Today I attended an open house sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Trachsville Firehouse. The open house featured information on the Corps’ plan to update the comprehensive plan for Beltzville State park.
On one of the tables were a number of publications, including: Wildlife Notes: Birds; Wildlife Notes: Mammals; and Common Trees of Pennsylvania. I took a copy of each and then noticed that the back cover of each one featured a photo of Representative Doyle Heffley with his contact information.
Did Rep. Heffley write these publications? No. Is he an expert on Pennsylvania mammals, birds, and trees? Probably not. Did he pay for these publications? No, the taxpayers of Pennsylvania paid for them.
This practice of giving out free stuff with legislators’s names plastered on them is one of the perks of being a legislator, and it is also one of the reasons why it is so hard to beat an incumbent legislator in this state. It doesn’t matter if that legislator does little or nothing to advance the public good. There is all this free stuff.
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