Archive for January, 2010

word on the street – tom knox @knoxforGovernor has dropped out of #raceforpa2010 and is endorsing @dan_onorato # from @whatifpost a look at what MLK might say about healthcare # Nice overview of last weeks election – What health care meant in the Massachusetts Senate election http://ow.ly/10czI # John Fetterman, Mayor of Braddock live on @CNN...
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14th WARD CLUB TO HOST GUBERNATORIAL FORUM The 14th Ward Independent Democratic Club will host a Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Forum on Sunday, January 31, 2010 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM in the Wightman School Community Building, 5604 Solway Street, in Squirrel Hill. The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and the Pitt College Democrats are co-sponsoring...
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Thirty-seven years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that women have a constitutional right to privacy that includes a legal right to terminate a pregnancy for any reason during her first trimester and in order to protect her health after that.  With a U.S. Supreme Court today where George W. Bush filled the seats of Sandra...
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Image via Wikipedia COMMUNITY MEETING – Open Discussion of Proposed Development Project at Doughboy Square Wednesday, February 3rd from 6:30-8PM at Engine House No. 25, 3339 Penn Avenue Please join the Lawrenceville Corporation and Lawrenceville United to learn more about an important project being proposed for our neighborhood by Al DePasquale of Central Real Estate Holdings LLC....
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Race for pa 2010 News – Wagner hires a consulting team from @pa2010news http://ow.ly/YlIm #pagov2010 # Pittsburgh council debates prevailing, living wage bills from @PittsburghPost http://ow.ly/YItL # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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Image via Wikipedia Joe Hoeffel Statewide Campaign Kick-off in Pittsburgh Tuesday January 26th Pittsburgh 8:30 am – 9:00 am City-County Building Portico 414 Grant Street Related blog posts… Hoeffel, Onorato battling for progressive vote (progresspittsburgh.net) Race for PA 2010 – POLL – Onorato for Governor (progresspittsburgh.net)
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There’s a lot of campaigning ahead of us, but in the early stages of the race for the the Democratic nomination for governor, it would seem that at least two of the campaigns are acknowledging that winning progressives is the key to winning the race. Following Luke Ravenstahl’s infamous New Year’s Eve veto of the prevailing...
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RT @BobbyBurdette: Read Natalias full speech here> #fb “Natalia Takes Office! | Natalia Rudiak” http://j.mp/83P1iu # RT @SeeAndBeSeen: Pictures, video from Mayor Ravenstahl’s inauguration today – http://www.wpxi.com/news/22117129/detail.html # RT @billpeduto: Sometimes you have to sacrifice the crown to save the kingdom. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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