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Quote for today… ” …  (US Representatitve Joe) Pitts “really represents himself as a conservative” to voters while “absolutely double-dipping.” – Leo Knepper, executive director of Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania, in this article about the egregious practices that have made elected “public servants” exceedingly wealthy. Click here to read this National Journal report that ought to bring tears of rage to your eyes: “Nearly One in Five Members of Congress Gets Paid Twice.”

• “Joe Pitts. A congressional salary is a healthy $174,000, but that’s less than 2/3rds of Congressman Pitts’ taxpayer-funded income. He pulls in over $90,000 each year in simultaneous pension payments primarily from his 24 years in the state House. Plus he got a @12K lump-sum payout several years ago. ABC 27 highlighted the numbers this week.” – PoliticsPA

• It’s going to be hot & humid

• See everyone does it. Letter to the editor of the York Daily News: “Central wrong to hire superintendent’s son as a physical education teacher”

• Another instance of hands in the cookie jar; this time in West Hempfield Township – TopNewsToday

• “Pony up” time at PSU – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• … and students will get to pay for it with a tuition increase! – Penn State News

• “Money and politics: Blue states bad for business and Employment” – 24/7 Wall St.