I am so sick of all the cute little catch phrases that permeate politics these days. You know transparency, shovel ready, smart-this, green-that, earth friendly, dolphin free (ok that was a throwback to tuna of the eighties). The most irksome of all is transparency. Not only did our current president use this as a foundation of his presidential race, but so has the recently elected mayor of Harrisburg. It’s all more hoopla that no one is holding anyone accountable. Let’s see in the past few days the vice president held a conference on transparency that was closed to the press, the mayor has issued a gag order to school district, but issued the salaries of her new cronies under intense pressure from the media and a few Right to Know requests. Aren’t those actions kind of anti-transparent, aren’t they opaque, covert or whatever nice catch phrase you want to call it. I’m not saying this out of any political view. What I’m talking about is holding our elected officials accountable to promises they made to us, their constituents. Do they really think that with healthcare, TARP, and a city on the verge of bankruptcy, that people would forget what was said on the campaign trail? I say this from a non-political viewpoint. If someone runs for office, whether they be Republican, Democrat or Socialist, if a candidate says something during their campaign, that is a contract with their constituents. If they fail in fulfilling this, they should be held in breach of contract. The worst part of it all is that an honest, sincere person can not run for politics. They have also priced the common man out of running. Why should an election cost more than the GDP of some countries. John Wayne , where the hell are you?
Tony Sirloin 