Just for the record, I would NEVER use Wikipedia as a source.
We journalists have a responsibility to get at the truth of a story. That precludes practices such as grabbing unverified quotes from Wikipedia, or simply copying-and-pasting some piece we found on the Internet and using it as the entire basis of ... a ... blog ... entry. *Ahem*
I just got back from covering the fatal shooting of a nine-year-old girl in York. It was a drive-by, apparently.
She was from Lancaster, and visiting her aunt. Whoever did it shot her once in the back. Police are still investigating. But my guess is it's going to turn out she was caught in the crossfire of a drug dispute.
When I got out to the block where it happened, all that was left of her were some grieving family members and some dried blood stains on the sidewalk.
So what does this have to do with politics? Everything.
I wrote a story that should run tomorrow about the financial filings for state lawmakers.
I called the State Ethics Commission, and they referred me to their online library. It's awesome!
Here's a link.
The part I was looking at was "Statement of Financial Interest," which gives the financial interests of all elected state officials.
I didn't really have time to poke around the other parts, but I invite you to do so because:
1) I belive that transparency in government is an important component of any representative democracy, and
2) If you find any kind of hanky panky and bring it to my attention, that saves me work.
So have fun.
I guess this is pretty self explanatory:
