November 20, 2009
S. Butler taxpayers must be told cumulative dollars of new pact
The contract dispute in the South Butler School District, now in a waiting game while the school board and teachers union await a nonbinding-arbitration decision, has focused primarily on wage-increase percentages.
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November 19, 2009
Growing evidence of lawmakers delegating lawmaking to lobbyists
Last weekend, the New York Times featured a front-page article revealing that more than two dozen lawmakers entered speeches into the Congressional Record that were written by lobbyists for the big biotechnology company Genentech.
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November 18, 2009
Butler should not have trouble attracting candidates for office
As is routine in elections devoted to local offices, many positions are decided by write-in votes because no one officially sought to have his or her name on the ballots.
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November 17, 2009
Latest big disgrace cries out for change in Pa. Legislature
Pennsylvanians received another reason to nickname their state legisture the Pennsylvania General Assembly of Corruption last week with the filing of charges against 10 people connected with the House Republican Caucus.
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November 16, 2009
More needs to be known about how state officials award contracts
In another example of the mind-set that prevails when spending "other people's money," the state Department of General Services says it cannot account for change orders to state agency contracts, presumably amounting to millions of dollars of additional spending.
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November 14, 2009
Cheers & Jeers . . .
The 55 volunteers who on Oct. 24 worked to clean Butler's downtown as part of national Make a Difference Day merit much praise.
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