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Opponents of the Voter ID law point to the fact that government cannot force anyone to prove his or her identity before he or she votes. They claim that one's vote is a guaranteed right protected by the Constitution of the United States and asking someone to provide an ID in order to vote is discriminatory.
But what is wrong with proving that you are who you claim you are when casting your vote? After all, are not Pennsylvanians required to have a driver's license in order to drive? In fact, Pennsylvania requires its residents to have IDs for a variety of reasons i.e. buying and owning a gun, getting married etc. etc. Why, today even joining a fitness center requires an ID with your picture. Today, everyone has some form of ID for identification. The Social Security card is the best example. What about an ID to enter a place of employment? I remember years ago when I was hired by a major pharmaceutical corporation, the first thing I had to do is to have an ID with a picture before I could enter their premises.
Pennsylvania Voter ID law applies to everyone and that is why I believe the law is not only legal, it is necessary to prevent among things, illegal votes usually cast by unscrupulous individuals who want to win or decide an election one way or another.
It is the same old cry of those individuals who want to manipulate the system in
order to win votes. Why then, are these people opposing a law that protects all
of its citizens equally? The Voter ID law is not geared to any particular individual,
a race of people or a group of people; the Voter ID law is there for our
protection because for too long, we have seen what the honor system has done in
the voting centers around this state.
In recent years, we have experienced first-hand the evils of not having an ID especially in the voting booth where after each election, fraudulent activities are
reported everywhere. Why, in recent years, we even had dead people voting.
Now, tell me how honorable is that, when dead people are counted among the living in the voting booth? And that is only the tip of the iceberg because in recent years, the fraud in the voting booth has been well documented by both parties in this country i.e. duplicate votes, phony voting registration and the like.
Therefore, please stop whining at the Pa. Voter ID Law claiming that it is
unconstitutional and discriminatory because it is here to stay and the timing
could not have been better because we need to secure and maintain the sanctity
of our vote.
To be sure, the Voter ID is and should our first step is the protection of our
vote. Vigilance by those who are entrusted to protect our vote should also be counted among the number #1 priority because when it pertains to voting, we cannot have duplication of votes, votes by dead people, people in prisons and other voting irregularities.
As Americans, we should be proud to live in a country where our votes matter. Voting is a privilege and as such, it should be protected at all costs and if that that cost is a Voter ID, it is a small price to pay.
I will gladly abide by it.
12:42 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
If one of the concerns is that elections are being decided by gaming the system I only point to recent Repubilcan led legislation to split the electoral college, to gerrymander districts, and now to apply ID standards for voting credentials as the real gamesmanship. I'm also very confident that the number of newly disenfranchised voters will greatly outnumber any previous election day irregularities. I think we should go with the "purple dye on the finger" method - solid proof of one person one vote.
Mike Shortall
5:39 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The need to "gerrymander" voting districts is the result of U.S. Census every 10 years. The process is used by BOTH parties, depending on who's in power when the census results hit, to maximize their advantages. It's certainly not a method exclusively used by Republicans.
By the way, the most recent PA legislative district redraw was approved 4-1 by a BIPARTISAN committee (3 Republicans, 2 Democrats).
Jim Shu
11:36 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
Hey Mike, this guy, Jeff (Lugar) is a nut case. He's tuned his TV to MSNBC and has torn off the knob. He's probably now basking in his Bed lined with Chris Mathews sheet, pillow cases and posters of Chris all over his house. His MO is to belch out their propaganda loudly, as interacting with intelligent individuals, like yourself, could get him kicked off of the Republican Haters Club.
Adrian Seltzer
10:20 am on Saturday, October 6, 2012
Gerrymandering is not mandated but redistricting is. Gerrymandering is creating the political lines to keep specific reps in business, not about the will of the people.
Brendan Kelly
2:45 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Then the state should give out free ID cards to every registered voter. Every registered voter should get a photo card in the mail and go to the DMV or any other office that should be setup for ID cards. Making people pay to get voter ID cards is wrong. Some voters live paycheck to paycheck. I don't disagree with proving who you are, but you should not have to pay for it. If the legislature had to decide that the state had to pay for it I would bet the law would have never passed.
12:59 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
If you are a registered voter and do not have a photo ID you are entitled to get one FREE OF CHARGE at a PennDOT Drivers License center. You can find more information at www.VotesPA.com or call 1-877-VotesPA
12:58 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Bendan, requiring people to travel to PennDOT centers discriminates against people who don't drive or who live in sections of the state where these centers are not near public transportation routes.
Katie, the only information at the VotesPA site on obtaining a free ID is a news release from Secretary Aichele that you can download. However, buried near the bottom of the page is a link that takes you to PennDOT's site, which has no information on a free ID except the same press release. You'll also find a link for download the voter ID application, which still indicates (incorrectly) that a $13.50 fee is required. Now, if you go back to Secretary Aichele's press release you'll find that the free ID won't be available for two more weeks. Even then, people must still travel to the PennDOT centers if they can get there and have the time to wait in line (two hours or more in some cases). Meanwhile, there are less than 90 days left to the election. All signs of how much Pennsylvania's Republican legislators and administration care about our right to vote.
application for a voter ID that you'll find on Pestill indicates a $13.50 fee is required
5:29 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
This web page is apparently experiencing problems. Normally, it allows you to delete your comment while it's under review, which is great if you want to correct an error. However, in my case, I inadvertently clicked Submit before finishing, and now Delete is not working. Hence the following, somwhat redundant post:
Brendan, requiring people to travel to PennDOT centers discriminates against those who don't drive or live where the centers are far from public transportation. PennDOT's website indicates there's a center 2-3 miles from where I live, but that would be a wild goose chase since it's an insurance company where you can renew your license or registration. I agree about the fees, but they've been waived.
Katie, the only information at the VotesPA site on obtaining a free ID is buried in a news release from Secretary Aichele that you can download. However, near the bottom of the Voter ID page at VotesPA is a link that takes you to PennDOT's site, which mentions a free ID but says nothing more, beyond providing the same press release. If you fish around, you'll find a link for downloading the voter ID application, which still indicates (incorrectly) that a $13.50 fee is required. Meanwhile, there are less than 90 days left to the election free ID's won't even be available until the end of the month. All signs of how much Pennsylvania's Republican legislators and administration care about our right to vote.
Jim Shu
11:52 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
I was trying to follow along with Brendan, who wants everything given to him, except a hair transplant. And Katie, who was nice enough to provide assistance and even a link. But, I guess Brendan and John want to be spoon fed too, like most Liberals. But, I am really sorry if I am not getting it. Isn't your right to VOTE a privilege? If people are that dumb that they can't deal with the laws or do their own research on what is needed to cast a vote.... Oh, I don't know... Maybe they should just stay home! What do these people do, watch TV in the kitchen because they may get lost coming from another room in the house?
