The LuLac Edition #2179, July 22nd, 2013
A CANDIDATE FINALLY? The Scranton Times reported the other day that Attorney James Mulligan of Scranton put in his resume for the open candidacy for the nomination of the GOP for Scranton Mayor. Steve...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2180, July 24th, 2013
Our "Write On Wednesday" logo. WRITE ON WEDNESDAY TUMS WON'T CURE THIS GAS!!!!Our "Write On Wednesday" this week is a mix of words and a photo courtesy of the Wilkes Barre Taxpayers Association....
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2481, July 25th, 2013
Anthony Weiner pal, Sydney Elaine Leathers. (Photo: heavy.com) WHAT A WEINER!!!!!!What the heck is wrong with Anthony Weiner? The point of resigning in shame and going into rehab for a sexual obsession...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2482, July 27th, 2013
Our "Maybe I'm Amazed" logo. MAYBE I'M AMAZED MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….and disgusted by the new book on the shelves called “The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess”. The author is a...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2483, July 28th, 2013
Lackawanna County Commissioner Corey O’Brien. (Photo: LuLac archives). O’BRIEN BEST PICK FOR CHAMBER The Scranton Times reported last week that after a nationwide search to fill the job of Executive...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2484, July 29th, 2013
BILL SCRANTON-1917-2013 The photo I remember as a boy seeing in a few businesses in downtown Pittston. (Photo: Wikipedia.com) The Scrantons on the cover of Life Magazine at the '64 convention. (Photo:...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2485, July 31st, 2013
Our "Write On Wednesday" logo. WRITE ON WEDNESDAY ANOTHER WRECKING BALL? This past week, a former Wilkes Barre Chamber employee who was pushed out of his job because he dared to ask pertinent...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2486, August 1st, 2013
AND THE HITS JUST KEEP COMING!!!!! Times Leader reporter Steve Mocarsky tweeted this a few minutes ago....Wilkes-Barre Area School Board hired W-B Mayor Tom Leighton's brother Brian as a home/school...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2487, August 3rd, 2013
WISH I DID THAT! When I was growing up, my uncle on my mother’s side were golfers. The Pribula Brothers, Timmy, “Lefty” (Joe) and Lenny would golf at the Happy Valley Golf course in Exeter for various...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2488, August 6th, 2013
Walter Griffith in front of the Luzerne County Courthouse. (Photo: Walter Griffith.com) GRIFFITH GONE And so it ends. The end of Walter Griffith term as County Controller has come to an end. It was...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2489, August 7th, 2013
Our "Write On Wednesday" logo.WRITE ON WEDNESDAY AT THE OLD BALL PARKThe Times Tribune papers came up with a great editorial on the success of the current state of Triple A baseball in our region. It...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2490, August 8th, 2013
Wilkes Barre Mayor Tom Leighton. (Photo: Times Leader.com) LEIGHTON’S TOUGH STAND Mayor Leighton this morning stated thst he had a tough measure in mind to fight crime in Wilkes Barre. Leighton’s plan...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2491, August 10th, 2013
Post No Bills. (Photo: Sodahead.com) DEAD BEATS NEED NOT APPLYThe 6th. The 9th. The 15th. The 18th. The 26th. The 28th. Feb. 1 and Aug. 1. June 27th. What you read above represent the dates of bills...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2492, August 12th, 2013
THE HALL OF FAMER Hall of Famer Karel Zubris. (Photo: Facebook) Zubris at the 2013 Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame with Sue Henry, Sports Broadcaster Joe Thomas heard daily noon to 3pm with "The...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2493, August 13th, 2013
Our “13 Questions” logo. 13 QUESTIONS 1. It’s been quiet politically. Is that a good or bad thing? Well the ballot this November is going to be pretty lean. With Walter Griffith out of the race for...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2494, August 15th, 2013
The Scranton Children leave the service, in front is William Scranton II, his wife, Marie Peters Scranton,, in the back are sons Joseph and Peter Scranton, along with the late Governor’s daughter...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2495, August 16th, 2013
ELVIS 36 YEARS ONIt was 36 years ago today that Elvis Presley died. I was working at WVIA TV and FM. Working the 2 to 10 shift, I walked through the TV Studios to the FM side and the teletype bell kept...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2496, August 17th, 2013
Our “Maybe I’m Amazed” logo. MAYBE I’M AMAZED MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….that MotorWorld got their asses kicked in court for a work discrimination case to the tune of $750,000 bucks. It seems that a Muslim...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2497, August 18th, 2013
MID AUGUST ’63 TRIUMPH BUT MORE TRAGEDYOur 1963 logo. 1963The first part of August fifty years ago in 1963 had three events that dominated the news. Two were public, the other personal. As the Civil...
View ArticleThe LuLac Edition #2498, August 19th, 2013
Carolee Medico Olenginski with former Luzerne County Controller Walter Griffith in a photo taken back in 2009. (Photo: LuLac archives). CAROLEE OUT OF THE BULLPEN Like a retired veteran ballplayer...
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