From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER:
Twenty-three citizens from all walks of life have scrutinized Pennsylvania’s legislature for the past two years, and on Monday they reached a conclusion: Harrisburg is rotten to the core.
Only a statewide constitutional convention can stop the corruption and waste that party leaders have built into the system.
These citizens were called for grand jury service in March 2008. They included mechanics, clerks, factory workers, a bus driver, a chemical engineer, a used-car salesperson, and retirees. They gathered at least one week each month, hearing testimony from witnesses in a broad corruption probe of the legislature. The grand jury has indicted 25 defendants, and several have been convicted of diverting public money illegally for political purposes.
But the grand jurors were so appalled at the corruption in Harrisburg that they took the unusual step of issuing a 35-page report detailing the lawmakers’ abuse…
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