*This post has affiliate links. It was a challenge to read Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign, and fight back the feeling of Monday Morning Quarterback. Even though I knew the outcome (life in a Trump Administration) Authors Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes tell the story in a fresh and compelling way. I […]
PA General Assembly Returns to Work
Mark your calendars: the elected officials of Pennsylvania return to work on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. Below is the schedule for both the Senate and the House. You may be asking “Why should I care?” You should care because these are the people selected last November to represent our interest in the state of Pennsylvania. […]
About Last Night: Election 2016 is a Wrap
This post will not make much sense. I stayed up late last night watching the returns, had too much wine while I watched, and woke up early to a morning that was a soggy as my pillow. I do not have enough adjectives in English or Spanish to express how I feel about a Trump presidency. […]
Election Day Eitquette
Election Day Etiquette Every year I swear I am not working the election. The day is too long, the people are too mean, I still have laundry piling up. Yet every election day about 2PM I find myself chatting with my neighbors as I sign them in to vote. This year, I also had the […]
PA Judicial Retirement Ballot Question
In addition to choosing the representatives for the next two to six years, Pennsylvania voters have an important ballot question about mandatory judicial retirement age. The Pennsylvania Judicial Retirement Age Amendment is on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Pennsylvania as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. A “yes” vote supports changing the mandatory retirement age […]
FEDERAL AND LOCAL OFFICES UP FOR ELECTION IN 2016: STATE REPRESENTATIVE
This election cycle has been odious. I have cast a vote in every election save 1999 when I didn’t give a damn WHO was on the ballot. This year the top of the ticket is Bad and Worse. Pundits have projected that turnout will be low because of the lack of excitement these two elicit. […]
I Took The Boy to See Donald Trump
I Took The Boy to See Donald Trump and Immediately Regretted It The invitation to meet Donald Trump was no surprise. Afterall, I am an African-American female Republican in a predominantly Democratic neighborhood. The invitation was from a group of women I have spent time with in the past, women a little more progressive than […]