PAT's CEO posts contract for all to see

Pittsburgh PA - In a long overdue move, the Port Authority of Allegheny County Executive Director, Steve Bland, has posted his contract on-line for all to see. The move, reported in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, is aimed at making the transit agency more transparent to the public. This is something that all public and non-profit agencies should be doing.

I also see a hidden motive behind Stave Bland's move to post his contract. This motive is to take a jab at the union and force them to accept concessions, something the union is fighting.

PAT's union has stated for years that they don't feel they should make concessions when the management doesn't. A complaint that I have to agree with. Well now, PAT's management is making concessions and the big boy took many concessions himself. The union complaint is no longer valid and by Bland publicly posting his contract, as well as the concessions he took, it will put added public pressure on the union to make contract concessions.

I have stated for decades that the various contracts at PAT should be made public when the taxpayers are paying for it. This goes for the management contracts as well as the union contracts. The taxpayers deserve to know what they are being forced to pay for. I am so tired of hearing that these types of items are "confidential" when the money to pay for these "confidential" contracts are paid for by the public.

Steve Bland earns himself a Laurel for allowing the public access to view his contract, especially since his paycheck and benefits are paid for by the taxpayers.