It makes me wonder about just where these people would be happy living. Do they want the big city? the small burbs? house on the lake? an ocean view? back mountains of Ol' Virginny? moonshine country? tater farm in Idaho? jailcell in Erie? under a bridge at the airport? tornado alley? rust belt? top of the Andes with a sherpa?

Frickin' A -- make the best of what you have and where you have it -- or just MOVE ON for cripes sake.

self hatred is absolutely right. and, surprisingly there is so much jealousy. We came here and are able to live in a fabulous home for about $300,000 less than what we would have paid in New York and about $400,000 less than what we would have paid in Los Angeles and we make the same money (not even including royalties, performance and other engagements that we are often paid to do) from employment. We save a ton on gas and other costs and access to the downtown restaurants are very convenient. There is (gulp! for the doomers) Nay Aug Park, Lahey Family Fun Park, the Everhart, and so many other inexpensive forms of entertainment. Yes, the wage tax sucks and there is nothing we can do about the School District continually raising taxes (but, heck, we do have outstanding schools and teachers). The list of positives goes on and on. But, the self-loathing peopleacross the hall will unfortunately never have a filling, happy or content life because they are who they are and hate everything. They'd never survive a day in New York, Los Angeles, Philly or DC. Never. They'd be on the first thing smoking back to Scranton if they were to ever go anywhere else. And, once again, for the record, the so-called plagarism accusation was from someone who wanted me to write a book for them and I refused. Again, I was later- without much media attention- dropped from the suit as I had nothing to do with it but simply giving the writing a cursory look at the request of an agent. As for Larry Beaupre, you won't find a better news man than him and I'm am extremely pleased to be working for he and John Murphy and the editor staff at the Times-Tribune. Last night we just had a reception to honor the paper for winning 32 state journalism awards--32!!!!! I was one of the recipients. Those awards were the Keystone Awards, The Associated Press Managing Editor's Awards, and the Society of Professional Journalists Awards. And, get this, we won a few INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM awards as well. Next, Pulitzer!!! So, they can yell and scream and run their nails across the chalk board all they want (and continue to read and SUBSCRIBE- some of them do as we see them pay their bills here) but the fact is we are a great, great newspaper and we are (which speaks to their jealousy) paid very well to do what we do. Criticism, you're right, means we're doing a great job and the awards prove it.

"To prove my point take a look at the Scranton Lackawanna Tax Payer's Assoc of the Universe. It is the same 6-8 council crazies sitting around a table complaining. The only difference is they aren't limited to 5 minutes during their meetings."


Spot on Puzzler. Most reasonable people would look at the composition of the SLTA and draw the same conclusion. Hell, the Ozzinator should be wondering why his organization only seems to attract 'Council Crazies' (I don't include in that description Andy Spraglia...excuse the spelling...who I think actually attempts to make legitimate points) and not average citizens who are interested in good government. Hell, if the group wasn't run by Council Crazies I'd probably join myself, but why go to a meeting that consists of an hour or two of "Doherty Sucks" and "Janet Rules"? I can catch all of that and more by simply watching Channel 61.


-- Edited by Agamemnon at 16:52, 2008-05-16

Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.

Congratulations Stacy ... see I knew if they hated you ... well you must be doing something very right!

And I have to say that I never lived anywhere but Scranton ... and I don't want to! I love it here ... I have said it before and I will say it again ... I can take a walk at anytime through my neighborhood ... day or night ... and feel safe! Nobody ever said we had no crime ... but we do have low crime.

I love Scranton...so much so that I moved back to the area in 1989. I could earn more money in NJ, but the cost would be a much degraded quality of life. Besides, Scranton has a certain "soul" to it...a character that you don't see in many other places. Scranton is unique in that while many, many people here have very negative attitudes about the area, they never the less stick it out and don't give up.

There is a singluar tenacity about Scranton that almost defies explanation. To paraphrase Brigham Young, "This is the place".

Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.

I figure that when you are in the public arena, as Stacy is, you are always going to get the odd assortment of kooks & wierdos who will simply make crap up or twist facts. Add to the mix that Stacy is guilty of the HIGH CRIME of not kissing Pilchesky's a$$ you have the perfect storm for baseless accusations.

Also, this may sound harsh, but I am going to say it anway: added into this mix is the fact that Stacy isn't white. I'm sure there is a subset of the DD goons who simply can't accept the fact that someone they view as being inferior by virute of race is actually DOING BETTER than they are. Is that all of them over at DD? No...I actually think it's a small minority...but I guarantee that the sentiment exists. It's been my experience that racism seldom actually marches in to the room wearing a KKK Grand Dragon costume. Sometimes it comes in dressed up as a "Community Activist".


-- Edited by Agamemnon at 10:21, 2008-05-18

Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.