Dining with the Enemy.

No. 853 If you are bored with the usual dining fare, here is (as far as we know) something you won’t find anywhere in America but, yes, Pittsburgh. Conflict Kitchen. Yes, Conflict Kitchen serves authentic take-outcuisine from places which are in conflict with the US. It is located in East Liberty, at Highland Avenue. Venues […]

Reassessment 2012: Show Me the Comps!

All is quiet, for the moment. Informal hearings have been cancelled. The County has certified the 2002 values. But that will probably not stand. Judge Wettick has ordered a number of senior staff of the County Assessment Office to comply with his prior orders, setting the stage for a contempt citation that includes a larger group than County Executive Fitzgerald. And so we wait.

Winter Encampment.

No. 782 Now are the times that try men’s souls, the Summer Soldier and the Sunshine Patriot. In the warm days of Autumn, Occupy Pittsburgh set up camp along Grant Street, amid the temples of capitalism. But now it is winter with a vengeance. Living outside in a tent, even […]

2012

No. 781 Having entered into a new year, it seems, so far, to be a lot like the old one. We started it off with another hardly perceptible earthquake, just like last year. And another big windstorm, just like many recent years. The Steelers are in the playoffs. Just like last year. Everybody knows that […]

Reassessment of the Reassessment by Fitzgerald — Too Little, Too Late?

No. 777 When we wrote “Christmas Reassessment” (below at No. 774) we gave Rich Fitzgerald credit for being shrewd enough to pass a one mill tax increase this year — before the assessment year in which increases would be limited to 105% of the prior year, at least in theory, by Act 146. However, to listen […]

Christmas Reassessment

No. 774 The County Assessors really do have a heart. They tried to keep from delivering the first batch of reassessment notices before Christmas. But Judge Wettick would have none of it. I must admit, I didn’t initially give Rich Fitzgerald credit for shrewd thinking. It was puzzling that the County Council rushed to pass […]

Goodbye, What’s-His-Name.

No. 771 If we could only remember your name, we might sue you for breach of contract. Aha — Otto Graham! No, Martha Graham! No, that’s not right. You’ll always be remembered as the guy who sent a text message to one of the assistant coaches to say goodbye to the team, except of course, […]

The Premature Millage Increase.

It must have seemed to the Democrats on County Council that the City voters’ willingness to appropriate a quarter mill tax increase for the Carnegie Library signaled a new era when it was okay to raise taxes. With the election less than a week behind them, they apparently lined up a majority for a one mill County tax increase.

Perry Marshall

No. 750 Pittsburgh Radio pioneer, Perry Marshall died tonight. He was best remembered for doing the overnight show on KDKA Radio. He had a great knack for conversation. No politics, no controversy — unless you considered notch babies’ Social Security benefits to be controversial. The” average age of Perry’s audience” was — according to Doug […]

Trick or Treat!

Poor Richard might comment:

“When cometh October snow, ferocious storms commence to blow.”

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