Monthly Archives: August 2009
What did you think of Netroots Nation?
| August 17, 2009 | Posted by committeegrrl under Blogs, Discussion |
Image by BuffaloPundit via Flickr Well alot has happened in the past few days… from President Clinton to Shepard Fairey – bloggers and guest speakers visited Pittsburgh and discussed all sorts of things. Here is some of the blog andmedia coverage of the Netroots Nation: Pittsburgh Business Times 2 Political Junkies – Quoted by the…
Twitter Talk for 2009-08-15
| August 15, 2009 | Posted by links under Daily Links |
RT @PostGazetteNow: Fired Pittsburgh workers to return: Several city of Pittsburgh Department of Public Works employees http://bit.ly/2Vukxm # RT @billpeduto: I’m presenting Sat at Netroots – the emergence of E-Democracy – imagine if GOVT worked like this http://bit.ly/4DLpNK # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Twitter Talk for 2009-08-13
| August 13, 2009 | Posted by links under Daily Links |
anyone from Pittsburgh at Netroots Nation today? @netroots_nation #nn09 # RT @randyfrancisco: RT: @greenforall: If you at Netroots Nation-Green For All panel on Sat! http://www.netrootsnation.org/node/1181 #nn09 # looks like @harrisforpgh is at netroots today. any other pgh candidates here too? #nn09 #raceforpgh # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Twitter Talk for 2009-08-11
| August 11, 2009 | Posted by links under Daily Links |
RT @Bram_R: Part II of the Dok Harris interview (like, the policy part) i http://is.gd/2aywj # RT @illyrias: @gwenix amazingly, it appears Ravenstahl is taking a stand on this bike trail mess. very happy to see that. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Twitter Talk for 2009-08-08
| August 8, 2009 | Posted by links under Daily Links |
RT @SalenaZito: Pittsburgh area male Democrat congressmen hold teleconference healthcare townhalls Murtha Doyle Altmire Dahlkemper goes live # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Job Posting: Just Harvest Co-Director for Policy and Communication
| August 3, 2009 | Posted by p2wp under Job Postings, Uncategorized |
From the Just Harvest website: Just Harvest seeks a highly skilled and committed activist for a key executive position. The Co-Director for Policy and Communication will serve as Just Harvest’s primary public policy advocate, public spokesperson, and manager of its grassroots organizing and mobilization efforts. The Co-Director will also have substantial responsibility for grassroots fundraising…
Twitter Talk for 2009-08-03
| August 3, 2009 | Posted by links under Daily Links |
The Significance of a Little Pizza Shop – Vento’s Pizza has a big political history http://ow.ly/iTIN # RT @PPSnews: Pittsburgh CAPA selected as G-20 Summit Venue http://tinyurl.com/ld2m3g # RT @PittsburghPost: Report: city police need new training academy, equipment: .. http://bit.ly/3JvxTn # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Three Years Later…Judge Rules in Favor of League of Young Voters, ACLU
| August 3, 2009 | Posted by fedd up pgh under Allegheny-County, Civic Engagement, voting |
This is a follow up to a story that has been unfolding since 2006. In 2006 the PA League of Young Voters wanted to run ads on Port Authority buses informing ex convicts that they have the right to vote. The Port Authority would not run the ads. The PA league of Young Voters and…
The Significance of a Little Pizza Shop
| August 3, 2009 | Posted by Seenster under 2009, Blogs |
Image by The Eggplant via Flickr I was wondering if any of the coverage of Dok Harris’s campaign kick off would pick up on this last week. (Post-Gazette coverage – Franco Dok Harris kicks off mayoral bid, July 28, 2009.) But this post on Schloss in the burgh – Please explain this to me –…
What are we tolerating and putting up with?
| August 2, 2009 | Posted by engagedcitizen under Allegheny-County, Civic Engagement, Community Development, Jobs, Labor, Location, Mon Valley, Neighborhoods, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning, voting |
Last week as we left Loew’s and a sneak preview of Funny People, once again we found ourselves appreciating just how awful the design of the Waterfront is. It’s as if the bad mall martians flew in from outer space, landing on one of the most key-critical, history rich and defining sites of Pittsburgh’s past,…



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