Pension Battle Still Simmering
Is Pittsburgh wearing rose colored glasses when it comes to estimating the rate of return on its pension plan investments? If so, should the
Is Pittsburgh wearing rose colored glasses when it comes to estimating the rate of return on its pension plan investments? If so, should the
Municipal pension reform is still hurtling forward in Harrisburg as the SenateFinance Committee has signed off on a bill that would classify pensions according to
Today a consultant told the Parking Authority that, yes, leasing the parking garages (and possibly metered spots and lots) would be feasible. We’re sure that
Legislate in haste, repent at leisure. Recent developments indicate that axiom applies to the City’s budget, especially the New Years’ Eve plan aimed at avoiding
We’ve written in previous Briefs and blog entries about the efforts of several municipalities in Allegheny County to levy a tax on supposedly free parking
As a quick follow up to our entry earlier this week on the Steel Valley school board’s discussion of a parking space tax, one of
In an effort to promote his plans to lease the Parking Authority facilities, Pittsburgh’s Mayor claims the City will have to take draconian measures if
A major part of the City’s pension bailout plan hinges upon getting more money from the Parking Authority as a payment in lieu of taxes
A new article from the American Enterprise Institute tackles the thorny issues of assumptions on rates of return for public sector pensions and the practice
Nine months following City Council’s December 31st pension bailout plan, which used a one time debt service transfer and pledged three decades of parking tax