The LuLac Edition #3888, September 28th, 2018

EYEWITNESS  NEWSMAKERS FEATURE HENRY-PASHINSKI RACE 

Friday 11:30AM WBRE 
Saturday 11:30AM WYOU

PROPERTY TAX REFORM EVENTS 

Wednesday and Thursday night were big events in LuLac land for people interested in eliminating Property Taxes. The Unions and some Democrats will try to tell you that this is a bad bill because it will hurt people of lesser means, renters as well as make everyday goods taxable. The fact is there will be exceptions which we will get into later this weekend. But from last night and this evening's event, here are a few photos. 

Wednesday night a great presentation was given at Old Forge High School. From left to right, Rod Boltz, Charles Urban and Jim Rodkey. A word about Urban. He has almost single hand-idly raised this issue on his own in the Lu. The guy lives in Kingston, is 87  and pretty much has gotten NO SUPPORT from the Wilkes Barre contingent who got their little itty bitty feelings hurt because Charlie was urging them to action. If this becomes a reality, I intend to call out the naysayers who sat on their asses and did nothing! Both Boltz and Rodkey repeated  their presentations in Wilkes Barre last night. 

Candidate for Governor Scott Wagner pledged to be the leader in making sure House/Senate Bill 76 passes. Wagner, as always was impressive and to the point. Wagner made a special trip up to Wilkes Barre last night changing a busy schedule to show his enthusiasm.

Lest you think this was only a Republican issue, State Representative Gerry Mullery was in attendance. Next to him is Charlie Urban. 

 Sue Henry candidate in the 121st and Frank Scavo candidate in the 22nd Senatorial were there. Scovo is running against the guy who stopped the bill in the Senate, John Blake, a Bob Mellow crony. The cowardly Blake has refused to debate Scavo in the Poconos where Property Taxes are the highest in the state! 

Justin Behrens candidate in the 119th and Sue Henry have a word before the event.

I have a fan! Joyce Domboski Gebhardt wanted a photo with me. Joyce and her late dad were always mainstays at political events through the years. 

There was a big crowd. More than 100 activists ready to go out and work for candidates who want to eliminate property taxes were on hand. 

WHERE WAS EDDIE DAY PASHINSKI? 

The old school teacher was "absent!" 

CASEY TOUTS RECORD

Senator Bob Casey and your blog editor (LuLac Archives)

Hit with the inevitable questions about his track record in office, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is putting more muscle into showing what he’s accomplished in his second term as the Democrat vies for a third six-year term in November’s election.
Accomplishment is the theme of his first campaign ad in the Philadelphia media market. On Monday, seven weeks until the election, Casey went to a micro-metal stamping and screw-machining firm to tout legislation he helped write to emphasize vocational skills training for high-demand industrial-sector jobs.
Being accused of doing nothing in office is a recurring theme for Casey. In 2012, his Republican challenger called him “Senator Zero” and this year, President Donald Trump and Casey’s his Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta of northeastern Pennsylvania, called him a “do-nothing.”
Casey shrugged it off Monday, saying his track record belies such claims.
“Not that it should, but if the election just came down to this metric of which candidate for the Senate had more bills signed into law by President Trump, I’d win that,” Casey said Monday.
Just this year, he’s had three pieces of legislation signed by Trump that he helped author, he said.
On July 31, Trump signed the vocational skills legislation, a bill the administration had prioritized.
Advocates for the bill say it updates an outmoded federal law at a crucial time to respond to a national workforce skills gap. They say traditional blue-collar jobs are being displaced by technology and schools and training programs need to adjust to emerging, high-tech skills jobs that are in demand, but don’t require a four-year college degree.
A second Casey bill requires the federal government to get involved in trying to help grandparents navigate bureaucracy when they are raising a grandchild, a growing phenomenon because of the prescription painkiller addiction crisis.
A third law signed by Trump this year that Casey helped introduce guarantees a maximum Pell Grant to an eligible child of a law enforcement officer or emergency responder killed in the line of duty.
Meanwhile, Casey’s campaign is running a TV ad in Philadelphia touting a 2013 law he helped write to prevent sexual assaults on college campuses and protect victims.
Barletta, a four-term congressman has the backing of Trump. Barletta is one of Trump’s biggest defenders in Congress, attacking Casey for opposing the president’s immigration policies and the tax-cutting law Trump signed last December.
“Now Casey has the nerve to pat himself on the back for all he hasn’t accomplished,” the Barletta campaign said in a statement.
Including Casey, 10 Democrats are defending seats in states won by Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
But Casey and fellow Democrats are finding smooth sailing this year in the so-called industrial-belt “blue wall” states — Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — that former President Barack Obama won twice before all four flipped parties and backed Trump in 2016.
Outside Republican campaign groups with money to spend — including super PACs that support Trump — have been absent from Pennsylvania for Barletta.
For his part, Barletta has badly lagged Casey in fundraising, and no independent poll puts him within striking distance, making it a low-profile race. AP Casey website

