PSoTD

By the way, I'm happy with the peace sign by Atom Age Tattoo if you're looking for some artwork on your body on the West Shore.

After all, today is supposed to be a school day.

But school's in today. The CV School Teachers' strike seems to have been averted with a tentative agreement.

I wonder what the volume of traffic their web site gets now...

The game of chicken appears to be ending. They called a strike, starting on Thursday.

Real estate woes in Lebanon County...

Once considered the fastest-growing municipality in Lebanon County, South Londonderry Township is now at a dead stop — and that could mean some budget cuts in the near future, according to one township official.

Thomas Ernharth, township manager, told the board of supervisors Tuesday night that revenue from the real-estate-transfer tax dropped significantly in February.

A transfer tax of 1 percent of the sale price is assessed whenever real estate is purchased. The township and the school district split the proceeds.

“For the month of February, we received a total of $4,000,” he said. “In previous years, we received twenty to twenty-four thousand a month. That’s a significant hit to our budget.”

Knowing the economy was slow, Ernharth said, he estimated the amount of the tax the township would receive in 2008 at a total of $200,000, or about $16,000 a month.

Just two or three homes in the township were sold last month, he said.

6 pages of teacher retirements?

BTW, as a friend of mine said, doesn't 4.5 seem like the number?

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We're Number One!

Penn State will beat Michigan the next two seasons, at least when it comes to stadium seating capacity.

The Wolverines' Michigan Stadium seats 107,501 people, making it the nation's largest stadium.

"The Big House" holds about 200 more people than Penn State's Beaver Stadium, the runner-up.

But Michigan Stadium will lose some seats as officials improve wheelchair accessibility to settle a lawsuit.

That means seating capacity at Michigan will dip to 106,201 the next two seasons, putting Beaver Stadium on top.

I know nobody else cares about this, but I like flour tortillas, and recently we've been buying our groceries at Giant in Camp Hill. Here's something for Giant to consider - you need to find out who's screwing up the manufacturing process of your store-brand flour tortillas, because they are seriously and ridiculously pathetic. It appears they are packaged while still damp and they stick together like glue and can't be peeled apart without tearing, so you end up with a third of a tortilla here and half a tortilla there with holes and rips in it. I thought it was just a one time thing, but now that we've bought the same old shit for three straight weeks, I'm getting more likely to return to Karns, where I know they sell tortillas made by people who know how to make tortillas.

Seriously - thinking "these shitty tortillas" while making lunch gets old.

We live too far away to send our kids to a day camp in State College, but your Bug Camp for Kids looks like it could be something special. Why not consider a week long overnight camp? Yes, it would cost more, but you could also draw from a greater area of attendees.

I don't know about you, but I'm getting anxious for CV to list their summer programs.

Hillary Clinton filled The Forum for her noon rally in Harrisburg, as some who waited in long lines are now being turned away.

The Forum's seating capacity is about 2,100. Doors opened for the noon rally at 10 a.m., and a long line of people stretched from the door of the Forum. The line goes to Commonwealth Avenue, around the corner and down Walnut Street.

A Bressler couple, Brian and Nicole Salov, brought their four-year-old daughter, Hillary, who they named after the Democratic presidential hopeful.

I skipped it. Anybody get down there or watch on PCN? Wonder how long Mayor Reed spoke for? That's what scared me off.

HRC coming to the 'Burg on Tuesday.

Just a few days after Hillary Rodham Clinton assured her presidential campaign would come to Pennsylvania, she is planning a rally in Harrisburg.

Clinton's campaign announced a rally at noon Tuesday, one of three rallies she has scheduled in Pennsylvania early next week. The Harrisburg visit is tentatively scheduled for The Forum and will be open to the public, campaign officials said.

Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed plans to attend the rally, and he said Friday that he is endorsing Clinton, citing her "extensive experience."

"The political landscape is littered with a lot of good ideas because people didn't have the experience to get them done. Hillary Clinton has the experience," said Reed.

Rumor has it that if Hillary wins, Reed will be rewarded with a newly created post of "Ambassador to the American Old West".

I grabbed the freebie The Real Estate Book from the grocery store yesterday, Volume 18, Number 3. Published every 4 weeks, so I'll look for the next one in about a month. The stats:

32 pages including front and back cover.
4 ads with price reduced.

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