The Pennsylvania Senate passed SB 913, which the Post-Gazette described:
A relatively small item in the recently negotiated state budget deal -- a plan to shift $40 million from parks and libraries to hazardous waste cleanup -- threatens to snag passage of the $27.3 billion spending plan.
("Keystone Fund a hang-up for budget," by Tracy Mauriello (7/13)
This just can't be a good idea. I hope there can be other adjustments made. Pennsylvania's libraries have not done well money-wise in recent years and the competition for recreation money in the state is fierce. Halving Keystone Fund monies to pay for the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Program will, in my opinion, cause more problems than it will solve.
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But Jane, remember the state Republicans saved you from a "tax increase" here. I mean we wouldn't want the waste management industry to have to pay more to dump their trash in Pennsylvania so we could clean up the environment, would we? After all the waste management industry only had millions to spend on an ad campaign against the increased fee.
That tells me they must be pretty hard up for money.
very well put, PD
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