To paraphrase Billy Shakespeare, that great writer of some repute: All the world’s a stage and we are merely players. We get such “culture” this Friday upon reading (in the...
Bless its journalistic heart, the Tribune-Review has published the perfect point-of-order, long-form story that questions much of the supposed conventional wisdom surrounding the touted coming benefits of this month’s NFL...
Some things make us laugh at the deception. Others embarrass us for the rank rah-rah-sis-boom-bah-ism. To wit: The city-county Sports & Exhibition Authority (SEA) is paying more than $6 million...
A Wall Street Journal editorial details the folly of the states of Illinois and Indiana engaging in a bidding war to see who can throw more taxpayer money at the...
The optics have not been good for downtown Pittsburgh over the past few years. A Golden Triangle still left largely vacant by the work-from-home class even after the Covid pandemic...
A secret search, the minimum wage & a reassessment plan
We fully understand the need for law enforcement to seal search warrants in certain investigations, citing “public cause.” That is, the secrecy can prevent investigations’ targets from destroying and/or hiding...
At the last board meeting of the Allegheny County Airport Authority, CEO Christina Cassotis said it was a “’really big deal’ that Aer Lingus executives showed up at the St....
From the email inbox, a trio of correspondents sounds the alarm over red-light cameras that the City of Pittsburgh is installing: “I loved your [March 6 “At Large”] column slamming...
Soo-prise, soo-prise. Much in the same way that it sprung news of the Midfield Terminal Project on an unsuspecting public a few years ago, the Allegheny County Airport Authority is...
This is about as pervertedly precious as it gets: The board of the Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Sports & Exhibition Authority (SEA) and Allegheny County Executive (ACE) Sara Innamorato are incensed –...
The Pittsburgh Downtown Neighbors Alliance (PDNA) reported in a gushing Feb. 20 news update that the public subsidy for a newly proposed new hotel to be attached to the David...
Given how a left-wing think tank out of Harrisburg has released a “report” yet again shilling for Pittsburgh and it “big five” nonprofits to enter into PILOT (payments in lieu...
Riverhounds have no license to raid taxpayer kitty
The answer remains “No.” The Tribune-Review reports that the owner of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds soccer team “remains committed to [a] $175 million Highmark Stadium expansion” at Station Square. And the...
Westmoreland County says it has long paid Spirit Airlines a $2.5 million annual subsidy to fly out of Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity. Per the Tribune-Review, the “county’s financial...
STOP! The flawed public policy of red-light cameras
Never mind the preponderance of research that shows installing cameras at intersections to catch red-light runners does not promote intersection safety, the City of Pittsburgh is moving ahead with its...
