIRTHDAY: MARY JO GRIFFITH, WALTER GRIFFITH, GOP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RENITA FENNICK AND HAZLETON'S KATHY DOBASH AND TINA POLACHEK GARTLEY AND HUSBAND SCOTT GARTLEY. TINA' [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 8:22am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #959, Sept. 30th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: LACKAWANNA COUNTY COMMISSIONER COREY O'BRIEN AND 1964 PHILLIES HATS.
  O’BRIEN TO ANNOUNCE
  In an e mail this afternoon Corey O’Brien Lackawanna County Commissioner has said he’ll make an announcement about his political plans this Saturday at 10AM at his' [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 2:53pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #958, Sept. 29th, 2009

  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: BLOG EDITOR WITH JOHNNY CALLISON, MVP OF 1964 ALL STAR GAME, LUZERNE GOP CHAIR TERRY CASEY AND INDEPENDENT CONTROLLER CANDIDATE WIL TOOLE.
  TOOLE ON TAXES
  
  Independent Controller candidate Wil Toole wrote [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 7:12pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #957, Sept. 28th, 2009

  
  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: TOP 3 PHOTOS ARE SHOTS OF THE 6TH DISTRICT TAILGATE PARTY HELD AT GOP HEADQUARTERS ON SOUTH MAIN STREET WILKES BARRE, WALTER GRIFFITH, JIM O'MEARA AND RICHARD' [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 5:16pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #956, Sept. 27th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: JUDGE PETER PAUL OLSZEWSKI, JUNIOR (PHOTO EDITED FROM TIMES SHAMROCK) AND THIS BLOG EDITOR WITH JIM BUNNING, (CIRCA 1983).
  
  ABOUT PETER PAUL
  I was prepared to publish the photo of Judge Peter Paul Olszewski, Junior that was [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2009, 10:25am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #955, Sept. 26th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: THE GREEN BERET, PHILLIES UTILITY MAN COOKIE ROJAS AND BLOG EDITOR.
  
  A VET’S VET
  
  Much is made of the fact that many of the WWII greatest generation are passing on. Sadly the men who fought the fight [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 2:47pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #954, Sept. 26th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: THE LULAC INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  This week a few incumbent Judges Peter Paul Olszewski Junior and Thomas Burke went on “Corbett” and said they had no inkling that something was amiss on the third floor of the Luzerne County Courthouse. [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 3:38am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #953, Sept. 25th, 2009

  Number of comments: 9
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: OUR 1964 LOGO, THE BLOG EDITOR AND '64 PHILLIE TONY GONZALEZ, AND THE COVER OF THE WARREN COMMISSION REPORT RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1964.
  DOING THE CHEW
  
  The brain trusts in' [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 12:01am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #952, Sept. 24th, 2009

  Number of comments: 11
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: 1964 PHILLIES CAPS, WIL TOOLE FOR CONTROLLER SIGN BEFORE AND AFTER.
  
  SIGNS SIGNS
  Apparently Wil Toole has his up and downs in the signage department. First off we have to apologize for [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 12:30am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #951, Sept. 23rd, 2009

  Number of comments: 5
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: COVER OF DR. DAN KOPEN'S BOOK ON HEALTH CARE, 1964 PHILLIES CAP AND DR. DAN KOPEN (PHOTO FROM TIMES LEADER).
  COMMON SENSE & HEALTH CARE
  Those' [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 1:51am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #950, Sept. 22nd, 2009

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: 1964 PHILLIES HAT, GOP LOGO, LUZERNE COUNTY JUDGES TOM BURKE AND PETER PAUL OLSZEWSKI.
  
