What Doomed Council’s Second 11th Hour Plan
OK readers, grab your scorecards. After a three hour session, City Council passed a plan to boost the pension fund to 50% by using
Christopher Wendt
December 30, 2010
OK readers, grab your scorecards. After a three hour session, City Council passed a plan to boost the pension fund to 50% by using
After witnessing the desperation of City Council this week, we have towonder what can be so frightening about the state takeover of thepensions. If
Friday the 13th was not a propitious day for Pittsburgh judging from the negative news stories. The Tribune Review reported comments from James McAneny,
A new article from the American Enterprise Institute tackles the thorny issues of assumptions on rates of return for public sector pensions and the
Under Act 44 of 2009, which was referenced in yesterday’s blog as the major thrust of reform for local government pensions, local communities had
City Council members continue to importune the Parking Authority to send along additional revenues being collected from higher parking rates and extended hours requiring
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
Following the determination of the PA Public Employee Retirement Commission (PERC) that its New Years’ Eve plan of diverting anticipated tax revenues for the
Under Act 44 of 2009, a law that dealt with municipal pensions in Pennsylvania, the two largest cities in the state were given special
The Pennsylvania Public Employee Retirement Commission-PERC for short-just issued its latest status report on local pensions in the state, municipalities, authorities, and counties. There