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Volume 1
City of Pittsburgh finances
City of Pittsburgh
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vol1
No: 23
What Is The Region To Make Of USAirways’ Future
vol3
No: 18
Riverview Teachers Need a Reality Check
vol2
No: 18
Pittsburgh’s West Busway: Extravagant Overspending
vol1
No: 22
Lessons Pennsylvania Could Learn From Colorado
vol3
No: 17
The Thrill is Gone
vol2
No: 17
‘Sustainable Pittsburgh’ Would Destroy Final Leg of Mon-Fayette Expressway
vol1
No: 21
School Tax Reform Critical Issue For State, This Region
vol1
No: 20
Pennsylvania Needs Open Competition
vol3
No: 16
Hubris and Denial
vol2
No: 16
What’s Wrong With Pittsburgh’s Resume?
vol1
No: 19
Raising The Roof On Hotel Subsidies
vol5
No: 01
Port Authority Costs–Round Two
vol3
No: 15
Cincinnati Chagrin
vol2
No: 15
Pittsburgh’s $18,500 Student
vol1
No: 18
Energy Headlines You Are Not Seeing
vol3
No: 14
The Convention Center: A White Elephant Already?
vol2
No: 14
City Council Sidesteps Living Wage Fallout
vol1
No: 17
Lessons Pittsburgh Could Learn From Charlotte
vol3
No: 13
Unions Detrimental to Job Gains
vol2
No: 13
New Convention Center Faces Intense Competition
vol1
No: 16
North Shore Connector: An Expensive Misuse of Taxpayer Dollars
vol2
No: 12
No Case for New Taxes in Pittsburgh
vol2
No: 12
Time For Some Honest Talk About ‘Maglev’
vol1
No: 15
Pittsburgh Living Wage: Empty Feel Good Symbolism
vol3
No: 11
Pittsburgh Wears The Union Label
vol2
No: 11
The Capital Stock and Franchise Tax Issue: It’s All About Attitudes
vol1
No: 14
Pennsylvania’s De-Regulation Efforts Get a Bad Rap
vol3
No: 10
Pennsylvania’s Education Blind Spot
vol1
No: 13
Discount Airlines Are Thriving and Creating True Competition
vol3
No: 09
Successful Pittsburgh Neighborhoods
vol2
No: 10
Regional Asset District Now Outspending Tax Revenues As Mission Creeps
vol1
No: 12
Baseball Stadiums: A Tale of Three Cities
vol3
No: 08
Borrowing Our Way To Prosperity: Lessons Not Learned
vol2
No: 09
Driving To Cleveland For Cheaper Airfares No Longer Necessary
vol1
No: 11
Pennsylvania’s KOZ Program Showing Signs of Success
vol3
No: 07
The Unpleasant Truth About TIFs
vol2
No: 08
Concerns About Pennsylvania Teacher Certification
vol1
No: 10
Sooner or Later Pittsburgh’s Real Problems Must Be Addressed
vol3
No: 06
Convention Center Claptrap
vol2
No: 07
Playoff Hoopla: A Tale Of Two Cities
vol1
No: 09
USAirways: A Major Player in Pennsylvania’s Economy
vol3
No: 05
Education Rhetoric Versus Education Reality
vol2
No: 06
Prevailing Wages: Costly and Unnecessary
vol1
No: 08
Common Sense: A Truly Endangered Species
vol3
No: 04
TIFs and Prevailing Wages
vol2
No: 05
Teacher Unions Fight Teacher Testing
vol1
No: 07
A New Home for the Penguins? Let’s Finance It Privately!
vol3
No: 03
Debunking the 50 Percent State Share of Education Rhetoric
vol2
No: 04
This is No Way to Build a Highway
vol1
No: 06
Shopping for Electricity in Pennsylvania
vol3
No: 02
Teacher Testing: A Compromise
vol2
No: 03
Redistricting Allegheny County Style
vol1
No: 05
Ballparks a Boon to the Burgh? Doubtful
vol4
No: 01
Another Unhelpful Report Card on Education Funding
vol3
No: 01
2003: Time to Give Freedom a Chance
vol2
No: 02
Government Loan Guarantees Would ‘Federalize’ Failing Airlines
vol1
No: 04
Time to Clear the Airways: Part Two
vol2
No: 01
New Year’s Hopes and Wishes for 2002
vol1
No: 03
Time to Clear the Airways: Part One
vol10
No: 42
Senatorial Connector Criticism Gets Lame PAT Response
vol10
No: 43
Casino Anniversary: A Disappointing Year
vol10
No: 44
Sunset Review Still Hasn’t Seen Light of Day
vol10
No: 45
Time to Fix the Gaping Hole in Allegheny County’s Oath of Office
vol10
No: 46
Corporate Welfare Apologists Never Give Up
vol10
No: 47
Why So Many Non-Teaching Employees in Pittsburgh Schools?
vol10
No: 48
Labor Day in the ‘Burgh Will Find No Joy in the Employment Situation
vol10
No: 49
Merging Municipal Functions into Counties is a Bad Idea
vol10
No: 50
Can County Corral Authorities?
vol10
No: 51
Pennsylvania SAT Scores Point to Futility of Higher Spending
vol10
No: 52
Comparing Municipality Employee Counts
vol10
No: 53
Will Table Games Solve Rivers Casino Revenue Problems?
vol10
No: 54
Improving Home Rule in Allegheny County as the Second Decade Begins
vol10
No: 55
Has Recession Loosened Its Grip on the Pittsburgh Region?
vol10
No: 56
Will Leased Parking Garages be a Tax Shelter?
vol10
No: 57
What Will a State Pension Takeover Mean for Pittsburgh?
vol10
No: 58
Garage Privatization in Pittsburgh Should Remain an Option
vol10
No: 59
Pittsburgh School Enrollment Slide Continues
vol10
No: 60
Are Pittsburgh Schools Lurching Toward a Fiscal Nightmare?
vol10
No: 61
What Will Become of the Oversight Board?
vol10
No: 62
Getting Serious About Public Sector Pensions
vol10
No: 63
PAT Bus System Still Very Expensive
vol10
No: 64
A Plan to Mitigate Bus Service Cuts
vol10
No: 65
State Must Act Now to Fix the Port Authority
vol10
No: 66
Brookings Tells Us Nothing New About Pittsburgh Economy
vol10
No: 67
Crucial Decision Time for the SPC
vol10
No: 68
The Rivers Casino Profitability Disadvantage
vol10
No: 69
Is the Capital City Headed for Bankruptcy?
vol10
No: 70
Municipal Spending in Allegheny County: The High and the Low
vol11
No: 02
Is Taxpayer Referendum on Its Way to Pittsburgh?
vol11
No: 03
Concerns Regarding Mapping Mortality Reports in Post –Gazette
vol11
No: 04
Voter Approval of Taxes Still Out of Reach
vol11
No: 05
County Officials Still Trying To Avoid Assessment Responsibility
vol11
No: 06
Sunset Review: Better Late than Never?
vol11
No: 07
Allegheny County Employment—20 Years of Falling Behind
vol11
No: 08
What Is To Be Done With Pittsburgh International Airport?
vol11
No: 09
Promise Program Sends a Better Message
vol11
No: 10
New Hampshire Flirts With Right-to-Work
vol11
No: 11
Another Misleading Analysis of PA Jobs Turns Up
vol11
No: 12
County Council Continues Its Irresponsible Voting