Like a moth to porch light, I just couldn’t stay way. With exactly one month to go until Election Day, the draw was just too damn strong and as much as I try, I just can’t stay silent any longer. So, by the power vested in me by me, I hereby re-christen The Clarke Report [...]
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April 15, 2009
Seip a Slum Lord?
With all the problems that Pottsville has right now, from rising crime and the heavy influence of drugs seemingly on every street corner to blighted and vacated properties, you’d think that the residents of Schuylkill County’s biggesst city would be able to count on their state representative to be part of the solution. Well, after [...]
April 13, 2009
Clarke Report Opens Law Practice!
It took me long enough, but I finally started my own legal practice. That is what has been keeping me from my Clarke Report duties over the past two weeks. So, if you need legal advice or representation at a very affordable rate, please check out the new website and contact me today.
And I will be back [...]
March 19, 2009
Holman Officially Announces DA Bid
In a press statement released today, trial attorney Christine A. Holman officially announced that she will seek to unseat Schuylkill County District Attorney James P. Goodman:
FRACKVILLE (March 19, 2009) – Former prosecutor Christine A. Holman, Barnesville, will challenge incumbent James P. Goodman for Schuylkill County District Attorney.
“Our District Attorney has turned a blind eye to [...]
March 17, 2009
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
Today is, by far, my favorite holiday of the year and not just because it is my birthday, either. St. Patrick’s Day is a day for the Irish all across this nation (and the world) to celebrate our common heritage. We come together in a drunken stupor, along with wanna-bes who just wanted an excuse [...]
March 4, 2009
Argall Puts the Smackdown on Lukach
The Schuylkill County GOP breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday night as its golden boy came through in the clutch, yet again. Rep. Dave Argall (R-124) took Schuylkill Clerk of Courts Steven Lukach out to the woodshed, winning the 29th district state senate seat vacated by the late Jim Rhoades, by a whopping 62-38 margin.
The much [...]
February 18, 2009
The Clarke Report Turns 1
Happy Birthday to me. Happy Birthday to me. Happy Birthday dear Clarke Report. Happy Birthday to me.
February 7th marked the one year anniversary of the establishment of this website. Oh, what we have accomplished in that year:
179 Posts
418 Comments
55,273 unique visitors
Over 6000 links from other websites
Nearly 5000 Google searches for me, this website, or one [...]
February 17, 2009
Holman to Seek GOP Nod for District Atty
Schuylkill County District Attorney Jim Goodman thought he had it made. The Republican Party is in disarray, his office is handling a boatload of high profile criminal cases, including one that has garnered national attention, and with the economy stumbling, not many established attorneys with trial experience are willing to give up or scale back [...]
February 6, 2009
Council Campaign Update
See my thoughts on what to do with the Orwigsburg Reservoir at http://clarke4council.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/the-reservoir-question/.
February 6, 2009
Argall Blasts Rendell Budget
Politicians always talk the talk, but rarely ever walk the walk. Yesterday, Rep. David Argall (R-124) took another crucial step to break that trend. Fresh off his opposition to the Boscov’s bailout, the GOP nominee for the 29th Senate district seat, took another conservative stand as he blasted Governor Ed Rendell’s bloated budget proposal that is [...]
