Archive Folders Volume 1 |Volume 2 |Volume 3 |Volume 4 |Volume 5 |Volume 6 |Volume 7 |Volume 8 Volume 3 Issue # Title Available Online Vol3 No56 The Dark Side of Distressed Status for Pittsburgh Yes Vol3 No55 New Study Misses the Point Yes Vol3 No54 Distressed...or Just Irresponsible? Yes Vol3 No53 RAD and TIF: Not a Happy Combination Yes Vol3 No52 Time to Make Hard Spending Choices Yes Vol3 No51 Pittsburgh Schools: $15,500 Per Student and Rising Yes Vol3 No50 Will Pittsburgh Be Awarded Distressed Status? Yes Vol3 No49 School Tax Jump Crippling Pittsburgh Yes Vol3 No48 City Tax Supporters are Counterproductive Yes Vol3 No47 A Pittsburgh Education Proposal Yes Vol3 No46 Act 47: Life Preserver for the City? Yes Vol3 No45 A Better Plan for Pittsburgh Yes Vol3 No44 Convention Center: Arrogant Mismanagement Yes Vol3 No43 Education Task Force Gets A 'D-' Yes Vol3 No42 Pittsburgh's Financial Crisis: What the State Should Do Yes Vol3 No41 What Did We Get For Our Money? Yes Vol3 No40 Loosening the Grip of Binding Arbitration Yes Vol3 No39 A Solid Plan to Cut Government Spending Yes Vol3 No38 A Critical Mess Yes Vol3 No37 Pittsburgh's Population Plunge Persists Yes Vol3 No36 Will the Pirates' Rebuilding Ever Stop? Yes Vol3 No35 Public Safety Spending: Hazardous to Pittsburgh's Fiscal Health Yes Vol3 No34 Too Many School Districts Not Up to Standards Yes Vol3 No33 Pennsylvania Teachers: A Privileged Class Yes Vol3 No32 Time for a PAT Answer Yes Vol3 No31 Pittsburgh: Time to Declare Independence from Politics as Usual Yes Vol3 No30 One-Armed Bandits As A Cure-All Yes Vol3 No29 Public Sector Unions and Presidential Voting Yes Vol3 No28 Cross-Checking the Penguins Yes Vol3 No27 A No Tax Plan for Pittsburgh Yes Vol3 No26 State Contemplating TIFs Yes Vol3 No25 A Malpractice Suit We Won't See Yes Vol3 No24 Power to the People Yes Vol3 No23 Taking Care of Business Yes Vol3 No22 Do Dominant Hubs Boost Regional Economies? Yes Vol3 No21 Smaller Classes--More Tax Dollars Yes Vol3 No20 Eliminating Exemptions? Not So Fast Yes Vol3 No19 A Market Solution for the City's Deficit Woes Yes Vol3 No18 Riverview Teachers Need a Reality Check Yes Vol3 No17 The Thrill is Gone Yes Vol3 No16 Hubris and Denial Yes Vol3 No15 Cincinnati Chagrin Yes Vol3 No14 The Convention Center: A White Elephant Already? Yes Vol3 No13 Unions Detrimental to Job Gains Yes Vol3 No12 No Case for New Taxes in Pittsburgh Yes Vol3 No11 Pittsburgh Wears The Union Label Yes Vol3 No10 Pennsylvania's Education Blind Spot Yes Vol3 No9 Successful Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Yes Vol3 No8 Borrowing Our Way To Prosperity: Lessons Not Learned Yes Vol3 No7 The Unpleasant Truth About TIFs Yes Vol3 No6 Convention Center Claptrap Yes Vol3 No5 Education Rhetoric Versus Education Reality Yes Vol3 No4 TIFs and Prevailing Wages Yes Vol3 No3 Debunking the 50 Percent State Share of Education Rhetoric Yes Vol3 No2 Teacher Testing: A Compromise Yes Vol3 No1 2003: Time to Give Freedom a Chance Yes