PITTSBURGH (AP) β Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto says the county controller is engaging in a “cheap political stunt” by withholding county tax revenues from a local tourism agency after Peduto’s appearance on “Undercover Boss.”
Peduto appeared on the CBS show last month and pledged $155,000 to help four needy city workers. Peduto has stressed that tax revenue won’t be used, and that corporate and institutional donors β including VisitPittsburgh β have pledged to pay the money.
But Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner says VisitPittsburgh gets most of its $11 million budget from county tax money.
So she wants the agency to account for $25,000 it donated to the “Undercover Boss” fund, plus another $25,000 it may donate, before she hands over $682,000 in tax revenues.
