The Rendell administration appears to be going out of its way to block public access to government documents. At least that is the impression left on the state's new open-records czar.Terry Mutchler, executive director of Pennsylvania's Office of Public Records, has written to Gov. Rendell questioning whether top administration officials share the view that government should be open and transparent.
In the three-page letter, obtained by The Inquirer, Mutchler revealed a list of her concerns over how the administration has dealt with her and her staff - as well as individual records requests - since she was tapped to lead the open-records office in June.
According to her letter, the situation has gotten so bad that lawyers in Rendell's office have put representatives of every state agency on notice not to even take her calls. Everything has to be in writing, the lawyers insist.
If the city of Philadelphia wants to reap the Benefits of legalized Gambling then they should have casino's in there city, if not then they should be cut off from the rest of the State. Why should people from other counties who play in there own counties around the state give the proceeds to Philadelphia when they do not want gambling in there city. This means cutting off of cost reductions for County homeowners taxes.
It is bad enough as it is that most of the State Budget goes to Philadelphia at the expense of the rest of the state. The rest of the state has been suffering with lack of funding since Rendell took Office and turn around is fair play.