I live in it, I love it- can you say the same?

I bet you can guess which one I'm talking about. It's been in the news- national, local, all of 'em- lately. Why? Because of ILLEGAL immigration and what my mayor is trying to do to improve my hometown.
The (honorable?????????????????) judge ruled the IIRA 'unconstitutional'.

So why am I posting this blog? Because everyone is forgetting the word- ILLEGAL!!! GO--- look it up. Go see how 'constitutional' that is. Then go see what a poor job the federal government is doing to prevent illegal immigration.

Change "has to start somewhere, it has to start somehow... What better place than here, what better time than now???" (Rage Against the Machine song lyrics)

Rhode Island... how many miles is that?

It would be temporary, for work. I don't know if I could give up my Farmer's Tea, though.

I hope to get more details today. I think I need a 'vacation'- ha, that's a joke...

...literally.

I'm talking about the fire in Shenandoah today.

This is a street I spent a good part of my life on. The houses affected are across the street from my grandparents. Getting a phone call from them at 4:30am is terrifying in any situation. My Pop Pop is on oxygen and smoke inhalation would be horrible for him and my Mom Mom. Needless to say, I was terrified for them. We have some awesome, angelic relatives looking out for them- two of their nieces dow nthe 'hill' and a nephew of theirs on the Polish American squad.

This is so sad that someone's home is totally destroyed.

about stuff

been working aloooooooooooooot this week- three 13-hour shifts in a row!! - about 70 hours by the time I'm done (over 7 more than should've been) and I'm tirrrrrrrrrred

lots of issues here @ home i need to get outta here

maybe i need to change alot of tihngs

yo, i'm back. this ain't mine.

Court Briefs

WILKES-BARRE – Double homicide suspect Hugo Selenski has asked the state Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a lower appellate court ruling that reinstated charges connected to his escape from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.

Selenski’s attorney, Michael Senape, on Friday filed a motion before the state’s high court.

The court is not obligated to hear the case, however.

Whether it will agree to review the challenge likely won’t be known for several months.

Selenski is appealing a Feb. 6 ruling by the state Superior Court that overturned Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewki’s ruling that dismissed the escape charge.

Olszewski had ruled prosecutors failed to bring Selenski to trial within 365 days, as required by law.

Selenski, who is awaiting trial on homicide charges in the deaths of Michael Kerkowski and Tammy Fassett, escaped from the county prison in October 2003, but later surrendered.

At the time of the escape, he was awaiting trial on separate homicide charges in the deaths of Adeiye Keiler and Frank James.

All four victims were found buried at Selenski’s Kingston Township home in May 2003.

A pre-trial ruling in the Keiler/James homicide case delayed that trial.

But Selenski’s attorney argued prosecutors should have proceeded with the trial in the escape case.

Prosecutors maintained the two cases had been consolidated, but Olszewski ruled they had not because the prosecution failed to file a document in county court.

In its ruling, the Superior Court said Olszewski had held prosecutors to too strict a standard, noting the rule does not require perfect adherence.

The notice of appeal filed by Senape does not detail the basis of his legal argument.

That will be filed in a legal brief at a later date.