Cheers & Jeers
Associated Press
Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane arrives at Montgomery County courthouse for her scheduled sentencing hearing Oct. 24, 2016, in Norristown.
Sen. Camera Bartolotta
Cheer: A new tenant is coming to Greene County Airport to expand offerings to the community. The addition of the Pittsburgh Soaring Association will provide flight instruction and other educational opportunities to those in the area interested in flying gliders. The association was formerly located in Glyde in Washington County, and has about 40 members who maintain and share a small fleet of aircrafts. The airport is already home to Support Our Aviation Resources (S.O.A.R.) and the Greene County flying club, both nonprofit organizations that provide flight experience in traditional aircrafts.
Cheer: The Laurel Highlands boys basketball team won its third WPIAL championship and reachedd the quarterfinals of the PIAA playoffs this season. The Mustangs defeated New Castle, 60-58 in double overtime, in a thrilling WPIAL final at Petersen Events Center. The game was tied until Laurel Highlands junior Rodney Gallagher made two free throws with 0.3 seconds left to give the Mustangs their second title in three years. Laurel Highlands went on to defeat Elizabethtown and Highlands in the state tournament to run its record to 27-0 before falling to Gateway in the quarterfinals, 55-52. Despite the disappointing ending, the season ranked among the best in the program蘑菇视频 history.
Jeer: A decade or so ago, Kathleen Kane was a superstar in Pennsylvania political circles. She was the first female attorney general elected in the commonwealth, and was seen as a Democrat who could potentially topple Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey in 2016. But Kane蘑菇视频 career flamed out rapidly after she was accused of leaking grand jury information to embarrass a rival then lying about it under oath. She served eight months in prison, and has largely lived under the radar since her release in 2019. Earlier this week, she made headlines again as a result of being charged with driving under the influence after a two-vehicle crash in Scranton last Saturday. Kane had no comment and thankfully no one was injured in the accident. While she is certain to never again be a major figure in Pennsylvania politics, it蘑菇视频 a shame that she came back into public consciousness this way.
Jeer: You鈥檙e not going to find many Americans who oppose stiff economic sanctions being levied against Russia for its savage and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. But we need to distinguish between actions that will squeeze the Russian economy versus those that will harm individual Russians who may actually oppose the war. Take the case of Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev. He is only 20, has spoken out against the war, and yet his concerts are being canceled across North America. Some symphony orchestras have even ditched performances of works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, even though Tchaikovsky died in 1893, 59 years before Vladimir Putin was even born. Malofeev has said he opposes the war, but worries about the impact his dissent will have on his family in Russia. One Canadian arts patron commented online, 鈥淚f music is a universal message of peace, why are you banning Malofeev from performing? He is for peace and he is opposed to the war!鈥�
Cheer: State Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll, is one of two legislators crafting a bipartisan measure that could reduce the number of juvenile offenders who are placed into detention and put a greater emphasis on family therapy, substance abuse prevention and other programs. Detailed on the Pennsylvania Capital-Star website, the measure that Bartolotta is putting together with state Sen. Anthony Williams, D-Philadelphia, is in response to a report released last year that found that many of the young people who find themselves in the juvenile justice system are not on track to becoming adult offenders and have not committed felonies. However, the report found that involvement with the juvenile justice system can, in fact, increase the likelihood that a young person will get into more trouble. Let蘑菇视频 hope this bill advances in the Senate and eventually becomes law.