Azaz Leforte
3:41 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
There is supposed to be a free voter ID card available based upon the press release from a few weeks ago. I have searched the state's site and could not locate any information on how to obtain one. With election day pretty much 90 days away, there is no way voters will not be supressed.
Mike Shortall
5:43 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The law was passed in March and as of July less than 2800 people in the entire state had obtained the required ID. That sure sounds to me like lack of effort, as opposed to barriers and burdens, especially given the wide publicity the issue has gotten since the law was passed.
Jim Shu
12:03 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
You are correct Mike. I came to this country legally and had to bust my... well, you know what to get an education, a car, a place to live, and start my own business. And, as it has been factually reported, hundreds of times, that pouring billions of funds into "poor neighborhoods" has only resulted in raising the levels of poverty. What does the Bible say, 'give a man fish and he will starve... teach a man to fish and he will survive'? But let's face it, there are some out there that will never leave Uncle Sugar's pantry, no matter what other's do to help them.
denise clark
5:45 pm on Thursday, August 16, 2012
Yes you could always get a free photo ID from Pennsylvania and any other state in this country. The over 16yr old children who do not drive have been using them for legal ID forever. There are so many photo ID centers through out each state I cant imagine it would be impossible to get to one the same way you can get yourself out to a polling place. I believe your state representative will help, local church or community, senior citizen transit, friends etc.... The amount of time given to obtain an ID has been substantial. John Herald..what are you afraid of?.
10:16 am on Saturday, October 6, 2012
jim shu..you are the one that's DUMB. "the right to vote is a privilege"? do you realize how stupid that sounds? ..maybe you shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Morgan King
4:00 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Can we get some data on the number of purported fraudulent votes from the last National election? An estimated number of potential voters that won't be reached by a mailing address? I don't find the idea to be intrinsically un-Constitutional unless you could make a good case that it's a 'poll tax' - regardless, November is far too close to try and guarantee that ID cards can be comprehensively distributed.
George Jones III
5:19 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Morgan, The only thing I remember is a circulator of petitions for our congressman being caught forging signatures. Went to trial, found guilty. Don't remember any voter fraud charges in Pa.
Joe Olson
9:31 am on Friday, August 17, 2012
There is a good article from National Review for you to read about voter fraud in PA. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/314273/voter-fraud-keystone-state-john-fund
4:52 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Brendon is so right. This new law is yet another attempt by Republicans to rig elections. They can't win them fairly and squarely - after all, what have they ever done for us? - so they come up with new and different ways to prevent the disenfranchised from voting. Unbelievable. Our nation is quite literally being taken over by Corporate Nazis and, with the exception of MoveOn, we're basically standing still for it.
Adrian Seltzer
5:46 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Voting is not a privilege, it is a right. That puts it in a different category than all your examples of when you need ID. During the court proceedings, the State of PA said there were no examples of in person voter fraud. If people are voting for dead people then their signature has to match that dead person's and the poll worker have to let it pass when it doesn't. This would be another example of in person voter fraud, again none in PA. This law doesn't address duplicate votes because the address does not have to be current on your id, it also doesn't address phoney voter registration. I don't have a problem with needing ID to register to vote, which is constitutional in this state, but changing the game midstream is a different story for people who do not drive and only have for example, a card from the VA for ID, or a woman whose name is different on her driver's license and voter registration due to marriage or divorce. If you do not have the proper ID and are part of the working poor, you would have to take a day off of work to get the ID. All the PA DOT centers do not issue the photo IDs (Rosemont doesn't do them) and many are not easily accessible by public transportation.
We will see how happy you are on election day, when the lines will be longer & voting takes 3 times as long, because everyone needs their ID checked, even if they are their husband or next door neighbor. Poll workers are subject to $10,000 fines and a year in jail for failing to do so.
Adrian Seltzer
5:47 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Not allowing registered voters to vote stabs democracy in the heart
Jim Shu
12:20 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Hey Adrian, that was a nice thing that you wrote. So, why not go a littler farther and rent a bus or van, head to these "poor" folks homes and drive them to get what is required by law? Or, maybe you are like other bleeding heart liberals and only invoke guilt? Where are these folks neighbors? How do they get food, or make it to work? Uncle Sugar pours billions of dollars into helping the "poor" and poverty levels are still on the rise. Why is that? Ever been to Zern's? That place is packed with people in wheel chairs, using walkers, and looking like they crawled out of a cave. Yet they were able to make it there and they have bags of goodies that they bought. Can you explain how these "poor" folks are able to only do some things, but we as a conscientious society HAVE to help them when it comes to situations like VOTING?????
Adrian Seltzer
12:02 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Hey Jim, I have been going to senior centers and helping people with their ID, both Dems and Reps, black and white. How do you know that those are the people without ID?
9:54 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Mr. Shortall, I'm well aware of the need to reapportion districts, however, there is no "need" to gerrymander in a way that makes national news for its blatant carving out of votes. To the next point, the fact that so few have gotten IDs is not lack of effort but an outcome of how difficult it is to find a nearby and open DOT coupled with the time it will take away from work or other everyday activities to obtain the ID. It is costing the state millions of taxpayer dollars to implement and costing voters out-of-pocket dollars in time and travel. If anything, the lack of ID gathering is proof that voters are becoming disenfranchised. I think the State Supreme Court will see the need to postpone this law until after the election.
Mike Shortall
2:38 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
My point, Jeff was that gerrymandering isn't a tactic dreamed up by Republicans to rig elections. The Democrats use it just as effectively.
Insofar as the number of people who have received IDs, 2800 is laughable considering the number of alleged ID-less voters the media keeps pounding on. 750,000!! 1,000,000!! Yet ONLY 2800 have been successful at getting them!?! The odds that all the rest have been blocked or overly burdened by the law's very basic requirement is simply beyond belief.
Sorry, Jeff, that points more to lack of effort than it does insurmountable burdens.
David F
11:22 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The rush to introduce new procedures and hurdles in the voting process when no documented cases of voter fraud even exist in the Commonwealth is proof that there is another agenda, which is to disenfranchise voters. The state keeps changing their proposed rules, the people who are supposed to issue ID's don't even know what is required, and many counties have no PennDOT office, or only one with very limited hours. The "individuals who want to manipulate the system" are the administration in Harrisburg who are pushing this through in time to keep very specific populations from voting this fall. Each of us, when we vote, sign in at the poll, and our signature has to match the signature on record. So, we already have a way to prevent fraud that is much more reliable than an ID than many underage drinkers already know how to forge.
