ACT 47TEAM cause problem in Harrisburg, PA
Staff Writer
2011-02-02
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Harrisburg, Pa is caught in a jam with the money. The state of Pennsylvanian has create some title called act 47. If you will watch the video below, it will inform you of the background of act 47.
The Harrisburg City Council members who refused to meet the state’s Act 47 coordinating team yesterday are either recent converts to public disclosure or being fundamentally dishonest when citing transparency and openness as their reasoning. Just this past November, Council, led by Councilman Brad Koplinski, urged the Thompson Administration to meet with Council’s chosen bankruptcy advisors “informally.” The meeting took place in private, behind closed doors, just as Council requested. At that time, there was no demand for public disclosure, transparency or call for the meeting to be held at a City Council Legislative Session.
Further, Councilman Koplinski was not restrained by a need for openness when he met privately with Cravath, Swaine and Moore with no public disclosure. Although he claims it was a “different kind of meeting” the public has no way of knowing what was discussed or exactly what kind of private meetings Councilman Koplinski believes are appropriate for Council members to hold.
It is important to note that the proposed meeting was simply an opportunity for the Act 47 team members to introduce themselves to Council. There was absolutely no anticipation that any substantive policy discussions would be held.
“The citizens of Harrisburg deserve an honest evaluation by elected leaders of the best course for the City’s future,” said Mayor Thompson. “The refusal by the majority on Council to so much as meet the Act 47 team members is inexcusable. It indicates that they have made up their minds before all the facts have been reviewed. After all, they were fine with private meetings with their bankruptcy attorneys but have a different standard when it comes to listening to alternative views.”