National Taxpayers Union smashes Tom Murphy

Politicians Increasingly Use Property Grabs to Pad Government's Bottom Line

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Using subsidies and city-financed loans adding up to more than $50 million -- $150 for every person living in Pittsburgh -- Mayor Tom Murphy lured Lazarus and Lord & Taylor to relocate in the city. However, both upscale department stores closed before they even reached the sales target that would require them to start payments on their taxpayer- financed loans.

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September 24 workshop @ school, family and community

Joyce Epstein, Director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships at John Hopkins University, will be facilitating a workshop in Pittsburgh on September 24, 2004 at the PFT (Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers Building) on the South Side. The workshop will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. There is no cost for attendance.
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