The LuLac Edition #3580, August 26th, 2017

WENDY COMINSKY FOR LUZERNE COUNTY COUNCIL EVENT

Luzerne County Council candidate Wendy Cominsky

Democratic candidate for Luzerne County Council Wendy Cominsky had a big event Friday evening in Nanticoke at a very pleasant park on a very nice (weather wise) Friday night. About 100 people attended the event and showed the strength she seems to have going into the General Election. There was cold beer, Coke instead of Pepsi for hardcore guys like me, great food, a bake sale and a band that rocked the night away.
Cominsky is just one Democratic candidate in a very strong field being put up by the party this year.
Here are some photos of the event last night. 

 Former Wilkes Barre City Councilman George Brown (right) is seen with the candidate and Paul Maher, long time Wilkes Barre City political operative who did a good job as Master of Ceremonies. 

Senator John Yudichak, primary candidate James Barttoli, current Democratic candidate Matt Vough who will be hosting his own event on September 13th in Pittston at The Red Mill and Wendy Cominskty. 

 David Saxton was at the event. Saxton is one of the premier environmental advocates this region has ever seen. Many of the things David talked about in the 80s regarding energy, weather and the negative impacts of corporate greed on the environment are coming to fruition. And that's not good. Here is Saxton with my college, WRKC FM buddy Frank Stefan visiting from Olean, New York. Frank served on Council there and is currently on the School Board. We  catch up every year when Frank visits the area. 

Here is a type of inside crowd shot at the event. For the speeches, (which were limited) the group moved to the outside. 

Paul Maher chatting with former Pittston Mayor and current candidate for Mayor Michael Lombardo. 

Senator Yudichak and I had a wide ranging discussion about why the current President won, the coverage of the county by the national media as well as where we go from here. 

Thanks to my buddy Frank Stefan who took this photo of the candidate and your blog editor. 

(Photos: LuLAC, Frank Stefan, Scott Cannon) 

TOOMEY CAUGHT UP IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE SCANDAL

Senator Pat Toomey received more than $10,000 from major GOP-donor Richard Stephenson. However, according to new FEC documents, Stephenson reimbursed himself for those donations, making the contributions illegal.
Here are the key elements of this:
•A chain of for-profit hospitals owned by a major GOP donor admitted to illegally reimbursing executives for hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to political candidates over a decade-long period, according to FEC documents obtained by POLITICO.
•Cancer Treatment Centers of America admits to paying out $700,000 over a 12-year period ending in 2014 to reimburse donations to 31 different political candidates.
•Besides Romney and the senators facing reelection in 2018, more than $10,000 went to Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, South Carolina Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham, Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey and South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds.
•The company’s founder, Richard Stephenson, has donated hundreds of thousands to Republican politicians and committees and once served as a top board member of the conservative group FreedomWorks.
So what a scam………you donate to a candidate and get the money back. And the REPUBLICAN party of Trump railed against the Clintons. Too bad Puny Pat hasn’t come out of hiding to answer for this. Well maybe he’ll emerge on Groundhog Day.