tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1046152631665881026.post6199603959759343028..comments2024-03-04T00:55:48.841-08:00Comments on Community Benefits Agreements: Pittsburgh is becoming a CBA townamy lavinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665934013964542103noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1046152631665881026.post-77964813284929163142008-06-26T09:07:00.000-07:002008-06-26T09:07:00.000-07:00Oh, that would be nice -- but you may want to doub...Oh, that would be nice -- but you may want to double-check some things. Firstly, the proposed CBA that the (problematic as it is) community group One Hill actually signed and ratified regarding the Penguins arena development remains unsigned and unacknowledged by the Penguins, the City, and the County, gathering dust. It could very well be that the City et al just needed the burst of good news that would come from One Hill agreeing to something it calls "historic", only to watch as the coalition shrivels and disperses before anyone in power actually agrees to the agreement.<BR/><BR/>And on the Stadium Authority issue -- some members of the Authority and elsewhere in our government are being pretty heroic, as well as the neighborhood groups on the North Side, but it does not appear to me that the Mayor and the SA Director are on board with renegotiating the lease, much less for "community benefits". There is a vacancy on the Authority board due to the Mayor's removal of the member which started this whole CBA agitation. Filling that vacancy would break a tie, yet the vacancy has persisted for two months.Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.com