DN Editorial: Corbett begins his reign today
TODAY, Pennsylvania enters the Tom Corbett era. The former state attorney general and Pittsburgh city councilman takes office during turbulent times, with a $4 billion hole in the state budget looming.
TODAY, Pennsylvania enters the Tom Corbett era. The former state attorney general and Pittsburgh city councilman takes office during turbulent times, with a $4 billion hole in the state budget looming.
Dealing with Pennsylvania's lingering fiscal problems is priority No. 1, but we're hopeful that Corbett can also make progress in an important area that has long stalled in Harrisburg: political reform.
He made the most convincing argument for reform in decades . . . before even taking one action as governor. He made his name as a corruption-busting prosecutor, bringing indictments against more than two dozen state lawmakers and staffers following a wide-ranging probe of the Legislature.
But he shouldn't be afraid to use the bully pulpit to push for more.
We need campaign-finance limits, a curb on special lawmaker perks, redistricting reform, tightened rules on lobbyists and a host of other changes. Corbett will need the cooperation of the Legislature for all of these, so there are bound to be fights along the way. But his attorney general job strengthened his backbone, and that's the most important tool he'll need for taking on reform. *























