Category: Government
The Beat Cop
| October 28, 2008 | Posted by engagedcitizen under Community Development, Government, Pittsburgh, Politics, Public Safety, Rant |
The beat cop is a much coveted neighborhood tool. Neighborhood groups across the City, beg and plead with their Zone Commanders and the Mayor to acquire just a few hours a week of such a person’s time. In an article in today’s P-G, the questions is raised, “Will Squirrel Hill get a dedicated beat cop?”…
City Council Addresses Gun Control
| October 21, 2008 | Posted by breen under Civic Engagement, Government, Issues, Pittsburgh, Public Safety |
Last week, Council Members Kraus, Peduto, and Shields introduced an ordinance to require reporting of lost or stolen firearms. This is an issue that has been raised at the state level but House Bill 29 did not make it out of Judiciary Committee this session. It was voted down, reconsidered, and tabled. A City ordinance…
PG Endorses Lee
| October 21, 2008 | Posted by breen under 2008, Endorsements, Government, Issues, Pennsylvania, Politics, Western PA |
Today the Post-Gazette came out in support of Ayanna Lee, Democratic candidate for the 44th District of the PA House. This is a change for the PG, having supported Republican candidate Mark Mustio in the last two elections. Central to its decision, the editorial states: Ms. Lee puts people first in her agenda. She is…
PUMP Civic Engagement Event: Why You Should Support City-County Merger
| October 3, 2008 | Posted by engagedcitizen under Allegheny-County, city-county-consolidation, Government, PUMP |
I received the following notice for a forum on city-county consolidation: PUMP Conversation on City County Merger Are you interested in finding out about what City-County Mergers could mean for the greater Pittsburgh community? Having difficulty wading through the Merger/Consolidation/Regionalism discussion? Come to this informative discussion sponsored by the PUMP Civic Engagement Committee and featuring Brian Jensen,…
Panel on Contracts is Conveniently Timed
| October 1, 2008 | Posted by politicalspy under Government, Pittsburgh |
Just when you thought government couldn’t get any worse, news broke about the URA’s faulty contracting process. Not to worry, just three short weeks later, Mayor Ravenstahl is on the case. Don’t be fooled- just like every other great idea he’s had and made a big stink in the press about, this too will fall…
What is the purpose of public transit?
| September 24, 2008 | Posted by TransitGeek1 under Government, Issues, Jobs, Pittsburgh, Politics, Poverty, Sustainable Development, Transportation, Urban Planning, Western PA |
Again, there’s a really interesting conversation about transit going on over at Nullspace: http://nullspace2.blogspot.com/2008/09/transit-tuesday-metrics-to-be-proud-of.html Chris B. deconstructs some of the “facts” touted in a recent Forbes.com report and P-G article about Pittsburgh being in the top 5 commuter-friendly regions. He points out that the figures that put us in the top 5 are ridership numbers…
Blogging PatFordgate
| September 12, 2008 | Posted by committeegrrl under Blogs, Gossip, Government, Urban Planning |
Image via Wikipedia Chris Briem wonders if the Pat Ford settlement will mean the end of the Burghosphere – “I mean, will there be enough fodder for people to write about going forward. It’s debatable.” But Doug Sheilds has already called for an investigation and thus the saga of what can only be labeled Pat-Fordgate…
Allegheny Conference— Spreading Misinformation about Transit???
| September 11, 2008 | Posted by TransitGeek1 under Community Development, Government, Issues, Jobs, Labor, Transportation, Uncategorized, Urban Planning, Western PA |
In the Post-Gazette today, attorney Joseph Pass responds directly to Ken Zapinski of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development’s management-slanted editorial from labor day weekend. Don’t punish transit workers Perhaps local corporations should make ‘concessions’ I read with interest the rantings of Ken Zapinski of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development titled, “A Time for…
How do YOU think Luke is doing?
| September 4, 2008 | Posted by p2wp under Government, Pittsburgh, Polls |
WKQV’s poll for today asks you to grade Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl on his first two years in office. Go ahead, tell us what you really think!
Real Talk on Transit
| August 27, 2008 | Posted by TransitGeek1 under Government, Pittsburgh, Transportation |
The burghosphere’s favorite [transit] wonk, Chris Briem has a great post today on Nullspace with some very interesting analysis about the numbers that the Port Authority persistently puts out about its drivers’ wages. Check it out: http://nullspace2.blogspot.com/ Also– from Save Our Transit: We will be picketing the Port Authority as well as Dan Onorato in…
Forget the campaigns. Donate to this guy.
| August 25, 2008 | Posted by engagedcitizen under Community Development, Government, Pittsburgh |
An article in Saturday’s Post-Gazette is titled, “URA chief’s friends asked to help with legal bills.” Um, excuse me? Pat Ford, who has continued to receive his $117,875/year salary while on paid leave from his position as URA Executive Director because of an ethics investigation, is not a charity case. Heck, this guy could have…
The Writing’s on the Billboard
| August 7, 2008 | Posted by engagedcitizen under Civic Engagement, Government, Pittsburgh, Urban Planning |
The State Ethics Board has decided not to investigate Pat Ford (article) and the controversial billboard on the Grant Street transportation center is going up. Is this good news? These developments beg the question: what was all that fuss about? If we were going to end up right back where we started, what was the…
URA Official Under Federal Investigation?
| July 16, 2008 | Posted by p2wp under Government, Pittsburgh |
From today’s PG: Federal investigators have started asking questions about a range of city of Pittsburgh and city authority dealings related to Urban Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Pat Ford, who is on paid leave pending a State Ethics Commission review of his receipt of gifts. At least two people have met with investigators from the…
The Plight of the Casino
| June 26, 2008 | Posted by engagedcitizen under Government, Pittsburgh, Sustainable Development |
An article in the Wall Street Journal from a year ago illustrates how the proliferation of casinos is not the answer to our public revenue problems. This excerpt from today’s Harrisburg Online demonstrates how the credit crunch is further stunting the anticipated windfall: A Sub-Prime Mess of Another Sort??…construction workers and others are preparing to…
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