Nothing says redneck hell like McKeesport.

I am sad for the daughter- the parents are certainly to blame for this situation.

At least they didn't kill the dog.

Not sure why this comment is getting down voted. But you are absolutely right.

Yes. Such a pain in the ass.

I have two jobs and because of that payrolls wants to make me pay that $52 a year tax twice, when technically you only have to pay it once.

However, I can't submit a paycheck that shows I am paying it from my full-time job until I actually get paid in the new year. So every year both of my jobs withdrawal $2 towards this tax before I can submit a pay stub to my part-time job.

At tax time I fill out the paperwork and request my $2 refund, as the year prior I paid $54. I get some enjoyment out of knowing that keystone probably spends significantly more than $2 to get me my refund.

It's the little things in life.

Ugh. Someone running for county commissioner included that he is pro-life and pro 2a in his press release. What the hell does that have to do with the job of county commissioner??? Absolutely NOTHING!

I HATE when politicians use these talking points.

I do agree with you, it is absolutely embarrassing. And it's horrible that the state requires it.

However, (welfare requirements aside) from the perspective of the child, their right to know who their father is supersedes any other person's rights. A close friend of mine is in her 40s and she has no idea who her father is, and her mom won't tell her anything. They are no longer talking because she is in the process of doing a 23 and me to get some information. Please encourage your friend to find out who the dad is. Not because TANF requires it, but because her children deserve to know their history. And they also deserve the financial support of the sperm donor.

My understanding is that you need to name three potential fathers. They will order DNA testing and if there's not a match there is no problem.

Surely she can name at least three people she was sleeping with around the time of conception.

Please move here and vote democrat!

Harrisburg and Lancaster are nice and both have Amtrak stations. Lancaster is more artistic and has more local shops. Harrisburg is the capital and is pretty nice too.

Both areas have Costco, parks, minor League baseball teams and young professional organizations. As far as stores. You can pretty much find everything. Lancaster has Park City, a very nice mall. And in the Harrisburg area you have the capital city (west shore, not technically Harrisburg, but not far).

Do you have the option to take your trash to the county dump?? $6 a bag seems like a lot. To give you some perspective, I pay $360 a year and I am allowed an 84 gallon tub of trash each week.

I love that my township allows us to pick whoever we want for our trash service. I pay pay my bill yearly in order to get a little bit of a discount, and this past year my trash company raised my bill $100 a year. I shopped around and got last year's rates with another company. I switched.

On the other hand, my husband grew up in the Philadelphia area and his parents never got a trash bill per se and their trash is picked up twice a week.

Where do you find the income limit information for your zip code?

Charities are no longer tax deductable on federal taxes unless you itemized

Damn

Who paid for it? The company?

I'm on auto delivery. It just randomly shows up. I have no notice. No idea how they know when I need oil, but I have never run out. It's great.

We don't even have open primaries. No way is this happening here.

I think that's good for a hairdresser.

Follow the money.

For a park that is non-policitcal They sure do seem to allow a lot of political activity.

Dauphin County commissioners and Mastriano have held events there.

I'm met-ed. Locked in the standard offer program in June. I pay like 7. Not looking forward to the end of my contract in a few months.

Yea. I have seen people get fired. But usually what happens is that close to the end of the process the employee leaves without actually getting terminated. But a few times they have stayed on thinking the union would save them.

I have seen a lot of people fired for doing a shit job. Depends on the agency. If you have a good boss/ supervision stuff they will absolutely stay on top of bad employees. It takes a while but once you have a paper trail set up it's not that difficult to fire people.

I disagree with this. Also the idea that you can't get fired if you work the state is garbage. I have seen plenty of people get terminated for poor performance. It does take awhile, and your supervisors have to follow through with paperwork. But it absolutely happens.

I hope.

Thank you. I posted earlier. This is a pet peeve of mine as I think it "cheapens" the registry. I don't like that non-sex offenders are included to begin with. But indecent exposure isn't one of those offenses to begin with.

I think a lot of offenders will use this line to minimize their offense history and unfortunately people buy into it

I don't fully disagree with this. a big problem I have with trusting any data relating to recidivism rates and sex offenders is there is offen a significant delay between the offense and reporting it. I would want to know how long of a period the research covered. Uncle Joe could be molesting the four year old again, but that baby likely wouldn't report that offense until much later in life- if at all.

I do agree that research largely supports the notion that SOs are very amenable to treatment. And that society overestimates their level of danger. But I like the registry. It keeps people aware, and no amount of research will be able to tell how many people were NOT victimized because of the existence of it.

I do wonder where we will be in 20 years as a society and data-wise. Victims of sexual offenses being supported and encouraged to report the offense is a new social phenomenon. I have seen massive change during my time (20 years) in this field.