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Volume 1
City of Pittsburgh finances
City of Pittsburgh
24
vol5
No: 18
Decision Time in Allegheny County
vol5
No: 19
Pittsburgh’s Taxing Situation
vol5
No: 20
Caps Are Out: Now What?
vol5
No: 21
Three (Big) Cheers for the Port Authority
vol5
No: 22
Deep-Six Pittsburgh’s ‘Big Dig’
vol5
No: 23
Property Assessments: Lessons From Butler County
vol5
No: 24
City-County Merger Unnecessary and Undesirable
vol5
No: 25
Pittsburgh School Audit a Waste of Tax Dollars
vol5
No: 26
Chains Around the Cradle of Liberty
vol5
No: 27
Spurious Pleading For Mass Transit Spending
vol5
No: 28
Latest Education Funding Plan Fleeces Taxpayers
vol5
No: 29
Are City Tax Revenues Falling Short?
vol5
No: 30
South Side Works: A Progress Report
vol5
No: 31
Terminate the Stadium Authority
vol5
No: 32
Victory Center: Triumph of Misuse of Power
vol5
No: 33
Pull the Connector’s Plug
vol5
No: 34
A More Sensible Direction for Pittsburgh
vol5
No: 35
Public Sector Unions Are Hobbling Pittsburgh
vol5
No: 36
Clueless in Pittsburgh
vol5
No: 37
Casino Fantasy
vol5
No: 38
Subsidizing Retail Fails As A Job Producer
vol5
No: 39
Act 47 Must Curb Pittsburgh’s Workers Comp Costs
vol5
No: 40
Assessment Angst: The Never Ending Story
vol5
No: 41
Pittsburgh Should Learn from Act 47 Graduates
vol5
No: 42
Talk is Cheap-Good Policy is Hard
vol5
No: 43
Pennsylvania Should Adopt Tax and Spend Limits
vol5
No: 44
School Boards Lack Respect for Taxpayers
vol5
No: 45
Fumbling Transit Cost Containment
vol5
No: 46
Time to End Transit Unions’ Right to Strike
vol5
No: 47
Bargain Basement Price for Slot Machine Licenses
vol5
No: 48
Overhyped Pennsylvania Jobs Numbers
vol5
No: 49
Taxpayers Need to Hold On to Their Wallets
vol5
No: 50
No Sale on City-County Purchasing Agreement
vol4
No: 02
Pittsburgh’s Parking Tax Will Not Solve Spending Problem
vol4
No: 03
The Lazarus TIF–The Start of Something Bad
vol4
No: 04
Pittsburgh Taxes–Too High and Too Many
vol4
No: 05
The Governor’s Job Program
vol4
No: 06
City Use of County Services: Tax-Base Sharing, Part I
vol4
No: 17
Commercial Construction Tracks Economic Shifts
vol4
No: 08
Tunnel Vision
vol4
No: 09
Another Lame Education Study Group
vol4
No: 10
Pittsburgh Has a Severe Spending Problem
vol4
No: 11
Unbridled Disdain for Taxpayers
vol4
No: 12
Time to Tighten TIF Guidelines
vol4
No: 13
Convention Center Hotel: Another Loss Leader?
vol5
No: 14
Attendance Woes Get Worse
vol4
No: 15
School District’s Assault on Taxpayers
vol4
No: 16
Three Cheers for County Council
vol4
No: 17
PDF-R.I.P.?
vol4
No: 18
Opportunity Costs–A Lesson Not Learned
vol4
No: 19
Dramatic Lessons from New Zealand
vol4
No: 20
The URA–A Dose of Reality
vol4
No: 21
Legislature Gets Unhelpful Advice
vol4
No: 22
A Reality Check for the Penguins
vol4
No: 23
City Workers Must Face Facts
vol4
No: 24
Disappointing Job Growth–Not A Surprise
vol4
No: 25
Time for the Stadium Authority to Help the City
vol4
No: 26
County Council Considers Compulsory Unionization
vol4
No: 27
A Benchmark City for Pittsburgh to Emulate
vol4
No: 28
Pennsylvania’s Property Tax Reform: A Mixed Bag
vol4
No: 29
Dilatory Tactics in Pittsburgh
vol4
No: 30
Reading, Writing, and Remediation
vol4
No: 31
Pittsburgh Must Help Itself
vol4
No: 32
Amphitheater Arrogance
vol4
No: 33
Time to Really Fix Pittsburgh Schools
vol4
No: 34
Shameful School Board Behavior
vol4
No: 35
Impact of a USAirways Failure to Survive
vol4
No: 36
Pittsburgh Commuter Tax: Bad Idea
vol4
No: 37
Budget Tomfoolery
vol4
No: 38
Parking Authority: Time Expired
vol4
No: 39
Reassessment Heartburn on the Way
vol4
No: 40
‘Fiscal Prudence’ School Board Style
vol4
No: 41
Amphitheater Mystery Deepens
vol4
No: 42
Legislators Weigh In On City Finances
vol4
No: 43
Pittsburgh Schools: Unconscionable Spending
vol4
No: 44
PAT Answers Won’t Do
vol4
No: 45
Council Balks at Bailout
vol4
No: 46
Pittsburgh’s New Business Tax Structure: Who Pays?
vol4
No: 47
Defenders of School Spending: Give It Up
vol4
No: 48
2004: A Turnaround Year for Pittsburgh?
vol9
No: 22
Common Sense for Mayoral Candidates: Economic Development
vol9
No: 23
Social Assistance Jobs to the Rescue?
vol9
No: 24
Push for City-County Merger Continues Despite Flaws and Unpopularity
vol9
No: 25
Supreme Court Tosses Out Allegheny County’s Base Year Assessments
vol9
No: 26
Pennsylvania Budget Debate: Where Does Government’s Obligation Lie?
vol9
No: 27
Where Will the Chief Executive Take Assessments Next?
vol9
No: 28
Businesses Balk at Pittsburgh Promise Program
vol9
No: 29
Reassessments: Rhetoric and Reality
vol9
No: 30
The Stimulus in Allegheny County: The Seen and the Unseen
vol9
No: 31
Act 47 Report Errs Badly with Tax Recommendations
vol9
No: 32
Turnpike Renewing Plans to Toll I-80
vol9
No: 33
Spot Appeals: Another Problem Created By Base Year Assessments
vol9
No: 34
Privatizing Airport Parking: Will it Fly?
vol9
No: 35
Pennsylvania’s Parlous Predicament
vol9
No: 36
Recession Deepened in April
vol9
No: 37
City Wants Commuters, Visitors and Non-Profits to Pay More
vol9
No: 38
Silly Season for Meaningless Rankings
vol9
No: 39
The Best Laid Plans Not Good Enough
vol9
No: 40
Population Slide Continues in City and Region