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Dirty water: Bodack’s new authority job is vintage Pittsburgh - PG Editorial about Bodack's new job
"Unfortunately, the authority does not function with complete professional detachment. While it is ostensibly independent of government, politicians are members of its board. So there's a risk that something else may be added to the authority's description: safe haven for politicos.
That appears to be the case in the hiring of former Councilman Len Bodack Jr. as maintenance supervisor at a salary of $56,000. Now, it may be that Mr. Bodack is the best maintenance supervisor in town. More likely, he was just Johnny-on-the-spot when the job came up, a friend of all who had the connections. After all, he moved from a seat on the authority's board to get the job. We have no personal grudge against Mr. Bodack, who is entitled to earn a living. But couldn't he earn it in the private sector? ...
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Does quasi-public mean quasi-accountable?From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-02-20 08:54:51
URA Executive Director Pat Ford might be in trouble for his approval of the Zoning Administrator’s decision to allow a giant electronic billboard on Downtown’s new transit center. Beyond the question of why the URA director has any say on a City zoning issue, is the question of how he is held accountable for what consensus dictates was a bad decision.
The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA) is a quasi-public entity. It is only quasi-public because while i...
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Post Date: 2008-02-20 08:54:27
Regardless of whether you live in Pittsburgh or Cranberry, you live in an urban area. The health of every bit of Allegheny County, and beyond, depends on the vitality of Pittsburgh. The plight of our city is critical to the future of our region, and Western Pennsylvania as a whole.
An editorial in yesterday’s New York Times, calls attention to the fact that current presidential campaigns are giving short shrift to urban policy. Despite the fact that 65% of Americans live in cities...
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Post Date: 2008-02-19 09:21:13
As you may have heard, the state legislature recently passed the Open Records Law, which makes all Commonwealth documents available to the public. The key changes that Act 3 of 2008 makes to previous law are as follows:
Assumes that all records are public and shifts the burden to the government to prove otherwise.
For the first time includes the Pennsylvania legislature.
Shows the public how their tax dollars are being spent by specifying that financial accountability applies to all three...
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