The pay raise issue may be making its last stand, but reformers in Pennsylvania aren't wasting any time before moving on to the next big issue, and it's one that goes to the heart of the public dissatisfaction with the pay raises -- transparency. From an editorial in the Pocono Record:
Here's a legislative reform the public should be clamoring for. The time has come for lawmakers to put their expense reports online. Specifically, a monthly report that would detail the cost of all salary benefits and expenses paid during the previous month would give taxpayers information they need to understand what their elected officials are doing.
Excellent idea! The Legislature is already taking some steps to increase transparency, such as posting roll call votes and daily activity journals online. Now it's time to swallow their nervousness and put up expense reports for the public to easily access (the public can already access filed reports through a cumbersome process that involves appointments and travel to Harrisburg). If the public is skeptical after the pay raise scandal, what better way to earn back their trust?
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