If you live in Pennsylvania, the legislative pay raise has dominated news coverage. But there's a very serious issue slipping under the radar. You probably read that Colorado voters just suspended the "Taxpayers Bill of Rights" that created a huge budget mess. But now PA Republican lawmakers are trying to make their right-wing base happy by putting a TABOR (Democrats call it TRAP) both in law and (worse!) the state constitution.
Fortunately the PA House & Senate haven't been able to agree on a version of either -- yet -- so there's still time to fight these God-awful bills. House Democrats have created a comprehensive, frequently updated website on TRAP at http://www.pahouse.com/... The site includes a link to take action, along with links to a non-partisan coalition that's fighting TRAP.
In case you want more info on what happened in Colorado, here are just two of the diaries on that big win:
BIG WIN! Anti-tax Lobby Loses Big in Colorado
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Colorado Voters Give Grover Norquist the Boot
http://www.dailykos.com/...