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Onorato lobbies for approval of slots bill to expedite arena
Thursday, June 28, 2007By Mark Belko
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato is pressing state legislators to approve a slots-related bill critical to the funding of a new arena before they recess for the summer.
Mr. Onorato has been talking to legislators about approving a bill that would authorize spending from a "gaming economic development fund" that gets 5 percent of the gross revenue raised each year from slot machines, spokesman Kevin Evanto said yesterday.
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Editorial | Transportation Funding
Keeping Pa. on the go
Thursday, June 21, 2007Philadelphia Inquirer
The best chance in years to improve Pennsylvania's crumbling transportation network will be up for a vote in Harrisburg today.
House Appropriations Chairman Dwight Evans (D., Phila.), doing the heavy lifting for Gov. Rendell, has put forward two plans to pay for highways and mass transit.
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Onorato's prospects might hinge on fight
Thursday, June 7, 2007By Mike Wereschagin
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
If Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato runs for statewide office, he might have Judge R. Stanton Wettick to thank for his political base.
The Common Pleas Court judge ruled Wednesday that Allegheny County's property assessment system, which is used in some form by every county, is unconstitutional. The case is bound for the state Supreme Court, where a ruling would affect all 67 counties, and county commissioners and state officials are lining up behind Onorato in this fight.
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Allegheny exec’s ideas suit our region
Friday, June 1, 2007By BRUCE WISSINGER
The Tribune Democrat
Dan Onorato was in town recently to explore interest in a southwestern Pennsylvania political lobbying committee. He came at the urging of Johnstown’s Ed Cernic Sr., a businessman, Democratic power broker and friend of Gov. Ed Rendell.
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