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Quote for today… “

– The Police

• from the Harrisburg Patriot-News: Two more school districts hold tax rates – Central Dauphin and Susquehanna Township
• But several school districts in Berks County get tax hikes (from the Reading Eagle): Big one at Wilson; Daniel Boone cuts staff too and Antietam, which also narrowly rejected a student activity fee. 
• Guilty – Pittsburgh man who killed three Pittsburgh police officers
• from the New York Times: “U.S. Plans Stealth Survey on Access to Doctors“– The US government is planning to spent over $350,000 to send ” … a team of ‘mystery shoppers’ to pose as patients, call doctors’ offices and request appointments to see how difficult it is for people to get care when they need it.” “But doctors still feel like they’re being spied on. George J. Petruncio, a family doctor in Turnersville, N.J., told the Times, ‘This is not a way to build trust in government. Why should I trust someone who does not correctly identify himself?'”