# Mark DeSantis **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 21, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mark-desantis/193174 "2007-10-21T09:50:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mark-desantis/193174/15 "2007-10-23T15:11:53Z")
> [@ice hockey skate n shot!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-hockey-skate-n-shot/31709/22): > > The news hates Luke, so if I could I would vote for him. It’s amusing to see reports that are so pointless about him from time to time… Pittsburgh and Allegheny County need to reduce taxes and fees from these area, since that will help make Pittsburgh a viable area to Business. Why are a lot of companies move to Washington and Armstrong just across the border? > [@Whats everyone run?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-everyone-run/33145/5): > > i think that if this area would do a better job with the unproductive people that the people who do work, it would give them one less reason to bail out. they are tryin to put housingnear the downtown area for young professionals but fail to move the scum out of downtown, northside, etc… That’s true for not only businesses but homeowners as well. Adding a a drink tax while reducing the parking tax (which private parking companies, have yet to pass the savings from the previous reduction, on to the customers) to make up for the transit system downfall/fiasco is no way to bring people into the city. Even with places like the Heinz lofts, stript dist. apt’s, north shore community and the launch of those new lofts here in the city (Story in the postgazette today) I don’t think many people with average Pgh salary of 35k-40k can afford to live there ($1500-$3000/mo lowball) --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mark-desantis/193174)._