"I will honor that sentence. And then I am going to come back and be right back in community service"... Hopefully picking up trash on the side of Kelly Dr

Not a problem. Wish I had more actionable suggestions to contribute. But short of creating an investment fund to snap up the land beforehand (but then how do you get ROI) and preserving it, there aren't a lot of options.

You can become evangelical about purchasing locally sourced goods of all stripes, but it's drops in the ocean to stem the tide of Amazon and the other folks leasing these warehouses. And even then, it'll still be an empty warehouse, since they keep buying and building without securing a tenant.

And You certainly can't blame the farmers, they have been taking a beating for decades in the US and have a chance to create generational wealth for their families. Regardless, lots more flooding and low air quality days on the horizon.

Very little can be done about it. It's private land, zoned commercial and bought by groups like Jaindl (there's also a Texas based development firm doing a lot of buying). The farmers get prices they can't refuse and politicians like Jared Coleman won't do anything to mitigate it, If anything, the low income manual labor jobs they bring are better for Rs.

The valley, berks and the like are all at the intersection of major roads coming from the coast and heading into the Midwest and south. You can monitor online for public comment hearings, but there is too much money and special interest to stop it, not to mention the long term gov. Investment into highway expansions to support the truck traffic. There are initiatives to preserve farmland that have had success, especially in Bucks. Maybe look at those as a model.

Grew up in the valley, moved out for a decade, came back and bought a home almost immediately regretting it. Just waiting for the market to bounce back before moving out. The area is turning into a glorified weigh station.

get a drink at the Trestle after?

I mean per the state department numbers we are looking at less than 10k unverified ballots, with some counties not verifying the ballot until if/when it is returned... So I'd say things are going pretty well.

I just think it's funny/sad that these state reps couldn't do the basic research CBS did by calling local officials, and instead are trying to make a news splash which gets picked up by outlets like Daily Signal, which was founded by the overtly partisan Heritage Foundation.

"Per the state data website, Lancaster County has 8,962 non-verified online mail-in ballot applications.

However, according to Lancaster County Commissioner Ray D’Agostino, they only have 290 applications left to be verified. He said they verify an applicant before mailing out a ballot.

In York county, state data shows 8,962 non-verified applicants. York County Election Officials said they don’t have any non-verified applications pending. However, they’re not notified that a voter is deemed non-verified until the mail ballot is returned.

The Department of State told CBS 21, there are only about 7,600 ballot applications statewide currently unverified."

Outrage over a website that hasn't been updated quickly enough and amplified by a Heritage Foundation created outlet... yawn

What would the steps be to eliminate the closed primary system in PA? It feels as though the current system awards the most radical parts of "base" affiliated voters, drives down primary turnout, and overall negatively impacts the quality of candidates in PA.

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Second question: If Mastriano were to win the Gov. mansion and enact his universal purge and reenrollment of all PA voters, what actions would the League of Women Voters take to counter that clearly unconstitutional aim?