The Record-Eagle has a story this morning about the sentencing of East Bay Township's former supervisor Joseph Bartko for willful neglect of duty by a public officer. The charges stemmed from Bartko's cultivation of "an atmosphere in East Bay Township that allowed unlawful expenditures to go undetected," as current supervisor Glen Lile said in a statement to the court.

It's a case that should be reflected upon by members of other township governments who have either neglected or in some cases (like Elmwood) actively worked to prevent transparency and accountibility in township operations.