Robert W Nelson Washington

Deeds Recorded - July 31, 2011

Caernarvon Township Gardel LLC, Garman Builders Inc. and Michael D. Garman conveyed property on a public road to Lora L. Coonan and Terrance M. Coonan for $210,000.

Michael K. Wentzel, Marvetta M. Wentzel and Marvetta M. Gallagher conveyed 1002 Rebecca Drive to Michael K. Wentzel and Marvetta M. Wentzel for $1.

Irene M. Wealand, Irene M. Wealand Revocable Trust Agreement and Irene Wealand conveyed property on a public road to Millard L. Hollingshead and Mary E. Groff for $214,200.

Nelson M. Zimmerman and Judith A. Zimmerman conveyed 550 W. Church Road to Carl R. Wenger and Janell L. Wenger for $290,000.

East Cocalico Township Annabelle Melcher conveyed 34 Blue Jay Drive to Steven J. Melcher and Gary Schneider for $173,000.

Matthew L. Weiler and Teresa L. Weiler conveyed property on Reinholds Road to June G. Krafft Living Trust Agreement and June G Living Trust Agreement Krafft for $655,000.

Sheriff of Lancaster County, Henry K. Bashjian Jr. and Miranda F. Bashjian conveyed 69 E. Church St. to Ironstone Development LP for $104,000.

Joshua D. Pfeiffer and Tanya S. Pfeiffer conveyed 49 Heron Drive to Cory Metrokotsas and Jessica A. Flanigan for $151,000.

West Cocalico Township David M. Parsons and Gloria M. Parsons conveyed 1283 Staman Lane to Christopher Markel for $87,000.

Cole F. Knighton conveyed 906 Locust St. to Joseph Inslee and Robin Inslee for $109,900.

The estate of David Wilbur Hostetter and the estate of D. Wilbur Hostetter conveyed property on Blue Lane Road to Randal D. Gottier Jr. for $240,000.

The estate of Lawrence P. Kroft, Marlene L. Kroft and Marlene L. Garber conveyed 405 N. Sixth St. to Cole F. Knighton for $115,900.

Sheriff of Lancaster County and Wallace R. Snider conveyed 477 Manor St. to Federal National Mortgage Association for $2,550.

Joseph M. Clark II and Norma I. Clark conveyed 829 Locust St. to Jose D. Roman and Erin R. Roman for $115,000.

Conestoga Township Carol A.

Jon-Christopher Bua: Washington Notebook: Too Close for Comfort ...

Last night both the Democratic and Republican Leaders of the Senate and the President all came out to publicly announce that they had the framework for a deal to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit thereby warding off a global financial catastrophe.

This framework provides for some cuts in spending now and pushes the toughest choices to a Joint Commission of Congress.

It also increases the debt ceiling enough to ensure that the next fight will be after the 2012 Election.

Surprise! Surprise! These announcements were made just minutes before the Asian Markets opened.

These announcements were clearly designed to calm the markets and buy a little more time to finalise and actually pass this long over-due piece of legislation.

What comes next will be a true test of bi-partisan arm twisting to ensure enough votes in both Houses of Congress to get it done!

It will also be a true test of Speaker John Boehner's power over his House Republicans especially the Tea Party Members.

Boehner may need the help of Democrats and in particular former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to get the votes he needs. It remains to be seen whether her help will be forthcoming.

None of this would have happened if a minority of legislators, the new Tea Party Members of the House Representatives, did not marry the vote to increase the debt ceiling to reducing the deficit.

By joining these issues together the Tea Party Members turned what was normally a routine vote into a political opportunity and a crisis just to advance their own conservative ideology.

The Tea Party Republicans are freshman legislators but they clearly deserve an A+ in learning how to manipulate the system and turn "compromise" into a dirty word.

The Tea Party has won the debate and now it is up Boehner to sell this deal to them, convincing them that they have gone just far enough.

Right now the Republicans think they have the edge. They are fighting for what they believe are winning principles which will move them toward victory in 2012.

The problem for both parties is that the Joint Commission must go through this process again to find more cuts. The Joint Commission must reach a deal by November on the any further cuts.

If they don't the Sword of Damocles which is hanging over both their heads will fall - making deep across the board cuts in the programs that are the Holy Grails of their respective parties - Military cuts for Republicans and Medicare and Social Security cuts for the Democrats.

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