Reply #5

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 10:41 PM

happyslug (10,886 posts)

That is three times the debt to resident ratio of Philadelphia (Which is the only County that is also a city, every other county in Pennsylvania has several subdivisions, cities, Boroughs and Townships, thus Philadelphia is both a County AND a city, Harrisburg is just a largest city in Dauphin County, which is a separate legal entity).

Harrisburg itself
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania

More on the Incinerator:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/03/23/149057880/how-a-city-goes-broke

http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/Harrisburgs-failed-infrastructure-project.html

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/03/judges_order_granting_receiver.html

http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2012/06/harrisburg_trash_problems.html

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5 replies	Author	Time	Post
San Bernardino bankrupt: Blame pet projects, not labor, union says [View all]	SunSeeker	Jul 2012	OP
That's like one of those PA. cities $300 million in debt due to an incinerator overhaul. WTF?	Hassin Bin Sober	Jul 2012	#1
Quit attacking Pennsylvania's State Capital, just because it has a debt of $30,285 per resident	happyslug	Jul 2012	#5
A movie theater?	freethought	Jul 2012	#2
The company (Regal) brought in abt 4 million to start, the city got a 34 year lease, and for	jtuck004	Jul 2012	#4
Local businesses will be hurt	RogueBandit	Jul 2012	#3

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