Category: 2009 Primary Election
Bob Casey, Luke Ravenstahl & YouTube Tricks
| April 2, 2009 | Posted by committeegrrl under 2009 Primary Election, Uncategorized |
An interesting email from the Ravenstahl Campaing today (entire email is posted below): BOB CASEY AND LUKE Mark your calendars! Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is hosting a Happy 49th Birthday Party for Senator Bob Casey from 5:30 – 7:30 on April 15th at Finnigan’s Wake at 20 East General Robinson Street on Pittsburgh’s North Side. The…
Media Advisory Dowd Campaign – Patrick Dowd Puts a Price Tag on Ravenstahl Administration’s Wasteful Government Spending
| March 29, 2009 | Posted by grantstreetgossip under 2009 Primary Election |
Image by Steve Wampler via Flickr Democratic Mayoral Candidate and City Council Member Patrick Dowd Puts a Price Tag on Ravenstahl Administration’s Wasteful Government Spending Following up on last week’s “Wake Up Call” to voters, Democratic Mayoral candidate Patrick Dowd will put a preliminary price tag on the administration’s waste and mismanagement. ”This is only the…
Patrick Dowd’s Reform Agenda
| March 25, 2009 | Posted by committeegrrl under 2009 Primary Election |
Here is the press release that was sent out from the Dowd Campaign today. Dowd Slams Ravenstahl’s Half-hearted Campaign Finance Legislation: ‘Luke’s Half a Million Dollar Veto Says it All; Outlines reform agenda. March 25, 2009 – In response to yesterday’s post agenda on Mayor Luke Ravenstahl‘s campaign finance bill, Democratic Mayoral candidate Patrick Dowd called the Ravenstahl bill “a…
A little research on PittsurghPothole.com
| March 15, 2009 | Posted by Seenster under 2009 Primary Election, Blogs, Transportation |
Image via Wikipedia After reading Lady Elaine’s post about potholes I started thinking more about whether the pothole website was motivated by the upcoming election or if this was just part of an ongoing effort to improve communications with city residents. I read committeegrrl’s post last week about potholes and my first reaction was that…
EVENT Meet Patrick Dowd
| March 9, 2009 | Posted by Seenster under 2009 Primary Election, Events |
Image by droptrio via Flickr Meet Pittsburgh Councilman and Candidate for Mayor Patrick Dowd as well as other volunteers and campaign staff What: Informational Meeting Host: Patrick Dowd for Mayor of Pittsburgh! Start Time: Thursday, March 12 at 7:00pm End Time: Thursday, March 12 at 9:00p Where: Shadow Lounge RSVP on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=60427106229
Peduto Campaign Kick-Off Party: Peduto, Progressives, Pastries
| March 4, 2009 | Posted by Seenster under 2009 Primary Election, Events |
Image by Step It Up 2007 via Flickr Re-Elect Peduto to Council in ’09 has just sent an invitation to the facebook group for Bill Peduto‘s campaign kick-off. Peduto Campaign Kick-Off Party: Peduto, progressives, pastries Friday, March 13, 2009 7-9pm Schenley Ice Rink, Banquet Room RSVP on peopleforpeduto@gmail.com or Facebook Related blog posts… Hold that…
P2PAC Looking for a Few Good Candidates
| March 3, 2009 | Posted by P2pac under 2009 Primary Election, Elections, Endorsements, P2PAC, Pittsburgh, Politics |
P2PAC is getting ready to make it’s first round of endorsements ever! To get in on the action, send your favorite candidate to the P2PAC website to download the questionnaire: http://p2pac.com/2009/03/02/primary-2009-questionaire/ P2PAC develops, supports, and helps to elect candidates who demonstrate vision, progressive values, and electability. It considers candidates whose districts touch the City of…
Getting It Done Luke Ravenstahl’s New Campaign Slogan, Website?
| February 27, 2009 | Posted by grantstreetgossip under 2009 Primary Election, Pittsburgh, Politics |
Yesterday Bram at the Pittsburgh Comet wrote a post about Twitter – so we decieded to see what else people were saying about local politics on twitter. A quick search and we learned about LukeForMayor.com. Check out this tweet, from a guy in North Carolina - looks like Luke Ravenstahl has a new campaign website http://lukeformayor.com. The…
Seats Up in 2009 Primary
| February 17, 2009 | Posted by breen under 2009 Primary Election, Elections, Pittsburgh, Politics |
P2PAC has just posted a complete list of the seats up for election in the 2009 primary. Click here to have a look at the list so that you can start thinking about who to support.
Dowd to Run for Mayor – There will be a Race for PGH 2009
| February 16, 2009 | Posted by committeegrrl under 2009 Primary Election, Elections |
Image via Wikipedia Race for PGH is the tag we have been using here on the Progress Pittsburgh blog to refer to local races. With Doug Shields out of the race it was looking like we wouldn’t have much of a race for the mayor of PGH. City Councilman Patrick Dowd has just announced that…
Will We Have A Choice for Mayor?
| February 9, 2009 | Posted by engagedcitizen under 2009 Primary Election, Elections, Pittsburgh, Politics |
Likely mayoral candidate and City Council President Doug Shields has publicly stated that he will not pursue the highest position in Pittsburgh. The City Paper, Post-Gazette, and Trib report this turn of events, quoting from his press release: With the encouragement and support of many people, I have seriously considered running for Mayor of the…
By The Facebook Numbers
| February 7, 2009 | Posted by committeegrrl under 2009 Primary Election, Endorsements |
Image via Wikipedia While we wish we could provide some of the fancy graphs and research that Null Space provides, you will have to settle for our plain old chart to analyze this data. Last week we took a look at which candidates had groups on Facebook and the number of members in each group.…
P2 Happy Hour: Petition Party (02/17/09 @ 6pm)
| February 6, 2009 | Posted by breen under 2009 Primary Election, Events, Pittsburgh, Politics |
It’s time for another P2pac happy hour! This month, our event just happens to fall on the first day that petitions (to get on the primary ballot) can be circulated. So, bring your self, your friends, your enemies, and your petitions down to the South Side for drinks, conversation, information, and signatures. As always, the…
The Race for PGH on Facebook
| January 27, 2009 | Posted by politicalspy under 2009 Primary Election |
Image via Wikipedia If you are a Facebook user, you know that it was hard to avoid Obamamania on Facebook in the past year. And you certainly can’t avoid Steelers super bowl fever on Facebook – there are hundreds of Steelers fan groups on Facebook. Can Facebook play a roll in the Primary elections here…
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