# Mayoral Race **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 22, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mayoral-race/203999 "2009-10-22T13:41:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![Blackbelt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blackbelt/32/5998_2.png) [@Blackbelt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blackbelt)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mayoral-race/203999/29 "2009-10-27T10:16:18Z")
> [@08,07 STis/Evos battle it out.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-07-stis-evos-battle-it-out/41435/5): > > Taxed businesses? They taxed a luxury and it did not hurt businesses. I drink my fare share (and that of probly 5 other adult males) on the weekends…the drink tax hasnt stopped me or anyone else that i have to squeeze past when i am in southside to get a drink. The bars are no less crowded at all. Therefore it shows its not hurting the drinking public enough to make them slow it down… > > If everyone in pittsburgh did have your mindset, I feel that the boycott mentality just to prove a point is what would hurt businesses…luckily, however, pittsburgh drunks seem to have a better idea…get over it and continue to enjoy our drinks. First of all, they taxed a PRODUCT that is sold by a business. Using your logic, one could make the argument that any establishment that prepares and sells food or drink outside of the home is a “luxury” It DID hurt business. Here are some facts. Sales of wine and spirits to Allegheny county establishments decreased 4.3% in 2008 Vs 2007. In the meantime, sales to the 5 contiguous counties to Allegheny increased by 4% 2008 Vs 2007. Using that decrease, the number can be extrapolated to a multi million dollar loss of food and beverage sales in Allegheny county. There is a LOT more to the hospitality industry than the southside. The mentality of “just get over it and enjoy your drinks” is what enables these politicians to keep piling more and higher taxes on us year after year. If that’s OK with you, then that’s your choice, but it’s not OK with me. i don’t usually get involved in these political discussions so much any more, but this Onorato guy is just bad news. I don’t care so much about what happens in Pittsburgh, because they will just keep electing democrats and will stay in bankruptcy and nothing will really change, but Onorato as governor would be bad for the state. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mayoral-race/203999)._