Activists: Lawmakers 0-for-51 in reform measures

Say what you will about the Pennsylvania Legislature. At least its consistent.

Consistently bad, according to reform activists who gathered this week in Harrisburg to mark the third anniversary of the ill-fated July 7, 2005, pay-raise vote that launched the current reform movement.

From a story by Christina Gostomski of the Allentown Morning Call's Harrisburg Bureau reviewing the Legislature's efforts to reform itself:

Fifty-one reform bills -- from preventing state agencies from hiring lobbyists with tax dollars to requiring government salaries to be posted on the Internet -- have been introduced, only to go nowhere.

The citizen activists who attended Monday's event are urging voters to punish incumbent lawmakers on Election Day for their unwillingness to approve reform measures.

Read the full story, "Post-pay raise legislative reforms stalled, activists say," at the Morning Call's Web site.