Guest Editorial

mencken's ghostBY MENCKEN'S GHOST  |  FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Pittsburgh wins Super Bowl in pension liabilities and stadium shenanigans

In this era of bread, circuses, casinos and a declining empire, you wonít see sports commentators put a damper on the Super Bowl festivities by telling the sordid saga of Pittsburghís sports stadiums and its unfunded pension liabilities for city workers.

Iím not a sports commentator, so Iíll tell the saga, beginning with the pension liabilities.
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Guest Editorial

BY GEORGE A. ROSS  |  FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Property tax and fire services

george a. rossI am opposed to a property tax to pay for my fire services.  A property tax allows government to spend irresponsibly on programs that citizens have an obligation to attend to themselves.  Cave Creek and its local government are like every other town and government in our country; we are not unique.  Citizens who take no personal responsibility for their bad decisions expect that their government should resolve these decisions for them. Governments have never met a program they didn’t want to spend money on.  So, “bail me out” is the cry and taxation is the answer. 
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