The LuLac Edition #4,128, August 22nd, 2019

THE BIG RACE FOR MAYOR IN SCRANTON 

Attorney Chris Cullen (Democrat) and Charles Spano (Republican meet on the steps of City Hall to discuss the Mayor's race in Scranton (Photo: WNEP TV) 

It appears the battle lines are drawn for the chance to fill out the unexpired term of former Mayor Bill Courtright in the City of Scranton,.
The respective party committees picked Scranton Democrat Attorney Chris Cullen and the GOP picked Charlie Spano, a long time activist. The election is set for November 5th and will find two men dedicated to the city through the years facing each other.
Cullen who does Political Commentary with me on WBRE TV has an interesting take on the race. He is running to only fill out the unexpired term of Courtright and says he will work furiously to solve problems in the two years allotted to him if elected. He will also not take any money for his campaign and wanted to stress the fact that “pay to play” which appeared to be the hallmark of the Courtwright administration will end in Scranton.
Spano actually praised Cullen in a press gathering Wednesday. Spano’s claim to fame is his obvious passion for his causes. He is well know from his previous runs in the City and County. Meanwhile, Cullen presents himself as an erudite , articulate standard bearer for the Democratic party in not only Scranton and Lackawanna County.
It is too early to tell what will happen in this race since there is a lot of chatter about independent write ins going for the job. But if both Cullen and Spano face off without any interference, they will present to the city of Scranton a refreshing change from the Courtright regime. That is two dedicated gentlemen who have the best interests at heart for the city.

CONGRESSMAN CALLS FOR REFORMS AFTER FIVE FEDERAL COS SICKENED

U.S. REP MATT CARTWRIGHT CALLED FOR REFORMS ON HOW INMATES RECEIVE MAIL

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

A story by the Scranton Times Tribune’s Frank Wilkes Lesnefsky outlines recent actions by Congressman Matt Cartwright regarding Federal Correction officers.
After five federal correctional officers needed medical treatment following exposure to an unknown drug at a Wayne County federal prison last week, U.S. Rep Matt Cartwright visited the prison Friday and called for reforms on how inmates receive mail.
Five officers were treated at Wayne Memorial Hospital on Wednesday night and Thursday morning when they became ill after coming in contact with the drugs while conducting cell searches at United States Penitentiary at Canaan.
All five were on duty in the same cellblock, and they became sick, dizzy and nauseous.
They were released throughout the day Thursday, with the last officer leaving the hospital late that afternoon, said Jeremy Dominick, president of the Wayne County prison union that represents more than 300 workers.
“All of them are cleared for full duty,” he said.
Officials are still working to determine what kind of drug caused the symptoms, Dominick said.
Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, spoke to all five officers, thanking them for their service while calling for a more modern, digitalized mail system to prevent inmates from receiving mail containing drugs. Dominick recommended the same.
Rather than allowing inmates to receive physical mail, workers would scan incoming letters and allow inmates to access digital copies, Cartwright said in a statement, explaining that the format is working at other locations.
“If we can close this known pathway to drug smuggling, we can protect correctional officers and inmates, and we can avoid dangerous incidents like these from happening again,” he said.

CASEY ON GUN CONTROL ON HARD BALL

Senator Bob Casey recently appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball show talking about gun reform. Here is what he said:

MEDIA MATTERS

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BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

This week's guest will be Jason Kavulich, Director of the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging.
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ECTV LIVE

ECTV LIVE Hosts Rusty Fender, David DeCosmo, and Program Director Mark Migilore welcome Jon Price to the show during the week of August 26th to discuss the upcoming Pittston Riverfest. ECTV Live is seen three times daily on Comcast channel 19 (61 in some areas) and on the electric city television YouTube page.

BUDDY RUMCHEK

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Three weeks after U.S. President Nixon's letter to North Vietnam's President Ho was sent, representatives of the ailing 79-year old North Vietnamese leader sent a reply that would be described as "uncompromising"; a historian would later write that "Ho neither read Nixon's letter nor did he pen the reply"; President Ho would pass away eight days later, on September 2….The Gap, a clothing store chain which would have almost 4,000 outlets within its first fifty years, began business as real estate developer Donald Fisher and his wife Doris F. Fisher opened their first store, located in San Francisco on Ocean Avenue. Mrs. Fisher suggested the name as a reference to the generation gap as part of selling Levi's jeans, as well as records and cassette tapes; the original name considered was "Pants and Discs".......An Australian tourist, Denis Michael Rohan, set fire to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Despite the Israeli government's actions to extinguish the fire and to try and convict Michael Rohan for the crime, "Israel was widely accused in the Arab world of arson" and the incident would lead to an annual meeting of the foreign ministers of the Islamic nations, starting with the Islamic Summit Conference.   Rohan confessed to investigators later that he had entered the mosque, the most sacred Islamic shrine in Jerusalem, with two cans of gasoline and then set the fire. Rohan was determined by an Israeli court to be insane, and hospitalized for most of the remainder of his life for psychiatric treatment. The Beatles recorded one final song as a group, assembling in the Apple studios to complete the last necessary production for their album Abbey Road. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr finished the overdubs for "I Want You" (subtitled "She's So Heavy"). Two days later, they met at Lennon's estate for a final photo session.. On January 3, McCartney, Harrison and Starr would gather in a studio, without Lennon, to finish "I Me Mine" for the Let It Be album, which had largely been completed before Abbey Road. And fifty years ago this week the number one song in LuLac land and America was "Get Together"by The Youngbloods.