David Curran
11:50 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
All good points Dave, but I would like to add one more, expense The circus the administration has put on trying to run this thing is just comical. When was the last time anyone really tried to defended this mess. Republicans own this. When it costs more to run- they own it. When legitimate voters are denied access, they own it. When elections are contested Republicsnbecause of alledged voter suppression- they own it. When lines are long at the polls and voters are confused- they own it. This is a 100% Republican idea. It really makes me sick to realize that there are people out there that have absolutely no regard for others rights. And they call themselves patriots--hardly.
Adrian Seltzer
12:09 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
David, we can ad to that expense. A letter in July to voters on the no match list - a list of registered voters who had no corresponding ID on record at PennDOT. That letter did not mention anything about the no match list or them being on it. (750,000) letters. Production of an offensive ad that suggests if you do not have ID to vote you are unpatriotic. Ironically many veterans' photo id cards do not have expiration dates on them so they are not valid for voting. And the best the PA dept of state will be sending postcards to every registered voter in the state to tell them about voter ID. That's almost 8.3 million postcards. $$$$$
1:32 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
"...votes by dead people, people in prisons and other voting irregularities." In a state with no evidence of in-person voter fraud"? But none of that matters. What does matter is this: "Elections shall be free and equal; and no power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage." - Pennsylvania Constitution.
The equality supporters of the ID law see is that the law requires everyone to meet the same standards. Yet those standards automatically sanction the voting rights of people who drive cars, hold government jobs, serve in the military or attend in-state schools, and denies the rights of hundreds of thousands - primarily senior citizens and residents of inner-cities, who don't drive cars, hold government jobs, serve in the military or attend in-state schools - unless they complete steps to obtain the type of ID the others already hold. Seems only fair.
An example of a constitutionally-sound law, a fair and equal one, would be a law that requires everyone to obtain the same voter ID card, while providing sufficient options so that all qualified voters can obtain one with the same ease. Pennsylvania's voter ID law doesn't come close. Contrary to the article's conclusion, this law has little chance of being upheld by the courts, not because of the lack of fraud or the stupidities of Republican legislators and officials, but because it doesn't meet the standards mandated by the state's Constitution.
Adrian Seltzer
2:05 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Most of the student, military, and govt IDs do not have expiration dates making them invalid as voting I'd.
Mike Shortall
2:40 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Not true, Adrian for military IDs. They are controlled by a CAC card system that has been in place for years. They do indeed have expiration dates.
Mohandus Frieri
10:21 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The problem with John J. Herald's comments is that they are all fictional. There are no examples of voter fraud in Pennsylvania. The attorney general's office has stipulated that.
The only fraud ever prosecuted in Pennsylvania has been on the part of politicians and election officials, that is to say, the government.
All of these points by John J. Herald, who presents a false I.D. while pushing for I.D, are useless, incorrect and ignorant.
12:37 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Mohandus, I sincerely believe you misunderstand me. I purposely left out the lack of in-person voter ID fraud, because a law does not have to be necessary to pass constitutional muster. I also didn't address the obvious political motive behind the law because that in itself is not unconstitutional. I believe the most valid issue is creating a law that interferes with the rights of a million or more people. As I see it, IDs are not evil in and of themselves. The system erected around this one is evil because it wantonly disregards the rights of 10% or more of Pennsylvania's registered voters. And the grounds to support my view can be found in the state constitution, which it so happens is at the heart of the lawsuit now being decided.
Jim Frank
5:57 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
It seems to me that our state government is trying to cause an armed revolution, they keep supporting laws that make it easier to get a gun then to vote. I am afraid that the day when people vote with their guns is not to far off.
mark smerkanich
7:32 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I hope Mr Frank is incorrect with his assessment, but it's not difficult to miss the irony: rigorous ID process needed to vote but not to buy guns. Have we totally lost our collective wisdom?
7:46 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
We may need our guns to get past the New Black Panthers standing in the way!!
@Mark: There is a background check in PA. You need ID and personal information, and local police in your area are notified of the purchase. If they (police) choose not to cross reference the data, that's their bad.
9:07 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Thanks for showing what kind of racist pigs are behind this new aged poll tax.
mark smerkanich
12:32 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Did you really type and mean you have fear of black people descending on to your house? I hope not, but if you did, there is no need to ever reply to one of my comments.
8:48 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
"Richard Hurtz:9:07 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 "Thanks for showing what kind of racist pigs are behind this new aged poll tax."
Where's that "positive attytood" now, Dickie Hurtz?
Mohandus Frieri
9:40 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Adrian, among others is right on the money regarding this Voter I.D. law. The law is voter suppression plain and simple.
Pino's points are idiotic but nonetheless demonstrate the constitutional right to freedom of expression. That's the only reason idiots get to express themselves publicly.
No, John J Pino, voting is not like buying cigarettes, alchohol or pornography. Voting is not like picking up a prescription, going to the movies or getting married. Voting is not like borrowing a library book, boarding an airplane or applying for a loan. Voting in not like any of those things.
Voter suppression laws are solely intended to keep black people, minorities, disabled and elderly people from voting in the election. The Voter I.D. laws are just another example of the ALEC legislation passed from state to state to help Republicans, unable to win an election on merit, to cheat.
No John J. Pino, you are wrong, very wrong indeed.
Anthony Wayne
10:07 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Wake up Mr & Mrs America. The largest fraud being carried out on the American voter these days is the lack of a third or fourth choice during election time. Inclusion of another party during debates, news coverage, funding, etc, will allow the rape of common sense, freedom, and liberty, by the two party system, to slowly come to an end. There is no difference between the current two candidates as far as I can see. This voter ID debate is obfuscation, designed to pull our thoughts and energy away from the real problems at hand. A tactic used often by the criminals who currently run our country. We as citizens let them in. It is up to us to get them out.
1:33 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The comment of Anthony Wayne is the only one on this page that goes right to the heart of this situation. The politicians and their cronies who run our government have made it virtually impossible for a third party candidate to get on the ballot. If we continue to have only the choices that they deem acceptable then our country is doomed. To the cracker that is worried about the New Black Panther Party I wish him nothing but nightmares and more baseless paranoia.
Adrian Seltzer
12:15 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
What the GOP is doing to the libertarians is a crime, the same one the Dems did to Ralph Nader. There is no equality under the law in PA when the standards are way higher for a third party candidate to get on the ballot then for a Rep or Dem
Deb Martin
3:08 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
By "Right on the Money," I assume Mr. Pino means that it is right to spend money (everyone's tax dollars) to benefit the Right (the increasingly radicalized Republican Party). There is no evidence of the type of voter fraud that this unconstitutional law will prevent; it is simply a shameful way to take money that should have been used to support the many programs Gov. Corbett has shattered to disinfranchise hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians of all political affiliations. As many have already noted, voting is a constitutional right, not a privilege like the examples cited by Mr. Pino. Additionally, it is apparent that the state remains unprepared to provide all those who suddenly lack proper ID with the credentials they will need to vote in this November's election. It's too bad that Pennsylvania lacks a recall option for the governor and all of our so-called representatives in Harrisburg.
