What made you want to run for office?
I have always had an interest in history, social studies, and political science. I was intrigued by the political process but also frustrated with the process, so I wanted to make a difference. I was working in the trucking industry and dealing with government regulations that sometimes made no sense at all....
State Items
Governor’s budget address
Gov. Wolf in February made a brief budget address, which included $1 billion in extra spending. His proposal includes the following provisions of interest:
Increase in the minimum wage to $12/hour.
An additional $100 million for public schools, $40 million for early childhood education, $20 million for special education, $15 million for state universities, and $50 million for...
Social media has become a powerful, and often necessary, tool to connect the hospitality industry with customers. The business decision to create and develop a social media presence is not the only hurdle, however—it is important to be mindful of the legal risks that accompany any online presence. In this article, we highlight some important considerations that clients face...
Your nightmare has come true, except this time you didn’t show up to school naked. Instead, your company tweeted out something that was wrong, worse than wrong, bad, and worse than that—the whole world decided to notice.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the Equifax security breach and its ensuing horror show of social media errors...
Since Instagram launched in 2010, it has become the go-to platform for visual storytellers around the globe. In April 2017, Instagram announced 700 million monthly active users who share more than 80 million images a day. Nearly half of the users are between the ages of 18–35. It is the social media platform of choice for millennials for both...
Warmer temperatures and increased travelers bring more than just revenue—they can also bring increased pest activity. With guests flocking to social media and online review sites to leave their feedback, it can only take one negative review to destroy your hotel’s reputation and damage your bottom line.
Bed bugs, flies, cockroaches, and rodents are known to plague hotels more than...
ProStart teams from Milton Hershey School (Hershey) and Jefferson County-DuBois AVTS (Reynoldsville) placed first at the 2018 Pennsylvania ProStart Competition in culinary arts and restaurant management, respectively. Students competed February 23, in State College, Pa., to win more than $84,000 in scholarships and the opportunity to compete against the best teams from other states at the National Restaurant Association...
The last issue of Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Matters illustrated the prevalence of workplace safety and security issues, both physical threats and cyber risks, in today’s society. No area is immune to this epidemic. Our industry must be especially vigilant as it is the third-leading sector for fatal workplace shootings. You are responsible for the safety of your employees...
What made you want to run for office?
I was in the private sector and did a lot of traveling on business. When I came home to the community where I grew up, I saw a lot of circumstances that I was shocked to see happening in my neighborhood. There was a significant increase in drug dealing, there was the...
State Items
Budget update
After dragging on for almost four extra months, the remaining pieces to balance the $2 billion deficit were sent to the Governor, and included a gaming bill which is expected to bring in $150 million in its first year. The rest of the budget is balanced based on expanding the sales tax to online marketplace sales, taking...
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