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View Poll Results: Should city employees be required to live within the city limits?
Yes 42 61.76%
No 26 38.24%
Voters: 68. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-28-2013, 12:33 PM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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Please don't inject facts into this debate and contradict zman63's preconceived 'doom and gloom' message. You'll attract pghdude28 to the thread!

Are we going to get to vote on this rule, as suggested may be possible in Pittsburgh bill requires employees to live in city | Local News - WTAE Home Apologies if I missed this earlier in the thread ...

For sure, n'at. Never bring facts into a debate.
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Old 09-28-2013, 06:16 PM
 
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I say yes only if they drive the govt vehicles back home. a lot of cops/fire chiefs in va would do this. they live outside the county and drive the counties cars to their homes outside of the county. costs tax payers money since they foot the maintenance and gas.
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Old 11-04-2013, 03:28 PM
 
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Tomorrow, I will be voting "No" on the city residency requirement. They city loses out on talent due to this unconstitutional requirement.
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Old 11-04-2013, 08:15 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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Tomorrow, I will be voting "No" on the city residency requirement. They city loses out on talent due to this unconstitutional requirement.
I'll be voting yes.
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Old 11-05-2013, 07:12 AM
 
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I'll be voting yes.
It is worded incorrectly. It probably will not matter how people vote. It will be in the hands of a judge. The residency requirement will be lifted.
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Old 11-05-2013, 07:20 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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It is worded incorrectly.
It's certainly worded strangely. It made it sound like it was a new requirement. Ballot issues like that are always hard to read.
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Old 11-05-2013, 07:51 AM
 
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It's certainly worded strangely. It made it sound like it was a new requirement. Ballot issues like that are always hard to read.
I forsee the requirement being lifted. The city is desparate to stop the employee turnover in police and other depts. People dont want to send their kids to city schools. A judge will most likely have the final say. It will be like the stadium tax question that county residents voted against twice in the late 90s. The state forced the tax anyways
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Old 11-05-2013, 08:21 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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A judge will most likely have the final say.
I've googled on this. I'm not a lawyer, but judges have accepted these requirements in most circumstances for public safety employees.
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Old 11-05-2013, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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I'll vote yes, they should live in the city. As another poster pointed out on here...what happens if a major situation happens in one part of the city, yet nearly all the employees are living in Cranberry? "Can you wait 30 or so minutes until people show up to deal with this? K,Thanks!"
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Old 11-05-2013, 09:14 AM
 
Location: Manchester
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Do suburban police depts have this requirement? I beleive that Penn Hills does, although it may be that they have to live within a certain radius from the station they work from. I would be more accepting of that agreement than saying you can live where ever you want.
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