The LuLac Edition 3699, January 20th, 2018

GOP GOVERNOR’S DEBATE TONIGHT!

This Saturday evening, January 20, Heinz College will host a Gubernatorial Debate in the hotly contested GOP primary race between:
• Attorney Laura Ellsworth
• Businessman Paul Mango
• Speaker of the House Mike Turzai
• Senator Scott Wagner
The event will take place at the lovely Kresge Theater at our College of Fine Arts, and we encourage you to attend if you are in the Pittsburgh area. Enjoy mingling during an informal “Meet the Candidates” session from 6-7 p.m. Auditorium doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the debate will take place from 7-8 p.m.
You can also watch the debate locally on WPXI-TV Channel 11, or internationally online via the Heinz College Facebook Live stream.

DON’T BLAME SCHUMER

With the government shutdown going on many die hard Republicans are blaming the Democrats for shutting down the government. Know this:
1. There are three branches of government controlled by THE REPUBLICAN party. The impotent REPUBLICAN PARTY.
2. There are 51 REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
46 Republicans supported it. 5 DID NOT.
If a party cannot control its own……they are IMPOTENT.

LOU’S LAUGHABLE ATTACK ON CASEY

Check out this e mail Lou Barletta is circulating. Barletta Blasts Casey for Voting to Shut Down the Government and Jeopardize Funding for Children's Health Insurance
"While the House passed a Continuing Resolution that provides funding for our military, veterans, seniors, and kids, the Senate rules require 60 votes to pass spending legislation. Republicans only hold 51 seats in the Senate. It was impossible for the Senate to get to 60 votes and avert a government shutdown without Democrat support. By voting no tonight, Senator Casey and the Democratic Senators who joined him are solely responsible for denying funding for American citizens. There are 342,000 children in Pennsylvania who benefit from the Children's Health Insurance Program and 4,900 DACA recipients. By voting to shut down the government, Senator Casey put illegal immigrants over health insurance for our kids. Pennsylvanians should be furious."
Hey Lou…………it is your REPUBLICAN party that let the CHIP program expire.
It is your REPUBLICAN party who blocked it time and time again using children as a bargaining CHIP.
Lou………get a CLUE. Your party has been against health care of any kind for anyone let alone Pennsylvania children.
Your attack on Casey reminds me of the kid who killed his parents but then asked for mercy from the court because he was an orphan!

DEMAND LAWMAKERS SUPPORT HB/SB 76

COWARDS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED

Our friend Charlie Urban sent this letter to the paper regarding a House and Senate Bill for Property Tax Reform. This is an issue whose time has come. When overpaid Legislators tell you thy are against it, remember whose side they are on. NOT OURS!
Editor: Election time is coming. As president of the Luzerne County Property Owners, I am asking voters to vote for those listed that are coming up for re- election in November. These legislators are sponsors and supporters of HB/SB 76, elimination of school property taxes: Sens. John Yudichak and Lisa Baker, Reps. Gerald Mullery, Karen Boback, Aaron Kaufer, Tara Toohil, Sid Michaels Kavulich, Kevin Haggerty and Marty Flynn.
These senators and representatives are not supporting HB/SB 76: Sen. John Blake, Sen. John Gordner, Rep. Ed Pashinski, Rep. Mike Carroll, Rep. Maureen Madden. Please call and demand they support HB/SB 76; accept no excuses. We did the talk now it’s time to do the walk.
Charles Urban
President
Luzerne County Property Owners

DONNA BALOGA 

(Photo: Times Leader)

One week ago, Donna Baloga died. Donna and her husband Dave were staunch members of the Republican party and the Pro Life movement in this area. She was gracious, funny, engaging and just a beautiful person.
On Monday hundreds of people came to say good bye to this great lady.
As a frequent guest at local GOP functions, I enjoyed our brief encounters along with her and Dave.
Like so many people I’ve known, she fought a courageous battle with cancer. To say she will be missed is an understatement.
RIP Donna. Heaven gained another angel.

MEDIA MATTERS

WALN TV

BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

Tune in Sunday morning at 6 on 94.3 The Talker; 6:30 on 1400-The Game, NEPA's Fox .Sports Radio and 106.7 fm; and at 7:30 on 105 The River.

ECTV LIVE

Martin Henehan has turned personal tragedy into a campaign for the homeless and those dealing with addiction. He'll join ECTV Live hosts Rusty Fender, David DeCosmo, and program director Mark Migilore on ECTV Live during the week of January 22nd to tell his story. 

ECTV Live can be seen on Comcast channel 19 (61 in some areas) and is aired during the Noon, 6pm and Midnight hours each day of the week. Following Monday's Live program the show will become available on Electric City Television's YouTube channel which can be viewed on your computer.

BUDDY RUMCHEK

Want to hear some great parodies on the news? Tune in to WILK Radio at 6:40 and 8:40 AM on Mondays. As Ralph Cramden used to say, “It’s a laugh riot!”

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP

SUNDAY NIGHTS!

1960

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In France, President Charles de Gaulle fires Jacques Massu, the commander-in-chief of the French troops in Algeria...Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh descend into the Mariana Trench in the bathyscaphe Trieste, reaching the depth of 10,911 meters (35,797 feet) and become the first human beings to reach the lowest spot on Earth....A major insurrection occurs in Algiers against French colonial policy.In Washington, D.C., the National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records……Talks begin in Pittsburgh about the revitalization of the town……in Luzerne County the ew team of Commissioners headed by Attorney Mitchell Jenkins takes the helm at the Courthouse and 58 years ago the number one song in LuLac land and America was “Running Bear” by Johnny Preston.