Sunday, March 24, 2013
Or does it act more as a business? And what about the other major nonprofits in the area?
In a June 2012 "Taxpayer Alert," Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner questioned the fairness of nonprofits that have expanded their roles beyond the traditional definition of a charitable organization, but still maintain tax-exempt status. "In these challenging financial times, it is our duty and responsibility to address the questions raised by a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling and determine if properties are used for a truly charitable purpose," Wagner said in the report. "While exemptions are justified for clearly charitable organizations such as churches, soup kitchens and many others, some are plainly unfair." A 2012 state Supreme Court decision has given local governments a tool to challenge the loopholes in a five-…
Thursday, January 24, 2013
County Controller Chelsa Wagner said on Thursday that the amount could be about $50 per average household.
An analysis by Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner has revealed that the county could be on track to overcharge the average household by $50 in property taxes in 2013. "There is a strong possibility, from the data we have analyzed, that the county is on track to gain a windfall of as much as $38 million," said Wagner, a former state representative for the district that covers part of Whitehall Borough and all of Baldwin Township, in a statement issued on Thursday. "I am calling on the administration to publicize every detail of their millage calculation to assure all taxpayers that no windfall will occur. No resident of Allegheny County should be overcharged one cent or $1, let alone $50 or more for the county's failure to act." …
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson on Wednesday morning released his decision that parties challenging the Voter ID law were not able to prove that it will cause 'immediate and irreparable harm' to the electorate.
Pennsylvania's new voter identification law will stand ... for now. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson on Wednesday morning released his decision, saying that parties challenging the voter ID law were not able to prove it will cause "immediate and irreparable harm" to the electorate. Challenge to the law were brought by voter advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The groups suing to overturn the law immediately vowed to appeal the judgment. Pennsylvania passed a law in March requiring all registered voters to show a valid and "acceptable" photo ID before voting. That means that every voter in Baldwin Borough, Whitehall Borough and Baldwin …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The new county controller comes down hard on public transit.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
"As the county's top fiscal officer, Controller Chelsa Wagner leads the fight against inefficient and inequitable spending, working to root out fraud, waste and abuse in county government. Chelsa ensures the controller's office is a direct, effective advocate for Allegheny County, this region, and most importantly, the taxpayers." Those are the words used on the Allegheny County Controller's website to describe the job, or jobs, assigned to Wagner during her time in that office. And for Wagner, the former state representative who once ran an office at Whitehall Borough's Caste Village, she's not wasting any time in this her first term as Controller. Wagner publicly called out Port Authority of Allegheny County leaders with a May 15 letter …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Pennsylvania's new 22nd District representative sworn in on Tuesday.
Martin Michael Schmotzer, a former Baldwin-Whitehall School Board member who represents Pennsylvania's 22nd District in its House of Representatives for the remainder of 2012, was sworn into office today at the state Capitol building in Harrisburg. The 22nd District includes includes at least parts of Whitehall Borough, Baldwin Township and Castle Shannon Borough and the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Overbrook, Brookline, Mount Washington, Beechview, Duquesne Heights, Manchester, Sheraden and Esplen. Schmotzer, a Democrat who lives in Whitehall, defeated Republican Chris Cratsley, of Overbrook, in a special election on April 24 to fill the remainder of former Rep. Chelsa Wagner's term. Also on April 24, Cratsley and Democrat Erin Molchany …
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The former Baldwin-Whitehall School Board member will represent the 22nd for the rest of the year.
Former Baldwin-Whitehall School Board member Martin Michael Schmotzer won one and lost one on Tuesday. Schmotzer failed in his bid to earn the Democratic Party's nomination for Pennsylvania's 22nd House District seat, losing to Erin Molchany, but he did win Tuesday's special election over Republican Chris Cratsley to fill the remainder of former Rep. Chelsa Wagner's 22nd District term, which expires on Dec. 31. As such, Schmotzer will represent the 22nd, which includes all of Baldwin Township and parts of Whitehall Borough, for the next eight months, but he will be left off of November's general election ballot for the 22nd in favor of Molchany. With more than 99 percent of the primary vote reported, Molchany earned 52 percent, compared to…
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Unofficial results show Erin Molchany defeating Martin Schmotzer.
Erin Molchany is declaring victory as the Democratic Party's nominee for November's general election for Pennsylvania's 22nd House District seat, beating out Martin Michael Schmotzer in the process. After receiving results from 70 of 73 voting districts at about 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Molchany's campaign declared victory. At the time, the unofficial results showed Molchany with 54 percent of the vote compared Schmotzer's 37 percent. Molchany will face Chris Cratsley, a Republican, in November. Cratsley was unopposed for his party's nomination for the seat. Schmotzer is the winner over Cratsley in Tuesday's special election to fill the remainder of former 22nd District Rep. Chelsa Wagner's term. At the time that Molchany declared victory in …
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Court orders Lunny removed, but there is not enough time left to do so.
REMINDER: Timing Keeps Lunny on Ballot, but Votes Won't Count As if this year's primary election for Pennsylvania's 22nd House District seat wasn't confusing enough, voters will have to clear yet another hurdle on April 24 by avoiding the temptation to select Shawn Lunny's name from the ballot. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided on Friday that Lunny's name was to be removed from the ballot, but because the ballot cannot be changed so close to Election Day, Lunny's name will remain. Nevertheless, selecting Lunny's name will be a waste of a vote, as all selections of the young Democrat will not be counted. Voters can still vote for Lunny as a write-in candidate, though. Lunny's name was ordered to be removed because he did not submit, on…
Monday, April 2, 2012
The two men compete on April 24 to fill the eight months left in Chelsa Wagner's 22nd District term.
22nd House District Special Election Pennsylvania's 22nd House District has been without a representative since mid-January when former Rep. Chelsa Wagner resigned from her seat to focus on being the newly elected controller of Allegheny County. That will change on April 24, though, when Republican Chris Cratsley and Democrat Martin Michael Schmotzer compete in a special election to fill the remainder of Wagner's term, which expires on Dec. 31. At the same time, voters will also choose—during a primary election on April 24—who will represent the major political parties during November's general election in a race to fill that 22nd District seat for two years, starting on Jan. 1. Cratsley is the only Republican in either race, but fellow …
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Because of a vacant 22nd House District seat, April 24 is more than a primary.
22nd House District Primary/Special Election Pennsylvania's 22nd House District has been without a representative since mid-January when former Rep. Chelsa Wagner resigned from her seat to focus on being the newly elected controller of Allegheny County. That will change on April 24, though, when voters will not only decide who will represent the major political parties that hope to fill the 22nd District seat after November's general election but also who will represent that district until then. Since Wagner's House of Representatives term is not yet complete, and because the 22nd District's move to the eastern part of the state due to population shifts has at least been temporarily put on hold by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, someone …
stella vickers
7:18 am on Thursday, May 23, 2013
I wonder what dianne's agenda was in coming here and trying to defend what she does not know first-hand. She has never set foot in the insurance division and has no idea of what she is referring to. If she did, she'd know that UPMC as a whole has been laying off mid-management system-wide for some time now. So, ms. sawl, where do you propose that money is going to, from the salaries that are now … more ›