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- from the Morristown (NJ) Daily Herald: “Government transparency isn’t a choice.” “Lawmakers in the (New Jersey) state Senate and Assembly now have introduced legislation aimed squarely at mandating that these shadowy authorities and commissions have websites and post their budgets, meetings schedules and agendas and other public information online.” Florida already enacted similar transparency legislature.”
- from the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era: “School District of Lancaster seeks corporate sponsorships” “LancasterOnline fees coming”
- from the York Daily Record: “Outsourcing food to save Dallastown schools nearly $1M”
- from the Harrisburg Patriot-News: These kinds of things happen everywhere. “That could never happen here” is the common response; just one more reason why transparency is imperative. “Insider thefts from nonprofit groups leave fellow members shocked, angry and usually unreimbursed”In fact, this article (which originally appeared in the Lancaster Sunday News),“Hands in the cookie jar in Lancaster County, PA” is just one of many listed at Church and School Embezzlement.
- Good post at today’s “Cole Umber’s” Website today; brings this one to mind, too:
- from the York Dispatch: Restaurant inspections for 4/23/2011
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