From the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE:
Gov. Ed Rendell got lost in the stacks when it came to funding for libraries this year.
At a time when state dollars for libraries and literacy programs — along with many other vital services — are taking financial hits, the governor chose to jump-start plans for libraries that will house the personal papers of two of the state’s longest-serving members of Congress.
The governor authorized up to $10 million in funds from state economic development bonds for the Arlen Specter Library at Philadelphia University for archives from Mr. Specter’s career, which included serving as the Philadelphia district attorney and five terms in the U.S. Senate. Mr. Rendell also designated up to $10 million for the planned John P. Murtha Center for Public Policy on the University of Pittsburgh’s Johnstown campus for Mr. Murtha’s papers and other records from his 36-year congressional career…
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