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• Home Rule on the way

  —Gort42

  Luzerne County’s Government Study Commission unanimously voted Wednesday to take the next step and draft a proposed home rule charter.
  
  I liked the last plan.
  
  
  
  Panel unanimously votes for home rule
  
  The challenge is to get a new charter on the ballot [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 2:05am EST
  

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• Luzerne County Commissioner: corrupt Judge pressured her…

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  Luzerne County Commissioner: corrupt Judge pressured her…

  HEATED WORDS AT HEARING…

  
  

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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 5:19pm EST
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• Barletta is running again

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  Borys is reporting that Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta will try to knock off long time Democratic Congressman Paul Kanjorski in the Pennsylvania 11th District. This will be his third try to win the seat. I got an email from the Luzerne County GOP telling me that he [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:25am EST
  

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• Conahan threatened Petrilla

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  “His final words to me were, ‘Maryanne, if you do this, you’re finished." Luzerne County Commissioner Maryanne Petrilla
  
  
  TL: Luzerne County Commissioner Chairwoman Maryanne Petrilla told the Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice on Tuesday that former county Judge Michael Conahan personally called her in early 2008 to" [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 2:33am EST
  

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

  —The Lu Lac Political Letter

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

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  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
  

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• More complaints from Carolee

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  Picking up where she left off in her first term as Prothonotary Carolee Medico Olenginski last week was complaining about the rug in her office.
  
  Now she is upsetting the new found unity of the Luzerne County Republican Party saying the organization should [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 3:11am EST
  

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

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  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 [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 7:58pm EST
  

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

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  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 [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 7:58pm EST
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• 20 and counting

  —Gort42

  To no one's surprise Luzerne County Judge Michael Toole has copped a plea. We have speculating about this since last spring and it was just a matter of time after he announced that he was taking a vacation 2 weeks ago.
  
  
  WILKES-BARRE - Luzerne County Judge' [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 2:12pm EST
  

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• Luzerne County Judge Michael Toole charged with honest services fraud…

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  Luzerne County Judge Michael Toole charged with honest services fraud…

  DA submits juvenile case list to reprosecute…

  
  

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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 12:41pm EST
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• New GOP Web site

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  This just in...Luzerne County GOPAs far as I'm concerned, a marked improvement. Then again, the newly-reconstituted Republican Party in this county is a marked improvement of the no-show party of the recent past.Later' [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:53pm EST
  

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• Untangling the web

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  "I just look at the little tab that has my name next to them and I sign them.- Luzerne County Commissioner Greg Skrepenak
  
  
  Mike Buffer has great rundown of the latest web of deceit that we call Luzerne County government in the Citizens Voice today.
  
  The" [...]

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 5:37pm EST
  

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• Luzerne County Spokesperson

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  The job has been vacant since Kathy Bozinski got dumped in a cost cutting move a few years ago but I heard a rumor that the position will be filled in the near future.
  
  
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 5:11pm EST
  

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• Taxpayers blast Luzerne County Commissioners for failing to detect corruption, contemplating property tax hike…

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  Taxpayers blast Luzerne County Commissioners for failing to detect corruption, contemplating property tax hike…

  
  

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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 1:37pm EST
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• The LuLac Edition #1016, Nov. 22nd, 2009

  —The Lu Lac Political Letter

  
  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 [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:23am EST
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• The LuLac Edition #1016, Nov. 22nd, 2009

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  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 [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:23am EST
  

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• This week in Luzerne County corruption

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  Poor Skrep, many of his friends have been indicted or are under investigation or quit. He must be a lonely guy. It's no wonder that he doesn't show up for work at the Courthouse unless there is a public meeting that he just can't duck.
  
  WILKES-BARRE - Luzerne' [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:51pm EST
  

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• OOPS: $35,000 Luzerne County report can’t be located…

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  OOPS: $35,000 Luzerne County report can’t be located…

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:04pm EST
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• Luzerne County Courthouse happenings

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  Luzerne County Human Resources Director Doug Richards resigned effective December 4th then was fired because he wouldn't spill the beans to Maryanne Petrilla about a dodgy contract with a New York temp agency that doesn't seem to have an address. The Feds raided his office after he was [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:45am EST
  

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• ANOTHER SHOE TO DROP? Luzerne County Judge Toole cancels November cases…

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  ANOTHER SHOE TO DROP? Luzerne County Judge Toole cancels November cases…

  County’s HR boss resigns…

  Urban wants to know who picked company under fire…

  
  

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:40pm EST
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• Sources: Feds probe firm’s Luzerne county work…

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  Sources: Feds probe firm’s Luzerne county work…

  
  

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:39am EST
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• Luzerne County may address $30M budget gap with 30% tax hike…

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  Luzerne County may address $30M budget gap with 30% tax hike…

  
  

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:51am EST
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• Luzerne County Courthouse Crime Watch

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  Photo by Pete G. Wilcox/The Times Leader
  
  
  Better late than never..Gene Stilp of the Pink Pig fame was busy putting up posters around the Luzerne County Courthouse on Friday that asked people to report any wrongdoing to a Post Office Box..Commissioner Chair Maryanne [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:15pm EST
  

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• Luzerne County tax base drops by $467M…

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  Luzerne County tax base drops by $467M…

  
  

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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 6:23am EST
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• The LuLac Edition #1006, Nov. 13th, 2009

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  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' [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:37pm EST
  

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

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  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' [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:37pm EST
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• Tailored suit worth $1,500 may cost Luzerne County man his pension, job…

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  Tailored suit worth $1,500 may cost Luzerne County man his pension, job…

  Charged with accepting bribe…

  
  

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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:39am EST
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• A well dressed man

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  SCRANTON - Former Luzerne County Deputy Clerk William Brace has agreed to plead guilty to accepting a suit valued at $1,500 in exchange for helping a contractor obtain a contract with the county sometime between June 2007 and May 2008....He served as chief clerk for [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:30pm EST
  

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• Brace yourself...

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  Nice. The Times Leader has broken the story that yet another politico in Luzerne County is, for lack of a better word, corrupt.　Former Luzerne County Deputy Clerk charged with accepting bribeSCRANTON - Former Luzerne County Deputy Clerk William Brace has agreed to plead guilty to accepting a suit valued at [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:09pm EST
  

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