[bucks native]

Philadelphia's WHYY (NPR) on Thursday interviewed a political scientist with questions about PA's power - more? or less? - in the new Congress. The scientist noted that Scranton's congressman's seniority will place him at the head of the House committee that oversees the stock market, and that Wall Streeters may attempt to please him by signing on to the Wall Street West project.

I cannot reveal the source of this info, but there is talk presently underway about relieving East Coast airport congestion by constructing a cargo-only airport on excess acreage currently held by the Tobyhanna Depot.