The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:Kenney proposing a 6 percent property tax increase

that'll get the senior vote

pacino wrote:it really doesn't matter what was said in the meeting; they won't propose any of it

it will be more fodder for November, however

JFLNYC wrote:I don’t know how it works elsewhere but here in Florida the homestead exemption is a set amount which lowers your tax value. It doesn’t exempt you from tax increases. It’s also available to all, not just seniors.

pacino wrote:property tax is one of the fairest and most stable taxes we have

the disdain for it is bordering on silly at this point

pacino wrote:

pacino wrote:it really doesn't matter what was said in the meeting; they won't propose any of it

it will be more fodder for November, however

and there it is, Trump tweets out that gun-free zones are bad and that we should respect the 2nd amendment

“Giant Eagle’s starting wages went from near or above the Pennsylvania median wage in 1979, to roughly half of the median wage in 2017,” said Herzenberg. But Giant Eagle relies more on part-time workers now, he said, and more than 3,600 employees rely on Medicaid, food assistance or both.

According to the report, nearly half of Giant Eagle's full-time workers, and two-thirds of part-time workers, earned an annual wage below the federal poverty level of $25,100 for a family of four.

That includes full-time employee and disabled veteran, Michael Hughes, 52, who earns $9.15 an hour.

“I mean I love what I do, I love the job that I have, I just, I’m not making it,” Hughes said. “I make approximately $9 an hour, and I’m on welfare. When my paycheck comes this week, I get my VA check. I’m still borrowing money from my son to pay my bills.”

According to Forbes Magazine, Giant Eagle ranks 31st on the list of “America’s Largest Private Companies.” The magazine cites the chain’s annual revenue as $9.3 billion.

Jonathan Swan‏ @jonathanvswan
A senior WH official just told me: “Listening session. No announcement.” I’ll wait until Trump speaks before I decide whether that’s true.

Jonathan Swan‏ @jonathanvswan
A second senior official confirms listening session only and Trump won’t announce tariffs. But nobody in there feels confident enough to declare anything. DJT in a more volatile mood than he’s been for some time.

Doll Is Mine wrote:One of Hope Hicks' white lies:

When asked by the press what Melania's parents do for a living in Slovenia, she claimed that her mother was a fashion designer and her father managed a car dealership.

A reporter in Slovenia then decide to investigate this and found out that Melania's father sold used car parts and her mother worked in a kids clothing factory.



These #$!&@ people. They lie about everything. I've never seen anything like this.

In 2000, Melania Knauss, a Slovenian model dating Donald Trump, began petitioning the government for the right to permanently reside in the United States under a program reserved for people with “extraordinary ability.”

Knauss’s credentials included runway shows in Europe, a Camel cigarette billboard ad in Times Square and — in her biggest job at the time — a spot in the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated, which featured her on the beach in a string bikini, hugging a six-foot inflatable whale.

In March 2001, she was granted a green card in the elite EB-1 program, which was designed for renowned academic researchers, multinational business executives or those in other fields, such as Olympic athletes and Oscar-winning actors, who demonstrated “sustained national and international acclaim.”

In January 2000, in perhaps her most widely known photo shoot, Melania Trump appeared on the cover of British GQ magazine. She was photographed nude on a fur rug on Donald Trump’s private jet under the headline, “Sex at 30,000 feet. Melania Knauss earns her air miles.”

Ben Carson says he wants to cancel $31000 dining room furniture order

Three new Democrats have jumped into the chaotic race for the Delaware County congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan.

They include former Democratic nominee Mary Ellen Balchunis, attorney and former Swarthmore school board member Mary Gay Scanlon, and former journalist David Wertime.

Another candidate expected to enter the race soon is Rich Lazer

Among others who have announced for the Democratic primary are Dan Muroff, Molly Sheehan, Shelly Chauncey, and Ashley Lunkenheimer.

Werthless wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:One of Hope Hicks' white lies:

When asked by the press what Melania's parents do for a living in Slovenia, she claimed that her mother was a fashion designer and her father managed a car dealership.

A reporter in Slovenia then decide to investigate this and found out that Melania's father sold used car parts and her mother worked in a kids clothing factory.



These fucking people. They lie about everything. I've never seen anything like this.

I don't mean to defend Hicks in general, but this might not be one of the known lies that she was thinking about. I can't imagine that the President's inlaws are something that she felt the need to fact check herself.

pacino wrote:Melania was not in control of a magazine headline

The Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee were behind the leak of private text messages between the Senate panel’s top Democrat and a Russian-connected lawyer, according to two congressional officials briefed on the matter.

Senator Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, the committee’s Republican chairman, and Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat, were so perturbed by the leak that they demanded a rare meeting with Speaker Paul D. Ryan last month to inform him of their findings. They used the meeting with Mr. Ryan to raise broader concerns about the direction of the House Intelligence Committee under its chairman, Representative Devin Nunes of California, the officials said.