we are here at the bucks county tea party. there is a great crowd.perhaps a thousand people or soin spite of this being amajor event..there is not a news van to be seen.
I couldn’t upload the pics live so I’ll post them here when I download them from my regular camera.
There will be a Tea Party held at the Washington State Park on Saturday April 18th from 1 to 3 pm at the General Greene Pavillion.
UPDATE – The General Greene Pavillion is in the Northern part of the park. For a map, see
http://www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing/visit/index.htm
It is time to say “Enough is enough” The four trillion dollars in spending in the first 90 days of this administration will burden our children, grand children an their children and grandchildren with a crushing debt. Let the folks in Washington know we care. You can get more information at http://www.tea4change.com/
There was an article today in Phillyburbs that hit a sore spot for me. Mainly it outlined the shortage of funds to pay the DAs in the counties. What got my attention was that the salary of the DAs is about 150 THOUSAND per year. A juror in Bucks County gets a whole 9 bucks a day plus 17 cents a mile. A lawyer playing “Lawsuit Lottery” stands to win Hundreds of thousands of dollars in a single case. Not a bad system where you can force people to work for free to enrich those running the system (Didn’t we fight a war in the 1860’s over something like this??)Isn’t it time to revamp the system to compensate jurors fairly?? Why should some ambulance chasing lawyer be able to bring a frivilous lawsuit to court and then have the power to force people to give up earnings to sit on a trial while they drone on and on?? No one in the court system cares about the jurors. The county personell are all well compensated with salary and benefits. The Lawyers are either billing at $200 to $500 per hour for every single minute they are even thinking about the case or they are on a contingency fee basis “If we don’t get you MONEY, you don’t have to pay”.. Meanwhile Joe Average has to squirm about being pay their mortgage and their kid’s health insurance while they listen to legalistic maneuvers.Betcha the Lawyers, Prosecuteors and DA’s all have a big laugh together at their Country Club at our expense…
FAIR COMPENSATION FOR JURORS NOW!!!!!!
An article in Phillyburbs describes PPL using eminent domain to place high tension towers on the land of a Richland Family.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-09192007-1409981.html
I’m sure the Real Estate agents and supervisors of Bucks County Townships aren’t too happy to hear this discussed. Property values are one of the things driving the Bucks County Economy. People are willing to spend millions for homes here, especially in Central and Upper Bucks.The nightmare would be to spend a million or so of your life savings to find the perfect farm or property with just the right setting…. and then have ugly towers plopped right in the middle of things.In addition to the esthetics of the situation, there is also concern that the high tension wires cause health problems. That idea is, of course, poo-pooed by the power companies.. (remember at one time tobacco companies promoted smoking as a healthy thing to do). On the other hand, there are books and articles that point to powerline-cancer links.One of the things driving the need for powerlines is the rampant development. A 6000 foot McMansion needs a good bit of ‘lectricity to keep the heat pumps going. The little munchkins from the Mcmansion need to go to a school, which needs plenty of ‘lectricity to keep the kiddies in light and a nice comfortable environment.
So, as people are buying up houses, they may be faced with their home being under the shadow of a transmission line in order to provide additional power for those who buy homes after them.
One thing that did strike me was the apparent unwillingness of PPL to follow the railroad lines instead of going through people’s homes. I have no knowledge of the engineering involved so I can’t make a judgement. However, it would seem that it should be possible to situate the power lines along railroad rights of ways.Eminent domain is scary. The governement can come in and enforce the taking of all or part of your property with the muzzle of a gun.What can be done to lessen this in the future? For one thing, if we cover Bucks County with a spiderweb like netting of high tension wires, I would think that would have a negative effect on property values and tourism. “Gee dear, don’t those power lines just look lovely this time of year in the valley?”.. Yeah right…Here are some thoughts..
- Let’s stick to the comprehensive plans in the townships. Over and over again, developers are coming and and threatening lawsuits if they can’t take R2 zoning and change it to High Density age restricted housing.. Simple math and common sense says that when you stick more people on an acre, you will need more electric…
- Make sure that the people who have the power to stick a butt ugly transmission pole smack dab in the middle of your horse pasture have incentive to try to find less obtrusive routes.
- Look into alternative energy, incentives to make things as energy efficient as possible and perhaps other ways of bringing electricity besides towers. However, the geography of Bucks County with it’s glacial rock will probably preclude underground high tension wires.
- Oh, just for fun, every proposed route should be audited to see if the people responsible for the route have chosen a path away from their homes at the expense of other’s homes..
- Let’s make sure that the people who are forced to give easements are fairly compensated for their land. There have been a lot of national stories about eminent domain abuses where the owners are paid a fraction of their economic losses. That just is not fair.
The Washington Crossing State Park will be closing on July 9th 2007 for an indefinite period of time due to budget issues:
According to the PA Historical and Museum Commission site at http://www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing/
ALERT: As of Monday, July 9, 2007, Washington Crossing Historic Park will be closed to the public until further notice due to a budget impasse and furloughing of state workers. The Park is looking for actors to portray General Washington. Of course, that will be on hold until the budget is resolved
Perhaps old George and the boys should take the Durham boats up the Susquehanna to Harrisburg and deal with the mercenaries running Pennsylvania. Of course, they folks in the Capitol don’t have the cool hats the Hessians had.
