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A week before election day and Dan Onorato has sent around a Facebook invite to his election night party which invites guests to “Come Celebrate with Dan as we make a big step in bringing real reform to Harrisburg! ”
Thus far 55 people have RSVPed yes for the event.
Looks like...
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Anthony Williams launched an ad challenging Dan Onorato’s record on change. The Onorato campaign has used this ad in 2 different fund raising emails this week. The polls released today show Onorato way ahead of the other candidates in the race. If Onorato is so far ahead of the other...
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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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Joe Hoeffel just released a new web ad (included below) on Health Care today. Here is a look at the 4 candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination and the health care related information from their campaign websites
Chris Doherty – no mention of health care on his website
Joe Hoeffel – has a page...
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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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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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Here is an email that was just send out by Dan Onorato’s campaign. Not really sure what the point of this email is – maybe something like – hey you should be excited about the G20! Also interesting that the header is “DAN ONORATO: Democrat”
Dear friends:
This week, Pittsburgh’s renaissance will be on full...
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Well since the race for PGH 2009 is creeping along – the only headlines there are – Luke Ravenstahl skips meetings to go to training camp – and Dok Harris seems to be getting alot of blog coverage – we thought we would take a moment to see how people...
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I was wondering if any of the coverage of Dok Harris’s campaign kick off would pick up on this last week. (Post-Gazette coverage – Franco Dok Harris kicks off mayoral bid, July 28, 2009.) But this post on Schloss in the burgh – Please explain this to me –...
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With the Race for PGH 2009 moving very slowly this summer (Is there even a race or does Ravenstahl have it all locked up?). Looks like some things are happeing in the next years Race for PA.
Don Cunningham, who is currently the Lehigh County Executive, has dropped out of the race for...
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According to Pop City, Dan Onorato will hold the second in a series of cyber town hall meetings tomorrow, in which constituents can ask direct questions of the County Executive and receive answers via streaming video:
During the first cyber meeting, Onorato addressed hard-hitting questions on why property assessments have increased, the need for better...
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As the PG’s Early Returns points out – Mayor Luke Ravenstahl participated in the Steeler’s Parade today like he was one of the team – standing next to Ben, wearing the sweatshirt and video taping the whole thing.
Here is what the response to the mayor was on Twitter….
tallcathy: Lukey =...
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From the PaHotsheet.com…
Make sure every cote is counted correctly! Write a letter to the editor urging County Executive Dan Onorato to have voting machine software verified ASAP!!!
Electronic voting machines have been in PA for a few elections now, but the Allegheny County hasn’t certified the authenticity of the software, which can be hacked...
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Here are some blog posts, article and links that you may have missed.
WTAE-TV gives Sally Wiggin the door. « BurghBoy Blogs – Sad news to report from Ardmore Boulevard.
WTAE-TV news director Bob Longo has kicked Pittsburgh’s television news matriarch, Sally Wiggin, to the curb, downgrading her to just a noon anchor effective Monday.
Merger morass:...
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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 from...
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