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Carlucci’s inconceivable capitulation

Judge William Carlucci, on Jan. 13, agreed that a criminal defendant should be eligible for bail - which was posted the next day. Per the PA Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 523, there are 10 relevant factors to consider when deciding bail for a defendant. Those factors include (1) the nature of the offense charged and any mitigating or aggravating factors that may bear upon the likelihood of conviction and possible penalty; additionally, (8) the defendant’s prior criminal record seems pertinent to this case. Regarding factor one, this defendant was charged with Rape – ...

Business owners beware

As businesses try to navigate the economic environment in the next four years they should make a cold blooded assessment of what policies can impact them, and what the effects can be. They all talk about taxes and regulations – because this is what they know the government is involved with, but there is a bigger concern: customers. What kills a business is the lack of customers. Anything else can be handled, but if people stop shopping you must switch careers. Usually a government cannot deliver customers to businesses. But it can cut off the supply. When the Government was ...

National security at risk

Would you hire someone who ruined two companies because of financial mismanagement? And sometimes he was so drunk at work that he had to be carried out? Who sexually harassed his women employees? I’m quite sure you wouldn’t consider employing him. Yet that is exactly what our congressmen did. They chose a totally unqualified person to head our defense department whose budget is $842 billion and employs 2.9 million people. These congressmen were afraid not to do as Trump demanded, even though it puts our national security at risk. Suddenly we have gone from being the most secure ...

Comparing pardons

Two recent letters to the editor of this paper lamented pardons or commutations issued by President Biden during his last days in office. The writers of these letters were silent on Trump’s blanket pardoning of convicted felons involved in the January 6th storming of the capitol. The two sets of pardons/commutations could hardly be more different. President Biden is accused by today’s writers in the following terms: “...of the 40 vicious felons put on death row by citizen juries, [he] has nullified 37 of those lawful decisions.” The 37 people on death row that this refers to ...

Giddy up

Twenty-two states and two cities have sued to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship. It seems that right out of the gate, Trump is testing his limits. Now, this could just be a diversion to focus the media on this issue while he gets other things done without resistance. A third scenario would be that this is intended as a test to see who is loyal to him. Maybe it’s all three! This apparent blunder may be a calculated move. I think that the Supreme Court will eventually rule against this order. Consider that this is his Supreme Court, who he installed during his ...

Commonsense energy policy

Commonsense energy policy can help us achieve greater U.S. energy dominance and reduce inflation for families, as Congressmen Dan Meuser and Glenn “GT” Thompson expressed in recent comments and the Sun-Gazette pointed out in the editorial “A step closer to sound energy policy” (Jan. 24). American energy policy was clearly on the ballot last fall, when voters voiced support for smart policies that help strengthen U.S. energy leadership, create good jobs, support consumer choice and keep the lights on. Following the election, the American Petroleum Institute expanded its policy ...