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." …
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Baldwin High School Literary Guild students clean, then stock, the shelves of the Pittsburgh Carmalt library.
Sheila May-Stein just keeps finding books. And now, the Baldwin High School Literary Guild has found her. In an age when many question the positives of social media and children's Internet use, it's librarian May-Stein's Internet meme that has brought positive change to an elementary school in Pittsburgh's Overbrook neighborhood—with a little help on Friday from the high-school students of Baldwin-Whitehall. "The smartest and most sarcastic kids in the building," as Baldwin High English teacher and Literary Guild sponsor Keith Harrison lovingly calls them, were at Pittsburgh Carmalt Academy of Science and Technology that day to help May-Stein to stock Carmalt's skinny library shelves. The Baldwin students were responding to a call to …
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
The young Democrat responds to Patch's questions.
22nd House District Democratic Primary UPDATE: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided on April 13 that Shawn Lunny's name is to be removed from the ballot of April 24's Democratic primary election for Pennsylvania's 22nd House District seat. Story here. Democrats Erin Molchany, Shawn Lunny and Martin Michael Schmotzer will compete during an April 24 primary for the right to represent their party in November's general election for Pennsylvania's 22nd House District seat. The entirety of the 22nd District 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. Click here …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Molchany is one of three Democrats competing on April 24 for a spot on November's ballot.
22nd House District Democratic Primary Democrats Erin Molchany, Shawn Lunny and Martin Michael Schmotzer will compete during an April 24 primary for the right to represent their party in November's general election for Pennsylvania's 22nd House District seat. UPDATE: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided on April 13 that Shawn Lunny's name is to be removed from the ballot of April 24's Democratic primary election for Pennsylvania's 22nd House District seat. Story here. The entirety of the 22nd District 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. Click here …
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 …
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald said on Thursday that 2012 assessments will remain at 2002 levels.
Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald said it over and over again during a press conference on Thursday afternoon at the Allegheny County Courthouse: When it comes to property tax reassessment, Allegheny County shouldn’t be singled out. That’s one reason that Fitzgerald said that he directed the certification of the 2011 assessed values for 2012 taxation purposes—values that are based on the 2002 tax year. For Allegheny County property owners, that means that the assessment numbers that some of them recently received in the mail are “null and void.” New notices will be sent out on Thursday, Fitzgerald said, and those are “the ones that matter.” And he was clear: Despite a court order that mandated a property tax reassessment, he is following all…
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6:23 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
UPDATE: Fitzgerald held a press conference on Thursday afternoon to address Wagner's concern. He said that he remains confident in his proposed millage rate that was approved overwhelmingly by the county council. The nature of the process requires assumptions and estimates to set the millage rate, Fitzgerald said, but the numbers that were used are based on historic data and previous numbers. The… more ›