  JUDGES [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 9:31am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #949, Sept. 21st, 2009

  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: BLOG EDITOR AND PHILLIES PITCHER ART MAHAFFEY 1984, WALTER GRIFFITH CARD AND WIL TOOLE SIGN. GRIFFITH IS THE GOP CANDIDATE FOR LUZERNE COUNTY CONTROLLER WHILE TOOLE IS LAUNCHING AN INDEPENDENT EFFORT.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 2:25pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #948, Sept. 20th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: THE WILKES BARRE CALL CENTER NOW BELONGING TO WILKES UNIVERSITY AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY KATHLEEN SIBELIUS.
  
  10 YEARS AGO
  Ten years ago today I walked into the Call Center on South Main Street in Wilkes [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 2:37pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #947, Sept. 19th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  With the wake of still another school director charge of bribery this week I thought this conversation would be appropriate. I touched base with an old friend who happens to be an educator in another part of [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 12:28pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #946, Sept. 19th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: BLOG EDITOR WITH LACKAWANNA COUNTY COMMISSIONER COREY O'BRIEN AND REPRESENTATIVE TODD EACHUS WITH GOVERNOR RENDELL.
  
  BUDGET DONE..FINALLY
  Gov. Ed Rendell and a few legislators from both sides of the aisle announced a deal on a $27.9 billion' [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 12:18am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #945, Sept. 17th, 2009

  
  
  
  
  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: OUR 1964 LOGO, EX GOVERNOR TOM RIDGE, BETWEEN JIM FITZGERALD AND THIS BLOG EDITOR, THE GUIDING LIGHT LOGOAND THE LATE MARY TRAVERS CIRCA 1980s.
  [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 2:08pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #944, Sept. 17th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: OUR "GET READY FOR BAUCUS HEALTH CARE REFORM" LOGO.
  
  "BEND OVER" BAUCUS
  
  For a guy who has been toiling over the Health Care bill for months now, Senator Max Baucus pretty much accomplished one thing: he pleased no one with [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 12:54am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #943, Sept. 16th, 2009

  
  PHOTO INDEX: OUR HEALTH CARE REFORM LOGO AND ATTORNEY RICHARD HUGHES.
  PA. REPORT ON HEALTH CARE
  Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new analysis of last week’s U.S. Census numbers regarding the uninsured. The results are sobering [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 7:45pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #942, Sept. 15th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: WILKES BARRE AREA SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT FRANK PIZZELLA. (PHOTO TIMES LEADER).
  
  PIZZELLA PINCHED
  
  The Times Leader Online edition is reportinmg that Wilkes Barre Area School Board head Frank Pizzella has been indicted. Here's the report:
  A federal grand jury' [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 5:35pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #941, Sept. 15th, 2009

  
  
  PHOTO INDEX: A CRACKED ACORN AND FROM THE TIMES LEADER FORMER JUDGES CONAHAN AND CIAVARELLA IN COURT TUESDAY.
  M&M's IN COURT
  Ex Luzerne County judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella entered pleas of not guilty to charges contained in [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 2:30pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #940, Sept. 14th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: OUR HEALT CARE REFORM LOGO.
  
  DOCTOR DOCTOR
  
  The recent debate over health care has created quite a furor in this country. Opponents to the Health Care Reform are using phrases like “we want our country back” and “don’t take away [...]
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 3:17pm EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #939, Sept. 13th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: 13 QUESTIONS LOGO.
  
  13 QUESTIONS
  
  1. DO YOU THINK THE 911 CEREMONIES HAVE BEEN MORE SUBDUED THE LAST FEW YEARS?
  
  NO, I THINK THEY ARE SOMBER AND APPROPRIATE. AS WE VIEW MORE TIME IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR THOUGH IT [...]
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  Posted: September 13, 2009, 12:44am EDT
  

• The LuLac Edition #938, Sept. 12th, 2009

  PHOTO INDEX: OUR INTERVIEW LOGO.
  
  INTERVIEW
  
  This is a posthumous interview that I have kept in my files since Sept. 15th, 2001. The subject was related to me by marriage, was a proud native New Yorker plus an ex Marine to boot. [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2009, 2:34pm EDT