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Harrisburg Debt Panel Discussion
April 22, 2012

A panel of citizens and elected officials discuss 1989 and 1992 lawsuits against Harrisburg Mayor Stephen R. Reed and his abuses of power leading to Harrisburg's debilitating bond debt. Intimidation and retaliation against citizens by Mayor Reed are also discussed. In 1992, Harrisburg Mayor Reed's pattern of secretive and unsupervised spending was briefly checked by the lawsuit of 13 citizens. The "Harrisburg 13" insisted that the court's 1989 decision in Moore v. Reed be enforced, and that City Council must exert its oversight over the city's finances. As a result of this case, Reed changed course and began what Receiver David Unkovic called "twenty years" of corruption and financial mismanagement. Instead of spending and borrowing directly, Reed used the municipal authorities, whose boards he controlled, to accumulate debt and transfer funds for "Special Projects," without any effective oversight, accountability, or public scrutiny. Panelists include Reizdan Moore, Steven Schiffman, Evelyn Daniel Warfield, Rebecca Myers, Pamela Parson, Wendi Taylor and Dwayne D. Jackson, Sr. Moderated by Eric Papenfuse. Recorded April 22, 2012.

Harrisburg bond debt panel discussion April 22, 2012

A panel of citizens and elected officials discuss 1989 and 1992 lawsuits against Harrisburg Mayor Stephen R. Reed and his abuses of power leading to Harrisburg's debilitating bond debt.

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