Clippings from November 26th

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

• Curmudgeon’s Chronicle: City’s historic documents shamefully neglected – What may qualify as the briefest display of historic documents in Western civilization opens and closes in Pittsburgh's City Hall today.
• Ravenstahl gets ex-president’s help at fundraiser – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Ravenstahl predicts the event will help him boost his war chest to $750,000 by year's end. Doing so either could scare off would-be competitors or allow him to wage an expensive re-election campaign, if necessary.
• Bill likes Luke; big bucks flow – That loud sucking sound coming from Downtown Pittsburgh tomorrow will be the sound big-pocketed Democrats make when mindlessly emptying their wallets.

  The situation raises a question, though. In today's economy, who has $500 burning such pigeon-sized holes in their pocket that they're willing to throw it at a mayoral campaign that faces no tangible opposition beyond a few feisty blogs?

  At a time when the Thomas Merton Center, one of our most dedicated peace and justice nonprofits in the area, is struggling to stay afloat, a re-evaluation of our financial priorities is long overdue.

  My colleague and friend Joe Sabino Mistick, a columnist for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review who worked for Mayor Sophie Masloff, has already called on Mr. Ravenstahl to donate 100 percent of tomorrow's haul to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.