Man this guy really does seem to suck doesn’t he? Totally unnecessary to bring up this person, who already got fired, by name — unnecessary on the part of Weinstein and the Trib really.

Trying to deflect criticism by saying a person working three low paying jobs is “double dipping” is a disgusting tactic.

Don’t use working people as cover for your shady bullshit.

You weren’t calling out bias you were creating a false equivalency

There are differences in scale and implications, and just saying everyone does it is unhelpful

“This is non-negotiable”

As I say in all comments about zappala: Fuck you, Steve.

Safety is important; Kennywood has enacted new safety standards. This is just Steve being a douche.

Is that the “preface”? Where do you see that?

Absolutely. No child needs to try to learn under threat like that. I definitely view this as a “well at least it didn’t get any worse” thing

I want to pull out the distinction between guard ands officers being that officers can arrest students.

And then I want to mention that the ACLU report from Jan 2022 says black students are nearly 9 times more likely to be arrested in Allegheny County than white students.

1 in 51 black male students (Allegheny county, k-12) were arrested 2018-2019. The rate for white male students during the same time period was 1 in 316.

It’s the minimum, but I’m very pleased that the district is going to save 27k by not giving 4 more people the right to arrest students

The death penalty is immoral, anyway. Trying to parse the circumstances when it would apply is a waste of time.

Depression is an very common after effect of strokes, so yes it’s about his stroke, and it has been mentioned as such.

This is definitely a valid question but the eyewitness who heard the five shots said she talked to someone else who said the woman was shooting at the cops. So, definitely hearsay, but something to start with

Hard pass

Yeah the photos are in color now

There are a bunch of important races this spring but I think this one might be at the very top of that list. Zappala isn’t going to change, not after twenty years, so it’s time for him to go

Bring everything associated with the mail in ballot to the polls and ask them to cancel it so can you vote on a regular ballot. If you’re missing a piece, it’s not the end of the world, just ask for a provisional ballot.

(If I was the commenter above you you referenced, oops. Still, it’s the very first FAQ here https://www.vote.pa.gov/Voting-in-PA/Pages/Mail-and-Absentee-Ballot.aspx)

Voting was less accessible and fewer people did it

It’s even a little more granular: if you bring every piece of paper and envelope of your mail in ballot to the polls, a poll worker can accept it and you can vote with a regular day-of ballot. If you forget any of the pieces you have to vote with a provisional. And actually if you forget the whole mail-in ballot entirely you can still vote with a provisional, cause they check to make sure you haven’t sent anything else in before they count it

Prep the mail in votes ahead of time so they can be scanned more expeditiously. I think the counties could handle scanning all their mail ins on Election Day. Then just wait until after the polls close to start reporting. Provisionals should be held back until they’re verified as not being a second vote from someone who’s already cast one.

I don’t think you can cancel your mail ballot and vote provisionally after it’s been sent in. You can certainly turn it in and vote in person, but I think once it’s out of your hands and at the county office, it’s… out of your hands

It’s not just that we can’t count them until the day of, we can’t even prep them. If there are concerns (as mentioned elsewhere) that leaked early results could swing things, certainly we could all agree taking ballots out of their envelopes and getting them ready to be scanned is like… reasonable?

I feel like “certainly we can all agree” is the most hilarious thing I’ve ever said

Personally I think we’ve moved past people just not understanding it, they’re willfully misunderstanding

Man you suck

I don’t know if he’s smart enough to not attack, frankly. And the right actually seem to like when their candidates display viciousness