12 charged in public corruption investigation
July 10, 2008 Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett announed that 12 suspects have been charged in the first phase of a public corruption investigation. Those charged include a former House Democratic Minority Whip, four current House Democratic staffers, and a state represenative from Beaver County.
Right-to-Know policy updated
September 10, 2008: Delaware County Council updated its Right-To-Know Law policies and procedures during its first meeting in three weeks, coming in ahead of the curve for the rest of the state.
Local and state governments must comply with a new open records law crafted by the state Legislature by Jan. 1, 2009, but Delaware County's policies take effect immediately. Read the full article here.
County's property records rules may be eased
September 9, 2008: Allegheny County might ease restrictions on searching online property records. At least for some people.
Nearly a year after barring name searches from the county's real estate Web site, County Council is considering a proposal to allow some community groups to use them. The measure, set for introduction at tonight's meeting, would allow organizations doing "legitimate community development activities" to apply to search the records by name again.
Community groups hailed the effort, while legal experts questioned the reasoning of providing public records access only to certain groups. Read the full article here.
Cost of borough hall legal bills too high
September 7, 2008: The pricetag for business as usual in Pottstown Borough Hall is getting awfully high.
The costs to the borough taxpayer for legal bills to deal with lawsuits brought by employees and former employees has been more than $100,000 in the past three years, a review of borough legal bills has shown. And that number is just the tip of the iceberg, considering management hours and insurance premium costs that weigh into the personnel dilemmas that are at issue. Read the full editorial here.
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