New Hope passes a smoking ban.Well, this will change the bar scene if it is enforced. (there are follow up stories about the borough possibly not enforcing the ban).All of the restaurants we frequent are either already non smoking or have real non smoking sections, not a ‘non smoking section’ adjacent to a smoky bar.I have some mixed feelings on this. We simply vote with our cash and avoid restaurants that are not completely smoke free in the dining area. I’m not a big fan of government dicating to businesses how they should operate. On the other hand, the quote by the police officer merits consideration. People have to visit these establishments in the course of their work.
delawareonline ¦ The News Journal, Wilmington, Del. ¦ New Hope, Pa., passes smoking ban: “Effective in 30 days, the ordinance also bans smoking within 20 feet of the entrance to a bar or restaurant and in any borough-owned facility, with exceptions for sidewalk cafes, outdoor service areas and private clubs”
Bucksview Blog – Bucks County Pa
we are here at the bucks county tea party. there is a great crowd.perhaps a thousand people or soin spite of this being amajor event..there is not a news van to be seen.
I couldn’t upload the pics live so I’ll post them here when I download them from my regular camera.
There will be a Tea Party held at the Washington State Park on Saturday April 18th from 1 to 3 pm at the General Greene Pavillion.
UPDATE – The General Greene Pavillion is in the Northern part of the park. For a map, see
http://www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing/visit/index.htm
It is time to say “Enough is enough” The four trillion dollars in spending in the first 90 days of this administration will burden our children, grand children an their children and grandchildren with a crushing debt. Let the folks in Washington know we care. You can get more information at http://www.tea4change.com/
There was an article today in Phillyburbs that hit a sore spot for me. Mainly it outlined the shortage of funds to pay the DAs in the counties. What got my attention was that the salary of the DAs is about 150 THOUSAND per year. A juror in Bucks County gets a whole 9 bucks a day plus 17 cents a mile. A lawyer playing “Lawsuit Lottery” stands to win Hundreds of thousands of dollars in a single case. Not a bad system where you can force people to work for free to enrich those running the system (Didn’t we fight a war in the 1860’s over something like this??)Isn’t it time to revamp the system to compensate jurors fairly?? Why should some ambulance chasing lawyer be able to bring a frivilous lawsuit to court and then have the power to force people to give up earnings to sit on a trial while they drone on and on?? No one in the court system cares about the jurors. The county personell are all well compensated with salary and benefits. The Lawyers are either billing at $200 to $500 per hour for every single minute they are even thinking about the case or they are on a contingency fee basis “If we don’t get you MONEY, you don’t have to pay”.. Meanwhile Joe Average has to squirm about being pay their mortgage and their kid’s health insurance while they listen to legalistic maneuvers.Betcha the Lawyers, Prosecuteors and DA’s all have a big laugh together at their Country Club at our expense…
FAIR COMPENSATION FOR JURORS NOW!!!!!!
An article in Phillyburbs describes PPL using eminent domain to place high tension towers on the land of a Richland Family.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-09192007-1409981.html
I’m sure the Real Estate agents and supervisors of Bucks County Townships aren’t too happy to hear this discussed. Property values are one of the things driving the Bucks County Economy. People are willing to spend millions for homes here, especially in Central and Upper Bucks.The nightmare would be to spend a million or so of your life savings to find the perfect farm or property with just the right setting…. and then have ugly towers plopped right in the middle of things.In addition to the esthetics of the situation, there is also concern that the high tension wires cause health problems. That idea is, of course, poo-pooed by the power companies.. (remember at one time tobacco companies promoted smoking as a healthy thing to do). On the other hand, there are books and articles that point to powerline-cancer links.One of the things driving the need for powerlines is the rampant development. A 6000 foot McMansion needs a good bit of ‘lectricity to keep the heat pumps going. The little munchkins from the Mcmansion need to go to a school, which needs plenty of ‘lectricity to keep the kiddies in light and a nice comfortable environment.
So, as people are buying up houses, they may be faced with their home being under the shadow of a transmission line in order to provide additional power for those who buy homes after them.
One thing that did strike me was the apparent unwillingness of PPL to follow the railroad lines instead of going through people’s homes. I have no knowledge of the engineering involved so I can’t make a judgement. However, it would seem that it should be possible to situate the power lines along railroad rights of ways.Eminent domain is scary. The governement can come in and enforce the taking of all or part of your property with the muzzle of a gun.What can be done to lessen this in the future? For one thing, if we cover Bucks County with a spiderweb like netting of high tension wires, I would think that would have a negative effect on property values and tourism. “Gee dear, don’t those power lines just look lovely this time of year in the valley?”.. Yeah right…Here are some thoughts..
The Washington Crossing State Park will be closing on July 9th 2007 for an indefinite period of time due to budget issues:
According to the PA Historical and Museum Commission site at http://www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing/
ALERT: As of Monday, July 9, 2007, Washington Crossing Historic Park will be closed to the public until further notice due to a budget impasse and furloughing of state workers. The Park is looking for actors to portray General Washington. Of course, that will be on hold until the budget is resolved
Perhaps old George and the boys should take the Durham boats up the Susquehanna to Harrisburg and deal with the mercenaries running Pennsylvania. Of course, they folks in the Capitol don’t have the cool hats the Hessians had.
New Hope passes a smoking ban.Well, this will change the bar scene if it is enforced. (there are follow up stories about the borough possibly not enforcing the ban).All of the restaurants we frequent are either already non smoking or have real non smoking sections, not a ‘non smoking section’ adjacent to a smoky bar.I have some mixed feelings on this. We simply vote with our cash and avoid restaurants that are not completely smoke free in the dining area. I’m not a big fan of government dicating to businesses how they should operate. On the other hand, the quote by the police officer merits consideration. People have to visit these establishments in the course of their work.
delawareonline ¦ The News Journal, Wilmington, Del. ¦ New Hope, Pa., passes smoking ban: “Effective in 30 days, the ordinance also bans smoking within 20 feet of the entrance to a bar or restaurant and in any borough-owned facility, with exceptions for sidewalk cafes, outdoor service areas and private clubs”