Corbett, Onorato square off on personal, shale gas taxes

From the TRIBUNE-REVIEW:

In their first gubernatorial debate, Attorney General Tom Corbett described Dan Onorato, the Allegheny County executive, as a “career politician” who tells “you half the story.” Onorato, meanwhile, touted his record running Allegheny County and said he doesn’t need to take the “hokey” anti-tax pledge Corbett embraces…

It’s the first governor’s race since 1978 featuring two Allegheny County candidates. Former Republican Gov. Dick Thornburgh defeated former Pittsburgh Mayor Pete Flaherty in that race.

Swirling around this race is a potentially devastating $4 billion state budget deficit in 2011…

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