Needed shake up

i predict that every person who voted in favor of home rule will have serious buyers remorse come nov. the cast of characters, rable rousers, never have beens and wanna be's who may be in charge of county gov't is frightening.
thanks to the likes of you, yonki and corbett voters reacted out of anger instead of insightful thought and deliberation.


This may be true. This was a reaction to all the corruption that has been going on forever so the voters decided to change the form of government. The good thing is the structure of the government can be changed in 5 years without reinventing the wheel. but if you want to start all over agian that is an option

Home Rule forum tonight

In preparation for the public question on the Home Rule Government Study Commission in May, we will be hosting weekly educational forums. This will provide citizens an opportunity to learn more about Home Rule and how it can affect the county as well as an opportunity to meet the candidates for the Government Study Commission.


The first of these weekly forums will be held March 25th at 6:30 PM in the Luzerne County Community College Conference Center.

Luzerne County update

With Sam Guesto taking a newly created job out of the limelight thanks to Judge Ciavarella, the Luzerne County commissioners acted quickly to appoint a new chief clerk/manager. In a rare 3-0 vote they hired Doug Pape to be new day-to-day manager of the county. He has a solid resume and will be paid almost twice as much as his bosses but less than Guesto.

Many of you will shocked by this statement but I think the commissioners are underpaid. Luzerne County is a $200+ million operation with almost 2000 employees and they are paid around $40k a year. You get what you pay for. We really do need Homerule but that is another post.

Stepping on that Kumbaya moment Greg Skrepenak tried to move into Sam Guesto's old office in the basement of the courthouse until Maryanne Petrilla stopped him. Office space in the courthouse is a very touchy subject and any changes must be approved by all 3 commissioners.

Sounding like the cool kids are being mean to him and he wants to change his lunch seat Skrep said; “I ran to be in the majority, but all I hear is that we’re three equal, independent commissioners. So if that’s the case, the office space should help us obtain our goal.”

Will Skrep and Maryanne exchange Christmas cards next year?