posted by Mike Madison at 7:15 AM /
Buried in yesterday's Post-Gazette story about an inter-governmental cooperation meeting in Oakland ("City tries to link with 35 close neighbors") was this quotation:
The speaker was David Miller, director of the Innovation Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, who convened the meeting.
There are fewer and fewer reasons these days to read the Post-Gazette (and that's too bad), but this was a good story, and Mr. Miller is on to something important.
Mr. Miller, who spurred the meeting, offers the idea that the city and its neighbors -- from tiny Ingram in the west to big Penn Hills in the east -- may have areas of interest that differ from some of their farther-flung suburbs.
"What happens to the city of Pittsburgh is a lot more important to Mt. Lebanon than what happens in Upper St. Clair," he said. Public safety and traffic problems know no borders, and the core communities have more of a stake in services like Port Authority transit than do most of the county's other municipalities.
The speaker was David Miller, director of the Innovation Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, who convened the meeting.
There are fewer and fewer reasons these days to read the Post-Gazette (and that's too bad), but this was a good story, and Mr. Miller is on to something important.
Labels: regional interest
1 Comments:
I agree with Mr. Miller as well. We need regionalism. Pittsburgh is not just the city, because without places like Mt Lebanon and other surburbs Pittsburgh would not have been named "most livable" city, since the rankings looked at the the metro regions. People need to stop thinking it is city versus the suburbs. While I am against a complete merger of the city and county (I shudder at the thought of Luke Ravenstahl once again being my mayor) I think it makes a lot of sense that they are looking for ways the first and second ring bourgoughs and towns can partner with the city to save money.
The first thing we need to look at is the city's deal for waste management services. I know they currently have a deal in place with the bourgough of Wilkensburg. I'm not sure what the terms are but with increasing costs for refuse and recycling pickup I think the Commission should look into it.
One thing that should be hands off is public safety. As a former city resident I can tell you that their response times are lousy, and you are basically on your own if you live in certain city neighborhoods.
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