[PRCo] Pittsburgh - think tank blasts possible new transit taxes

[Jim Holland]

Representatives of Allegheny Institute for Public Policy have a column 
today in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, criticizing possible new local 
taxes to support the operations of Pittsburgh's light rail and bus 
operator, Port Authority of Allegheny County:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/search/s_525701.html

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The Allegheny Institute for Public Policy appears to be a far-right 
propaganda mill camouflaged as a "think tank". It is described by Google 
as a "Pennsylvania-based Conservative think tank devoted to local 
issues...."

Among other positions, the AIPP generally argues for privatization as a 
"solution" for poorly funded public transport in the Pittsburgh area, 
virulently opposes the trade union rights of transit workers, opposes 
the North Shore Connector LRT project, and opposes efforts to procure 
state funding to solve the transit agency's financial crisis.

LH

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Re: Pittsburgh - think tank blasts possible new transit taxes

The Allegheny Institute is a radical right wing Republican Libertarian 
think tank funded by the illustrious Richard Mellon Scaife, Ironically 
Scaife also funds (a little bit) The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum That is 
where he thinks all transit belongs,.
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*Jim Holland*

Studying *Pittsburgh Railways Company*

....................From 1930 -- 1950

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