Independence Day Allegheny County Style

The Fourth of July is upon us once again. The nation’s most revered and meaningful non-religious holiday prompts us to view governmental actions through the lens of the ideals of our Founding documents. And true to form, our local governments never fail to serve up examples of how far we have moved from those ideals. On July 1, County Council provided a great and recent example of the failure to remember a key tenet of the Declaration of Independence; to wit, that governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed. Continue