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VO:  Fact VO: Patently false… That’s what newspapers

are calling Fitzgerald’s attacks against Raja.  PTR has called Fitzgerald’s ads “Patently

False” and “Dramatic and Inaccurate”

VO: The truth? Raja created over 300 good

American paying jobs  Raja’s company has over 100 employees in

Allegheny County and over 300 in the

United States.

The company is headquartered in Allegheny

County. The Company pays taxes in

Allegheny County.

VO: Fitzgerald created zero jobs  Unemployment in Allegheny County has

doubled while Rich Fitzgerald has been in

office. (BLS)

Rich Fitzgerald’s “Company” Aquenef 

employees no one but Fitzgerald and never

has.

VO: For twelve long years, Fitzgerald raised

taxes and wasted our money, doubling

unemployment. Fitzgerald has a long record of raising taxes and

blocking tax reform.

1. Champion of the Drink Tax (PPG 12/05/07)2. Champion of the Car Rental Tax (PPG12/05/073. Supported a Tax on Non-Profits (PPG 11/18/09)4. Supported raising 911 Service fee(PTR 9/11/07)5. Supported raising Golf Fee(PPG 10/31/01)6. Parks Fee (PPG 10/31/01)7. Supports a Natural Gas Severance Fee. (PPG,10/6/10)8. Opposed a plan to give taxpayers the opportunityto approve county tax raises (PTR 9/11/07)9. Placed a referendum on the November 08 ballotthat if it had passed would have raisedproperty taxes 45 million dollars. (PTR 7/23/08)10. Opposed voter referendum to cap property taxes.

(PPG 7/2/08)11. Voted for removing the perpetual cap onProperty taxes (PPG 7/17/02)12. Rich has even said he will raise property taxes “Ihave been saying for years that we’re going toeventually have to raise property taxes.” (PPG5/19/08)13. Rich has even said he will raise property taxes.“County Council President Rich Fitzgerald, D-SquirrelHill, agreed. “If there’s not a new source of revenue in

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the next few years, raising the [property tax rate] maybe something we need to look at,” Fitzgerald said.(PPG 2/12/08)14. Has publicly said “We’re looking under every rock for [for money]” (PPG 10/31/01) 15. Criticized as arrogant by the PTR for his stanceon taxes “Elected officials who think they can act

with such impunity have no business in public office”(PTR 01/02/09) 

VO: He even shook down local businesses and

threatened them if he didn’t pay.  Shaleshakedown.com and read the email.

Rich sent an email at 5:30 in the morning

from his blackberry with out so much as

spell checking it. In it he says:

“I need money and I need it fast” 

“I need money to be viable in the eyes of the

political world”