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Entries from May 2008

Rendell Leases State Name to Spanish Company

May 23rd, 2008 · 10 Comments

For whom does the Spaniard toll? He tolls for I-80.
Windmills? Si!
Turnpike? Si!
Less polka, more salsa? You better believe Si!
Governor Edward “G-pesos” Rendell (D-Iberia) continues to line up more deals with Spanish companies, as he gradually prostitutes Pennsylvania for Euros, latin cuisine and a few tequila-fueled snakebite shots.
Yesterday, the governor’s office announced that a consortia of […]

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Tags: Penndot · Rendell

State College Parents Demand Grand Stand

May 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Artists rendering… Mmmm… Renderin’s. 

State College School Board faced the wrath of hundreds of parents who were upset at the price tag of the new concession stand project.
“A quarter of a millions dollars?” said G. Franklin Uppercoat, spokesperson for State College Parents for Exclusivity. “I have seen affordable housing units in State College that cost more […]

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Tags: Finance · Food · State College

Wal-Mart Fatties Revel in Handicapped Status

May 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Get your motor, not your metabolism, runnin’.
After a few attempts, Bart Sharker rolls out of his van, just a few feet from his favorite Wal-Mart. As he waddles toward an awaiting rascal scooter, a broad smile shares his face with dimples and the glaze of a recent donut.
Sharker is just one of the many obese […]

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Tags: Culture · Food · Health