Progress Pittsburgh

Here are some blog posts, article and links that you may have missed.

• Dirty water: Bodack’s new authority job is vintage Pittsburgh – PG Editorial about Bodack's new job
  "Unfortunately, the authority does not function with complete professional detachment. While it is ostensibly independent of government, politicians are members of its board. So there's a risk that something else may be added to the authority's description: safe haven for politicos.

  That appears to be the case in the hiring of former Councilman Len Bodack Jr. as maintenance supervisor at a salary of $56,000. Now, it may be that Mr. Bodack is the best maintenance supervisor in town. More likely, he was just Johnny-on-the-spot when the job came up, a friend of all who had the connections. After all, he moved from a seat on the authority's board to get the job. We have no personal grudge against Mr. Bodack, who is entitled to earn a living. But couldn't he earn it in the private sector? Is a former politician good for nothing but working for the water authority or another agency ultimately supported by the public?"

• Draft Chelsa 2009: Wagner to make major announcement soon? – New post on Draft Chelsa 2009 about the possibility of Wager announcing her run for mayor.
• Working the crowd for single-payer health care | Corrente – Write up on Labor Day Parade from a member of the Western PA Coalition for Single Payer Healthcare who marched in the parade

Joe Biden Speaks with Media outside of William Penn

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Tim Murphy supporters are in the minority at the labor day parade.

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