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[Vigilanteman]

True story: The Pennsylvania Historical Society used to run a nice historic site in our area called the Bushy Run Battlefield, which includes much of the original battlefield, an annual re-enactment and a nice visitor's center. It was formerly manned by State Park Rangers with all the pay and bennies of a public employee.

Since Pennsylvania usually has split government (GOP legislature, Democrat governor for all but four of the last 20 years), budget showdowns are common.

Not too many years ago, they decided to close things down to "punish" our area for electing (mostly) GOP legislators. The locals got together and decided they would keep it open with volunteers to do the jobs the government employees used to do. Not only did it work, it worked so well that similar operations took notice.