Pennsylvania- It’s up to public to push reforms

OUR OPINION: JUVENILE JUSTICE
Posted: March 4
Updated: Today at 12:40 AM
It’s up to public to push reforms
The Times Leader

THE CLEANUP from Luzerne County’s “kids-for-cash” scandal won’t be quick, simple...

.....Separately, other reforms – proposed by lawmakers and advocacy groups as a result of the public corruption uncovered in Luzerne County’s court – await action. Public involvement, indeed, public pressure, will be required in many cases to see that these reforms don’t “die in committee.”

At this point, more than two years after the scandal broke, much repair work remains to be done. A core of committed area residents – judges, lawmakers, journalists and concerned citizens, especially victimized families – must see that it gets accomplished.

Why, we wonder, hasn’t a grass-roots group yet formed in Luzerne County to track these reforms and rally support at key moments?

Why not form one this month, using the state Supreme Court’s “progress report” as a starting point?  FULL STORY

American Family Rights Association would LOVE to get into this. How about it Pennsylvania? Who in Pennsylvania wants to take a leadership role in this?