The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 30,1994 § ) D Cr To < a | An appreciation Joseph Bunet was a fine neighbor and friend Editor; He and his wife lived across the road. He was a schoolbus driver. My four grandsons rode to school in his bus. They all liked him, and all the others too, and were good. He would come sit on our bench and he and Clarence would visit. The economic viewpoint a oh 7, 0 (I oe 2 7 / 4 ; FLEA a) pis Vv. 2 : 1 Howard Grossman — . While local governments throughout Northeastern Penn- sylvania are the lifeblood of com- munity life and while they are threatened with great fiscal dis- tress, they are changing and ad- justing to the problems and ob- stacles facing their future. ~The local government dilemma was “highlighted during the ap- pearance of David Osborne, the author of “Reinventing Govern- ment” in Scranton at the invita- tion of Scranton Tomorrow as he provided insightinto the entrepre- neurial approaches which local government need to apply for 21st century life. He outlined several of the principles which are found in his book by which local govern- ments could compete and upgrade their service delivery system. ““These principles include the following: “eo Catalytic Government: Steer- ing Rather Than Rowing *.’¢ Community-owned Govern- ment: Empowering Rather Than Serving “e.° Competitive Government: Injecting Competition into Serv- ice Delivery r.e'Mission-Driven Government: Pransforming Rule-Driven Organi- zations ‘e'Results-Oriented Govern- ment: Funding Outcomes, Not inputs 7"e Customer-Driven Goverment: Meeting the Needs of the Cus- tomér, Not the Bureaucracy. '‘e'- Enterprising Government: Earning Rather than Spending “,o_ Anticipatory Government: From Hierarchy to Participation Sometimes I would be there too, andalways enjoyed our visit. After Clarence died, every morning I woul dopen my kitchen . door and there would be my daily newspaper, where Joe had brought it from the paper box. After Loretta died I would see him in his car, driving very slowly and sometimes walking on the side of the road with a cane on his arm. Joseph Bunet, we will miss you, but know you are in Heaven and happy. Ruby B. Elston Dallas A few ways to reinvent government at local level and Teamwork e Market-Oriented Government: Leveraging Change Through the Market Another opportunity exists for local governments to improve their ability to deliver services. This is the option of inter-municipal cooperation which has been adopted by a number of govern- ments in the region but which needs tobe expanded significantly. Councils of Governments and/ or the regionalization of services such as police remain an option yet to be cultivated throughout the region. For example, while 19 regionalized police services exist in Pennsylvania, none have been adopted in Northeastern Pennsyl- vania. Several opportunities exist to model regionalized services on successful examples elsewhere in the Commonwealth. Inter-municipal cooperation is not easy; it takes much patience and understanding, but it has, can, and will work to the benefit of local governments, and most importantly their constituents. In a recent survey of local gov- ernments in Northeastern Penn- sylvania conducted by the Eco- nomic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania (EDCNDP), local governmental offi- cials themselves identified as the number one need, inter-munici- pal cooperation. It is, therefore, only a question of the types and specific arrangements which are required in order to carry out an inter-municipal cooperative pro- gram. There is no shortage of techni- cal assistance for local govern- ments in reaching decisions as to what the best approach might be toward inter-municipal coopera- tion. It need not be a formalized councils’ of "govertiment, but it could be. It need not be broad inter-municipal cooperation on a variety of services, but it could be. It need not be a single functional service which provided coopera- tively, but it could be. Already, there are examples of communications cooperation by local governments within the Back Mountain and transportation cooperation through the Back Mountain Management Transpor- tation Association. Itis from these wellsprings that other models can be developed. In a recent focus group session on the topic of local government improvements, sponsored by EDCNP and held in Schuylkill County, the topic of local govern- mental cooperation was stressed along with the interest shown by local governmental officials them- selves as to the need for expanded training and educational oppor- tunities in order for officials to further devleop their capacity for service delivery. Thus, local governments within Northeastern Pennsylvania whether they be in the Back Mountain, the Abington area of Lackawanna County or other similar places, have the opportu- nity to enter the new frontier of local government and develop and generate new techniques for serv- ice delivery. Among these, in addition to the above are con- tracting for services with other levels of government, privatiza- tion of services, circuit rider pro- grams to provide municipal ad- ministrative support to a number oflocal governments concurrently, and others. The reinventing government phenomenon is growing and if Vice President Gore's Nationa! Performance Review report has any meaning at the federal level, the same objectives and goals can be and should be applied through the local governmental system in Pennsylvania. Howard Grossman is Executive Director of the Economic Develop- ment Council of Northeastern Penn- sylvania. He lives in Dallas. Library news Book Club counts 215 members on roster The Back Mountain Memorial Library Book Club met at the li- brary for the November meeting. The ‘membership for 1994 has reached 215, with $1,975 collected in: dues for books for the Book Club shelf. The list of new book purchases was read by Mary Panaway. Sev- eral book reviews were given by chase memorial books for two of their members who recently passed away; Frances Linskill and Charlotte Oley. Mary Panaway and Joan Shuman served at the tea table after the meeting. New books at the library: “Q- Squared” by Peter David is the return of Star Trek, the next gen- from the deep scars of riot, vio- lence and suspicion. At the story's heart is Esther Jackson, an Afri- can-American who has built a promising career at a downtown bank. A black man is hired and Esther is heartened, until his interest in a white officer perco- lates into sexual harassment. ., Wo members Gene Wert and Audrey eration. In all of his travels, Cap- “Brando” by Peter Manso is the Farr. Mary Panaway brought pic- tain Picard has never encoun- biography of Marlon Brando, who tures of her trip to Africa, and tered an opponent more powerful has been the world’s most impor- JoanShuman showed herjewelry than Q, a being from another tant living actor for almost half a fromArizona. Thanksgivingpoems continuum that Picard meton his century. All his dramatic perso- were.read by members. very first mission as captainofthe nae combined, however, pale in ~The next meeting will be the Starship Enterprise. Sometimes comparison with the real Brando Christmas Tea, which willbe held dangerous, sometimes merely - a man far more tumultuous, on Monday, December 19 in the obnoxious, Q has always been driven and larger-than-life than reading room at the library at mysterious and seemingly all- any of the roles he played. This is 1:30 p.m. Plans were discussed powerful. A struggle between the first serious portrait of this Rk for special programs for the Christ- ~~ super beings. remarkable man, capturing both < 0 mas Tea. Friends and neighbors “Brother and Sisters” by Bebe his genius and his shocking pri- of the library are invited toattend. = Moore Campbell, is an engrossing vate life. From growing up the son Special guests at the meeting eagerly-awaited novel where loy- ofalcoholic, philandering parents were ‘Doris Kitchen, Alberta Cook alties are tested and measured to his recent public agony as the and Lottie Karweta, members of alongracial lines. This storyisset father ofa convicted killer, he has the Collector's Group, who pre- in the white-hot center of racially lived a life beset by personal sented a check for $50 to pur- troubled Los Angeles, still healing demons. A a </ 2 LITRE : 22 | RE, GEE Th : prong x sa aly : S51 "=m the legendary taste i BR An a ef k lid 1° Make Your Holiday Party i . ge Reservations Now! 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