Pennsylvania suffers under this governor. His policies hurt education, good government, and the environment. Recently he fired the head of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
My friend George, and a regular reader of this blog, shared a letter he wrote to Representative Doyle Heffley about the firing. I thought the letter was worth sharing with our readers. With some slight changes for space requirements, here is what George wrote:
Subject: Ouster of John Norbeck from DCNR
I am troubled by the recent action of Governor Corbett. Clearly, the park system has flourished under the leadership of John Norbeck, the director of state parks since 2006.
The departure of Norbeck is alarming, with the prospect of mining and timbering in our state park lands. Jeff Schmidt, executive director of the Sierra Club in Pennsylvania, has called Norbeck “one of Pennsylvania’s top professional conservationists.”
You, being a member of Pennsylvania’s “House Tourism and Recreational Development Commission,” should be concerned as well.
It’s also worth noting that state parks generate hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism revenue each year. Tourism is one of state’s and Carbon County’s leading employers.
Thanks George. Excellent letter.
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