
Allow use of temporary ramp
Unless they can show an imminent danger, Tyrone officials should back off a demand that a couple remove a ramp that allows a woman temporarily using a wheelchair to get in and out of her home. George Kaup says borough code enforcement officials told him last week to remove a temporary ramp at his residence that was built to accommodate his wife, Kathy. She is using a wheelchair after breaking both legs in a motorcycle accident July 6. She is scheduled for surgery this week. Her husband also was injured in the accident but not as severely. Because Kathy is expected to be in a wheelchair for a few months, friends built a ramp July 13 with donated materials. It seemed like a nice story of people helping people, the kind of community spirit that should be fostered. And then the government showed up.
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Good ethics should be a given
It shouldn’t take a special session to make ethics a priority in the General Assembly.
And if it does, it just shows the legislature has become so corrupted that it’s beyond repair.
Why keep senator on payroll?
Employers have a right to expect some work in exchange for issuing a paycheck. But once again, the Pennsylvania General Assembly is showing it doesn’t operate in normal fashion.
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Despite the rarity of a presidential veto — at least in this administration — and a congresssional override of it, Tuesday’s votes on a Medicare bill were anti-climactic.
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When it comes to the horrific crash near Portage that left four dead and four hospitalized, the best thing many of us can do is remember.
We can remember the four young men — Richard J. McKrush Jr., 22; Joseph Gordon Maximillion Krug Jr.
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