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class="screen-reader-text">Author</span>  Bret Pallotto </span> </span> <span class="posted-on"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span> <span class="posted-on-text">Posted on</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/2017/06/22/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2017-06-22T09:08:40+00:00">June 22, 2017</time></a></span> </div> <div class="pull-right"> <div class="comments pull-left"><i class="fa fa-comments"></i><span>0</span></div> </div> </div> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/show-meetings-dont-like-public-projects/" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img width="768" height="560" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528im_/http://etownpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FrederickDouglass.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" 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Reasonable people can disagree about how, if at all, this sort of project should be done. But many of the arguments being made against this project fail to show any sort of reason. […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/show-meetings-dont-like-public-projects/" class="read-more">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article id="post-342" class="post-342 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oped blog-post"> <header class="entry-header blog-header"> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/category/news/oped/" class="category" rel="category tag">Op/Ed</a> </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/editorial-lieutenant-governor-debacle-shows-urgent-need-change/" rel="bookmark">Editorial: Lieutenant Governor Debacle Shows Urgent Need for Change</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-meta"> <div class="pull-left"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author vcard"><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528im_/http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/efe0b33d31da1a902664f74a5e4c5426?s=32&d=mm&r=g" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528im_/http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/efe0b33d31da1a902664f74a5e4c5426?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <span class="screen-reader-text">Author</span>  Bret Pallotto </span> </span> <span class="posted-on"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span> <span class="posted-on-text">Posted on</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/2017/06/15/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2017-06-15T10:45:27+00:00">June 15, 2017</time><time class="updated" datetime="2017-06-14T16:21:31+00:00">June 14, 2017</time></a></span> </div> <div class="pull-right"> <div class="comments pull-left"><i class="fa fa-comments"></i><span>0</span></div> </div> </div> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/editorial-lieutenant-governor-debacle-shows-urgent-need-change/" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img width="768" height="560" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528im_/http://etownpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FrederickDouglass.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528im_/http://etownpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FrederickDouglass.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528im_/http://etownpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FrederickDouglass-300x219.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </div> </a> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The relationship between the governor of Pennsylvania and the lieutenant governor is sometimes a good one — but when it is, it’s only by chance. For example, Gov. Tom Ridge had an excellent working relationship with Lt. Gov. Mark Schweiker. Mr. Ridge, a former congressman and assistant district attorney, turned to Mr. Schweiker, a former […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/editorial-lieutenant-governor-debacle-shows-urgent-need-change/" class="read-more">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article id="post-307" class="post-307 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oped category-police-fire blog-post"> <header class="entry-header blog-header"> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/category/news/oped/" class="category" rel="category tag">Op/Ed</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/category/news/police-fire/" class="category" rel="category tag">Police & Fire</a> </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/editorial-state-consistent-regulations-police-hiring/" rel="bookmark">Editorial: State Should Have Consistent Regulations for Police Hiring</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-meta"> <div class="pull-left"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author vcard"><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528im_/http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/efe0b33d31da1a902664f74a5e4c5426?s=32&d=mm&r=g" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528im_/http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/efe0b33d31da1a902664f74a5e4c5426?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <span class="screen-reader-text">Author</span>  Bret Pallotto </span> </span> <span class="posted-on"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span> <span class="posted-on-text">Posted on</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/2017/06/08/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2017-06-08T10:32:00+00:00">June 8, 2017</time><time class="updated" datetime="2017-06-17T12:21:43+00:00">June 17, 2017</time></a></span> </div> <div class="pull-right"> <div class="comments pull-left"><i class="fa fa-comments"></i><span>0</span></div> </div> </div> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528/http://etownpa.com/editorial-state-consistent-regulations-police-hiring/" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img width="768" height="560" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528im_/http://etownpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FrederickDouglass.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528im_/http://etownpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FrederickDouglass.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170628094528im_/http://etownpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FrederickDouglass-300x219.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </div> </a> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Elizabethtown Police Chief Jack Mentzer noted something odd when discussing how his agency’s hiring procedure differs from that of the Northwest Regional and Susquehanna Regional police departments: He has to follow a civil service hiring procedure set up in the 1950s and his colleagues in the regional police forces don’t. 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