Mike Shortall
5:04 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Actually, Deb, the law IS NOT unconstitutional, as was decided by the US Supreme Court in 2008 (Indiana's similar law). In fact the 6-3 majority opinion (stronger even than the ACA decision!) specifically stated that the photo ID requirement was not an unreasonable burden or obstacle to voting.
It's a shame the same people who lauded the ACA USSC decision as "the final word" can't accept the stronger opinion on voter ID laws. Instead they run to the State courts, shopping for a more agreeable verdict!
Adrian Seltzer
10:25 am on Saturday, October 6, 2012
It should be unconstitutional because of the PA constitution.
5:59 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
This has to be one of the dumbest things I've read regarding the Republican dictate on voter ID's.
First of all the real problem is completely ignored and that is the fact that there is an extremely high number of people in PA that do not have the Republican required type of ID's. - There is clearly an ignorance on this writers part to recognize that all people in PA do not have the (specific types of ID's) being required by the Republican's of our state.
Second, the writer is looking the other way on what amounts to nothing less than a Poll Tax, as people are having to pay money to obtain required paper work to obtain the specific forms of ID.
Third, the sheer fact that it is our constitutional right as citizens of these United States to be able to vote in every election, that we choose to participate in after the first time we register to vote. It is our Constitutional RIGHT!
If the voter ID laws were just and fair in PA and the other states that are suddenly requiring them (State governments controlled by Republicans) then they would not be written so that they target specific voters, Young Voters who are in college, Senior Citizens, those who live in Urban areas and minorities, who have been marked as those who tend to vote for Democratic candidates.
Maybe John's next writing will advocate for ID implants, so we can all just be scanned every time politicians decide we are guilty of their make believe thoughts.
11:32 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Earnest, you're right. Even sending in an absentee ballot costs the elderly and the poor with medical and mental health diagnoses because the form requires signatures/documentation of an illness from the MDs--and most doctors require patients to pay for "additional paperwork" (as posted in most doctors' offices). I'm sure many will scoff and say it is a small sacrifice to pay for the privilege, but then again, paying to vote amounts to a poll tax. And besides, for many, $12 or $15 means the difference between eating or paying for medications--not everyone is as fortunate as many of those deriding the poor, the sick and the elderly.
Richard Lane
8:24 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
OK, I'll take the stupid bait...I'm a lifelong Republican, and my ancestors all are going right back to the time of Lincoln. But this ID tactic is just plain rotten and turns my stomach. Registered voters have the right to vote. Period. ID's are just a sneaky way of trying to distort the vote. And another thing. So I can have my guns and ammo like its a god given right (which it isn't, unless its to support a well regulated militia, like that's ever happening!), but someone's going to mess with my right to vote? How distorted can our priorities get to be?
Doesn't Matter
8:30 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
It doesn't matter, both candidates stink.
Your choices are:
Vote for Romney (Corporate America) who leads you to believe the trickledown theory will give you money. Except the CEOs only care about themselves and not the employees.
Vote for Obama and get more in debt, taking what little money we have and giving it away to people that have no jobs and can't get any.
When I vote I will be deciding which I hate least. Will it be more Socialism or the complete division of the classes? (Extremely wealthy and extremely poor). Both leave the average person powerless.
John J Pino
8:08 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
It doesn't matter: I could not have said it better myself, you are absolutely correct, America needs a, "People's Party", a new political philosophy that speaks clearly for the working men and women of America because for too long, these people have been ignored by both the Democrats and the Republicans.
Adrian Seltzer
11:20 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Active duty IDs do have expiration dates, Veteran IDs do not.
Anthony Wayne
12:03 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
The people's party presidential candidate.
10:21 am on Saturday, August 11, 2012
It would be a lot less nauseating if Republicans just admitted what they are so blatantly doing here: preventing eligible voters from this years presidential election so they can unethically turn PA from BLUE to RED for Master Romney. (How can you look at yourselves in the mirror every day? seriously!)
Michael Grady
11:05 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
Having an honest election with phot id cards is NOT preventing "eligible" voters from voting. Dead Democrats on voter rolls will no longer be able to vote.. people with a forged utility bill with their name on it will no longer be able to vote.. and so on .. and so on..What did A.C.O.R.N with Obama's knowledge try to do to the 2008 election?. ...think about it.
Adrian Seltzer
10:50 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
To vote in PA, your signature has to match the signature in the book. If it does not the inspector asks for ID. If the above didn't happen, it is a problem with the officials of the election. This law is unnecessary. You are talking about false registrations which this law does not address and which I would not be against fixing.
Peter Kendall
10:14 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012
Adrian: what if the signature's a pretty good facsimile - a forgery? Most voting "officials" are just retured volunteers... not expert handwriting analyzers. please rethink your assertion.
Adrian Seltzer
12:25 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The signatures in the book are upside down from the voters stand point and the voting official is supposed to cover it before the voter signs. I don't cover for people I know, but do for people I don't I cover the signature so that person would have to be clairvoyant as to what the signature looks like and also they have to be the same age as the voter in question because birth dates are in the book. If there is any question as to identity we ask for id. I am a majority inspector of election and know how this works. I also happened to have studied handwriting analysis when I was a kid.
Adrian Seltzer
12:26 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The judge of elections, majority and minority inspectors are elected positions. We take an oath that there will be a fair and free election.
John Ryan
9:58 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Anybody think that the time and money spent on this issue is being flushed down the toilet. I don't want to pay for this boondoggle. Glad the GOP spends our money for practical purposes.
Mallison Schwartz
10:13 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Cant we all just agree that career Phila politician Allyson Schwartz is a P O S ?
11:35 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
A Positively Outstanding (civil) Servant? How beary kind of you!
Roman Gabriel
10:37 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Fair ? Does anbody remember Hillary Clinton in 2007 saying she supports drivers licence for illigal allians in NY state ? That was a blatant move to add to the Dems base because a licened driver in NY is entitled to vote. She changed her tune during her primary battle with Obama. Fair ? How about the Phila polling location that had more votes cast than registered voters for that location. And yes Beary, Allyson Schwatrz is a POS.
Adrian Seltzer
10:57 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
but the law doesn't address your scenario. I checked the election results and there was no phila polling location that had more votes cast than registered voters. If there was, it was the poll officials who did not do their job and since each polling place has a judge of elections, majority and minority inspectors, who must be from different parties, it would mean they were all complicit in the fraud. Do you know any republican who would let that happen???
Louis Flanagan
6:56 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
74% of Americans Support Voter ID Laws
"…the Washington Post released a poll which found that 74% of American adults support the idea that voters should show a photo ID prior to voting..."
