Latest Bumper Sticker: Cut, Cap, Balance

July 29, 2011

   We have to hand it to Republicans. When it comes to catchy slogans and neat bumper stickers, they are at the top of the game.  Head of the class. The problem is that behind those catchy, roll-right-off-your-tongue slogans lies the real agenda.     Let’s be fair……. for once. It’s not the Cut, Cap, & Balance [...]

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Airport definitely not part of Horsham’s future

July 29, 2011

The Inquirer tells us: Whatever may fill the nearly 900 acres vacated by the shuttered Willow Grove Naval Air Station, Horsham Township officials and residents can tell you one thing that won’t: an airport. The Horsham Land Reuse Authority resoundingly voted down two proposals Wednesday night (July 27th)  to preserve the closed base’s 8,000-foot runway [...]

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Senator Casey on Free-Trade Agreements

July 15, 2011

In response to an inquiry from one of our members, Senator Bob Casey Jr sent the following clear and focused response, demonstrating an understanding of our concerns and an interest in the issue. Thank you for taking the time to contact me with your thoughts on U.S. trade policy.  I appreciate hearing from you about [...]

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LRA Design Charrette (what!?) June 10-11

June 6, 2011

The Horsham Land Reuse Authority (LRA), with the assistance of consultant RKG, will be holding public meetings Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11 at the Horsham Township Community Center behind the Township Building. It is essential that the all-Republican LRA and the all-Republican Township Council, which represent 45% of Horsham voters, hear from the [...]

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Ryan plan rebuked in special election

May 25, 2011

Kathleen Courtney Hochul, the Erie County clerk and longtime Democratic figure who defied political experts who had given her little chance of success, ground out a stunning and surprisingly comfortable victory Tuesday in the special election for the House seat in the predominantly Republican 26th Congressional District. Hochul defeated Republican Jane L. Corwin, a Clarence [...]

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Horsham Township Authority’s beginning meeting on how to dispose of the NAS-JRB land

April 23, 2011

The Horsham Township Authority’s website has the slideshow that was presented on April 20th concerning how to dispose of the land that will be freed up by closing the Willow Grove Naval Air Station – Joint Reserves Base (20 megabyte download). Of especial interest was the traffic map surrounding the airbase on page 33. Essentially, [...]

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The End of Medicare

April 10, 2011

If we had a truly honest media, headlines would read: “Medicare Axed: Future Seniors to Pay Most of Health Care Costs Under Ryancare.” (Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) Rep. Ryan proposes ending Medicare for those presently 54 years of age and under, and, by 2021, replacing it with vouchers, (coupons), given to the private health insurance [...]

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Update on Willow Grove Naval Air Station

March 17, 2011

On February 21st, the Philadelphia Inquirer covered the two-hour meeting concerning the future of the Willow Grove Naval Air Station. The attached survey showed a significant majority (183 to 124) in favor of having the airstrip become Philadelphia’s second commercial airport, even though the article showed that the residents wanted No civilian airports, no mega-shopping [...]

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More on Republican budget-cutting

March 11, 2011

When you think of Republicans and the budget and their advertised desire to reduce the budget as mush as possible, just take a look at Japan and their tsunami (And please remember that the disaster also affects two nuclear power plant units) that struck Thursday night and remember that Republicans want to drastically cut the [...]

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Republicans substantiate talk about cutting budget

February 9, 2011

The National Journal shows in great detail just how the Republican-majority 112th 2011-2012 Congress plans to spend less of the taxpayer’s money. Some of the proposed cuts show just how Congress sees cutting the budget as being a strictly one-way street. To Republicans, a cut is a cut is a cut. But it’s hard to [...]

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