Sunshine prevails

At long last, sunshine has prevailed in what's been known as the Joe Paterno salary case but is much more.

Congratulations to The Patriot-News, my former employer, which began this legal adventure in 2002 while I was still there.

Fighting all the way, Penn State refused to make public what should be public through the state retirement system. So it took the Pennsylvania Supreme Court today to end all of this and say Paterno's salary and the salaries of other university top administrators are indeed public.

Penn State President Graham Spanier maintains that 99 percent of Penn State is indeed public, so this must qualify in that 1 percent bracket.

We in the media seem to focus a lot on the 1 percent, but whatever, this is a victory for sunshine in Pennsylvania government.

Let's hope more victories are on the horizon, because taxpayers in our state deserve to know what they're paying for in their government. Please don't tell me that Penn State doesn't receive significant state money, even though it's never considered enough year after after year.

Comments

[Remi]

So delighted to hear the great news… Thanks!