John Ryan
8:18 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Did they check id's before conducting this poll, cause if they didn't I don't believe it.
Adrian Seltzer
5:22 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
If all photo id's were usable that would be one thing. The limited types of ID's that can be allowed by PA's law, is part of the problem. I think ID should be required before registering to vote, but not at the polls. Please read my new post on the home page.
Mohandus Frieri
10:46 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012
Again fiction. Just because it's on the internet does not make it true.
74% of likely Republican voters support voter I.D.
John Ryan
8:19 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
I like the title of this blog, "Right on the Money". Seems the right has been pandering to the money for too long!
Concerned Citizen
10:39 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Dear Mr. Pino,
In this country, voting is a right, not a privilege.
Driving a car is a privilege, hence the requirement to have a valid driver's license in order to maintain this privilege.
Clearly, except to those who support rigging elections, the PA voter ID law is a last minute attempt (by design) to selectively favor Republicans in the November election. It's akin to the tactics of the Bush administration in 2004 by pushing to have gay marriage on the ballot in as many states as possible to enhance the conservative Republican turnout. However, the PA "law" is even more deplorable as it directly seeks to strip Americans of their rights.
CH Resident
11:01 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
That's such a ridiculous straw man argument. The reason why dems are screaming so loudly has nothing to do with human rights - it has to do with the "vote early, vote often" tactics they have used for years - doesn't Philly routinely have >100% turnouts for big elections? You need an ID to receive any benefit from the state, not just to drive a car. You also need an ID to board a plane, open a bank account, etc. PA isn't even making people buy the ID card, they're giving it out for free. From the huge increase in people receiving benefits over the past several years (i.e., an "entitlement..." not a privilege), something tells me that a lack of ID is keeping people from applying for them, so it shouldn't be an issue to require ID in order to maintain the 'one person one vote' integrity.
Concerned Citizen
11:24 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Chestnut Hiller -you completely miss the point....and....where is the proof that people are voting multiple times? Haven't seen this published anywhere. There is no reason the current system should fail the one person, one vote mandate it is designed to accomplish unless it is not executed properly. Are you saying the people at the polling sites are rigging the system. So, you're accusing these people of voter fraud? Where's the data?
CH Resident
12:34 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Concerned Citizen, what exactly is your point then and what is the issue? You say voting is a right, which of course it is, thus one shouldn't have to show ID to participate in an election? By your same logic, should we just trust people claiming to be U.S. citizens at their word at immigration/customs checkpoints without asking for passports before letting them into the country? U.S. citizens have a right to enter and leave their country at will - so is it infringing on their rights to ask for ID?
I'm sure you'll say this is partisan (even though I regard this as a non-partisan issue) and dismiss it as the highly partisan Inquirer and Newsworks have already done, but here's one set of data that suggests widespread voter fraud in Philly: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27249508/Voting%20Irregularities%20Report.pdf. There are others out there if you simply google 'philly voter fraud' dating back decades. Also, anecdotally, if there wasn't some sort of voter fraud perpetrated over the past couple generations, why has Philadelphia been a one-party town since the 1950s?
Concerned Citizen
9:49 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012
Chestnut Hiller - Exactly! You finally see the point! The current voting system is fine until demonstrated that there is a problem! Theories, beliefs, and anecdotal stories do not constitute a rationale for changing a system that has worked for decades, and by all documented accounts seems to still be working - at least as well or better than other systems - as you point out - that already do require photo ID (there is always someone who finds a way to get around nearly any system, photo IDs included). If there is a problem with voter fraud in PA, and a photo ID approach is determined to be the best solution, then I'm all for it. However, the process to determine that there is indeed a problem and that a photo ID is the best solution, has absolutely NOT occurred. You're right, it is NOT technically a partisan issue, as it affects everyone. However, the Republican party in PA has used this fabricated issue as a partisan tool because they perceive it gives them an advantage in the upcoming election. I would write the same comments if the Democrats were behind this - this effort is not for the greater good of the citizens of PA - it only serves the near-term interests of politicians. Be careful of who you support and what ideas you support - they will come back to bite you and everyone else, if done for the wrong reasons.
Adrian Seltzer
1:21 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Dear Chestnut,
At each polling place there is a judge of election, a majority inspector and a minority inspector. For the "fraud" you say regularly takes place would involve the complicity of both parties. Also many of the ID's that will work in your needing an ID situations will not be acceptable to vote. While I believe that you should have ID to register to vote, changing the game midstream is not acceptable for those that have been voting legally for years. I believe the real word for "some sort of voter fraud" in Philly is called gerrymandering, an art form practiced by both parties.
Concerned Citizen
4:40 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Dear Chestnut,
It does appear you are describing gerrymandering which is not solved with an ID.
You miss the point in all the examples you give of where one needs to have an ID to cross the border, get on a plane, open a bank account, whatever, whatever. In all your examples, there is no other system in place to determine you are who you say you are. Not true with voting. So, what I hear you saying is that the voter verification system that has been in place for many, many years is rife with corruption and has affected the outcome of many elections? Ever heard of a fake ID? If what you say is true about the corruption causing such high voter fraud, then these people will surely get around a simple photo ID system too. Why not go for fingerprints and DNA testing?
CH Resident
5:03 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Concerned Citizen, okay, concede to you on the gerrymandering point (and yes, I know what it is, thank you) but that was just an anecdotal throw in at the end of my comment. My initial point remains that I think it is perfectly logical to require id to vote because I do believe there is fraud in the system. You feel otherwise, and there are studies on both sides of the argument that have been conducted and make differing conclusions. You can surely make rhetorical counterpoints to my assertions all day long saying that there is no fraud, can cite your own studies counter to what i cited, but clearly not everyone agrees with you that there is no fraud - otherwise, there wouldn't be a push for this right now because everyone would agree there is no problem. clearly that's not the case. further, you mention that fake ids as an issue...well isn't that the case with everything else that requires an ID? the point is to put one more barrier in place between lawful behavior and unlawful behavior - there is no magic cure, but the logic here is no different than any other institution that requires id. so i guess i'm just not exactly seeing your argument - That voter id not needed because the current system is fine? or because of some other factor?
5:22 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Chestnut Hiller - The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania conceded in its own court filing that they have no evidence that there has been, ever was or ever will be in person voter fraud in PA:
What we should be talking about in a Democracy is what course of action serves the greater good? What is clear from the evidence presented at trial is that, on the one hand, implementation of this law has the potential to disenfranchise 750,000 - 1 million PA voters. On the other side, the Attorney General can't present a shred of evidence to suggest that implementation of this law will prevent even a single fraudulent vote, because they have no evidence that a single fraudulent vote has ever been cast.
So, to review: the Republican-controlled legislature is spending in excess of $10 million taxpayer dollars on a voter ID bill to prevent a type of voter fraud they can't document has ever occurred in PA, at the risk of disenfranchising up to a million PA voters.
