Harrisburg’s tax abatement program, a Papenfuse initiative, is working for one of his rivals in this year’s primary
Updated May 14, 2021;
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City Council President Wanda Williams opposed it.
And now, retired publisher Dave Schankweiler is benefitting from it.
The “it” in question?
tax break on significant improvements to residential properties for 10 years.
PennLive looked into how the abatement program affected the active Democratic mayoral candidates — Papenfuse, Williams, Shankweiler and former city councilman Otto Banks — after a Schankweiler critic wrote a Facebook post about Schankweiler’s participation and questioning whether he is paying any city or school taxes.