All eyes on Pittsburgh

Timothy McNulty | November 20, 2009

You know how Pittsburgh has continually been cited in those "city on the rebound" stories, during the G-20, but even continuing today (Chris Briem links to new ones in Forbes and Time here)? He and the other Chris also note how Ravenstahl is making national headlines with his student tax, this time in Inside Higher Education:

A tuition tax in Pittsburgh would likely be the first in the nation, and much attention is focused on western Pennsylvania.

"As far as our research shows, there is no other city in the country that is taxing students' tuition," Hines said. Since Ravenstahl announced his proposal, "we've heard an outcry from institutions across the nation. We're very sensitive to the fact that a lot of people out there are looking to us, to see what happens here in terms of what it could mean for them."

Kim Griffo, director of the Clemson University-based International Town and Gown Association, said her group is watching carefully. "This is a hot topic across the country" that is "quietly brewing in university and college towns," she said. "All eyes are on Pittsburgh to see how they handle this and whether it works."

Posted Nov 20 2009, 10:31 AM by Timothy McNulty
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Bingram wrote re: All eyes on Pittsburgh
on Sat, Nov 21 2009 10:02 AM

To put it bluntly, Luke Ravenstahl is patently unqualified to be the mayor of a major American city. That said, a major reason that Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania is in the situation it is is due to the electorate repeatedly sending persons to office who have absolutely nothing to recommend them other than name recognition, a party endorsement or the ability to raise large sums of money.

Pennsylvania has long since abandoned any pretext that there will be growth or development on the commonwealth, in favor of regressive taxes and gaming revenue. If anybody or anything is fortunate enough to be sucessful, it is only a matter of time before the politicians of this state will seek to extort what they see as their "fair" share by any means possible, be they fair or foul.