Looks like Chris Potter was on to something last week when he wrote about Dok Harris. The website HarrisForPittsburgh.com is now live with quite a bit of content.
From an email sent this morning….
Harris for Pittsburgh
Franco “Dok” Harris Running for Mayor of Pittsburgh
March 09, 2009 10:00am
Franco “Dok” Harris, 29, has announced his candidacy for...
Read more »
Who: YOU!
What: Petition Party and P2PAC Fundraiser ($10 contribution requested)
Where: Over The Bar Bicycle Cafe (2518 East Carson Street)
When: 02/17/09 @ 6:00 p.m.
Why: because Pittsburgh deserves better
We will have drink specials until 7pm!
Over The Bar is accessible by the following PAT buses- 51A, 51B, 51C, 51D, 51G, 54C, and 84C. It is a non-smoking...
Read more »
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...
Read more »
P2pac continues to raise funds (and fun) for the 2009 local primary elections. Please join us on Tuesday, January 20th to celebrate the historic inauguration of Barack Obama and get excited about local political change this spring.
For event details, please see the event annoucement post.
Read more »
Here are some blog posts, article and links that you may have missed.
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Columbus snooze on infrastructure wish list (From GLUE newsletter) – Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Columbus snooze on infrastructure wish list: The administration-elect has made revitalization of our nation's crumbling infrastructure a priority, and nowhere is that needed more than in...
Read more »
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...
Read more »
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...
Read more »
As you may have heard, Bill Peduto has sworn off running for mayor again in 2009. With this tried and true progressive leader off the radar, who should be the progressive candidate for mayor? Who can bring a strong challenge to the current mayor and strong policy ideas to really change our city for...
Read more »
“Closing in…the Pennsylvania Primary is two weeks from today and Quinnipiac University’s now says Obama is down 6 to Clinton from 9 on April 2nd…”
“$40-million-plus tumbled into the Barak Obama campaign in March…that is more than raised by Hillary Clinton ($20-million) and John McCain ($15-million) combined…”
(from today’s Harrisburg Online)
Read more »
Pt 3. The Prediction
In my previous two posts, I wrote more than anyone should really want to know about how delegates to the Democratic Convention will be selected and who those people will be. In this post, I will get to the much more interesting and VERY much more speculative task of breaking down...
Read more »
how did they do? video on the pg website today provides a little insight into the substance of the various candidates. check it out.
Read more »
The Pittsburgh Civic Design Coalition will host a Mayoral Candidates Forum on September 27th that will focus on issues related to design, development, and civic planning. Both Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Republican mayoral candidate Mark DeSantis have agreed to participate. Moderated by Katherine Fink of WDUQ, the forum will be held...
Read more »
Well if you have always wanted an autographed Jack McVay t-shirt, now is your chance…
Jack McVay’s Triple Play
Baseball Brunch & gameday tickets!
Sunday, September 30
Sign-up to work Election Day and you’ll receive the Jack McVay Triple Play!!
Complimentary Pre-Game Brunch
Free Ticket to the Pirate Finale vs. St. Louis 1:35 PM
A Jack McVay T-Shirt; with the...
Read more »
I was reminded by this post on Pittsburgh Metroblog and a number of emails about the Propel Pittbsurgh commission. Every one is asking – what happened to it? There are definitely some people who are interested in serving on the commission. Some really support the Propel Pittsburgh Commission,Others aren’t so sure...
Read more »
There are some rumblings around the city about the Mayor’s race. Yes friends, there is a mayor’s race this fall. Incumbent Luke Ravenstahl has a republican challenger – Mark DeSantis.
Here is DeSantis’s bio from the Heinz School Web Page (the picture is from the Formation3 website)
CEO – ANGLE Technology Consulting and...
Read more »
|
River Rat
Loading ...
