I've been very pleased by the current news of how our Pennsylvania members of congress and the Senate, especially Senator Specter, have been handling US Airways in the wake of their announcement to drastically reduce service in Pittsburgh.
It's good to know that our elected officials are standing up for our region in what has been a decade of broken promises. The mistake, it seems, was Pittsburgh putting too many eggs in one basket and catering to the needs of one airline. Unfortunately, this isn't ending, with the announcement in February that Pittsburgh has landed the new US Airways Operations Center, at the cost of $16 million in grants and tax credits coming from taxpayer's pockets. Maybe it's time we start using taxpayer money to reduce the tax burden on small business in the region, instead of putting so much money into a company that has continuously broken promises to the region.
You can see the news article about Specter/Casey's meeting with US Airways CEO here. Kudos to Senator Specter and our other PA legislators in Washington for coming down hard on US Airways - let's hope this means it won't happen again.
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