Low turnout here, there and everywhere
Washington and Greene counties would seem to be a universe removed from Los Angeles.
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A dispatch from solipsism central
One of the common raps on Washington, D.C., is it’s a town full of people marinating in solipsism, with platoons of elected officials, bureaucrats, lobbyists, journalists and aides wandering about in a cosseted universe, blissfully unacquainted with the struggles of everyday Americans.
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Wanting public money, but not the accountability
More and more, it appears that Pennsylvania’s charter schools want to have it both ways.
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In seizure of AP phone records, a troubling precedent
In the years since 9/11, one need not be among the more hysterical reaches of either the right or the left to be concerned about actions undertaken in the name of national security that have, in fact, eroded due process and endangered fundamental rights and liberties.
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A longer life for Gen. Greene
There’s a lot going on atop the Greene County Courthouse, and according to an architectural firm, none of it is very good.
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Carmichaels, Cumberland should discuss police merger
Carmichaels Borough decided last week to hold off on a plan to hire a new police officer because it was discussing a possible agreement to have Cumberland Township police help patrol the borough.
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All politics are local
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Tip O’Neill famously declared that “all politics is local.” You can take such a statement in a variety of ways, but there are some profound truths hidden in there.
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Our endorsements in common pleas contest
Since the beginning of this year, the Washington County Court of Common Pleas has been like a 747 flying on only three engines. Fully staffed at six judges, it is operating now with four because of the departures of judges Janet Moschetta Bell and Paul Pozonsky.
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Letters
Cecil election as proxy war
How long do you have to live somewhere to be considered a local? In the recent Cecil Township supervisors race, some strange and sometimes angry fault lines emerged. Intertwining interests of culture, longevity and economics intersected in this little country township to create anger and hard...
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Pension system is sustainable
The May 9 editorial on public employee pensions omits some facts and makes some misleading statements.
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Misconceptions displayed in column
I read the Dave Molter column, “Global warming and other dirty lies,” in Wednesday’s edition of the Observer-Reporter. I find it interesting that Molter can post no scientific proof proving his point. I also find it interesting that he uses the common misconception offered by...
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A slap in the face
Washington City Hall has slapped the business district in the face once again.
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No more political correctness
We are all created equal but that’s where it ends. Our lives are shaped by our family, friends, government, religions and yes, even the press. In the shaping of who we are to become this equality dissolves. We all become unique. Some become priests and some become murderers. Some become...
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The worst kind of politics
Many residents of Trinity Area School District were victimized by a political drive-by when they visited their mailboxes earlier this week.
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No progress in Donora
Donora has no banks, no grocery stores, no gas stations and the powers that be talk about progress.
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Cuts will have an impact
Joe Main, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, can brag about having only 19 mining deaths in the United States last year, but he neglects to mention that in only the first three months of 2013 there were eight mining deaths in America. When sequestration cut just under half...
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