Give Mahoney credit, re-election
For the past few months I have listened to and read comments by political has-beens and wanna-bes making adverse remarks about our state representatives of the 51st and 52nd districts. They have been especially critical of Mr. Tim Mahoney of the 51st district. His predecessor stated that Mr. Mahoney is not the author of the open records law that was recently passed by this Legislature.
He is correct. The present law is not as restrictive as the bill proposed by Mr. Mahoney.
There was no way that the powers-that-be in Harrisburg were going to permit an audacious freshman legislator to be the author of a law that should have been enacted years earlier. Therefore, they eliminated parts of Mahoney’s bill, thereby changing it and creating a new authorship.
No matter how you cut it, Mr. Mahoney was the driving force behind getting the open records law passed. This has been acknowledged by newspapers throughout the state, including the Herald-Standard. Mr. Mahoney is more interested in results than who gets credit for them.
Mr. Mahoney is concerned more with the legislators representing our area joining together to benefit the people of our area than he is in personal recognition. For the first time in my memory, they are working in unison. I think they deserve re-election.
Ralph A. Mazza
Vanderbilt