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$100 job tax proposal derails support for city finance legislation
post-gazette PA ^

Posted on 06/30/2003 5:23:38 AM PDT by chance33_98

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:35:14 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A new plan to enlist the state Legislature's help in erasing Pittsburgh's $60 million budget deficit is getting a frosty reception from local legislators.

"They lost me with Step 1 -- increasing the occupation privilege tax from $10 to $100 a year," state Sen. Sean Logan, D-Monroeville, said yesterday about the plan drafted by Mayor Tom Murphy and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.


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1 posted on 06/30/2003 5:23:38 AM PDT by chance33_98
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To: chance33_98
Or they could consider some real spending cuts.
2 posted on 06/30/2003 5:25:36 AM PDT by AD from SpringBay
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