I have a new hero. His name is Sam Smith. He’s the Republican Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
What makes him so special. No, he’s not throwing his weight behind the move to blow up the LCB and get the state out of the booze business.
But he is advancing something that is almost as appealing.
The Speaker believes there are too many representatives in Harrisburg.
This week he introduced legislation to reduce the 203-member House by 50 members.
At a time when the state is peering into the abyss of a $4 billion deficit, and Gov. Tom Corbett is proposing draconian cuts in education funding, it’s nice to see at least one person proposing that Harrisburg share in the belt-tightening.
No doubt Smith didn’t exactly make himself Mr. Popularity in the halls of the state Capitol.
But he gets a big thumb’s up from us. Bravo, Mr. Speaker.
What makes him so special. No, he’s not throwing his weight behind the move to blow up the LCB and get the state out of the booze business.
But he is advancing something that is almost as appealing.
The Speaker believes there are too many representatives in Harrisburg.
This week he introduced legislation to reduce the 203-member House by 50 members.
At a time when the state is peering into the abyss of a $4 billion deficit, and Gov. Tom Corbett is proposing draconian cuts in education funding, it’s nice to see at least one person proposing that Harrisburg share in the belt-tightening.
No doubt Smith didn’t exactly make himself Mr. Popularity in the halls of the state Capitol.
But he gets a big thumb’s up from us. Bravo, Mr. Speaker.
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