Sorting Out The Chelsa Wagner Mess
KDKA Radio's Mike Pintek was joined today on NewsRadio1020 by Allegheny County Councilman Matt Drozd.
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KDKA Radio's Mike Pintek was joined today on NewsRadio1020 by Allegheny County Councilman Matt Drozd.
It's a daunting task to say the least -- re-assessing and coming up with new values for half a million properties in Allegheny County. Are these assessors getting it right? Or are they missing the mark?
Another Republican wants to take on Senator Bob Casey this year. Tim Burns, who lost a race for Congress two years ago, is back and this time he says he's ready to win.
Voters in part of this region now have two congressmen. Redistricting has tossed Democrats Jason Altmire, of McCandless, and Mark Critz, of Johnstown, together in the new 12th District.
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner has resigned her seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after a five years of service.
There is more fallout tonight over that 35 percent pay raise that two county officials gave themselves. County Council is now investigating.
With implementation of the new assessment numbers put on hold for another year, does that give time for the state legislature to stop court-ordered assessments?
Elected officials have thumped their chests and sufficiently screwed up the appeals process to make their point . They don't like property taxes – and they really don't like reassessments. Neither do the rest of us. But it's the system we have – and only the state legislature can change it.
Mike Pintek was joined on NewsRadio1020 KDKA today by Don Driscoll, an attorney with The Community Justice Project of Pennsylvania.
Taxpayers are not in a good mood and public officials assigning themselves a hefty raise rubs them the wrong way.
Judge R. Stanton Wettick has made a decision regarding the delay of the 2012 assessment. The new numbers will be postponed until 2013.
KDKA Radio's Mike Pintek was joined on NewsRadio1020 KDKA today by Allegheny County Councilman Vince Gastgeb.
He's been on City Council for less than two weeks, but already Councilman Corey O'Connor has held several neighborhood meetings on reassessments.
The judge who ordered the Allegheny County reassessments is expected to decide today if the rollout should be delayed.
County Controller Chelsa Wagner and Treasurer John Weinstein have accepted a salary bump of more than $20,000 each without any public review or scrutiny.
