1999 Appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Civil Division, at No. 1999 Appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Civil Division, at No. The second was brought against RAD by a class of local residents. In both cases, the defendants filed preliminary objections, which were sustained by Judge Horgos of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, resulting in the complaints being dismissed with prejudice. Upon appellants' appeal to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, appellees petitioned for, and we granted, extraordinary relief under this court's Kings Bench powers and expedited disposition due to an asserted exigency involving arrangements for the financing.
Appellants raise thirteen issues.
They challenge the statutory authority of RAD to implement Plan B on ten substantive and procedural grounds, including the allegation that RAD violated Pennsylvania public policy and its fiduciary duty to the taxpayers of Allegheny County, they challenge the eligibility of two of the seven RAD board members, without whose votes the funding resolution could not have been adopted. Finally, they argue the inapplicability of the Local Government Unit Debt Act. We address them ad seriatim. 1999 Appellants' claims against RAD in the class action are essentially identical to those of the taxpayers coalition, with one addition. In response to preliminary objections by appellees, appellants filed an amended complaint.