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p> Christopher Orlet replies: br> According to the California Supreme Court, the California Milk Producers Advisory Board is a state entity. Mr. Ooms says the Advisory Board is funded by a private entity, the California Dairy Producers. A government-appointed agency funded by a private entity? Seems like a potential conflict of interest to me. How would that be different from Rupert Murdoch paying a U.S. Supreme Court Justice's salary? /p> p> KEYSTONE KOPS br> Re: Ralph R. Reiland's Dishwasher Economics : /p>

"Measured over the past 15 years, state spending in Pennsylvania expanded at nearly triple the rate of inflation."

p>Thanks to Ralph Reiland for the numbers that back up my suspicions, and no thanks to Tom Ridge and a Republican legislature for their endless parade of new programs in a decade of squandered opportunity. They were holding all the cards but misplayed them terribly. Ridge is gone, having risen far above his level of incompetence, but sadly the full-time legislators remain. It's more than the Eagles' season that has Ed Rendell smiling these days. br> -- Tioga Joe /p>

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