Government Accountability

CF Blog Roundup

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 29, 2009

Here are some recent CF mentions in the blogosphere.  Reason Out-of-Control notes many of the same concerns we have with giving the Turnpike Commission carte blanche to toll I-80…

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Government Accountability

There is No Defense for WAMs

  • October 26, 2009

Among the many faults with WAMs, perhaps the most egregious is that taxpayers can never figure out where this money is going. For example,…

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State Budget

Did PA Really Need Higher Taxes?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 15, 2009

Yesterday, blogger for the Time Herald/State Senator Daylin Leach attacked ATR’s no-tax pledge and Sen. Orie for signing it a few years ago before voting to increase taxes…

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Taxes & Economy

Do Voters Want Higher Taxes?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 27, 2009

On his blog with the Times Herald, state Senator Daylin Leach makes a couple of absurd claims. First he suggests that residents are more concerned about potholes than high…

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Government Accountability

Lawmakers who blog

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 5, 2008

Tony Phyrillas comments on PA lawmakers who blog (based on a Stateline article). They include Sen. Eichelberger, whose blog I read daily, Rep. White, who I…

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Term Limits Op-Ed

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 17, 2007

Rep. Daylin Leach with an editorial on why term limits are a bad idea in the Patriot News. Leach resorts to the standard three part argument – term limits…

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