Nov 18 2009
Breaking: Rendell announces support of Merit Selection at press conference
Reports are coming in from the press conference held by Governor Ed Rendell. From the Harrisburg Patriot-News:
The governor, speaking on the heels of last week’s fresh wave of corruption charges lodged against former legislative leaders, bemoaned the fact a “broken system” has undermined some of his policy goals and caused other accomplishments to be largely overlooked.
To change things going forward, Rendell pledged new efforts to get legislation passed putting strict new rules on campaign financing, boosting citizen involvement in the redrawing of legislative and Congressional districts, and moving to merit selection of state judges.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer/AP:
Rendell renewed his pitch Wednesday for overhauling the state’s campaign-finance laws, the selection of appellate judges and the process by which state legislative districts are redrawn every 10 years.
WNEP-TV reported earlier on Rendell’s announcement, and you can read a short article and watch a video interview here.
You can see our earlier coverage of the Governor’s tour of the Northeast here.
Tags: campaign finance, ed rendell, Merit Selection
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