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(Harrisburg) - The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has
whittled down its list of potential locations for nine toll
collection sites along Interstate 80. The commission
revealed 20 locations today along the 311-mile roadway that
could get one of the nine cashless tolling stations.
Officials are not expected to select the final sites until
sometime this fall. Sites that collect the most revenue
while diverting the fewest vehicles onto alternate routes
are the ones most likely to be selected, said project
manager Barry Schoch. In most cases, the traffic diversion
issue will be critical, because sites close to each other
are projected to produce about the same amount of money, he
said. (More)
(Harrisburg) - Voters deserve to know before the November
election whether Republicans as well as Democrats will be
charged in the public corruption scandal at the state
Capitol, Gov. Ed Rendell said Tuesday. Rendell was adamant
that Attorney General Tom Corbett, a Republican, should make
a swift decision on whether to indict lawmakers or aides in
the House Republican Caucus or the Senate. Twelve people in
the House Democratic Caucus were charged last month with
theft, conspiracy and conflict of interest in the first
phase of an 18-month grand jury investigation. "I don't
understand why after two years you only could make your
decision on Democrats," Rendell said while he was in
Pittsburgh to make several economic development
announcements. (More)
(Harrisburg) - Two more lawmakers have joined the
groundswell pressuring House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese to
step down because of his caucus's alleged involvement in a
government corruption scandal. State Reps. Jesse White,
D-Cecil, and Eugene DePasquale, D-York, both freshmen, said
Mr. DeWeese should relinquish control of the caucus. Eight
other lawmakers came forward with similar statements in
recent days. One, David Levdansky, D-Forward, has said Mr.
DeWeese should not only leave leadership, but also abandon
his re-election campaign and leave the Legislature entirely.
Mr. White and Mr. DePasquale said that Mr. DeWeese,
D-Waynesburg, is a hindrance to reform efforts and must be
accountable for crimes that may have been committed under
his watch. (More)
Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly want the Legislature
to convene for a special session to enact legislation to end
corruption, yet nearly three quarters of voters doubt that
legislators will do what it takes to pass reforms to clean
up their mess in the General Assembly, according to a new
Quinnipiac University poll. Both political parties have been
tarred by the bonus scandal that led to charges against 12
current or former state House Democratic staffers or
members, and 73 percent of voters say Republicans and
Democrats are equally to blame. A majority of voters believe
House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese, who has not been charged
with any crime, should resign his leadership post.
(More)
The billboard message isn't intended as a compliment:
"The Turnpike Commission: A study in power, patronage and
politics." The Commonwealth Foundation, which supports
leasing the PA Turnpike to a private company, said it's
paying $1,580 a month for the billboard criticizing the
commission, which operates the 532-mile highway. The sign is
at South Second and Mulberry streets, near the southern
entrance to Harrisburg off Interstate 83. Gov. Ed Rendell
has proposed leasing the turnpike to a consortium of
corporations in exchange for what he said will be about $1.1
billion a year for mass transit and highway projects.
Legislators and the PA Turnpike Commission are resisting the
proposal, saying it would be imprudent to rent out such a
major public asset. (More)
Something is missing from the presidential campaign,
according to many of the nation's mayors and police chiefs:
a substantive debate about crime and how best to fight it.
Dozens of them tried to put crime back on the agenda at a
U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting at the Westin Hotel in
Philadelphia hosted by Mayor Nutter. At a noon news
conference, they lamented the decline in federal funding for
local crime-fighting programs and urged the national media
and Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama to focus on urban
violence. "I understand that Iraq and Afghanistan are
extremely important. We all understand that," said Manuel A.
Diaz, mayor of Miami and president of the mayors' group.
(More)
Chip Bok, Akron Beacon
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