Friday, April 5, 2013
Local judge is taking the required retirement age to task.
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Friday, April 5
If you've served jury duty in Montgomery County, there's a pretty good chance you've met long-time Montgomery County Judge Arthur Tilson. He speaks to most all jurors before selections begin. Tilson, however, may sit on the other side of the courtroom come May. Tilson is taking Gov. Tom Corbett to court over a "retirement mandate," according to PennLive.com. "They are arguing that it violates their civil rights under the U.S. and state constitutions," said PennLive.com. "Last week, the state Supreme Court agreed to hear and fast-track one of those cases filed by [Tilson]. The state's highest court is to hear arguments on the Tilson case in May." A federal judge is allowing the Pennsylvania Supreme Court the first hearing to decide "…
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
As proposed, Gov. Tom Corbett's state budget would close an estimated $650K in Hatboro-Horsham School District's deficit.
If Gov. Tom Corbett's $28.4 billion budget moves forward as introduced, it would cut Hatboro-Horsham School District's budget shortfall for its 2013-14 spending plan in half, a district official told Patch. With a 1.7 percent tax increase figured in for the upcoming school district budget, Hatboro-Horsham is still facing a $1.3 million budget shortfall. Without a tax increase, the deficit is about $2.2 million, district officials reported last month. However, Corbett's budget—at least in the early version released Tuesday—would help to lessen the gap, Bob Reichert, Hatboro-Horsham School District's director of business affairs told Patch. "If the governor’s budget was approved as currently proposed, I estimate that it would reduce our …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
'We've been very fortunate' compared to New Jersey, New York.
Following a visit to eastern Montgomery County on Wednesday, Gov. Tom Corbett on Thursday visited the operation center of the county's Department of Public Safety. He toured the facility where 9-1-1 dispatchers coordinated the county's emergency responders and an adjacent room that had been converted into a command center for other county departments to marshal their resources during the approach and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. "I'm very impressed by the facilities they have here," Corbett said. "These emergency operations centers have become very, very important to the local residents and to the state residents of Pennsylvania." More than 500,000 state residents remained without power Thursday, but Corbett said the state had fared well …
Governor Tom Corbett advised insurance companies that deductibles, which can be up to five percent of the insured value of a home, should not be applied to any Hurricane Sandy homeowner insurance claims.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Below is a press release from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department: Harrisburg – Governor Tom Corbett today announced that Pennsylvania homeowners will not have to pay hurricane deductibles on insurance claims stemming from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. “Insurance deductibles could have added significant costs to Pennsylvanians already struggling to clean up and rebuild after Hurricane Sandy,” Corbett said. “Insurance companies have deployed catastrophe teams to Pennsylvania and they have been advised that hurricane deductibles should not be applied to any homeowner’s insurance claims.” Some homeowner’s insurance policies for properties in Pennsylvania have special “hurricane,” “tropical storm” or “named storm” deductibles based on a…
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Manufacturing cannot come back in Pennsylvania without skilled employees to fill those jobs.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
By Karen A. Stout, David Brookstein and Suzanne Holloman Until its decline in the 1970s, manufacturing was the cornerstone on which Pennsylvania’s economy was built. Last week, Governor Corbett’s Manufacturing Advisory Council outlined recommendations by which the Commonwealth can once again emerge as a leader in the manufacturing industry. Education and training will play a key role in bringing this “manufacturing renaissance” to fruition. According to the council’s report, 82 percent of manufacturers nationwide perceive a serious to moderate skill gap in their employees, and 74 percent cite this gap as negatively impacting their company’s ability to expand. The gap is further amplified by a perceived lack of confidence in the long-term …
Horsham Township Republican Party Chairman Bill Donnelly chatted with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett at a party during this week's Republican National Convention in Tampa.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Dozens of bills became law in Pennsylvania earlier this month ... do you remember how a Bill becomes a law?
Governor Tom Corbett released this list of new state laws. What catches your eye? Leave a comment. If you like fine print, get the full text of any bill at www.legis.state.pa.us. House Bill 3 (PN 3769) – Amends Title 74 (Transportation) providing for public-private transportation partnerships; and making a related repeal. House Bill 17 (PN 2466) – Act designating the Pickertown Road Bridge carrying Pickertown Road over the U.S. Route 202 Parkway in Warrington Township, Bucks County, as the Robert V. Cotton Bridge. House Bill 48 (PN 3846) – Amends Medical Practice Act, adding definitions; and providing for licensure of prosthetists, orthotists, pedorthists and orthotic fitters. House Bill 75 (PN 3827) – Amends Titles 18 (Crimes & Offenses) …
Friday, May 4, 2012
Montgomery County Commissioners Josh Shapiro and Leslie Richards join business and nonprofit leaders in call to restore state health and human services funding.
Montgomery County Commissioners Josh Shapiro and Leslie Richards joined State Representative Matt Bradford (D-70th) and nonprofit and business representatives at the Montgomery County Courthouse on Thursday to denounce cuts to health and human services in the proposed Pennsylvania state budget for 2012-13. Referencing the recent controversy over Gov. Tom Corbett's statement that Pennsylvania women who didn't want to see a pre-abortion ultrasound should "close their eyes," Shapiro claimed that Corbett had "closed his eyes" to the plight of "the most vulnerable [people] in Pennsylvania." "We're here to say to Governor Corbett and our friends in the legislature, open your eyes to the reality of what a 20 percent cut to human services would …
Liberty 1
5:43 pm on Friday, April 5, 2013
As I get closer to 70 I begin to realize that it is not that old. There has to be a way that if a Judge shows signs of mental fatigue that he/she could be retired. But an arbitrary number is not fair. more ›