Category: Colin McNickle At Large

Notes on the state of things

“Rates for airlines, rental car customers to soar to help pay for $1.57 billion Pittsburgh airport modernization,” read the recent Post-Gazette headline. Of course, the

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The public policy of Thanksgiving

It was in 1836 that William Leggett, the outspoken editorial writer for the New York Plaindealer, wrote of finding “something exceedingly impressive in the spectacle

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Innamorato’s confused defense

Allegheny County Chief Executive (ACE) Sara Innamorato is defending her proposed 2025 budget and massive (nearly 50 percent) property tax increase by highlighting some of

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WNBA questions abound

The Post-Gazette notes that while Pittsburgh continues to “court” a WNBA franchise, there’s growing skepticism about the viability of such a team here. There should

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Let the doggies & ponies rest

One can tell how unserious a government entity is about prudent governance when its default position is to advocate for higher taxes. Welcome to executive

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Pare, don’t posture

If Allegheny County Chief Executive (ACE) Sara Innamorato wasn’t clear on how County Council feels about her proposal to raise property taxes in the new

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Radio silence

Sound public policy demands transparency. But that’s apparently a foreign concept to the Washington County Board of Commissioners. When the Observer-Reporter newspaper attempted to report

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