IOW Barnes was against any property tax relief? Afraid it would cut into her/education department's playhouse?
Many of the schools in the State rejected Rendel's plan
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/election/s_340858.html
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The need for legislation to transfer gambling revenue to school property taxpayers became a reality this week after 78 percent of the state's school districts rejected such a swap under Act 72. That law, approved last July as a companion to the law legalizing slot machines at 14 locations, also required participating districts to increase their wage taxes by 0.1 percentage points and limit future property tax increases.