From the EXPRESS-TIMES’ opinion staff:
Thomas Caltagirone, a state representative from Reading, is just plain crazy…
He wants to start the process – which requires amending the state Constituition – to conjoin the state’s 2,562 municipaplities into 67 county governments.
As we said, nuts. Certifiable.
Except … except that if you’re listening to everything going on in local government and school districts these days, this old model is gaining traction. Budgets and taxes have reached a breaking point, but, more importantly, taxpayers and municipal officials are starting to come around…
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