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RTC: House Democrats Continue to Milk the Pay Raise
RTC: Voters Guide, April 2008
DR: 2008 Candidate Survey

Truer words never spoken with this fairy tale...

This remind you of anyone?

Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early

NTU: An Open Letter to the Pennsylvania General Assembly: Return Your Surplus to Taxpayers!

DR: Remarks for a News Conference Proposing a Special Session of the Legislature on Public Integrity
Letter to Governor Rendell regarding Special Session on Public Integrity
Proposed Agenda for a Special Session on Public Integrity in 2008

Ken Schaefer: Why meaningful audits of General Assembly financial affairs are necessary

PACS: Why the "Year of Reform" Wasn't
Petolicchio: Reform Movement On Life Support? Hardly!

CITIZENS’ LOBBY SAYS MORE WORK NEEDED ON OPEN RECORDS
Problems in Senate Bill 1 (PN-1721)

Spengler: Rendell's Drink Tax Bombshell

Fun Fact: LaGrotta and UC

Chase Justice: Legislative Staff Salaries
                and Mahoney and Open Records

RTC: Holiday Greedings

Representative Barbara McIlvane Smith on the recent COLA (compliments of PACleansweep)
Local organizations to benefit from McIlvaine Smith’s COLA

Fiermonte: Legislative polling bill given to taxpayers?

Ken Schaefer: PHEAA, Willey and the Tip of the Iceberg

Senate Open Records Reform: Good, But Can Be Better

Common Cause PA: Letter to House members on HB 443 - Open Records. Common Cause encourages contacting your Representative to ask for a massive clean-up of the bill or that it be recommitted to the House State Government Committee.

RTC recommends: 'NO' Vote on Saylor Retention and 'YES' Votes to Elect Krancer and Todd to PA Supreme Court

Vote Know! Campaign: Where's The Governor

RTC Launches "Vote Know!" Campaign

RTC obtains early release of PHEAA's "New" Marketing Campaign

Reform In Harrisburg - video clip of WYOU (CBS, Wilkes-Barre) Inter@ctive segment with Eric Epstein 

Watchdog’s remark sends Rendell on a tear
and in case you missed it here's the reason.
Rendell’s name-calling of critics sparks more than a few colorful responses
Rendell stewing over critic

RTC obtains photo of Hsu and Rendell at a fundraising event.

RTC Press Release: Twelve Alternative Budget Cutting Proposals

Fraud of the Week: T. J. Rooney on Judge Michael T. Joyce

Response from reader's Representative regarding WAMs.

Letter from William McIntyre to Governor Rendell on the recent "shutdown".
You may recall that about two years ago Mr. McIntyre was told by Senator Mellow to "get a life". The Senator was responding to Mr. McIntyre's letter regarding the (then recent) pay grab.

Rules? What rules?

The Class of 2007 (requires Adobe Reader)

A sign of the times (compliments of Russ Diamond)

Rep. Ron Marsico responds to sine die sessions and PSA questions.

PHEAA's Critic Responds

Coalition sends letter to House State Government Committee urging action before the summer 'recess'. 

Auditor General's letter of intent to audit PHEAA

The Governor's Auto Auction - No reasonable offers refused!

Judicial Pay Summary compliments of The Commonwealth Foundation
Also: Local Judges Silent in Court Reform Debate

RTC Press Release: IRS Asks Group for $9,000 for Pay Raise, Pension Ruling - Adobe Reader is needed to view this document and please be patient as the release and supporting documentation is large. 

RTC Salt of the Earth Day Special

RTC: Twelve Step Program to Reform PHEAA

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