PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE Editorial: There is something inherently wrong with a political party that controls both houses of its state legislature and the governor’s mansion (not to mention the courts) yet cannot govern. And that’s the rancid pickle in which Republicans find themselves in Harrisburg.
Gov. Tom Corbett, in the throes of a far-behind re-election campaign, signed into law on Thursday the Legislature’s $29.1 billion budget, a political document clouded by smoke, distorted by carnival mirrors and fueled by snake oil…
Senate leadership, all too willing to play with special interest piggies to the detriment of the public’s interests (think of its devotion to the liquor status quo), accused the governor of not stooping to its piggie level… (more)
