“Do what’s best for Pennsylvania”
Editorial: “The state is running nearly $500 million behind projections on tax revenue.
“In response, Gov. Tom Corbett ordered a spending freeze of almost $157 million, with the largest amounts coming from state prisons, child welfare agencies and higher education…
“We suspect that the governor’s reluctance to tax the drilling industry has more to do with ideological purity — and, the cynic in us adds, the hefty contributions that drilling companies made to the Corbett campaign fund — than with serious fears about choking off the Marcellus gold rush in the northern tier of counties.” …
WATCHDOG: Three wags of the tail!
