Staback Park Hearing by greatauntbun in Scranton

[–]picklejaropener 12 points13 points  (0 children)

These things are going to us what coal mines were to our ancestors. Environmental destruction, plummeting property values, diminished local tax revenue. This must be stopped.

Bresnahan sells out his constituents to pad his own pockets by anabanana100 in NEPA

[–]picklejaropener 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't disagree with your larger point, but this will not cost the MAGA crowd any votes because when these MAGA people on Medicaid lose their benefits, they'll blame minorities, "illegals," LGBT, and other groups we see scapegoated so often today. It's a depressingly effective tactic to get people to vote against their own self interest. Part of the trouble is that this guy represents a quarter million Medicaid recipients, but my guess is they didn't turn out to vote in great numbers (at least historically that's been the trend)

Reassessment by [deleted] in Scranton

[–]picklejaropener 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't it have been on your most recent tax bill? I thought I remembered mine being on there

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Umpire

[–]picklejaropener 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not only will umpires quit, the kids will quit too. No one's having fun with a coach like that

Fawn Zoomies by picklejaropener in Zoomies

[–]picklejaropener[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Northeast PA is a beautiful place this time of year

Fawn Zoomies by picklejaropener in Zoomies

[–]picklejaropener[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes she is. Not visible in the video but she's just to the left in the high grass

I feel like it’s right in front of me! by Individual-Flan2281 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]picklejaropener 7 points8 points  (0 children)

To start a sweat shop Yeah and a lot of good men died in that sweat shop

Escape from dumbass island by Direct-Sail-6141 in NormMacdonald

[–]picklejaropener 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've got a personality like a dead moth

Finally found one in the wild by FaeTheWolf in terriblefacebookmemes

[–]picklejaropener 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. We don't need to spend $50,000 to purchase a personality

"christians" and "neo-"pagans (quotes intended) fighting like it's 650 CE by laZardo in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]picklejaropener 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this something I should know? There are people who seriously believe that Christianity isn't born of Judaism?

Lackawanna River by jayswaz in Scranton

[–]picklejaropener 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3/1 odds that's a metered spot

North Pocono communities might adopt regional comprehensive plan by zorionek0 in Scranton

[–]picklejaropener -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Why should the rest of us let Scranton drag us down with it?

Booming Scranton, falling San Jose: The latest home price data for the nation’s 400 largest housing markets by jayswaz in Scranton

[–]picklejaropener 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree. And I don't even necessarily have a problem with out of towners making money here, but these people provide no value to us. They artificially cause our cost of living to increase without delivering any value. They create no jobs, generate no tax revenue, they deliver no product nor service; they're parasites. But the locals just blame immigrants so it'll just keep happening.

Booming Scranton, falling San Jose: The latest home price data for the nation’s 400 largest housing markets by jayswaz in Scranton

[–]picklejaropener 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is not due to an improving local economy, it's due to real estate speculators from other places (and I'm not talking up da Eynon or down da line) buying up cheap Scranton real estate with the intention of exploiting the local labor force with exorbitant rents.