Anne Dicker Makes a Bid to Buy Fumo Mansion
As many of you have heard, State Senator Vincent Fumo recently put his Fairmount area mansion up for sale. The asking price is a whopping $6.95 million dollars. According to the listing on Fox &...
View ArticleWhy It Matters: property taxes and school funding
Sunday’s Inquirer laid out one of the best reasons for why reform in property taxes has to go hand in hand with school funding. In a study of more than 500,000 tax records, the Inquirer reports that...
View ArticleProperty Taxes (Again): Why the "sides" kills smart policy
Behind my home there is a burned out shell. A family of possums, several dozen pigeons and an occasional raccoon call it home. Before the fire a few years ago a very nice family called it home. It was...
View ArticleWho wants to help out homeowners unfairly assessed?
Recently individual homeowners have fought against against increasing assessments even as the property market withers and jobs are lost, and fixed incomes don't keep up. Now,with the BRT back and...
View ArticleGuv sez: Drop Dead, Mayor sez: Keep smilin'
Sub-Headline: Sorry, Can’t Really Sugarcoat This Stuff Folks.There’s no doubt that Philly’s in a heap of trouble from budgets being torturously made, as we speak, in Washington, Harrisburg and...
View ArticleYes, Governor, Texas Levies Property Taxes
A blog post from Michael Wood, originally published on Third and State.The Patriot-Newsreports that Governor Corbett, speaking to a meeting of township commissioners Monday, said: “Texas doesn’t have a...
View ArticlePA Job Growth in 2011 and More Layoffs, Higher Property Taxes in 2012
A blog post by Mark Price, originally published at Third and State.On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released data on employment and unemployment in December. Compared to...
View ArticleMust Reads: State of The Union, Stimulus and Austerity Economics PA Style
A blog post by Mark Price, originally published at Third and State.Tonight President Obama will deliver his State of the Union Address to Congress. We are expecting the President to recommend an...
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