Our View
It’s a festive time for family and friends — the Fourth of July holiday, celebrated on Saturday this year — making for a terrific weekend in Centre County.
Opinion
TODAY'S CARTOON
Thumbs up: To Centre County Judge Thomas King Kistler for starting a dialogue with local school, court, youth and health officials about teen sex education.
Thumbs up: To all of the participants in recent Relay for Life events in Bellefonte, Centre Hall and Philipsburg. You’re making a difference in the fight against cancer.
Thumbs down: To whoever dropped the ball and failed to deliver State College Borough’s bid for a trash contract to the Centre Region Council of Governments on time.
The following editorial appeared in The Sacramento Bee on Tuesday:
Our View
Think about what would happen if you made late payments on your mortgage or your credit card.
THEIR VIEW
The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The federal government finally will regulate cigarette manufacturing and marketing. That's long overdue, as anyone familiar with the tobacco industry’s shameful history can attest.• Thank a hunter
• Applauding legislation• Suggestions for reform• Ease the pain• Get to work
• Generous, but ...• Too much to take in• Tantamount to tax• Will it balance the budget?
• Lobby for your state parks• Wildlife not for everyone
• Conserve natural resources• Thanks for flower bedsThe countdown is on toward a state budget agreement, due by Tuesday but expected in July, with Pennsylvania running a shortfall of more than $3 billion.
STATE BUDGET STALEMATE | DAY THREE
Although Gov. Ed Rendell's proposed personal income tax increase appears to be stalled for the moment, a separate tax increase plan is gaining attention in the state House.
BELLEFONTE — Everything was business as usual Wednesday at the state's road maintenance garage — everything except the peace of mind that comes with a job that pays.
Rendell says stimulus money just for state schools
Pennsylvania's latest application for federal stimulus money doesn't include Penn State or the other state-related universities, a move President Graham Spanier wants the U.S. Department of Education to examine.
YORKTOWN, Va. — First, we did the Pledge of Allegiance. Then, “America the Beautiful,” and then “God Bless America.” A person is struck with such impulses standing on the edge of the Yorktown battlefield.
THEIR VIEW
Every country that revolts against political abuse reveres its "founding fathers." History soon degenerates into hagiography, and the eternal cycles repeat themselves.
History, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt once remarked, does in fact repeat itself.
Here's a list of state lawmakers who represent Centre County or who are in leadership positions. Tell them what you think should be done with the state budget:
So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement.
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