Until six years ago, state government in Pennsylvania languished in its lack of any measure of transparency. Legislative leaders in the General Assembly had no interest in a law that opened records to the public, while access to what records were available was a cumbersome process.
Peter Durantine
Peter Durantine is a freelance writer, a former reporter with the Associated Press, and now co-publisher and editor of TheBurg, www.theburgnews.com, a free monthly community newspaper in Harrisburg.

