Hurricane Dean - Where is he going?

Two links for you:

Hurricane Dean.....

Where is he going to go this time?

[NOTE: From what I hear, it actually looks and sounds like Dean is doing a decent job supporting state Democratic parties (like the Republicans have been doing for years!) and bring the fight onto Republican-held turf. However, I thought the hurricane presented such a nice opportunity for some humor.]

New Feature: NEPA RUMORMILL, This Week: Rep. Kanjorski's Congressional Seat

I think this would be a nice, new weekly feature to add to the site...

So, without further ado, I would like to announce the first edition of: THE NEPA RUMORMILL or more accurately "What rumors did NEPA Observer hear this week?" Of course, none of this should be taken as gospel and should be triple checked by readers. That's why they are called rumors!

Kanjorski's Congressional Seat: This is a topic that has been debated around political watercoolers everywhere recently. Everyone I talk to at work has a different take on it, so take this all lightly and with a teaspoon of sugar. Who? Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty perhaps? I have also heard Pat Casey's name. More recently I have heard two other names: State Rep. Todd Eachus and State Rep. John Yudichak.

Eachus is an interesting addition to the RUMORMILL because he comes from the same region of Luzerne County as potential Republican congresional candidate Barletta. Eachus has been working to solidify his record on illegal immigrants according to part of the Lynetts media empire. Eachus is in the state Democratic Party leadership in a position called Majority Policy Chairman. Not sure what that means, but I suspect it could help him.

From the people I talk to in Luzerne county (where my wife works), Yudichak is pretty close to Kanjorski, so he might be a challenger as much as someone who might take the reins and get support from Kanjo. Then again, my wife's friends have been wrong before.

[Note the comments on this post indicating Yudichak and Kanjo apparently hate each other. Obviously I don't know much about Luzerne County politics and neither do my wives co-workers, ha! In the future, anonymous commenters should read a post, see above re: "triple checked by readers" before attacking me in the comments! These are "rumors" I hear. I make no claims to validity.]

As for the more common rumored candidates, I think Doherty would struggle as he is not even that popular up here in Scranton and would be facing a primary where most of the votes come from Luzerne County.

Pat Casey is a very interesting possibility, however, from what I hear, his brother Chris might running for Attorney General next year, so there might be too many Caseys on the ballot with him running too.

Of course, any challenger will have to face Kanjo's already huge warchest and his long history and ties to the District.

Please email me at nepa.observer AT gmail DOT com if you would like a topic or piece of info discussed on upcoming RUMORMILLS.

Regards from Scranton.

Delicious NEPA

Sorry for being so silent here on the main blog in the week after the launch. Things have been busy here at work. (Yes, posting from work, don't tell Mr. Big!)

However, I want to make sure everyone knows that while the main blog has been silent, I have not been quiet!

I have been constantly sharing links and brief comments almost every day over on "Del.icio.us NEPA" which you will find on the right.

If you use XML, RSS or Atom to subscribe to blogs, you can subscribe specifically to Del.icio.us NEPA in addition to this main blog.

Please let me know what you all think!

Regards from Scranton.

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Regards from Scranton.

Lackawanna GOP and Bob Cordaro are BACK(wards)

The Lackawanna County GOP just signed their death warrant. They brought Bob Cordaro back and put him on the ballot, for what ... the 8th time?

I don't care who wins this election, but this is a bad political move.

This election is set to be about ethics and corruption because so many of our local politicians (or "pols") can't stay on the straight and narrow...

This move by the GOP just hands the defining issue of the race to the Democratic ticket. Cordaro will spend the next month or two defending himself in court and in the papers trying to stay in office and stay on the ballot.

A few days ago, Roderick speculated that the Democrats might be scared of Cordaro because they were not releasing their poll. I think that is pretty silly. Their strategy of keeping the election all about Cordaro is working and will continue to work, mainly because Bobby likes to talk about himself more than anyone else.

At least the crazy political fireworks should be entertaining this fall.

Regards from Scranton.

First Post

This is my first post. I am still working on layout and design, so bare with me, as some changes are likely.

I intend this to be a blog of my thoughts, rants, and general muckraking on various topics, mainly NEPA and PA topics, but mostly generally on anything I damn well please.

Regards from Scranton.