Byline: Steve Twedt
Oct. 3--Everyone agreed that public transit deserves stable funding. Nobody likes to see property taxes increase.
What bothers local restaurant and bar owners is that the state legislators' menu of solutions for Allegheny County lists only two other choices -- a tax on poured drinks and a tax on rental cars, and the car rental tax could eventually be overturned by Congress.
"It's unfortunate that the Legislature has put us in this position," said John Tague Jr. of the Allegheny County Task Force on Disabilities.
Tague was one of nearly 50 people who testified last night before Allegheny County Council's Committee on Budget and Finance about ...