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Decades-old municipal laws have become dated, inflexible and uncompetitive, hampering municipal leaders from approaching modern-day problems with innovative solutions. Many of these outdated laws are pushing our communities to the brink of collapse, threatening basic municipal services, while impeding regional economic recovery. And ultimately, taxpayers will be on the hook. This may sound like a stretch, but anyone who lives in or near an older, full-service community — a core community — knows of the budgetary struggles. While this dire situation is not intractable, fixing it will require strong leadership and political courage from the state Legislature and the Corbett administration. Click here to read the article.
Decades-old municipal laws have become dated, inflexible and uncompetitive, hampering municipal leaders from approaching modern-day problems with innovative solutions. Many of these outdated laws are pushing our communities to the brink of collapse, threatening basic municipal services, while impeding regional economic recovery. And ultimately, taxpayers will be on the hook.
This may sound like a stretch, but anyone who lives in or near an older, full-service community — a core community — knows of the budgetary struggles. While this dire situation is not intractable, fixing it will require strong leadership and political courage from the state Legislature and the Corbett administration.
Click here to read the article.