[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Fast Eddie Rendell tried or is trying to do the same thing with the Pennsylvania turnpike. So far, state GOP lawmakers have stopped him cold.

[Vigilanteman]

Thank goodness we here in Pennsylvania have a solid GOP majority in the state senate and are only a couple of seats short in the house. The mood here in Westmoreland County is very ugly. If the rest of the state is anything like us, we will easily win back the house in 2010.

One of our crooked RAT commissioners (who has always had an easy re-election) has announced he is retiring this year. It is now common knowlege that he signed the county to a long-term lease for expensive and unnecessary government space from a company which he owns and even the 63%-36% edge in RAT registration in this county isn't enough to save his sorry hide.