Posted by cmdaly on February 15, 2008
And so it begins….
Pennsylvania is rapidly approaching an energy crisis. Rate caps enacted during the mid-1990s as a way to deregulate a supplier market and allow consumers to choose an energy supplier will be expiring within the next two years. The average electricity bill could increase by as much as 50 to 70%.
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Posted by cmdaly on February 15, 2008
Feb. 14, 2008 WITH SIGNING OF OPEN RECORDS BILL, GOVERNOR RENDELL SHINES BRIGHTEST LIGHT ON STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, INFORMATION HARRISBURG Governor Edward G. Rendell today made it easier than it has ever been for Pennsylvanians to learn more about how their state government operates and spends tax dollars when he signed Senate Bill 1 into law. The new Right to Know Law, which will affect requests made after Jan. 1, assumes that most government records are public. The law the measure repeals has placed that onus on the people who ask for information.
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Posted by cmdaly on February 5, 2008
Keep your fingers crossed that we get a viable and strong Open Records law.
The state Senate has passed an open-records bill that finally would create much greater transparency in the operation of local and state governments. As passed, the bill is strong. With a touch more pro-openness tweaking, it could become exemplary.
Key provisions of the bill include a presumption, in most cases, that government records are open to public scrutiny, inclusion of legislative and judicial records, inclusion of state-affiliated universities, creation of an Office of Open Records, and higher fines for public officials who fail to comply with legitimate records requests.
The House should adopt those measures and improve on them in a few ways, rather than gutting the bill, as it did in October.
Daily and Sunday Review – Pa. open records legislation needs commitment from Pickett and Baker
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Posted by cmdaly on February 4, 2008
From the Morning Call: An overhaul of Pennsylvania’s antiquated open-records law is on ice, awaiting a House vote that could send it on to the governor or prolong the debate for months.Commonwealth’s Open Records Law Heads to the House…again!
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Posted by cmdaly on February 4, 2008
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Posted by cmdaly on February 3, 2008
If you’re interested in various statistics, mostly those from Census data, plus business resources, then check out City-data.com report about Sayre. It translates census table data into charts making the data more accessible.
Two interesting statistics: Sayre’s population increases by almost 46%, or an estimated 2,669 people due to folk commuting to work in Sayre. A troubling statistic is that our population dropped almost 4% (228 people) from the 2000 census (5,813) to 5,585 residents. Ouch!
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