Monthly Archives: September 2009

Kevin Acklin Fundraiser – Enginehouse No. 25 – September 15, 2009

via enginehouse25.com Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 – 6-8pm Engine House No 25 in Lawrenceville includes food and homemade wine, and lets you explore Pittsburgh’s one-of-a-kind Roberto Clemente Museum. RSVP online – http://www.acklinforpittsburgh.com/events Posted via web from progress pittsburgh’s posterous

What ever happened to the LGBT Advisory Committee and Propel Pittsburgh

The short answer to that question is – Nothing.  The PGH Lesbian Correspondent added another post about the yet to be announced Pittsburgh LGBT advisory committee.  She has blogged about this occasionally over the past year so we thought it would be interesting to see just how long this LGBT Advisory Committee has be discussed. …

The UPMC Minute Lady & Baseball Tickets

And its no surprise that PA still needs some major ethics reform.  Yesterday’s Post-Gazette had a story about a Pittsburgh based lobbyist, Leslie Merrill McCombs,  being fined by the State Ethics Commission for lobbying Ed Rendell for Lionsgate Films.  (Film rep fined over lobbying of Rendell, Post-Gazette 9/9/09).  That name sounded familiar – McCombs is…

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-09

doug shields – “I’ll buy 5,000 paper bags, and people can cut two holes in them and wear them as masks,” from Trib http://ow.ly/nWvs # RT @CarolynSperanza: Outrageous compromise alert! Insurance given by private sector is already unaffordable! NYT: http://trunc.it/1qi7j # RT @bobmayo: @kevinacklin and @Harrisforpgh both calling on @lukeravenstahl for debates. 2nd time by…

Sierra Club Hosts Screening of Coal Country

Image by davipt via Flickr COAL COUNTRY is a dramatic look at modern coal mining. We get to know working miners along with activists who are battling coal companies in Appalachia. We hear from miners and coal company officials, who are concerned about jobs and the economy and believe they are acting responsibly in bringing…

Twitter Talk for 2009-09-05

RT @bobmayo: @kevinacklin and @Harrisforpgh both calling on @lukeravenstahl for debates. 2nd time by Acklin. Comment, @paulmckrell ? # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Twitter Talk for 2009-09-04

doug shields – “I’ll buy 5,000 paper bags, and people can cut two holes in them and wear them as masks,” from Trib http://ow.ly/nWvs # RT @CarolynSperanza: Outrageous compromise alert! Insurance given by private sector is already unaffordable! NYT: http://trunc.it/1qi7j # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Twitter Talk for 2009-09-02

RT @bobmayo: Council’s 30 minute recess is headed into overtime. Members meeting in small groups with Ravenstahl at mayor’s office. # RT @billpeduto: G20 – 2 different budgets, Co. Exec. $25 Million, Mayor $16 M – Council told must vote this AM – http://bit.ly/xREYn # RT @PAPolHack: Great video of Dok Harris: http://bit.ly/3eUO4Y # Race…

Race for PA 2010 – POLL – Onorato for Governor

Image by PMAHCC via Flickr Well since the race for PGH 2009 is creeping along – the only headlines there are – Luke Ravenstahl skips meetings to go to training camp – and Dok Harris seems to be getting alot of blog coverage – we thought we would take a moment to see how people…

Twitter Talk for 2009-09-01

RT @greghauenstein: If you could author and ensure passage of a piece of legislation, what would it be? How would you pay for it? # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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