Government Accountability

California Lawmaker Kicked Out of Capitol

• Nathan Benefield
• August 21, 2008

From The Club For Growth blog: Democratic leaders in the California legislature kicked Assemblywoman Nicole Parra out of the Capitol building because she didn’t…

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Government Accountability

Bonusgate, corruption, and reform news

• Nathan Benefield
• August 5, 2008

There are plenty of stories on corruption and reform in today’s papers: DeWeese under fire: State Rep. Josh Shapiro calls on House Majority Leader Bill Deweese to stop down…

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Reform is Alive and Well

• Nathan Benefield
• November 30, 2007

Rep. Josh Shapiro enters into the “is reform dead” debate on his new blog.

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$2 million spent by PHEAA on giveaways

• Nathan Benefield
• November 5, 2007

Jan Murphy of the Patriot News exposes more PHEAA expenses – including “giveaways” such as golf balls, LL Bean Jackets, and T-Shirts bearing the PHEAA logo, I-Pods and DVD…

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No reform of incumbent protection ads

• Nathan Benefield
• February 23, 2007

Article on the Reform Panel’s debate on taxpayer-funded “Public Service Ads” (a.k.a. incumbent protection plans), from Capitolwire.com (subscription): Even after a former House majority leader blasted taxpayer-paid TV…

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