Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Lebo: The Trib Hammers The Township

From the Tribune-Review:
Pittsburgh Tuesday takes
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Subsidy shilling: It's simply astounding how "official" Mt. Lebanon keeps shilling for a massive tax subsidy in promotion of a developer's tony condo complex. The July/August issue of Mt. Lebanon magazine, the South Hills community house organ, ran a one-sided explanation of tax-increment financing. Now, in its October issue, Commissioner David Humphreys offers an even longer defense. Mr. Humphreys even claims such "a development will not require a penny of taxpayers' money." Truth in government this is not.

Link: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_474197.html
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1 Comments:

Blogger Bill Matthews said...

The shortest path to legitimacy starts with the truth.

October 11, 2006 8:15 PM  

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