Why would they do such a thing? Oh, right -- "to allow Governeor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania." -Mike Turzai, PA House Republican Leader
Kathleen Shaver
2:06 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
It is so telling that Mr. Pino uses the term"right on the money." In the end, the implementation of this law is meant to disenfranchise the poor, elderly and minorities who not only generally vote democratically, but even worse, they are a drag on an economic system ruled by profit for the few and general greed. Yes, the ruling is "right on the money," but it is WRONG when it comes to basic fairness.
James Smith
9:56 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012
Agreed. John J. Pino recently posted on the Tredyffrin-Eastown Patch.
Check out the John's slip in the last sentence. It would seem that John J. Pino knows exactly what this Voter ID Law is all about because it was on this mind when he wrote this.
"Ok, I am going to say the following as politely as I can.
Today's ruling by a Pennsylvania Judge to uphold the state voter ID law is a
victory not only for the state of Pennsylvania but also for every American
citizen who is interested in justice and unfairness for all people."
- John J. Pino
Joe Koenig
5:49 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
@Kathleen: "they vote Democrat." Where is you documentation that these three groups are disenfranchised?? My Mother is 95, and has voted with an absentee ballot for 13 years. Being elderly and unable to get to the polls is a legitimate reason to get an absentee ballot. In reality. elderly people in the suburbs and exurbs are the most disenfranchised, should they want to get an ID, as they have the farthest and hardest road to travel to PENNDOT (further distance, less public transportation). They generally vote Republican.
James Smith
10:38 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012
@Joe: I think PA House Representative Mike Turzai's comments say it all about what the end game of this law is really about.
In case you thought is was taken out of context. Here is another.
The small number or disenfranchised rural elderly does not matter to the larger numbers of disenfranchised urban elderly. The census does not have exact numbers on the elderly, but minorities are documented.
Mohandus Frieri
10:49 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012
Every Republican who voted for this law knows why they voted for it and yes, Mike Turdzai's comments represents their sentiments.
Randy Macon
11:34 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012
No one can object to proving their identity before voting. Everyone should object to restricting what you can use as proof to such a small number of ID's that it disenfranchises certain groups of people such as the poor and elderly. Everyone wants a fair election. No one should believe that an election that disenfranchises thousands of people in order to prevent a vanishingly small number of potentially fraudulent votes is fairer than one in which all eligible voters are allowed to vote.
Joe Olson
9:36 am on Friday, August 17, 2012
There is documented evidence of voter fraud in PA. Please read the following: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/314273/voter-fraud-keystone-state-john-fund
Adrian Seltzer
2:01 pm on Friday, August 17, 2012
This was absentee ballot fraud, not in person fraud. The law does not address absentee balloting.
Peter Kendall
7:39 pm on Friday, August 17, 2012
Adrian- let's address the easy problem first, with photo IDs. Then, as you point out, we can turn our attention to absentee ballot fraud.
One thing at a time, lest our public officials keel over from the workload....
Adrian Seltzer
10:14 pm on Friday, August 17, 2012
The point is this law does nothing to prevent voter fraud. All it does is inconvience everyone, people without id and anyone who votes. Wait for the lines at the polls. Please be patient and don't take it out on your barely paid poll worker. We can face a $10,000 fine and a year in prison if we don't check ID properly.
Adrian Seltzer
9:37 am on Friday, August 17, 2012
Guys, it's like innocent until proven guilty. If someone comes in to vote and their signature doesn't match, we ask for iD. Law is totally unnecessary. Hope you will enjoy the long lines at the polls.
12:00 am on Monday, August 20, 2012
Why don't I see one response post from Mr. Pino???
If someone posts a blog entry here shouldn't they have the courage of their convictions enough to weigh in to support or clarify their position??
Sounds like another cowardly Republican who can't defend their position if its put under any scrutiny... just more self important, self interested pontificating by the Right hoping people aren't paying enough attention to realize its all BS!
Mike Shortall
8:51 am on Monday, August 20, 2012
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Kathleen Shaver
1:32 am on Sunday, August 26, 2012
Volunteers working for the PA Voter ID Coalition are finding that many people moving into Pennsylvania may not be able to vote in November. These individuals are often working professionals who have out-of-state drivers licenses but may be lacking an official birth certificate, social security card or marriage certificate (because of theft, loss, fire, flood etc.) These documents are now required for obtaining a PA drivers license or PennDot ID, even if an individual has a valid license from another state.
It can take over 11 weeks to receive an official birth certificate and expedited service costs extra (as much as $45 total) with no guarantee that the document will be received in time to get through PennDot processing. These individuals are not lazy or irresponsible, but they may be prevented from voting in November despite having successfully registered to vote in PA.
Many concerned citizens are volunteering hours of their time to assist others with the paper work required to obtain the necessary documents or to transport people to PennDot. Some individuals have to take additional time off from their employment and return to the PennDot office a second time in order to complete the application process. In rural areas it is more difficult because of greater distances combined with fewer drivers license centers and limited hours of operation.
Although I am disheartened by those who support an unfair law, I am encouraged by the concern and generosity of others.
Adrian Seltzer
2:32 am on Sunday, August 26, 2012
They should be at least able to get the dept of state. Voter ID. You do not need a birth certificate for that, only social security number and a utility bill or two.
V. Scheurich
8:58 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
Why there are elected officials that are called "Democrats" and the reason they "all" run for these offices in this party. The "Useless Idiots" vote for them with blind eyes and very little knowledge. The article below is a democrat and tells his own to get educated before making statements they don't know what they are talking about. Sound familiar? Do you have a next door neighbor like this?
Adrian Seltzer
12:28 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Many of the people without ID, are not without ID. They just do not have the specific ID necessary to vote. If you show a poll worker your veterans ID with your name and picture, and your name is the same in the voting registry, your signature matches and your birthday matches, why wouldn't the poll worker know it is you? Does an expiration date change who you are? NO. Same with a college id or any other photo id. This is the reality of the PA law, that it doesn't prevent any fraud that the safeguards that were in place wouldn't have caught. Don't believe me? Give me a scenario. Believe me, sign my petition to postpone the voter id law until after the election
David Curran
8:27 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Hi Adrian, I would just like to thank you for your efforts to right this wrong, it is people like you who give me hope that perhaps a disaster may be avoided.
For some reason my iPhone will not let me fill out your petition. When I am at a pc later I will fill out and submit.


