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Land Value Tax on the Radio Friday March 30



Dr. Herbert Barry of Pittsburgh, an UrbanTools Director has shown his adeptness in outreach to all forms of media, including print and now radio.  Please call in to the radio show on Friday March 30, to participate in this broadcast.




I will be  interviewed on a radio show, on Friday 30 March 2012, 10:00 to 10:30 AM (Eastern time). Listeners can access it at the phone number 1-424-220-1873. The title I chose for the program is"How to remedy our maladaptive sources of government revenue.

Dr. Herbert Barry's Proposal to Really Reassess Allegheny County




UrbanTools got underway as the Henry George Foundation of America in Pittsburgh in 1926.  Through the years, some of the most respected elected officials in Western Pennsylvania such as Pennsylvania Gov. David Lawrence, and mayors Scully and McNair served on our Board of Directors.

During those 85+ years, Pittsburgh and other Allegheny County cities and school districts have utilized land value taxation as a tool to discourage private land banking and to encourage all levels of investment and labor inside municipal boundaries.