Turnpike Lease Editorials

• Nathan Benefield
• May 22, 2008

The Patriot News editorializes that a Turnpike lease appears to be the best option. The Philadelphia Inquirer offers no definite verdict, only noting concerns over “giving up control”…

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State Budget

Make Cardboard Checks Vanish

• Nathan Benefield
• April 17, 2008

Senator Eichelberger’s stand against posing with cardboard checks when handing out taxpayer-funded grants is getting attention across the state, with a story in the Morning-Call, and…

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Regulation

Lackawanna County: Where’s the Film?

• Nathan Benefield
• February 19, 2008

Another case study on corporate welfare for the film industry was featured in the Morning Call. Lackwanna County officials are wondering what happened to the $500,000 of taxpayer money…

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Taxes & Economy

Why Calendars Matter

• Nathan Benefield
• January 13, 2008

The latest story of Capitol Calendars bought at taxpayer expenses is a Tribune-Review article on Catherine Baker Knoll (as president of the Senate) getting her share. Other recent stories…

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Schools get no relief on pension contributions

• Nathan Benefield
• December 26, 2007

That’s a horrible headline for the AP story in the Morning Call. Who are the “schools” anyway? It’s the taxpayers who get no relief. While the pension contribution…

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Turnpike Commission’s version of MiniTru

• Nathan Benefield
• November 26, 2007

Turnpike Commission Vice-Chair and bond attorney Tim Carson in the Morning Call offers a rebuttal to the Brouillette-Gilroy Commentary. Carson’s editorial is as accurate as an Enron…

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Convert state pensions to defined contribution

• Nathan Benefield
• November 4, 2007

Senator Pat Browne has an op-ed in The Morning Call on the need to reform our public pension systems and the legislation he will be sponsoring in the…

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I-80 lease agreement ready

• Nathan Benefield
• October 16, 2007

Morning Call reports that the contract between PennDOT and the Turnpike Commission for tolling and leasing I-80 is ready to be signed. Though it is unclear if any such…

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Taxpayers poised to pay $2 billion for pensions

• Nathan Benefield
• August 24, 2007

Morning Call story on the looming crisis in state and school employees’ pensions.

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