Top 10 ways to improve Pa. today
Forget term limits, or caps on lobbying and campaign contributions, or other pie-in-the-sky pipe dreams.
This is Pennsylvania, a place that's been corrupt and purposely inept since William Penn's sons first conned Indian tribes out of more land than their father owned by abusing the Walking Purchase.
With that in mind, I offer these bipartisan suggestions that with a little off-the-shelf technology and a pen might help level the playing field between the voting public and the privileged elite that are our elected and appointed public officials.
I've even e-mailed a copy to Gov. Ed Rendell. Let's see if he replies.
10. Immediately add the words "and lobbyists expenses" to Act 71 of 2004, the state law legalizing slot machines, under the provision that prohibits campaign contributions from all potential slot machine parlor licensees and slot machine manufacturers.
Penn National Gaming Inc. spent nearly $1 million last year just to lobby the state Senate - a full year after the slots law was passed. Wonder what they wanted? If that money had been spent in campaign contributions somebody would be heading to jail.
Read the rest in my Daily Rant.
- Dave Ralis
www.DaveRalis.com
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