Archive of entries posted on 7th June 2012

Two Memorable Encounters with Ray Bradbury

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It’s not always best to meet an idol. Sometimes the actual person doesn’t live up to the idealized.

This was anything but the case on two occasions shared with Ray Bradbury, each some 20 years apart.

The first was during the Deukmejian administration in the mid 1980s and Bradbury was a dinner speaker kicking off a tourism conference in Sacramento. Successful begging of the head of Tourism Commission, an old friend, won attendance at the dinner, which was held at the Firehouse in Old Sacramento.

Mrs. Lucas and I went early to share a drink in the bar.

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Rally for Religious Freedom Friday, June 8th at Noon

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Join tens of thousands of faithful citizens on Friday June 8 at noon local time, rallying in defense of religious freedom and opposing the Obama Administration’s HHS Mandate in over 150 cities across the United States. Below are the Pennsylvania Locations. Learn more at StandUpRally.com  PENNSYLVANIA Erie Federal Building S. Park Row and State Street [...]

Cutler (R) & Waters (D) Call for Bi-Partisan Reform of LIHEAP

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HARRISBURG – The House Health Committee today unanimously approved legislation authored by Rep. Bryan Cutler (R-Peach Bottom), with the cooperation of Rep. Ron Waters (D-Delaware/Philadelphia), to require the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) and the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to verify the eligibility of recipients of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program [...]

Cutler (R) & Waters (D) Call for Bi-Partisan Reform of LIHEAP

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HARRISBURG – The House Health Committee today unanimously approved legislation authored by Rep. Bryan Cutler (R-Peach Bottom), with the cooperation of Rep. Ron Waters (D-Delaware/Philadelphia), to require the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) and the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to verify the eligibility of recipients of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program [...]

Freedomworks Targets School Choice in PA with Radio Ad

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FreedomWorks is launching a major, weeks-long campaign to pressure state lawmakers, including Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, to pass a school choice bill in the month of June. Listen to the ad. From the Freedomworks Website. We believe that unless we turn up the heat on the General Assembly and the Governor, they won’t pass a [...]

Freedomworks Targets School Choice in PA with Radio Ad

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FreedomWorks is launching a major, weeks-long campaign to pressure state lawmakers, including Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, to pass a school choice bill in the month of June. Listen to the ad. From the Freedomworks Website. We believe that unless we turn up the heat on the General Assembly and the Governor, they won’t pass a [...]

School funding suitability in Kansas

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As a Kansas court considers intervening in Kansas school finance, the importance of accurate and meaningful evidence on school funding should be the court’s top priority. Supporters of increased school funding rely on two studies that they claim supports more funding for schools. An analysis by Kansas Policy Institute is helpful in understanding why the studies relied on in the past should be discarded.

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