The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has set the oral argument for the case involving the Referendum sought by Friends Against Counterproductive Taxation.  The Referendum looks to roll the Drink Tax back to .5%.  Lower courts had ruled that, despite the County Code’s apparent authorization, state law did not permit referenda to raise or lower tax rates.   The argument is set for March 4 in Pittsburgh. 

From Tom Paine:

Friends Against Counterproductive Taxation (FACT) is attacking the moronic Drink Tax on two fronts:  (a) a revived lawsuit challenging the Constitutionality of the tax: and, more important, (b) an effort to place a referendum on the repeal of the Drink Tax on the ballot in November.  http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2008/04/28/daily39.html?ana=from_rss

Not surprisingly, Kevin Evanto,  mouthpiece for flailing County Diminutive Dan Onorato, poo-pooed the referendum and lawsuit as “publicity stunts.” 

We’ll see.  The good news is that fate of the Drink Tax is out of the County Diminutive and his henchmen’s hands.  The voters will dispatch the ludicrous tax faster than Brenda Frazier had to apply for Social Security. 

Time to start looking to Plan B boys.  Maybe, in your creativity, you could submit a list of new taxes to Harrisburg which includes a 10% tax on cheap poly-blend suits.  At least then the County Diminutive and his cronies would share the pain of an idiotic tax. 

From Tom Paine:

Friends Against Counterproductive Taxation (FACT) is looking to gather signatures to land a referendum on the ballot in November to either repeal or drastically reduce the Drink Tax.  Signatures may be gathered starting on June 17.  If the measure gets on the ballot, it is sure to pass, based on HosPAC polling, and it will be a massive repudiation of Dan Onorato’s stubborn love of the Drink Tax.  There is warm liquid running down Dan’s leg as we speak, and the room is starting to smell distinctly of ammonia . . . .