Wake up

Gov. Ed Rendell is barking up the wrong tree if he thinks the population of Pennsylvania will sit idly by while our elected representatives in Harrisburg try to add another 0.5 percentage point to our income tax. In this economy, what he should be espousing is the privatization of the liquor business (finally) and a reduction in our income taxes.

It's 2009 -- when will Harrisburg wake up? By the way, when are we going to see the property tax reduction we were promised when the slots legislation was passed?

TOM KAPLAN
Shadyside