Corbett Okays Grant for Specter Library (More Corbett Hypocrisy)

[blue neen]

Remember this ad from Tom Corbett's gubernatorial campaign in 2010? (Check link to view ad at bottom of article).

http://earlyreturns.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/early-returns-20/53-post-gazette-staff/4009-corbett-oks-grant-for-specter-library

The one that blasted then-Gov. Ed Rendell for approving $2 million in state funds for the proposed Arlen Specter library in Philadelphia?


Corbett on Monday signed off on the contract to dispense those dollars. The AP has more:

Corbett's budget secretary Charles Zogby wrote in a Monday letter that the governor has approved a nearly $2 million matching grant for the library at Philadelphia University.

A Corbett spokesman says the administration didn't have a legal reason to reject a commitment made by Corbett's predecessor, Ed Rendell.

The approval comes as Corbett moves to tighten a borrowing program that matches financial commitments for development projects.

Rendell had defended the library and other projects financed by the program as critical to revitalizing communities and improving civic cornerstones. Specter was defeated in 2010 in a bid for a sixth U.S. Senate term.

Read more at:

http://earlyreturns.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/early-returns-20/53-post-gazette-staff/4009-corbett-oks-grant-for-specter-library

[MrSlayer]

1. Corbett sucks majorly.

But I'm glad he did this. We need the construction jobs badly.

[blue neen]

2. Construction work and $2 million would be put to much better use on roads and bridges.

Yes, Corbett does suck majorly.

[JPZenger]

3. How many Senators have a $4 million library for their papers

Yes, Specter's papers should be kept somewhere for researchers. However, $2 million from taxpayers plus $2 million from other sources sounds like real overkill, especially when so many people with real needs in PA are suffering. Read the Philadelphia City Paper about how the previous budget cuts have really hurt people in need - and many more budget cuts are yet to come.

http://www.citypaper.net/news/2012-02-09-feeding-homeless-benjamin-franklin-parkway-philadelphia.html