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May. 16th, 2023 @ 9:18 pm
RT @timelywriter: PHILADELPHIA (@AP) _ Cherelle Parker wins Democratic primary for Philadelphia mayor, likely positioning her as 1st woman…

May. 16th, 2023 @ 8:16 pm
RT @RyanDeto: NEW: The AP has called the Allegheny County Executive race for Sara Innamorato, a progressive lawmaker. She joins several oth…

May. 16th, 2023 @ 8:13 pm
RT @PeteHallPA: Democrat Heather Boyd has won the 163rd Legislative District special election in a 76-22% landslide preserving the Democra…

May. 4th, 2023 @ 9:06 am
RT @MacFarlaneNews: Zachary Rehl, Ethan Nordean, Enrique Tarrio and Joe Biggs are found GUILTY of seditious conspiracy.

Mar. 23rd, 2023 @ 10:46 am
RT @MacFarlaneNews: FLASH: Per my teammate @RobLegare Federal judge Amy Berman Jackson sentences Riley Williams to 36 months (3 years) i…

Mar. 23rd, 2023 @ 9:00 am
RT @MacFarlaneNews: Defense argues Trump and Rep Scott Perry (R-PA) and Nick Fuentes were influences on Riley Williams (Perry is the Cong…

Mar. 23rd, 2023 @ 8:50 am
RT @ryanjreilly: DOJ: Riley Williams is not some “impulsive Gen-Z gadfly,” she “participated in domestic terrorism, plain and simple.” Ril…

Jan. 31st, 2023 @ 12:42 pm
Pa State Sen. Mike Regan tosses protester blocking doorway at 1K$ fundraising lunch for Sen. Scott Martin https://t.co/KZqU3QfWiB

Jan. 17th, 2023 @ 6:19 pm
The end of an era - Tom and Frances Wolf exit the Pennsylvania State Capitol 1.17.23 https://t.co/l4eOdKBz6y

Jan. 12th, 2023 @ 3:26 pm
RT @ByCarterWalker: Lycoming County recount results are in. Story soon: https://t.co/Fj1SmIVmiN

Jan. 10th, 2023 @ 8:04 pm
Tuesday 4:53pm - Pa. Senate Rules committee passes SB1 11-6 https://t.co/3aMf75hCnX

Jan. 10th, 2023 @ 5:14 pm
Editing video of Pa. Senate Rules committee Tuesday 4:35pm. https://t.co/2VMENm4l6V

Jan. 9th, 2023 @ 6:46 pm
Pa Senate State Government committee Monday afternoon. Chair Cris Dush - nobody has been charged with insurrection. https://t.co/cOMm6oPSVU

Jan. 9th, 2023 @ 6:18 pm
Pa Speaker Mark Rozzi - Because they took all the money away. https://t.co/HVwgilc1sC

Jan. 4th, 2023 @ 7:42 am
Pa Speaker vote Rozzi 115 - Metzgar 85 https://t.co/7brf5ipXX8

Jan. 3rd, 2023 @ 9:01 pm
Pa. Speaker Rozzi 8:01pm https://t.co/9M5g1cFWds

Jan. 3rd, 2023 @ 6:42 am
Archive - Swearing-in day 1.2.7 https://t.co/ouzSdyAAYT

Jan. 3rd, 2023 @ 4:42 pm
Rep Cutler takes questions on election of House Speaker https://t.co/LdsbynObSK

Jan. 3rd, 2023 @ 4:36 pm
Pa House scheduled back in at 6:45pm https://t.co/J0bRjEO3f2

Jan. 2nd, 2023 @ 12:48 pm
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Harrisburg City Council Applicants: From 32 to 6

4 Dec
Tuesday @ 9:10 pm

With a vacant Harrisburg City Council seat needing to be filled because of Councilor Patty Kim's election to the PA House, on December 3rd City Council called thirty-two applicants to City Council Chambers to introduce themselves in two minute presentations. After the presentations, each City Councilor nominated one candidate from the applicants in a secret ballot process.

Once the six nominees were decided, City Council interviewed them individually. A vote will take place on December 11th to decide who will fill the vacant seat.

Here are the videos of the thirty-two applicants giving their two minute presentations.

Part I: First six applicants

--Ellis R. Roy, Jr.

--Robert J. Drum

--Chuck Hamilton

--Steven M. Ketterer

--Patricia Louise Stringer

--Eugenio M. Albano

Part II: Next five applicants

--Robert Lawson

--Floyd Stokes

--Camille Erice

--Paula E. Bolen

--Hanniel Sindelar

Part III: Nine more applicants

--Charles A. Schulz

--Elizabeth Laribee

--Kendra Harvey

--Latasha N. Frye

--Robert J. Williams III

--Julie Bancroft

--Michael J. Parker

--Leigh Ann M. Urban

--James H. Porter III

Part IV: Another four applicants

--Bruce P. Weber

--Carl S. Choper

--Michael J. Hillman

--Ralph B. Pinskey

Part V: Last eight applicants

--Joseph S. Solomon

--Pamela M. MacNett

--William J. Henley

--Roeg Edward Williamson

--Julie George

--Kevin Shoaff

--Jeremiah Chamberlin

--Mike Barth

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Capitol Tree Lighting

4 Dec
Tuesday @ 6:02 pm

Capitol Tree Lighting.

