Dissolving an Authority
Earlier this summer we wrote a Policy Brief describing the state of affairs between Pittsburgh City Council and the Parking Authority. At the time there
Christopher Wendt
September 13, 2011
Earlier this summer we wrote a Policy Brief describing the state of affairs between Pittsburgh City Council and the Parking Authority. At the time there
Feeling that the City’s finances are in good enough shape, the Mayor has proposed a bond issue of $80 million to pay for capital needs
City taxpayers will be paying a higher City property tax rate (as a result of the library referendum), a higher County property tax rate (as
Two days before this past Christmas a letter was hand-delivered to the Mayor noting that the 2012 budget "fail[ed] to reflect the conditions for approval
The Mayor just appointed City Council’s most junior member to the board of the Stadium Authority, an Authority that was created in 1965 to "provide
In January of this year, Pennsylvania’s Auditor General proclaimed that the Pennsylvania Turnpike was "drowning in debt" to which the Turnpike CEO responded that it
"Turnpike Head Says There is No Immediate Crisis". Responding to a rising chorus of concerns about the Turnpike Commission’s annual borrowing of $450 million to
The Turnpike Commission says it is planning to build a 12.5 mile extension of the Southern Expressway at a "projected" cost of $633 million. Projected
Hidden debt, understated pension and health care liabilities, and debt accumulated for special purposes but never approved by voters is the subject of an op-ed
The County Controller released the 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report last week and foremost among the Controller’s concerns is the debt, which, when examined by
