Monthly Archives: September 2006

you could be mayor.

September 9, 2006

Posted by breen under Government, Pittsburgh

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in an era when pittsburghers lament the loss of a young population to flashier cities and “brain drain” is not so much a phenomena but a way of life, there is something to be said for our brand new administration. now, i am not making a judgement on the mayor and his chief of staff,…

2009??!?

September 5, 2006

Posted by andrea under Government

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I’m with the Post Gazette on this one — it’s outrageous that the city’s Law Department is choosing to interpret the charter to mean that a special election for mayor is the same as a regular election for mayor, viz. the prohibition against allowing the mayor to be elected in the same year as the…

Go Deep – Tunnel Building Institute Comes to Pittsburgh

September 5, 2006

Posted by p2wp under Civic Engagement, Issues, Location, Pittsburgh, Trainings

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One of the top organizer trainings in coming to Pittsburgh. Some members of the Pittsburgh League of Young Voters just spend a week in Los Angeles at the Tunnel Building Institute and have returned with rave reviews. Now you can participate in the program right here in Pittsburgh. Profile The Pittsburgh League of Young Voters’…

Get down with America Votes

September 5, 2006

Posted by p2wp under Elections, Events, Location, Western PA

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America Votes is right here in Pittsburgh and they have assembled an all star team of organizers for Western PA. America Votes Open House WHEN: Wed. Sept. 23th, 2006, 6-8:30pm WHERE: America Votes office, 401 N. Highland Ave, 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS: AFL-CIO, Clean Water Action, Pittsburgh League of Young Voters, Planned…

RIP

September 2, 2006

Posted by andrea under Uncategorized

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This is really sad news:Â Mayor O’Connor is dead.Â Click here to send your condolences to his family.Â Sorry to see you go, Bob.

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Michelle Obama to Attend Fundraiser at Rivers Club on April 17
The Obama Victory Fund

Invites you to a reception with special guest

First Lady Michelle Obama

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

3:00 PM

The Rivers Club

301 Grant Street

One Oxford Centre Suite 411

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

To rsvp or for more details, please contact tfletcher@barackobama.com

https://my.barackobama.com/April17PittsburghReception
04/13/12
Infographic on voter suppression from @ACLU - Let People Vote

04/13/12
PA <3 O’Bama via @ofa_pa

pittsburghisbeautiful:

Sign in a storefront on Penn Avenue in East Liberty that reads, “Pennsylvania Loves O’Bama”.

03/30/12
MoveOn Pgh is hosting a free screening of the Document Hot Coffee on Sun. March 11, 2012 1pm @ USW Building

neighborhoodr-pittsburgh:

MoveOn Pgh is hosting a free screening of the Document Hot Coffee on Sun. March 11, 2012 1pm @ USW Building - RSVP here http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=127094&is_manage=1

03/09/12
Voter ID bill passes PA Senate
Post-Gazette:

The state Senate rejected a series of Democratic amendments before passing the voter identification bill 26-23, with three Republicans joining the Democrats in opposition. Democrats had tried to add new forms of acceptable identification and postpone the requirement until after the November elections.

Oh? Why did we pass this bill?

“The reason people don’t have confidence is because they think there’s fraud,” [Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele] said. “This would eliminate or dramatically reduce anyone thinking that there are people voting illegally in Pennsylvania.”

So, there’s fraud, is there?

“This is simply a solution in search of a problem,” said Sen. Wayne Fontana, D-Brookline. “It will alienate many of our citizens, including the poor, elderly and minorities.”

But Carol Aichele said there was fraud, didn’t she?

“The reason people don’t have confidence is because they think there’s fraud”

I see. So there is no fraud, but people think there is fraud. So we need to do this so that no one will see people without ID voting, and think there is fraud.

“This bill is a simple, common sense measure to protect the integrity of the voting process, which is the very foundation of our democracy,” Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi said. “It’s important to note that no voter will be turned away from the polls on election day.”

So people will go to the polls, see people asked for ID, which they will not be required to actually provide, and this method will assure everyone that there is no fraud, which we have already agreed is the case.

Gov. Tom Corbett supports requiring voters to show photo identification, and a spokesman for House Republicans said he expects the House to pass the bill in its current form.

Well, at least everyone can get behind this measure that everyone agrees will fail to solve a problem that does not, in any case, exist.
03/08/12

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