tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post2648381804398680368..comments2023-12-24T05:26:48.861-05:00Comments on The Pittsburgh Comet: Pensions / Parking: Digging In, Throwing Grenades.Bram Reichbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-54609713464297369152010-11-18T15:01:45.287-05:002010-11-18T15:01:45.287-05:00Kaiser Wilhelm III's trench-diggers and Hitler...Kaiser Wilhelm III's trench-diggers and Hitler's Panzerfaust-tossers?<br /><br />LOLRexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-41306393812407709172010-11-18T10:09:44.158-05:002010-11-18T10:09:44.158-05:00If the Lease plan is dead, why does Peduto keep tr...If the Lease plan is dead, why does Peduto keep trying to kill it?<br /><br />What we are seeing is a categorical, <i>religious</i> opposition to a viable solution...opposition for the sake of opposition.<br /><br />Pretty soon, the egg on Peduto's face (put there by the long-awaited PMRS numbers) will have to be flipped due to his rising body temp.Minutemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-91105344452867626612010-11-18T09:27:13.437-05:002010-11-18T09:27:13.437-05:00If we lease the parking, Pittsburgh will be like C...If we lease the parking, Pittsburgh will be like Chicago in one way. I wonder if we aren't like Chicago<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-pensions-invest-20101117,0,6849098.story?page=1" rel="nofollow">in an other way.</a> Except the only good way to find out about that is for the state to take over.MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-11190018455315077372010-11-17T22:45:25.785-05:002010-11-17T22:45:25.785-05:00It's all "we get money now and pay for it...It's all "we get money now and pay for it over time." The only question is the terms, especially who bears the risk of things going wrong again.<br /><br />I do hope that this Harris thing manages to restart the debate about political paving.MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-38375745893321736912010-11-17T21:31:26.877-05:002010-11-17T21:31:26.877-05:00which it could cancel after 30 years in return for...<i>which it could cancel after 30 years in return for a partial refund.</i><br /><br />I think that would equate to what we otherwise classify as a loan... or and bond if you wish. A collateralized loan maybe. Think of it as a big trip to the pawn shop.C. Briemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713125800825892775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-41991054698788422942010-11-17T20:04:01.096-05:002010-11-17T20:04:01.096-05:00Let's be honest. At this point, I'm desper...Let's be honest. At this point, I'm desperate. I'll try anything to get paid. If I have trot out Rob Kaczorowski and make him look like a <a href="http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/5337504/detail.html" rel="nofollow">hypocrite,</a> consider it done. Without a backup plan or any support on council, what else can a classy guy do?JP Morganstalnoreply@blogger.com