Growing Greener II
Growing Greener II is an $800 million plan to revitalize the Pennsylvanian economy and position the state as an attractive place for future industries. This plan was set forth by Governor Ed Rendell, but I found this article from a Lancaster news source that discusses the difficulties arising with the plan.
Since Rendell set the plan in motion early in 2004, he has focused his attention to gambling legislation in the state of PA as a different, less attractive way of spurring business growth. The article suggests that the republicans in office are now to blame for the hold up of this plan, which was originally envisioned by republican Tom Ridge.
Pennsylvania, accoriding to this article, has 11,000 brownfield sites to clean up, 2,000 acid-leaking mines to clean up, and 375 farms to preserve, among many other things. This holdup in the beuracracy of the state certainly isn't helping things along. People are split on thier ideas of how to handle Growing Greener II, and that is where the main problems arise. Some people, such as Sam Smith, the House majority leader, feel that this action should be done on a "pay-as-you-go" basis, which others disagree with. Pennsylvania's environmental and economic problems run much deeper that a simple half-strength approach won't do.
The Brookings report identified the need for PA to start changing, and the initiative was there, but many lawmakers are having a hard time understanding how important it really is. It definitely hurts the state and time is running out to fix the problems.
Since Rendell set the plan in motion early in 2004, he has focused his attention to gambling legislation in the state of PA as a different, less attractive way of spurring business growth. The article suggests that the republicans in office are now to blame for the hold up of this plan, which was originally envisioned by republican Tom Ridge.
Pennsylvania, accoriding to this article, has 11,000 brownfield sites to clean up, 2,000 acid-leaking mines to clean up, and 375 farms to preserve, among many other things. This holdup in the beuracracy of the state certainly isn't helping things along. People are split on thier ideas of how to handle Growing Greener II, and that is where the main problems arise. Some people, such as Sam Smith, the House majority leader, feel that this action should be done on a "pay-as-you-go" basis, which others disagree with. Pennsylvania's environmental and economic problems run much deeper that a simple half-strength approach won't do.
The Brookings report identified the need for PA to start changing, and the initiative was there, but many lawmakers are having a hard time understanding how important it really is. It definitely hurts the state and time is running out to fix the problems.
posted by Dave at 10:05 PM
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