The Pottsmerc.com editor has an ax to grind- with corrupt incumbent Pennsylvania legislators. In response to a poll taken by Quinnipiac University, 3 out of 4 Pennsylvania residents do not believe the legislature will take steps to improve ethics in their state capitol. The poll was taken in the wake of the Bonusgate scandal.

Therein lies the real danger in such scandals — as well as the possible solution.

People get so discouraged with the process, they begin to withdraw altogether. They shrug their shoulders, roll their eyes. Another day, another scandal in Harrisburg.
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It was just a few years ago when voters, outraged over a pay raise voted by the Legislature in the wee hours of the morning, took out their revenge in a more practical manner. First they vented their spleen. They demonstrated. They wrote letters. They held protests at the state Capitol. Then they got serious. They voted.

A lot of politicians didn’t even wait for the dust to settle. They left Harrisburg before they could be shown the door in the primaries. Several longtime pols who dared appear on the ballot were unceremoniously dumped from office.

It’s time for voters to get involved one more time. Three of four people in the state do not believe the Legislature will take the necessary steps to clean up their act.

Citizens should do it for them. At the voting booth.

This is sound advice for many, many -too many- cities. Voters of New Orleans, Chicago, Youngstown, Detroit.. are you listening???

Category: Corruption