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Are Changes Coming to the Makeup of the Oversight Board?
The Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority for Cities of the Second Class-commonly known as the ICA and more commonly as the oversight board-was created in 2004 to help prevent a fiscal calamity in...
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Where was the Oversight on the City’s Last Minute Budget?
Legislate in haste, repent at leisure. Recent developments indicate that axiom applies to the City’s budget, especially the New Years’ Eve plan aimed at avoiding a state takeover of pensions. The...
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More Changes Needed in Pittsburgh Oversight Groups
The recent addition of Ms. Dugan to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (known as the oversight board) was a tremendously positive step for the Governor to take in addressing the lackadaisical...
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Murphy’s Law
Last night KDKA TV aired an interview with Pittsburgh’s former Mayor which could best be described as a puff piece on economic development. Too bad the reporter did not bother to ask the former Mayor...
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Pittsburgh to State: “Please Release Us” from Oversight
Amid the 2012 budget deliberations comes a not-too-subtle plea from certain City officials that they are ready for the state to remove itself from watching over the City’s shoulders and inspecting its...
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Supreme Court Undermines Act 47 Coordinators’ Authority
A recently announced momentous decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has severely limited the power of Act 47 to impose steps aimed at helping financially distressed municipalities return to...
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Receiver Completes Triple Option for PA Cities
On January 3rd of the coming year, the newly appointed receiver for the City of Harrisburg is to submit a recovery plan to the state and City officials. Harrisburg is in Act 47 distressed status and...
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A New Sheriff in Town
With a letter rescinding its approval of Pittsburgh’s 2012 budget, the ICA (oversight board) has sent a strong signal of its unwillingness to continue business as usual vis-à-vis the board’s...
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So, What Does the ICA Want the City to Do?
Two days before this past Christmas a letter was hand-delivered to the Mayor noting that the 2012 budget "fail[ed] to reflect the conditions for approval that the ICA has required". Those conditions...
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ICA: Ready to Go Solo?
The residual effects of Hurricane Sandy postponed until Thursday, November 8th, a hearing to decide if Pittsburgh has satisfied the requirements to be released from Act 47 distressed status, a status...
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