Rust Valley

With a massively underdeveloped sense of irony, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette is unintentionally running a multi-week parody of the local climate. Last week, you may recall, they noted that the Business section contained obituaries.

This week, it is the lottery that the business section contains.  This may reflect an ill-founded hope by the local business community that they, too, will receive some kind of a bail-out from the tax payers.  Of course, PNC got their own sweet deal in the form of massive tax savings for their acquisition of National City bank.  I guess that’s a lottery win right there.  But just as the lottery is a terrible investment for individuals, waiting for a bail out is terrible strategy for local businesses.

I am coming to the belief that this is some secret, deeper significance to these call-out boxes on the Sunday business section of the post gazette and cannot wait to see what they offer next week.