[PRCo] Re: The white knight???

[John Swindler]

State legislature likes to be in control.  But it may be coming.


>From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at sbcglobal.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: The white knight???
>Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 18:54:47 -0800 (PST)
>
>Why doesn't Pittsburgh try to enact a 1% "Transit Tax" added to the city 
>income tax like so many other cities have done? Works quite well in all the 
>cities in Ohio.
>
>Herb Brannon
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Joshua Dunfield <joshuad at cs.cmu.edu>
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2007 8:31:32 PM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: The white knight???
>
>
>Fred Schneider wrote:
> > And the mayor vows to support PAT.   Be damned if I know where his
> > deep pocket is.
> >
> > http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07032/758483-147.stm
>
>He doesn't have one; he's simply advocating in support of the city's
>interests, which don't entirely match the rest of Allegheny County.
>It's no skin off the mayor's nose if Clairton gets shafted, but Troy
>Hill's another matter.  Especially since he faces an election in
>just a few months.
>
>The city of Pittsburgh has staff who can scrutinize the proposed cuts
>and figure out ways to justify shifting more of them onto the suburbs...
>that's probably more than most suburbs can manage.
>
>Best,
>-j.
>
>

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