Garage Privatization Plans: Stuck in Neutral?
Earlier this year the Mayor of Pittsburgh announced his plan to sell or lease garages and lots, possibly meters as well, in order to get
Christopher Wendt
October 15, 2009
Earlier this year the Mayor of Pittsburgh announced his plan to sell or lease garages and lots, possibly meters as well, in order to get
Municipal authorities were purportedly created in part to do things regular governments cannot do and to assume certain financial and operational functions. In Pittsburgh, we
Last week we analyzed the financial problems related to the debt owed on an incinerator in the City of Harrisburg. The incinerator is owned by
Under a proposed resolution (5836-10) before County Council, several of the County’s larger special purpose authorities would be studied by an independent panel that could
A city with budget woes, many of them related to long-term debt, comes up with a plan: why not lease or sell the parking structures
Could a $288 million debt, most of which is related to a publicly owned trash incinerator, turn Harrisburg’s finances to ashes?
County Council has a motion before it that, if approved, would allow for a feasibility study of privatizing, absorbing into County government, or leaving untouched
Realizing that the County’s departmental sunset review is well overdue (the Charter requires one every four years, yet the Manager’s office has not completed one
Not long ago Allegheny County was discussing dissolution of some of its related authorities, like the Airport Authority and the Port Authority, in order to
If you had a relatively new and shiny airport and there was no interest-none whatsoever-from people in the hotel industry to build a hotel to
