Pittsburgh Mayor's Ultimatum to Universities: Pay City Millions, or Se

December 15th, 2009 1:47 PM
A breaking dispatch from the Associated Press sure makes it look like Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (picture at top right is from his Wikipedia entry) is engaging in extortion directed at the institutions of higher education that happen to be within the city's borders. The ostensible reason for the stickup is to shore up the city's foundering pension system. It will be interesting to see how…