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Cambria / Somerset County Initiative Jay and Nikki Forde are from Seattle, Washington and moved to Johnstown last year. “Seattle has been very good to us. We lived there, raised our kids there. But we’re looking to get away from the hustle and bustle,” said Jay. Since they run a website design business from home, they were able to switch to calm and quiet. “It gives us a chance to literally work from anywhere. With a laptop, a phone, and some internet connection, my job follows me,” So, they chose a simpler life with a lower cost of living and far less traffic.

Or better yet, let’s call it what it is: Utterly undemocratic. County Election Board members Joyce Dombroski-Gebhardt and Keith Gould - both Republicans - made a mockery of their solemn duties and turned Luzerne County election governance into an autocratic, lawless troika of self-serving GOP wingnuts when they ignored advice of an attorney paid to guide them and appointed County Councilman Stephen J. Urban as new board chairman. To be perfectly clear, this has absolutely nothing to do with which party these three scofflaws belong to. Their action, and their mealy-mouthed, hubris-filled jus...