According to today’s Times News, “State Sen. John Yudichak, D-Luzerne/Carbon, and State Rep. Doyle Heffley, R-Carbon, announced today that the borough of Weatherly will receive $1 million in state grant funding.”
Did they get that money personally? Does that state grant funding come out of their own pockets? That’s the impression I get.
Why Weatherly? Why would some Carbon County boroughs deserve a grant more than others? The whole grant process is shot through with arbitrary favoritism and incumbency protection. Does Pennsylvania have that much money that it can dole out a million bucks to Weatherly?
I personally think Weatherly is an interesting town, but so is Summit Hill, or Lansford, or Nesquehoning, all towns in Carbon County that could use a boost.
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