CARTWRIGHT CALLS OUT CHRIN ON LIES, MEDICARE

Congressmen Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

Doubts about John Chrin’s credibility continued to surface today, as Congressman Matt Cartwright released a new ad directly refuting nearly every commercial that Chrin has run up to this point.
In his new ad, aptly named “Ads,” Cartwright tackles the inaccuracies head-on. “Here’s the truth,” Cartwright says, “My taxes are paid and John Chrin knew that when he started saying I was refusing to pay my taxes.” The ad goes on to refute Chrin’s “outrageous” immigration ad and highlights votes Chrin cited from before Cartwright’s time in Congress. Cartwright sums up the meaning of lies: “Now he’s (Chrin) insulting your intelligence.” The ad is currently airing on broadcast and cable throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The ad can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/IC1Wo2C2KwM
Haphazard citations and half-truths have plagued the Chrin campaign from the start, but Chrin’s newest ad raises even more questions. In this spot, Chrin again accuses Cartwright of raising taxes. Chrin cites H J Res 71, a budget resolution that passed in October 2017, as evidence. Cartwright voted “no” on the measure, invaliding the claim on its face. However, one of the reasons Cartwright opposed the measure was the changes the budget measure proposed for the Medicare program.
To balance this budget, House Republicans made severe cuts to mandatory spending programs, and the cut from Medicare totaled $486 billion over ten years. The budget also proposed changing Medicare from the traditional program to a premium-support model, which is alternatively called vouchers.
On Wednesday, Cartwright noted this on Facebook and challenged Chrin directly, asking “So John Chrin for U.S. Congress, question. If you are criticizing me for not voting to cut Medicare and turn it into a voucher program, are you in favor of those things? The voters would like to know.”
Cartwright campaign spokesman Mike Szustak criticized the challenger: “Out-of-touch doesn’t even begin to describe John Chrin. He’s on record supporting cuts to Social Security, and now he wants to cut and privatize Medicare as well? Matt Cartwright is firm. No cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits, ever, and no to privatization.”
Chrin has yet to respond to the question. The issue figures to be divisive in a district with a high proportion of retirees.

NEVER MIND ME SAYS BARLETTA,  “SAVE THE PRESIDENT”

Just received this fundraising e mail from Congressman Lou Barletta. Here’s what he had sent:
I was one of the first members of Congress to endorse President Trump and I have been proud to stand by him during his time in office. Sadly, some Democrats will do everything in their power to impeach President Trump if they gain control of the body for which I’m running: The US Senate.
That is why this election is so important. If the Democrats take back the Senate, their first order of business will be to get rid of President Trump.
Notice that Barletta is not touting his own achievements or what he will do. Except for maybe save Diaper Don’s ass! 

SELF DESCRIBED DEPLORABLES COME TO TOWN SUNDAY!!!! 

MEDIA MATTERS

DR. LEONARDI’S E BOOKS

Our good friend Doctor Joe Leonardi has been writing up a storm lately. Here’s a link to his information.
https://www.shortstoryscribe.com/single-post/2018/08/06/“The-world-breaks-everyone

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

Julie Esty of the Dearly Departed Players will join hosts Rusty Fender and David DeCosmo along with program Director Mark Migilore on ECTV Live during the week of October 1st. The group hosts tours at the Dunmore cemetery each year during which the players, in period costume, recreate the personal stories of some of the people buried there.

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!”

THE FREDDIE FACTOR

Tune in every Sunday at 3pm on WILK Newsradio for The Freddy Factor. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wonder why but in the end, it will be one hell of a good time!

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP

SUNDAY NIGHTS!

1960

Our 1960 logo

In an address at the United Nations, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev surprised the gathered world leaders by calling for the Secretary-General to be replaced by a "troika", a three-member panel drawn from the Western nations, the Communist nations, and the non-aligned (Third World) nations. The proposal was never seriously considered…

The two leading U.S. presidential candidates, Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy, participated in the first televised presidential debate, which took place in Chicago at the television studios of WBBM-TV. The one-hour-long event began at 8:30 pm local time.[53] The first debate demonstrated the power of a television image in influencing voter choices, with Kennedy appearing tan and charismatic, while Nixon, due in part to a poor makeup (and a recent hospitalzation), looked unkempt and tense. A special act of Congress was passed in order to allow the American television and radio networks to broadcast the debate without having to provide equal time to other presidential candidate..

Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox retired from major league baseball, playing in Boston against the Baltimore Orioles. In his very last at bat, Williams closed his career with his 521st home run and a 5–4 win....In Cuba, Fidel Castro created the "CDRs"—"Comites para la Defensa de la Revolucion" ("Committees for the Defense of the Revolution")—with volunteers reporting to the government about any counterrevolutionary behavior by their neighbors'. Officially, there were more than 100,000 CDRs and 88% of the adult Cuban population were members in 1996.. At the United Nations General Assembly, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev angrily interrupted British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Ever the gentleman, Macmillan calmly waited for Khrushchev to finish the harangue in Russian, smiled and commented, "I should like that to be translated", then finished his address....

My Three Sons made its television debut, with veteran film actor Fred MacMurray as the widowed father, Steve Douglas, and William Frawley (formerly Fred Mertz of I Love Lucy) as the boys' grandfather, "Bub" O'Casey. 

The series would from 1960 to 1965 on ABC and from 1965 to 1972 on CBS, with numerous cast changes…

then on a Friday evening at 8:30PM the nation was urged by ABC TV to “Meet The Flintstones” a cartoon series that become iconic and prolific….in Pennsylvania Labor Unions go out in full force for the Kennedy-Johnson ticket…..and that holds true for LuLac land where unions, especially the ILGWU Stand fast with JFK and LBJ and fifty eight years ago the number one son in LuLac land and America was “Dreamin” by Johnny Burnette.