Pittsburgh Restaurants, Bars Still Trying To Beat Drink TaxPOSTED: 4:01 pm EST February 11,
2008 PITTSBURGH -- A group of restaurant and bar owners is holding a public fundraiser to protest Allegheny County's new drink tax on Monday night.Friends Against Counterproductive Taxation (FACT) wants the county to repeal its 10 percent tax on poured alcoholic beverages that went into effect in January.The anti-drink tax rally, called "Celebrate Unity Night and Roll Back The Tax," is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at Church Brew Works on Liberty Avenue in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh.Elected officials have been invited, according to a press release from FACT. There's no word if any of them will attend.The county passed the new tax to fund its annual subsidy of the Port Authority. Chief Executive Dan Onorato said the only other option was to raise property taxes, and he didn't want to do that. Related Links: More Allegheny County NewsGet RSS Headlines | Free Desktop Alert Previous Stories:
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