September 14-20, 2006

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Editor's Letter by Duane Swierczynski

Loaded Argument
B loody hypocrite, I am.

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel

It's the Environment, Stupid
M ayoral hopeful Michael Nutter was playing to happy crowd at a green rally on South Street recently, when he declared that "the environment, the economy and sustainability are not mutually exclusive." (See Nutter's performance at Greenadelphia.org.) Nutter got it almost right.

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Too Many Secrets
I n Columbia County, a resident was told that the Berwick Area School District would charge her $15.50 an hour to look at public documents; she was later given a bill for $312.20. In Indiana County, a resident was forbidden to see the terms of a $2 million state grant given to a railroad to move coal on dormant tracks 200 yards from his house.
by Susan Schwartz

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