Court Opinion

ID: 9542846
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:39:28.149746+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:09:06.453676
License: Public Domain

Concurring and Supplemental Opinion by
Mr. Chibe Justice Bell:
I concur in the Opinion of the Court. However, because of the importance of the issues, I wish to give in this supplemental Opinion some additional reasons for my concurrence.
This case and the issues involved arose because of a widespread feeling of dissatisfaction and suspicion of fraud in the minds of the general public with the operation of the public welfare system of the Commonwealth. This justifies, requires and demands a thorough investigation by the news media, including the names and addresses of all the welfare recipients and the amount each receives, as well as all other pertinent data, together with the right of publication. The people of Pennsylvania are entitled to nothing less than this. Free people and a free land cannot exist if governmental affairs are run in camera.