Larry W. Stout has worn lots of hats over the years; a decorated military veteran, ordained pastor, university professor in Europe, and missionary to the former Soviet Union. He has authored textbooks on human resource management and leadership that have been translated into six languages as well as had published two novels. He currently invests his energies as a foster parent and board member for eight different community organizations. He is a native of Montgomery, graduating from Montgomery Area High School in 1970, who married his high school sweetheart Debbie, and together they have raised two sons and two daughters, one of which is adopted, but they cannot remember which one.
Forgive my bias; I believe that Forrest Lehman is one of the sharpest, if not THE sharpest, county official we have. As Department of Voter Services Director for Lycoming County for the past seven years, his knowledge and understanding of voting laws is encyclopedic. Yet, thankfully, Forrest can dummy it down so that someone like
Every year in March, the United States News Media Association sponsors a Sunshine Week to highlight the importance of transparency in our government at all levels, be it national, state, county, or even local school boards, township supervisor, or city council meetings. At the Lycoming County Commissioners Meeting on Tuesday, March 16th, the commissioners read
It was on Monday, March 16, 2020, that Governor Wolf told all “non-essential” businesses in Pennsylvania to close for the next two weeks. He stated that without it, Pennsylvania’s health care system would be at risk of being overwhelmed with people sick with the coronavirus. The mandate rollout specified what was considered essential and what
There is an old adage in management that states a failure to plan is a planing to fail. True leaders look down the road and project the best path to take that will be to the greatest benefit to their constituency or organization. At the conclusion of the Lycoming County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, February
Yet another one of the very sad offshoots of the COVID shutdowns has been a serious uptick in scammers. In the past few months, county and state government officials have warned the public more and more frequently about the new and improved flimflam artists. Even my Federal Social Security Benefit Statement included a large “Scam
A constant refrain among almost all state and local government officials on the Republican side of the spectrum has been frustrations over Gov. Tom Wolf’s response to the coronavirus. The initial restrictions to businesses and gatherings were enacted on March 6, 2020, following two (yes, two) presumptive positive cases of the COVID virus in Pennsylvania.
