Pennsylvanian legislators have developed a plan for reducing school taxes. The alternate
source of revenue would be slot machine profits. In order to take part in this program,
called Act 72, school districts must opt in and lose some property tax revenue.
The deadline for opting in is May 30. For
various reasons, many districts are giving Act 72 a pass. I don’t blame them.
Rob at UnSpace has an urgent request for Pittsburgh area bloggers. Because traffic to his blog is not his primary concern in this matter, the entire messages are reproduced in full here. If you know anyone in the Pittsburgh area, please pass this on to them.
Some of you may recall that I mentioned an interview I would be taking part in. Well, it’s now available for all to listen. 🙂 On April 11, Mike Woycek of Pittsburgh Webloggers (and Grabass) interviewed me and Rob of Unspace. We talked about two prominent deaths in the news, Pope John Paul II and Terri Schiavo. I’m not thrilled with the sound of my voice and I’m not sure I’m cut out for on-the-fly apologetics, but it was a pleasant experience on the whole. Mike and Rob seem like great guys and I hope to interact more with them in the near future.
What are you still doing here? Go listen to me pontificate. 😉
Update: Rob has a superb explanation of the whole experience, from soup to nuts. Rather than reinvent the wheel and write one of my own, I’ll just suggest you read Rob’s account. His blog is worth a read anyhow. 😉 On a side note, don’t let him fool you – he can certainly hold his own in a discussion/debate. Just wait until you hear my arguments get eviscerated by him in the Terri Schiavo segment. 😉
Update: Part 2 can be found here.
June 22, 2005
I still get a number of hits to my post about the firing of Christian talk show host Marty Minto. I never quite finished it because I got tied up in more important things, so I decided to come back and do just that. For those interested, the original entry can be found in its entirety (misspellings, bad grammar, and all) here.
The president of Feminists For Life, Serrin Foster, is visiting Pennsylvania in March and April to present her lecture “The Feminist Case Against Abortion”. This speech has been included in the anthology “Women’s Rights” as part of the series “Great Speeches in History”.
Ms. Foster will be speaking at the following schools. (Last minute changes may be found here.)