But the city of Scranton is in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. The Electric City has lots of great things to brag about but the headlines today is all about the Mayor cutting city workers’ pay to minimum wage because of how broke it is, and how property taxes are about to skyrocket to abnormally high proportions.
Local news stations WNEP and WBRE have been covering ferociously since it occurred, and now national news orgs are picking up the story.
According to Mayor Chris Doherty, there is only about $5,000 left is the city’s bank account after payroll..