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Old 01-25-2010, 06:48 AM
 
Location: Saylorsburg, PA
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Pocono Record has a story about the corruption in the coal town area of NEPA:

Corruption rampant in Pennsylvania coal country | PoconoRecord.com

but reading previous posts on the matter here on CD this is nothing new to anyone from the region.
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Old 01-25-2010, 11:12 AM
 
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Tip of the iceberg, I'm waiting for the "100 arrests" announcement.
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Old 01-25-2010, 11:24 AM
 
Location: NE PA
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I agree that corruption is rampant here, and I can't wait for more of them to be arrested, especially in Lackawanna County....but the line in the article: "Another day, another fallen politician in the coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania" The coal fields? If you weren't from here and read this article, you'd still think we were back in the days of the coal barons and the Molly Maguires...
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Old 01-25-2010, 11:40 AM
 
Location: Drama Central
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In many ways we still are.
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Old 01-25-2010, 02:07 PM
 
Location: Tunkhannock
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I believe all the politicians in every part of this country are corrupt. Don't trust them as far as I can throw them anymore.
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Old 01-25-2010, 03:47 PM
 
Location: PA/FL/UT
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Coal Country? They really use that term any more?

Its like referring to the 3-Mile Island has Nuke Country.
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Old 01-26-2010, 06:13 AM
 
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Looks like many take pride in it: Coal Region travel guide - Wikitravel
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Old 01-26-2010, 07:52 AM
 
Location: PA/FL/UT
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To each his own.
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Old 01-26-2010, 10:15 AM
 
Location: Sunshine N'Blue Skies
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So yes..........I open up the newspaper here in South Carolina, the Sun-News, and there is the same article. When I saw "Fraud rampant in coal country" as the title.......I knew it was NEPA they were talking about.
Right on page 3 of Monday January 25th........
I learned a lot I didn't already know from here........I didn't realize the " kids for cash." Those kickbacks going to place kids in for profit detention facilities.....Shame!
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Old 01-26-2010, 11:58 AM
 
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Getting tidbits of information that indictments are going to be coming down in Lackawanna County.........
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