From StandardSpeaker.com:

A state constitutional convention is the best way to achieve legislative branch reforms, but the impetus for one will have to come from the next governor, lame-duck Gov. Ed Rendell said Wednesday.

Rendell discussed several issues regarding the election of his successor at a wide-ranging press conference.

He said the next governor should waste no time putting the wheels in motion for a convention that would address a limited number of issues. But Rendell observed he has too little time before leaving office in January to launch the process himself.

“If I were governor-elect, I would meet during the transition period with legislative leaders to begin the process,” Rendell said. “If I had two more years to go, I would have begun the process.”

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