Is there any reason to merge the city and county? (CP article)
Is there any reason to merge the city and county?
By Adam Fleming
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl left the ballroom and entered a crowd of cameras and reporters after testifying at a May 28 hearing convened by a panel of state representatives visiting from Harrisburg. Inside the hearing, seated next to county Chief Executive Dan Onorato, he had coolly presented his case for a massive overhaul of local government — turning the 250-year-old city of Pittsburgh into an “urban services district” within a merged city/county government.
“One inevitable conclusion that we must reach together as a community is that we can no longer afford the status quo,” Ravenstahl told the legislators. “We must change if we are to grow again.” Read More …