Unfair real estate taxes spark renewed push in Harrisburg
Harrisburg bureau report outlines three year effort to reform Pennsylvania property tax assessments viewed as unfair. Senate committee holds hearing at Valley Forge while Penn State indexes show high dispersion and regressivity. Local studies find poorer areas taxed at higher shares. proposals range from merit hiring to statewide assessment.
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David Runkel
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Shepp
General Assembly
Sinalls
Senate
Anthony Wayne
George Washingtoin Motor Lodge
Valley Forge
Quentin R. Orlando
D-Erla
Penn State
Wayne County
Philadelphia
Bucks County
Chester
Delaware
Montgomery
Bulletin
Bucks
Lehigh
John Stauffer
R-Chester
U.S. Third Circuls Court of Appeals
Points to Ponder: Demolition Priorities in Downtown
In this minieditorial readers ask why downtown demolition targets only some structures. The piece cites a crumbling West Main laundromat death trap and the Keppel pestiferous building on East Main as priority concerns, asking if priorities have gone out of style.
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West Main Street
Keppel
East Main Street
Comparative Study Highlights Vermont NH Tax and Spending Gap
The piece discusses Parkinsons first law and Corollary, citing a new Dartmouth study by Colin Campbell and Rosemary Campbell comparing New Hampshire and Vermont from 1940 to 1974. It notes Vermonts higher expenditures relative to income, broader taxes, and questions whether services justify higher taxes, with education and welfare spending contrasted and tax structures analyzed.
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C. Northcote Parkison
New Hampshire
Vermont
Colin Campbell
Dartmouth College
Rosemary
Robert Frost
Union
Campbells
Washington
Milton Friedman
Newsweek Magazine
Education Crisis and Budget Strains Spark Teacher Protests
A Mary O’Hara analysis traces rising education costs, layoffs, and teacher strikes as districts face tighter finances. It cites 11 percent cost increases, 61,000 jobs lost, and 47 million red in Chicago after a seven percent wage hike. An Armbruster study reports broad declines in reading, writing, and math across city, suburban, and rural schools, challenging claims that standards have lifted. The piece urges greater accountability from administrators and parents, warning that education remains vital beyond educator control.
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Mary O'Hara
Terry Herndon
National Education Association
Boston
Chicago
A. Hudson Institute
Frank E. Armbruster
Armbruster
Pennsylvania legislative items shelfed or stalled in 1975 76
The House will not pursue a graduated income tax this session. Flood control measures failed to pass. A comprehensive Public School Code recodification is likely to wait until 1977 78. Advertising expansion of the sales tax to all ads was rejected in the Senate. Health care reforms face hospital opposition. Lobbyist disclosure, campaign spending reform, and ethics bills face mixed support. A child abuse law was enacted with privacy adjustments. Desegregation busing bills pass then vetoed by Gov. Shapp, with attempts to override failing.
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House
House Finance Committee
House Education Committee
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Shapp
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