Summary
The Trib gave the PA Republican Leadership Council a "Lance" ("Laurels & Lances," May 13 and TribLIVE.com) for endorsing Chuck McCullough for the GOP nomination for Allegheny County chief executive. Besides the fact that the Trib is consumed with "reassessment-itis," let's look at some real facts for a change.
When the county's base-year system was deemed unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court ordered a reassessment in reasonable time. Judge Wettick ordered it completed no later than 2012. However, it was Dan Onorato who implemented a plan to deny citizens' rights to appeal hearings before a new assessment takes effect, which violates the county's administrative code. Further, no court ordered Onorato to award an $8 million no-bid contract to an out-of-state appraisal company, which violates the code's competitive bidding provision. He committed funds to pay for all this out of a previously adopted county budget that contained no appropriation for reassessment. McCullough, the first to notice, challenged Onorato's unilateral actions to deny appeal hearings, a denial of due process.See the full content of this document
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