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Stories Posted on December 10, 2007
Opinion: LTE: Give Independents more opportunities
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Pennsylvania · Source: The Morning Call
Regarding the Nov. 28 op-ed column by G. Terry Madonna and Michael L. Young, ''Reform without change is Pennsylvania's peril'': The reform agenda must include an open and inclusive, non-partisan political process. As more and more voters become Independent (35 to 40 percent of the electorate) we clearly need to restructure the political process to give Pennsylvanians more direct political control over policy making, government, and the culture of political life. We cannot depend on the Democrats or Republicans to reform themselves. They won't! Independents can be the driving force to break up the partisanship of the two major parties and invigorate our democracy.