As reform legislation continues to languish in the General Assembly, it has become clear to me that convening a constitutional convention is our best and only hope to create a new system of governance in Pennsylvania. So many of our problems – for example, the pay raise vote, the recent Bonusgate allegations, and the gaming for property tax ‘relief’ debacle – are symptoms of a larger systemic problem that must be treated at the root if they are to be permanently fixed. That root is the state constitution.