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Circumlocution For Dummies

Jints news…Eli Manning will host Saturday Night Live on May 5, making him only the third NFL quarterback to ever do so after Tom Brady and big brother Peyton Manning.After receiving a vulgarity-laced comment not suitable for publication, yes, let’s go ... »

Intemperance on parade

Circumlocution For Dummies

Breaking news out of Wilkes-Barre: From this day forward, the Wilkes-Barre Zoning Board shall only rule against the wishes of white property owners.They have been warned.Yawn.Tell me if this makes any sense.The former commissioners of Luzerne County in... »

My Ralph Garr-autographed bat

Circumlocution For Dummies

This is the full video report of last week’s council meeting that WBRE finally got around to posting. What I posted was all that my then-malfunctioning camera would allow me to capture. But it’s all better now.Former Wilkes-Barre Tow Truck driver squea... »

The LuLac Edition #1947, February 15h, 2012

The Lu Lac Political Letter

If the guy on the right won't take Iran's threats of an atomic bomb seriously, then maybe we should have the guy on the left (Benjamin Netanyahu) take care of it. Donald Sangster has the unfortunate distinction of being the shortest-serving Prime Minis... »

Democratic Campaigns Bankrolled With $ Stolen From Bethlehem Township

Lehigh Valley Ramblings

Two Scranton area men, Robert Kearns and Patrick J "PJ" McLaine, have been charged with fleecing Bethlehem Township for a cool $832,460 back in 2007. The Township had entrusted them with that money to purchase PPL's street lighting system, which in tur... »

The LuLac Edition #1929, February 3rd, 2012

The Lu Lac Political Letter

MAYBE I’M AMAZEDMAYBE I’M AMAZED……..that two area men confessed to state police that they threw rocks, potatoes and plumbers putty at passing tractor-trailers and cars on Interstate 81 because they were bored. Police allege Robert Vincent Dalessandro J... »

PA Attorney General race news

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No candidate was able to muster the two thirds vote necessary to get the Pennsylvania Democratic Party endorsement last weekend,The Next Stage gives the play by play. Since then Dan McCaffery decided he didn't have enough support and dropped out of the... »

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Attorney on city parking lease makes $535 per hour

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An attorney who previously donated to Mayor Tom Leighton's campaign and is working on Wilkes-Barre's proposal to lease its parking assets is making $535 per hour, according to the contract obtained by The Citizens' Voice. Although it was already known th »

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