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  • Cleveland rated poorest big city in US

    09/23/2004 11:26:02 AM PDT · by RockinRight · 37 replies · 1,291+ views
    PMSNBC ^ | 09/23/04
    CLEVELAND - Crushed by the loss of steel and other manufacturing jobs, Cleveland has ranked high for poverty before — but never No. 1. advertisement That changed when a report from the U.S. Census Bureau recently rated it has the nation’s poorest big city, putting it ahead of Detroit, Miami and Newark, N.J. “To be ranked No. 1, that’s bad,” said Councilman Zachary Reed. “Let’s be honest, the fact is people in our community are living in poverty and just making it day to day.” The unwanted distinction is the latest in a litany of struggles for Cleveland, which appeared...
  • City (Pittsburgh) to increase parking tax to 50 percent. (Highest in nation)

    01/13/2004 3:44:21 AM PST · by prisoner6 · 17 replies · 200+ views
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | January 13, 2004 | Timothy McNulty
    <p>Pittsburgh City Council members yesterday said they will hike the parking tax to 50 percent to retain employees who otherwise would have been laid off and to restore some services that were cut in the budget they adopted last month.</p>