Wilkinsburg residents will have an extra question on their ballots this General Election — one that could give the borough a more powerful mayor, enable changes to how residents are taxed and clear a path for citizen referenda.
Voters will decide whether to adopt a home rule charter for the borough, a move that would replace the statewide Borough Code as the basis for local government and allow local leaders and voters more say in how the town of 14,000 conducts its business. The vote comes five months after court rulings effectively killed a push to merge the borough into Pittsburgh.
Read the proposed home rule charter here …