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Smart Talk: Erik Arneson PA Open Records chief?; Health of area lakes studied

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What to look for on Smart Talk Thursday, June 11, 2015:

One of Gov. Tom Wolf’s first orders of business after he was inaugurated in January was to fire Erik Arneson as the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records.

Arneson had been appointed to the position by former Gov. Tom Corbett just weeks before Corbett’s term expired.

Wolf said the Arneson appointment wasn’t transparent and Arneson went to court.

Commonwealth Court ruled Wednesday that Wolf had overstepped his authority and couldn’t fire the head of OOR without cause.

Late Wednesday, the Wolf Administration appealed the decision to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Arneson appears on Thursday’s Smart Talk.

A study by researchers at Dickinson College and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the health of three lakes in Cumberland County could tell us a lot about how storms and weather affect water quality and ecology in the bodies of water.

Rachel Wagoner, Resource Manager at DCNR and Kristin Strock, an aquatic limnologist and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Dickinson appear on the program to discuss why the research is important.

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Rachel Wagoner & Kristin Strock

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