Jul

12

Tom Murphy Spins Away

July 12, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Mayor Tom Murphy did some serious spinning in a recent commentary that was published….

Jul

11

Good Review of Pittsburgh Centrally Planned Messes

July 11, 2005 | Leave a Comment

City planned development creats more problems that it solves… Pittsburgh is the perfect example…

Jul

10

Governor Ed Wants to Compete With the Private Sector… As if.

July 10, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Governor Ed Rendell justified the recent astronomical pay raise to the legislature in a recent editorial posted in some PA newspapers. We like one of his justifications — to compete with the private sector — and suggest that if that’s really his goal, he have government start really competing with more than lip service and legislated monopolies, among a few other ideas.

Jul

4

Property Rights on Independence Day

July 4, 2005 | 1 Comment

The recent eminent domain Supreme Court ruling has far greater implications than just the poor folks getting the boot in a small Connecticut town to make way for some politically connected developers.

Jul

1

Woman Poised for Oversight Board

July 1, 2005 | Leave a Comment

The president of the Pittsburgh Chamber of commerce is going to assume a position with the Pittsburgh fiscal oversight board… Oh, and she happens to be a woman.

Jun

30

A Solution, At Last!

June 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Pittsburgh and Allegheny County have been mismanaged for years. Here’s the obvious solution! Why didn’t someone think of it sooner?

Jun

29

Inflation Killing the Region?

June 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment

This is a national problem, but its a local Pittsburgh problem just as well.

Jun

27

PennDOT Waste

June 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment

PennDOT can’t fix roads very well, but its very good at wasting taxpayer money…. even if the catch it once in a while..

Jun

27

Buying Beer On Sunday In Pennsylvania

June 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Its hard to believe its against the law… but in the free nation of the United States, in one of the original colonies called Pennsylvania, adult citizens are not trusted to purchase cases of beer on Sundays. There is simply a law against it… Unless a law being pushed (finally) in the PA legislature is passed that would allow beer sales from noon to five on Sundays.

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