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Consistent with this principle, studies of psychotherapy for patients with BPD have demonstrated reductions in self-reported depressive symptoms.8 While some pharmacotherapy trials have also demonstrated reductions in depressive symptoms, this finding is difficult to interpret.1In these studies, patients with comorbid MDD were excluded, so although the pharmacotherapeutic intervention led to a reduction in subsyndromal symptoms of depression, remission rates in patients with comorbid BPD and MDD could not be evaluated. Results from studies of the combination of medication and specialized psychotherapy have been mixed.9 This evidence generally supports the conclusion that treatment of BPD leads to improvement in depressive symptoms, and that psychotherapy plays a more important role than pharmacotherapy in the treatment of BPD with comorbid MDD.
If a patient with BPD has comorbid bipolar disorder type I, question whether there is a personality disorder at all; at least in some patients, intense affective lability or emotional dysregulation can produce similar symptoms. Comorbid bipolar disorder type II is a more complex problem, and it is a heterogeneous entity whose treatment remains controversial. Gunderson and colleagues10 found a comorbidity rate of 19% for bipolar disorder type II. Lower rates were reported by Paris and colleagues.11 The prevalence of this comorbidity depends on how strictly one defines hypomania. However, for the subset of patients in whom these comorbid disorders are clearly and accurately identified, mood stabilizers are required for the treatment of bipolar disorder and specialized psychotherapy is required for the treatment of BPD.
The course of anxiety disorders is similar to that of MDD comorbid with BPD. Good results have been shown with psychotherapies, which suggests that this comorbidity may also benefit primarily from a specialized psychotherapy designed for BPD.8 PTSD is a more complex problem, since its boundaries are not always clear. Some evidence suggests that trauma can worsen BPD, but it is important to remember that not all patients with BPD have histories of trauma and only a small minority of people who experience trauma develop BPD. However, evidence-based psychotherapies, such as dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), tend to focus on the present and short-term future, but in some cases, time-limited, evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD may be useful.
The presence of a substance use disorder is particularly important and problematic. Some research suggests that the presence of a substance use disorder is associated with more severe BPD symptoms and a poorer prognosis over the intermediate term, but the prognostic importance of substance use disorders may attenuate over time.12,13 Treatment studies for BPD with comorbid substance use disorder suggest that successful psychotherapy can lead to reductions in both BPD symptoms and substance use.14 One study found added benefit from the use of a DBT-based smartphone application in reducing substance use urges.15
Thirty-seven-year-old Nancy is being treated by a psychologist for long-standing depression and anxiety. She is referred for psychiatric assessment, and on the basis of a clinical interview augmented with a semi-structured interview, she receives a diagnosis of BPD. Current comorbidity includes MDD, panic disorder without agoraphobia, cannabis dependence, and alcohol(Drug information on alcohol) abuse. In a collaborative decision, it is decided that Nancy would switch from her current therapy to a DBT program for BPD.
Antidepressant therapy is started but is of limited benefit. Over several months, BPD symptoms begin to resolve, which leads to a similar reduction in her anxiety and mood symptoms, but her alcohol use temporarily worsens. She is counseled to attend a substance use rehabilitation program concurrently with her DBT but feels unable to commit to that much treatment at one time. Her clinicians suggest that she take a temporary leave from psychotherapy until she completes substance use treatment. Once the rehabilitation program is finished, Nancy returns to the DBT program and shows significant treatment gains. After a year, she no longer meets criteria for BPD or any comorbidity.
When eating disorders are comorbid with BPD, rates of eating disorder decline over time, but change to another eating disorder, which is frequently eating disorder not otherwise specified. This suggests that these symptoms can be an impulsivity symptom of BPD. Little research has been done in the population of patients with both BPD and an eating disorder, and a preliminary study that used an adaptation of DBT had mixed results.16 If a patient has serious weight loss resulting from anorexia nervosa, this should be treated before undertaking therapy for BPD. In contrast, binging and purging behaviors can be targeted in the same way that self-harm or substance use are targeted in specialized psychotherapies for BPD.
Unfortunately, the literature provides limited guidance on management of all cases of comorbidity. Careful diagnosis of BPD and comorbid disorders is the first step. Generally, the course of comorbidities is closely tied with the course of BPD, and thus improvements occur over time and specialized psychotherapy for BPD usually leads to improvements in comorbid disorders.
Most evidence indicates that symptoms of depression remit after specialized treatment for BPD, and the course of anxiety disorder is likely similar. Elements of substance use disorders and some eating disorders may be manifestations of impulsivity in BPD, which also would benefit from specialized DBT treatments, although the prognosis is more guarded in these cases. In general, specialized treatments for BPD are likely to improve both the symptoms of BPD and the comorbid disorders.


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The latest version of the AiO Torch - the only multi-function torch available absolutely free-of-cost for ALL S60 3rd Edition devices - is finally out guys!
Although I never expected to roll out another release so soon, it's just that the response to the first release was quite encouraging (not to mention the presence of some extra time at hand) that made me do otherwise. Anyway, you'll find that there are a lot of changes in this update.
I, for one, find it to be a very convenient utility as many a times you find yourself groping for the light switch while in a dark room, searching for your keys on the bedside table or even trying to read the menu in a dark restaurant. The possibilities are endless!
If you haven't checked out the initial release yet, I'd recommend you do. You can find it right over here. The most notable changes are highlighted below:
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- For a quick startup, I'd recommend you to keep Python in the list of Active Standby apps available on your device for quick retrieval. In order to do that, go to Tools > Settings > Phone > Standby Mode > Active Standby Apps from the Menu and make the necessary changes!
- The ScreenTorch utility works by displaying a white background in fullscreen mode whilst leaving the backlight on. You can use it as a torch or simply to keep the screen bright and well-lit even if you are not pressing any buttons. It can easily be turned off anytime by pressing the right softkey
- StrobeLight Pro, as previously described here, utilizes the camera hardware to produce regular (albeit not permanent) flashes of light (using the LED) every 5-6 seconds
- Please use this script entirely at your own risk. While LEDs have a remarkable service life, they do tend to get hot and adequate heat-sinking is essential. So remember not to close the camera lens cover immediately after extended use
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State's lawyers asked a judge Tuesday to throw out a whistleblower and defamation lawsuit filed by a former assistant football coach who testified he saw Jerry Sandusky attack a boy in a school shower more than a decade ago.
Mike McQueary's lawsuit is too vague and does not meet legal standards to support claims of defamation and misrepresentation, the university wrote in a court filing.
McQueary has sued the university for millions of dollars, claiming in an October complaint that then-president Graham Spanier made him a scapegoat in 2011 after Sandusky, a retired assistant football coach, was arrested on child molestation charges.
"It is not enough that the alleged victim of a statement be embarrassed or annoyed, he must have suffered the kind of harm which has grievously fractured his standing in the community of a respectable society," wrote Penn State attorney Nancy Conrad.
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Conrad's new filing said that a Nov. 5, 2011, news release by Spanier, in which he expressed "unconditional support" for outgoing athletic director on leave Tim Curley and retired vice president Gary Schultz, did not relate to McQueary and did not defame him by innuendo.
