Pennsylvania To Finally Notify Us Of Legislators’ Names

It’s not just emergency weather week in Pennsylvania. It’s also apparently Sunshine Week and it surely will have us all saying, “Saber. ¡Es su derecho!” (Yes, the week to study emergency weather conditions and “Sunshine Week” take place at the same time. Nobody ever said this state didn’t have a sense of humor.)

Sunshine Week is the one time of the year when politicians tell us we have a right to know what they’re spending our money on. (The other 51 weeks, they go all Mark B. Cohen on us.) In Pennsylvania, which has the worst open-records laws in the country, politicians are slowly attempting to make the state more, ah, sunshine-y.

One of those is new Democratic State Rep. Tim Mahoney of Fayette County, who campaigned on improving right-to-know laws. And actually won! (Wow. The rest of the state has some amusing ideas on why you should vote for someone, instead of just how much one sees the candidate on television.)

As part of a toast to Sunshine Week, I’d like to propose this toast: “Saber. ¡Es su derecho!”

Pa. leaders begin efforts to expand open-records laws [Inquirer]
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