JUburton wrote:

CFP wrote:

traderdave wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:

Bucky wrote:well the GOP has proven that investigating the same thing over and over again is a winning strategy, haven't they??

this is a good point tbh

What am I missing?

That the Democrats are horrible at messaging and Rs are much, much better at it through McConnell, media personalities, Fox News, etc.

They're also catering to a morally bankrupt probably racist (whether they know it or not) demographic.

thephan wrote:

Bucky wrote:I believe that is the answer for emergency services. With so many municipalities in a commonwealth (i.e. home rule) we have a ridiculous duplication of resources. We need to move that to the school district model.

Taking out Emergency Services for a minute and focusing on the schools I've always viewed the PA school district model is a broken model full of duplication.

Lancaster County is a good example as there is a school board, super superintendent, transportation services, etc. for each of its 16 districts. There were some shared services that I never understood as a student across Lancaster and Lennon, but other then that it seems like a lot of waste.

Flip that to where I live now and there are 17 High Schools in the country. It is unwieldy when there is weather because the edge at the west brushes the Appalachian Mountains where winter is very different then the East which is moderated by a big, wide bend in the Potomac. The problem shows up with snow and ice closures of the schools based on regional weather as we are dealing with 500 square miles. That seems solvable to split East and West.

Now overlay that on Emergency services and we have a county wide response. some towns have a town police force or volunteer fire house, but it is a unified response with a large capability from vehicle services to training to communications, etc. There are regional service areas assuring local needs have focus, but it is all part of the larger scheme. This seems to work very well.

So I am curious about PA school district model being more efficient then a county or regional emergency service team. Is it just better then what you have today?

momadance wrote:Romney voting to impeach for abuse of power.

slugsrbad wrote:Apparently his speech really tore into Trump. At least he has the bravery of his convictions.

Kaitlan Collins
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Romney's vote to convict Trump on Article 1 puts one person in a very awkward position: his niece, and RNC chair, Ronna McDaniel. She's close to Trump and his campaign manager Brad Parscale, and speaks with both often. Trump regularly complains to her about her uncle.

Kaitlan Collins
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Per one RNC insider: "Ronna Romney McDaniel better declare her uncle persona non grata or there will be a major push by Trumpers in the RNC to censure the junior senator from Utah and perhaps, just perhaps, oust her."

Kaitlan Collins
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In an interview on Fox News that aired right after his announcement, Romney tells Chris Wallace he's spoken "a good deal" with his family because this decision will also have consequences for "my wife, my sons, my daughters-in-law and my 24 grandkids." Doesn't mention his niece.

06hawkalum wrote:Whole lotta doom and gloom expressed in this thread about how Trump is going be re-elected.

Not so fast:

https://www.deadline.com/2020/02/state- ... 51993/amp/

It appears Americans are tiring of Don the Con.

philliesphhan wrote:

06hawkalum wrote:Whole lotta doom and gloom expressed in this thread about how Trump is going be re-elected.

Not so fast:

https://www.deadline.com/2020/02/state- ... 51993/amp/

It appears Americans are tiring of Don the Con.

I'm sure he's upset his TV ratings are down, but that doesn't really mean anything at all in terms of reelction. Swing voters don't watch the state of the union, I'd bet