Doing something right
We editorialize often about the ineptitude of our state government officials, and for good reason.
Miss the budget deadline by nine months? Check. Fail to adequately address the pension crisis? Check. Refuse to release Pennsylvanians from the grip of the Soviet-style state store system? Check.
But we like to give credit where credit is due, so we will praise state legislators for – finally – approving a measure that will force the distribution of education funding increases out of the shadows of back-door budget negotiations and into the light provided by a set funding formula.
That formula was the work of a bipartisan commission that made its recommendation almost a year ago.
So, sure, our leaders in Harrisburg are late, as usual, but at least when push came to shove, they did the right thing.