Harrisburg faces possible bankruptcy over incinerator debacle

From the NEW YORK TIMES:

Officials here decided seven years ago to borrow $125 million to rebuild and expand the city’s enormous trash incinerator, which the federal government had shut down because of toxic air pollution…

There were contractor troubles, delays, cost overruns and squabbles. The city borrowed tens of millions more, shoveling good money after bad into the job.

It is now done, but at a staggering cost that threatens to bankrupt Pennsylvania’s capital…

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  1. Just wait until Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray forces the city into a $200 million deal to build sewage tanks. This city is already essentially bankrupt, yet Gray and his overpaid public works director Katzenmoyer are pushing this project at every turn.

    If they succeed, Lancaster will be bankrupt shortly after. Bet on it.

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