Norquist’s Group Opposes Impact Fee

Gov­er­nor Corbett’s famous “no new taxes” pledge may be kaput by week’s end, accord­ing to Capitolwire:

HARRISBURG (Feb. 6) – Amer­i­cans for Tax Reform, who cre­ated the no-net-tax-hike pledge Gov. Tom Cor­bett signed in the 2010 cam­paign, says the Mar­cel­lus Shale fee deal struck by Cor­bett and leg­isla­tive lead­ers is a pledge-breaking tax.

“In short and as with pre­vi­ous iter­a­tions [of shale fee and tax pro­pos­als], ATR opposes this unnec­es­sary tax increase and, on behalf of our mem­bers in the com­mon­wealth, urges leg­is­la­tors to vote no should it come up for a vote this evening,” Patrick Glea­son, head of ATR’s Penn­syl­va­nia oper­a­tion, wrote in an email.

Cor­bett and nearly three-dozen state law­mak­ers signed the pledge that they would not raise net taxes in the state.