This is a good example of why those who live in blue cities or states are well and thoroughly boned, financially, by the weapons grade stupidity of their Democratic masters.

Some highlights from the article:

"Desperate to rid itself of more than 8,000 artifacts and to climb out of a $300 million debt crisis, Harrisburg has allowed appraisers and auction houses into a storage space where the bits of Americana have been gathering dust for years.

Nearly all of the artifacts were collected by former Mayor Stephen Reed, who dreamed of building a Wild West museum in Harrisburg that never materialized. The seven-term mayor left office last year.

Reed began buying the artifacts with tax dollars more than five years ago. Two city auctions of some of the artifacts in 2007 and 2008 have netted $1.66 million."

I got news for Harrisburg: you aren't located in the wild west, your union buddies want and demand to be given every possible cent you can tax from the hardworking citizens of your city for their public "service", and you haven't got the money to pay them what they are expecting.  So, why are you spending tax money on wild west artifacts?  I mean really, WTF??