Canned Hunts: Sports Afoul

      Ralph A. Saggiomo is an affable sort of fellow, one you probably wouldn’t mind having a couple of beers with, swap a few tales, and discuss just about anything. He grew up in one of the most rural, most remote parts of the country, and considers himself to have the same values as the Colonials who lived in Pennsylvania more than two centuries earlier. But, he’s also lived in urban America. He was a Philadelphia firefighter for 33 years, the last few in command positions. [ more ]

Land of the Preferred Address
      It's called Meadowbrook, but the meadow is being bulldozed to make way for 42 houses the developers are promoting as "a preferred address,"and the closest brook is about a mile away. In less than three months, about 35 acres of farm and forest land will have been leveled so that families able to purchase the $40,000 half-acre lots can spend another $150,000-$300,000 to hire private companies to build their dream houses which will surround another $50,000 or so of furnishings. [ more ]