Dan ‘dummied’ down
admin | Monday, October 18th, 2010 | No Comments »HosPAC’s rally against Dan Onorato was mentioned in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review’s opinion page over the weekend. Click here to read ‘Dan dummied down’ or see below!
Dan dummied down – Pittsburgh Tribune Review, October 17, 2010
Flattering, the picture was not.
Opponents of Allegheny County’s drink tax held an anti-Dan Onorato rally Thursday as part of an attempt to ensure the Democrat Allegheny County executive is defeated in the gubernatorial race by Republican state Attorney General Tom Corbett.
The flier used to attract folks to the event featured a digitally altered picture of Gov. Ed Rendell as a ventriloquist holding an Onorato dummy.
We don’t have to spell out for intelligent readers like you the message that picture attempted to deliver.
The rally reminded voters that Onorato was the driving force behind the unpopular 10-percent tax on poured alcoholic beverages the county adopted in December 2007 and reduced to 7 percent in 2009.
The event, sponsored by the Hospitality Action Committee of Western Pennsylvania, was held at Mitchell’s Restaurant, Downtown.
That’s where owner Jim Mitchell famously challenged Onorato to a boxing match after the drink tax was enacted. Rather than resort to pugilism, Onorato agreed to a one-shot stint as a guest bartender at Mitchell’s for charity.