The Joe Hoeffel campaign announced today that they are joining Onorato and Williams on TV.
Here’s the ad:
It has taken a while for this race to really start getting wide attention. With plenty of undecided voters still out there, the compressed timeline may serve to level the playing field. If the other candidates are able...
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Tags: Joe Hoeffel
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If you missed yesterday’s news in the governor’s race, you missed some really bizarre behavior from the Onorato campaign.
Just before the close of business on the final day that petitions could be challenged, the Onorato campaign filed objections trying to block Joe Hoeffel from being on the ballot.
The Hoeffel campaign fired back in a statement...
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Tags: Dan Onorato, Joe Hoeffel
Posted in 2010, Blogs, Elections, Pennsylvania, Politics, Polls, voting | No Comments »
Governor Ed Rendell has set a Special Election for the May 18th Primary Election Day to fill the unexpired term of the late Democratic Congressman John Murtha of Johnstown…Republicans and Democratic Party officials each will nominate a candidate for the May ballot to fill out the term…in addition to the election for the rest of Murtha’s term,...
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Tags: Allegheny County Pennsylvania, democratic-party, Ed Rendell, Jack Wagner, John Murtha, Pennsylvania, Politics, Republican
Posted in 2010, Elections, Endorsements, Pennsylvania, Politics | No Comments »
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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Tags: Joe Hoeffel, Kate Michelman, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court
Posted in 2010, Endorsements, Pennsylvania, Politics, Women's Rights | 1 Comment »
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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Tags: Dan Onorato, Joe Hoeffel, prevailing wage
Posted in 2010, Elections, Pennsylvania, Politics | 5 Comments »
Here is an update from the Pittsburgh Film Office about the PA Film Tax Credit Program – looks like this survived the budget process. This was included in a recent email from the Pittsburgh Women in Film and Media.
Dear Supporters of the Film Industry in SWPA:
Thank you for all of your hard work and...
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Tags: budget, film, Film Tax Credits, PA Budget, Pittsburgh film office
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My biggest take away from Netroots Nation is that it’s not enough to elect Barack Obama President. I have work to do in getting the change I want passed into legislation. Right now, that means getting the Public Option passed into national healthcare reform.
Monday I heard Arlen Spector on NPR saying that Health Coops...
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Posted in Allegheny-County, B-PEP, Blogs, Daily Links, Discussion, Health Insurance, Issues, Links, Location, MoveOn.org, P2PAC, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh | No Comments »
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...
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Tags: City-Council, John Belushi, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Steelers, Planning Commission, port-authority, Sports Authority, Urban Redevelopment Authority
Posted in Allegheny-County, Civic Engagement, Community Development, Jobs, Labor, Location, Mon Valley, Neighborhoods, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning, voting | 1 Comment »
This important bill for equality is receiving some resistance from local residents. Please call your representative to demonstrate support for the bill:
PROPOSAL/ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This legislation would amend the act of O ctober 27, 1955(P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, further providing for findings and declaration of policy, for right to...
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Tags: Discrimination, Gender identity, Legislation, Pennsylvania, Sexual orientation, Transgendered
Posted in Civil Rights, Get Involved, Government, Issues, PA General Assembly, Pennsylvania, Take Action | 1 Comment »
Requiring voters to show ID every time they vote is a barrier to voting. Contact your state representative and senator, and members of the relevant committees, and ask them to vote against such a requirement.
You can find your representatives’ contact information here.
The Senate Bill in question can be found here.
Here are some helpful talking...
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Tags: Electoral fraud, Government, Pennsylvania, Voter Registration, voting
Posted in Elections, Get Involved, Government, Issues, PA General Assembly, Pennsylvania, Take Action, Voting Rights, voting | 1 Comment »
There is a ballot initiative in Pennsylvania to support a bond issue for water infrastructure. You should support it and here is why.
Clean water? Vote ‘yes’
Ballot question targets funding source
Sunday, October 26, 2008
BY TANYA DIEROLF
On Nov. 4, we will be deciding more than the next president. We in ...
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Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Drinking water, Environment, Sewage treatment, Susquehanna River, Water, Water pollution, Wellness
Posted in 2008, Environment, Government, Pennsylvania, Public Health, Sustainable Development | No Comments »
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...
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Tags: Ayanna Lee, Candidates, Post-Gazette
Posted in 2008, Endorsements, Government, Issues, Pennsylvania, Politics, Western PA | No Comments »
Image via CrunchBaseJust 1 day left to register to vote in the great state of Pennsylvania to vote for the Presidential election in November, 2008.
If you are on Facebook there is an easy easy to make sure your friends are registered to vote. The Everybody Vote Facebook application! http://apps.facebook.com/everybodyvote/
Everybody VOTE is a non-partisan...
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Tags: election, facebook, facebook application, Non-profit organization, Pennsylvania, Voter Registration, voting
Posted in Pennsylvania, Voting Rights | No Comments »
http://nullspace2.blogspot.com/2008/06/parsing-primary.html
by Chris Briem
So, I suppose it’s time to parse the primary data a little bit more. The problem with looking too deeply at the results from April is that there isn’t anything to really compare the voting patterns to. The obvious comparison to the spring 2008 primary would be results from the spring 2004...
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Tags: Barack Obama, Candidates, Hillary Clinton, John McCain
Posted in 2008, 2008 Primary Election April, Elections, Pennsylvania | No Comments »
Today, Governor Ed Rendell signed the recently passed smoking ban into law (link). The state-wide ban will take effect in 90 days, or on September 11, 2008. Get ready to breathe easy.
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Tags: Ed Rendell, Post-Gazette
Posted in Government, Pennsylvania, Public Health | 1 Comment »