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Volume 1
City of Pittsburgh finances
City of Pittsburgh
24
vol8
No: 02
Allegheny County’s New Taxes: The Rest of the Story
vol8
No: 03
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth
vol8
No: 04
Gaming Money Creates Controversy in Allegheny County
vol8
No: 05
Additional Funding for Sporting Goods Retailer?
vol8
No: 60
A Stacked Deck Favors the Transit Union
vol8
No: 59
Drink Tax Referenda Questions: Ballot Incompatible
vol8
No: 58
The Holdup at Washington Park
vol8
No: 57
Elections Board Referendum Ruling Should Lose On Appeal
vol8
No: 56
County Solicitor’s Opinion on Shaky Grounds
vol8
No: 55
Government as Defendant: A Worrisome Trend in Allegheny County
vol8
No: 54
Taxpayers Backstop Casino Pledge to Penguins Arena
vol8
No: 53
Amphi-Theatrics, Steeler Style
vol8
No: 52
Time for Action on Prevailing Wage Law
vol8
No: 51
Fast Tracked City-County Merger Plan is Now a Train Wreck
vol8
No: 50
Pennsylvania Development Spending: Exorbitant and Wasteful
vol8
No: 49
Aligning City Spending with Its Population
vol8
No: 48
Questions for Barden, Bluhm, and the Board
vol8
No: 47
County Executive’s Comments Trigger Questions
vol8
No: 46
Plan to Toll I-80 Will Need Major Overhaul to Gain Approval
vol8
No: 45
Getting the State Out of Local Law Enforcement
vol8
No: 44
Pittsburgh is Low-Balling its Garbage Costs
vol8
No: 43
Is The State Violating the Law?
vol8
No: 42
Misuse of Wage Data Results in Wrong Policy Prescription
vol8
No: 41
Independence Day Allegheny County Style
vol8
No: 40
Misleading Accounting at the Pennsylvania Department of Education
vol8
No: 38
A Golden but Fleeting Outsourcing Opportunity for PAT
vol8
No: 37
Is There A Limit to Taxable Privileges in Pennsylvania?
vol8
No: 36
Amalgamated Transit’s Outlandish Sense of Entitlement
vol8
No: 35
PAT Costs Still Out of Line With Other Bus Systems
vol8
No: 34
Governor Buys into Seriously Flawed Costing Out Study
vol8
No: 33
Merger Talk Ignores Pennsylvania Constitution and Laws
vol8
No: 32
Drink and Car Rental Taxes: Controversy Deepens
vol8
No: 31
Audit Sheds Light on County’s 2007 Deficit
vol8
No: 30
Key Changes in the Pittsburgh Area’s Job Mix
vol8
No: 29
Robinson Township Can’t Stand Prosperity
vol8
No: 28
Lung Association Needs to Use More Brainpower
vol8
No: 27
Gaming Board Rolled the Dice on Pittsburgh’s Casino License
vol8
No: 26
Steps to Take Before Merging
vol8
No: 25
More Unsettling Confusion Emanates From the Port Authority
vol8
No: 24
The Real Merger Lessons from Metro Louisville
vol8
No: 23
Merger Proposal: Too Many Unanswered Questions
vol8
No: 22
An Assessment Model From Our Northern Neighbors
vol8
No: 21
Adding Up the Costs for the North Shore Connector
vol8
No: 20
Crucial Decision Time Comes To Mt. Lebanon
vol8
No: 19
State Support for Education and School District Performance
vol8
No: 18
A Pittsburgh Education Success Story
vol8
No: 17
‘Costing Out’ Study: Prescription for a Taxpayer Mugging
vol8
No: 16
County Council Puts Marker on Gaming Money
vol8
No: 15
Lazarus is Kaput, But Public Subsidies Live On
vol8
No: 14
School Lessons from Milwaukee
vol8
No: 13
Airport Debt or County Investment?
vol8
No: 12
Another Misadventure at the Port Authority
vol8
No: 11
Looking to the Private Sector to Help County Parks
vol8
No: 10
Pittsburgh’s Arts Attendees Not Getting Any Younger
vol8
No: 09
The Governor’s Odd View of Fiscal Management
vol8
No: 08
Dollars and Education Performance: Same Old Story
vol8
No: 07
When Did the County’s 2007 Deficit Appear?
vol8
No: 06
Governor Needs a Reality Check on Jobs Pronouncements
vol7
No: 03
Management Flexibility Needed to Fix Port Authority Crisis
vol7
No: 02
The Long-Awaited Restructuring of the Port Authority
vol7
No: 04
Pennsylvania: Making the Grade?
vol7
No: 05
Union Power’s Negative Consequences for Pittsburgh Region
vol7
No: 06
State Throws Cold Water on City Pension Aid Request
vol7
No: 07
Hourly Pay: Teachers Vs. White Collar Workers
vol7
No: 08
Union Contract Constraints on the Use of Small Buses
vol7
No: 09
Port Authority Governance Needs to Be Reformed
vol7
No: 10
The Never Ending Saga of the Mt. Lebanon TIF
vol7
No: 11
Pittsburgh Arena: A New Plan
vol7
No: 12
Pens Arena Deal: Could Have Been Much Better
vol7
No: 13
Pittsburgh Jobs: Painful Downward Revisions
vol7
No: 14
More Grants for Glitz?
vol7
No: 15
Raiding RAD to Fund Transit?
vol7
No: 16
Abate and Switch—Another PA Development Strategy?
vol7
No: 17
Base Year Assessments Under Judicial Siege
vol7
No: 18
Leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike: Let’s Do It Right
vol7
No: 19
Causes and Consequences of Population Losses in Allegheny County
vol7
No: 20
PAT Revamp: A Long Way to Go
vol7
No: 21
Selling Pennsylvania’s Liquor Stores
vol7
No: 22
The Mystery of Downtown Job Totals
vol7
No: 23
Livability Ratings: Fleeting and Spurious
vol7
No: 24
Pirates’ Attendance: Promises Not Kept
vol7
No: 25
A Badly Flawed Assessment of Pittsburgh’s Air Quality
vol7
No: 26
Freedom Unleashes Entrepreneurial Activity
vol7
No: 27
Brookings Throws Cold Water on Pittsburgh’s Livability Rating
vol7
No: 28
Ambridge Picket Signs Delay Mortar Boards
vol7
No: 29
Where Are the Promised Jobs in the Pittsburgh Region?
vol7
No: 30
A Path to Real Reform at the Port Authority
vol7
No: 31
Reducing Teacher Strikes in Pennsylvania
vol7
No: 32
Legislature Could Find Assessments Reform in Its Future
vol7
No: 33
International Migrants in—U.S. Residents Out
vol7
No: 34
Pittsburgh Finances: A Long Way to Go
vol7
No: 35
Governor’s Opposition to Spending Cap Bodes Ill for Pennsylvania
vol7
No: 36
State Development Spending Not Paying Off
vol7
No: 37
What’s in a Name? Pittsburgh Schools Will Find Out
vol7
No: 38
Transportation Funding Plan: Another Government Travesty
vol7
No: 39
Legislature Has Unfinished Port Authority Business
vol7
No: 40
PAT Math and False Choices
vol7
No: 41
Pittsburgh Pension Misery: How Much Company Does It Have?
vol7
No: 42
Assessments and Taxes: Coming to Grips with Reality