Photo/Natalie Cake

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Special Report on The Harrisburg Incinerator Forensic Audit: The Parking Lease

4 Dec
Tuesday @ 4:36 pm

In 2008, the City of Harrisburg was offered $215 million for a 75 year lease of its parking system, which included parking garages and meters. Locally, this deal was dubbed the "Frydman Deal," so named after Jacob Frydman, co-owner and prominent personality of the private equity firm that put the offer on the table.

The Mayor at the time, Stephen Reed, vigorously pitched the Frydman Deal as the perfect solution to the City's massive debt problems. Reed told the public the $215 million lease would eliminate the full City-backed debt of the Harrisburg Parking Authority (HPA), who owns and operates the parking system, as well as eliminate the full debt of the City of Harrisburg. He promised that the freedom from debt would result in tax rebates and tax reductions for the residents of the City.

Reed successfully convinced the majority of the HPA Board to approve the Frydman Deal; however, he was unable to garner the ratification of Harrisburg City Council. Thus, the deal never went through.

There has always been debate about the true virility of the Frydman Deal. Opposers of it have claimed it was a shamelessly bad deal for the City and would not yield the results Frydman, Reed, and other supporters claimed. In their defense, advocates have continually called the deal the best, missed opportunity to resolving Harrisburg's debt crisis. In fact in both 2008 and 2010 (when Jacob Frydman returned with a re-offer), the Patriot News endorsed the deal as such.

At the recent PA Senate Local Government Committee hearing on the Harrisburg Incinerator Forensic Audit Report, James Losty of RBC Capital Markets testified about the Fydman Deal. He referred to it as what could have prevented the City of Harrisburg from reaching the critical point it is currently at. Losty declared the proceeds from the Frydman Deal would have been used to pay off the HPA debt and "to pay down the excess Resource Recovery Facility debt," that is, the Incinerator debt. For the first time, under oath, a proponent and architect of the Frydman Deal contradicts Reed and proclaims what the money was to really be used for---to decrease the Incinerator debt, not to eliminate the City's debt.

On October 24, 2012, Harrisburg Receiver William Lynch and Receiver Team financial advisor Steven Goldfield of Public Resources Advisory Group met with employees of HPA to discuss an upcoming lease proposal of the City's parking system by Harrisburg First, LLC, an entity of Guggenheim Partners.

Goldfield told the roomful of people that Frydman's group was one of the bidders that responded to the Receiver's call for proposals, but was eliminated early on. Goldfield said after reviewing the Frydman Deal, "[We] used that as our guiding light of what not to do."

The Receiver's Team is currently in negotiations with Harrisburg First. No details of a proposal have been publicized.

by Tara Leo Auchey

photo by Natalie Cake

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Harrisburg Crime Report: Suspect Identified - Wanted

4 Dec
Tuesday @ 10:28 am

As released by the Bureau of Harrisburg Police.

UPDATE – SUSPECT IDENTIFIED – WANTED

Clarence Shaffer, W/M/52, no fixed address. . Shaffer may be armed and should be considered dangerous. . See attached recent photos from NOV 2012. . If seen, contact your police agency immediately. An arrest warrant charging him with a Megan’s Law violation has been issued so far. It lists a Kennett Square, PA address. . Shaffer has family in the general area but is said to be estranged from all. He might have access to a vehicle. Type of Incident: Abduction investigation . Date / Time: 12-03-2012 at about 0745 hrs. . Location: HACC – Main Campus . Investigating Officer: Det. John O’Connor . Victim R/S/A: W/F/18, suburban Harrisburg, HACC student . Suspect: W/M/35-50, goatee, short reddish hair, wire rim glasses, small build, aNarrative: On 12-03-2012 at about 0830 hrs. patrol officers were advised that a man from suburban Harrisburg called for police and reported that his daughter was abducted. Reportedly, she was able to call him and told him of the incident. Moments later the young woman was located in the Enola area. She was able to flee her abductor and ran for help at a nearby home. . Harrisburg Police Detective John O’Connor met with the young woman. She said that she parked her car in a HACC parking lot off of Industrial Rd. As she was gathering her materials a strange man opened her car door and forced her to the passenger seat. He drove off while pointing a gun at the woman. He drove to the Enola area and pulled onto a parking lot where the Conodoguinet Creek meets the Susquehanna River. He forced the woman, at gunpoint, to walk to a wooded area along the creek. There, he tried to sexually assault her. He put his gun down and she was able to run for help. The man ran off and left in the woman’s car. He took the car back to the parking lot at HACC and left it there. . The woman was not harmed. She provided a statement to Det, O’Connor and assisted in preparing a composite likeness of the man she said abducted her. See attached. . The investigation continues and anyone having any information on this is asked to contact Det. John O’Connor at 717-255-3175 or email HYPERLINK "mailto:joconnor@cityofhbg.com" joconnor@cityofhbg.com or Sgt. Deric Moody at 717-255-3156

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