From Sunshine Review
Luzerne County is one of 67 counties in Pennsylvania. Luzerne County, located in northeastern Pennsylvania, has an estimated population of 319,250. Wilkes-Barre is the county seat.
[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Pennsylvania county websites
[edit] The good
- Budget is published.[1]
- Information about how to obtain public records is available.[2]
- Commissioners are listed with personal information, but no contact information is provided.[3]
- A comprehensive calendar of upcoming county meetings is available online.[4] Meeting minutes posted.[5]
- Administrative officials listed with contact information under respective departments.[6]
[edit] The bad
- No information on building permits or zoning regulations.
- Budget information is only available from 2008. [7]
- Audit information only goes up to 2007.[8]
[edit] Luzerne Home Rule
A group called Luzerne Home Rule is advocating for political change in the county. On their website, they write, "If you are dissatisfied with the way Luzerne County has been operating you are in the right place. There is a long and difficult road ahead, but we are motivated by democracy. We can no longer stand aside and watch those in Government strip us of everything while they line their own pockets with our tax dollars."
The group has been successful in placing a proposition on the May 19, 2009 ballot in the county that would start the process of turning Luzerne into a home rule county.
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