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Clean politics, clean streams : a legislative autobiography and reflections / Franklin L. Kury.
Van Pelt Library F155.3.K87 A3 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kury, Franklin L., 1936-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kury, Franklin L., 1936-.
- Kury, Franklin L.
- Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
- Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
- Legislators--Pennsylvania--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives--Biography.
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate--Biography.
- Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1951-.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bethlehem [Pa.] : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, [2011]
- Summary:
- As a young Democratic lawyer, Franklin L. Kury defeated the senior Republican in the House, and the patronage machine that supported him, to go on to be a leader in the enactment of significant reform legislation on government and the environment. This book examines the author's reflections on the historical development of legislature, a comparison of the legislature now and then, and the current legislature's obligation to its historical legacy.
- Contents:
- Part I Getting There, 1952t-1966
- 1 Getting Ready 3
- 2 Cracking Gibraltar, the Lark "Machine" 23
- 3 Running for the House 27
- Part II The House of Representatives, 1966-1972
- 4 The Education of a Freshman 41
- 5 Absentee Ballot Reform 49
- 6 Ballot Box Reform in Northumberland County 53
- 7 Clean Streams and the Environmental Revolution 59
- 8 The Environmental Amendment to the State Constitution 69
- 9 The Bridge at Sunbury 73
- Part III The State Senate, 1972-1980
- 10 Defying Gravity: Going to the Senate 79
- 11 The Senate Is Not the House 89
- 12 Senate Confirmation ofthe Governor's Appointments 95
- 13 The "Bloodless Coup" Bill and the Governor's Disability 103
- 14 Righting a Listing Ship by Rewriting the Utility Law 107
- 15 Our Rendezvous with Flood Disasters 121
- 16 The Thornburgh Administration and Farewell 143
- Part IV Political Life after ths Legislature and Reflections, 1981-2010
- 17 Political Life after the Legislature 151
- 18 Reflections 157.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611460735
- 1611460735
- OCLC:
- 724674317
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