State Rep. Claims Welfare Recipients Spend State Cash on Drugs ‘In Many Cases’
Rep. Jerry Knowles When Governor Tom Corbett implied that Pennsylvania’s unemployed were a bunch of drugged-out deadbeats last week, he may not have realized at least one member of his camp was ready to put that message into legislation. After all, the media, the Democrats and just about everyone else called the governor out for his comments (”there are...
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DAILY GRINDER: Corbett Repeats Fake, Discredited Welfare-to-Work Smear on Philly Visit
During one of his stops in Philly yesterday, Governor Tom Corbett went out of his way to repeat a discredited claim that the Obama Administration has weakened the work requirement in the welfare-to-work program. “We need to get people off of dependency with the government by getting them jobs, by building the economy, not by waiving rules of looking for...
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DAILY GRINDER: City Council Closer To Bike Lane Veto Power
Bikers beware, City Council is that much closer to giving itself veto power over creating bike lanes. Under a new bill in City Hall, bike lanes would need “City Council’s blessing” and hearings would be held with public input. A Kennett Square man was convicted of attempting to smuggle cocaine and heroin into the United States from Panama. The City Planning...
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Norquist Tells Pa Republicans: Don’t be a ‘Rat Head’
Image: Wiki Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist spoke to the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference on Friday and, as is his shtick, filled his speech with a few odd metaphors. Norquist is well-known for both creating the anti-tax pledge of the 2010 elections and once saying he wishes for government to be small enough that you could “drown it in the bathtub,” among...
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In Midst of Cuts, PA Group Calls for Even More ‘Welfare Reform’
Last week, Gov. Tom Corbett proposed cutting $470 million in cuts to the Dept. of Public Welfare, including $300 million from the General Assistance Program. He also proposed 20 percent in cuts to state universities and 30 percent from state-related universities. Eighty-nine thousand kids have been cut from Medicaid benefits. The cuts have drawn ire from...
Continue ReadingWelfare Drug Testing Rolls Out in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has taken the first baby step toward its drug testing for welfare recipients program. The program, which passed the Legislature and was signed into law last year, has begun as a pilot program in Schuylkill County and will move throughout the entire state assuming it’s cost effective — which may sound odd assuming you heard about the latest...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Gov. Ed Rendell ‘Believer’ in Newspapers’ Ability to Profit
Former Governor Ed Rendell is leading a so-called “civic-minded” effort to buy the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, after news reports surfaced last week saying two hedge funds with major stakes in the Philly Media Network want to sell. “They’re as big a believer as I am that the Philadelphia Media Network can turn a profit, but that’s...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Lawyer Blames Attorney General for Joe Paterno’s Death
We love accused child torturer Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer, Karl Rominger. And not in a good way: He just has that umph! you only see in the slimiest, greasiest of defense attorneys. Now, he’s blaming the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office and grand jury report about the investigation into his client, for murdering former Penn State football coach Joe...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: State Welfare Adviser who Hates Welfare Still on Payroll
That state welfare adviser, Robert W. Patterson, who put in his resignation for working as the editor of a religious magazine that says welfare is the devil and sperm lunches can be good for you…the guy the Corbett Administration has been distancing themselves from? He’s still on state payroll and takes in almost $105,000 per year. And there’s no end date...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Corbett Admin. Releases Welfare Adviser who Wrote Weird Stuff
Gov. Tom Corbett’s Welfare Secretary Gary Alexander hired a…how do I put this lightly…complete weirdo to act as a welfare adviser. He’s Robert W. Patterson, he edits a journal called “The Family in America”—which we’re going to get a subscription to, you’ll see why—and his now-former job in the Corbett Administration afforded him $104,470...
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