McQueary alleges he lost his job because he cooperated with prosecutors, and that Spanier's statements suggested McQueary had lied about the 2001 shower attack. He is seeking reinstatement, a bowl bonus, back pay and benefits, among other things. His salary had been $140,000.
McQueary's "claimed innuendo can only be obtained by means of a tortured and unreasonable construction," Conrad wrote. Continued...
Curley and Schultz were arrested along with Sandusky, charged with perjury and failing to properly report suspected abuse. The state attorney general's office recently added more counts against them, and charged Spanier for an alleged cover-up of complaints about Sandusky. All three men deny the allegations and await a court hearing.
McQueary told jurors in the Sandusky case that he arrived in a team locker room late one Friday night and saw Sandusky with a naked boy in the shower, leading him to conclude Sandusky was raping the child. He said he heard a "skin-on-skin smacking sound" and described the encounter as extremely shocking.
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Location: Northfield, MN
Years owned: 24
Satisfaction Rating:
"Weil-McLain VHE4 (Series 2) Gas Boiler"
I did most of the installation myself in 1984, replacing an ancient Bryant gas boiler. When I moved the boiler to a new location in 1998- 99, I took the flu collector assembly apart, since the silicon glue had deteriorated and re-glued with high-temp silicon. I cleaned the whole furnace and reinstalled. In 2000 the solenoid in the gas valve wore out and I replaced it with a used gas valve. Yesterday, 1 January 2009 the solenoid bit the dust again and it was replaced today with a White- Rogers 36c84-912 valve. Over the years the furnace has worked very well. No other parts, except a relief valve, were replaced. I have kept the unit clean and the blower motor oiled at least twice a year. Oh, I forgot to mention: our VHE(Series 2) heats the water in an Amtrol Residential Hot Water Maker, and that has functioned well, too. It is gratifying to be able to live with equipment that has worked so well for so long.
Location: Chicago, IL
Years owned: 42
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This unit has been going strong without problems for 42 years. The water circulating pump has been replaced three times. The boiler has cast iron burners and is serviced/cleaned annually. Today the service man said it was is great shape, though we assume it is not as efficient as modern boilers. He also warned that replacements for the cast iron burners are no longer available so we are keeping our fingers crossed and researching other boilers in order to be ready for an inevitable mid- winter breakdown.
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Years owned: 3
Satisfaction Rating:
"weil mclain ultra 105"
My three year old unit just failed due to a cracked heat exchanger. It was fine when it worked, but now it's broken and the part to repair does not exist locally nor anywhere in the country or at the Weil-McLain factory, so now I'm waiting for them to make one, in the middle of a Minnesota winter as I enter day four without heat. And then I get to pay an extra $150 for them to ship it here "fast". The service from Weil- McLain and their representatives has been a disgusting joke. Multiple phone calls returned not at all or 36+hours later, no one wants to take action or accept responsibility, and to top it off, there are two of the exact same model boiler here, in my state, that could have been used for a swap out or part. Instead, assuming the part gets made and shipped when they say, I'm stuck six days with no heat. In my opinion, this is an absolutely unacceptable level of service from a company who claims to be one of the most reputable boiler manufacturers and from a product that is claimed to be superior with a premium price tag. What good is a 15 year warranty the company can't be bothered to stock parts or provide after-sales service?
Location: N. MA.
Years owned: 14
Satisfaction Rating:
"former tech"
My boiler was installed before I got into the field by a plumber. That's where most problems start. The boiler is a 68 series. I would and will buy another. The key to any good install is having an oil co. do the install not a plumber. Your oil burner tech has the license to pull the permit, not the cheaper plumber.That's why he's cheaper! Plus the plumber wont be coming back to clean your boiler, so what does he care if the install is bad. The tech will be back to clean it so the install is smarter.
Location: Gloucester, Massachusetts
Years owned: 1
Satisfaction Rating:
"DIrect Vent System"
We have owned this unit ( new to the house ) for just one year. It seems to work well, except for the ignition tips. They get fouled all the time. They have already stopped working 3 times. We were lucky to be home when this happened or it may have caused real problems... We are currently looking to get some information directly from the maker of the boiler to see if there is a remedy for this, other wise it may be a very regretted decision to have gone with this system.. I hope that they can give us some information to fix this problem. The heater itself seems to work well., however it is a new house so there is nothing to compare what it would have been like with another.
Location: New York
Years owned: 15
Satisfaction Rating:
"No Problems to Speak Of"
I've had my Weil-McLain oil fired boiler for 15 years and never had a problem. My dad has had his longer and no problems to speak of. The rental we own has one that's nearly 20 years old and will need replacement because it leaks water into the combustion chamber if it's shut down long enough to get cold. Not terrible for a 20 year old boiler. All in all, I've been very happy with Weil-McLain boilers. Very easy to work on if you do your own maintenance and reliable.
Location: West Sayville, NY (Long Island)
Years owned: 18
Satisfaction Rating:
"Well Mclain Tankless Boiler"
Replaces an old repo back in 1991. Has run without any problems since. It is a cast Iron Water jacket design with a Riello f40 Burner head. The burner head is what really saves on oil. It uses a .65 burner head that produces 105 btu rather than using a standard .95 used on becket burners. Is noisy but cut oil consumption down by 45% from the repo used.
Years owned: 5
Satisfaction Rating:
"Weil McLain has many problems"
My Weil McLain has problems all the time. It shuts itself off. It is barely more energy efficient than the 25 year old boiler it replaced. I deeply regret buying Weil McLain. Too much trouble.
Location: Oshkosh, WI
Years owned: 5
Satisfaction Rating:
"Stay away from Weil McLain"
The Weil McLain dealer totally butchered the installation. The boiler turned off several times in the middle of winter requiring manual re- start. Fortunately I was home or our pipes would have frozen. Despite the shutdowns and exhaust gas venting into the house, the Weil McLain manufacturers rep called the installation "good." After suing the dealer and having another contractor re-pipe the system, I wrote executives at Weil McLain's corporate parent, SPX. Weil McLain sent an engineer to check the boiler for damage. A Weil McLain rep promised to extend the warranty. He lied. I received a bill for $450 to extend the warranty. If a Weil McLain rep comes to your house, I recommend you video the visit.
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Years owned: 20
Satisfaction Rating:
"New boiler for an old house"
20 years ago I replaced an old oil-fueled boiler with this natural gas unit. It is much smaller and quieter. I have had to replace about four hot-wire ignitors, usually on very cold days in Minnesota, but the system has performed very well for many years. The newer ignitors have a different shape so the frequency of replacement has gone down considerably. I have had no problems with valves (three zones) or controls (Honeywell). I would buy another Weil-McLain.
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