Posts Tagged by East Liberty

The Significance of a Little Pizza Shop

August 3, 2009

Posted by Seenster under 2009, Blogs

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Image by The Eggplant via Flickr 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 –…

Is East Liberty Going Green?

May 14, 2008

Posted by p2wp under Events

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There has been a lot of discussion happening in East Liberty about East Liberty. In April, there was a weekly discussion series about some of the development taking place at the Union Project. Chris Ivey screened his film East of Liberty. The discussion continues this Friday at Green Drinks… Ernie Hogan. As deputy director of…

Election Day Party

April 20, 2008

Posted by p2wp under 2008 Primary Election April, Events

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Results Watch Party! Join the League of Young Voters, Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, and Progress Pittsburgh to enjoy a drink and a big-screen view of the election results rolling in. At one of our favorite venues, the Ava Lounge in East Liberty — if you haven’t been there yet, here’s your chance! Starts at 8pm,…

East Liberty Documentary Part 2

February 11, 2008

Posted by Lindsay under Neighborhoods, Pittsburgh, Uncategorized

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Chris Ivey, a Pittsburgh based filmmaker who works on films all over the world has been working on a second installment to the documentary East Of Liberty. Chapter 2 is titled the Fear of Us. I have had the opportunity to watch many pieces of this documentary over the past 2 years. This is some…

Michelle Obama to Attend Fundraiser at Rivers Club on April 17
The Obama Victory Fund

Invites you to a reception with special guest

First Lady Michelle Obama

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

3:00 PM

The Rivers Club

301 Grant Street

One Oxford Centre Suite 411

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

To rsvp or for more details, please contact tfletcher@barackobama.com

https://my.barackobama.com/April17PittsburghReception
04/13/12
Infographic on voter suppression from @ACLU - Let People Vote

04/13/12
PA <3 O’Bama via @ofa_pa

pittsburghisbeautiful:

Sign in a storefront on Penn Avenue in East Liberty that reads, “Pennsylvania Loves O’Bama”.

03/30/12
MoveOn Pgh is hosting a free screening of the Document Hot Coffee on Sun. March 11, 2012 1pm @ USW Building

neighborhoodr-pittsburgh:

MoveOn Pgh is hosting a free screening of the Document Hot Coffee on Sun. March 11, 2012 1pm @ USW Building - RSVP here http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=127094&is_manage=1

03/09/12
Voter ID bill passes PA Senate
Post-Gazette:

The state Senate rejected a series of Democratic amendments before passing the voter identification bill 26-23, with three Republicans joining the Democrats in opposition. Democrats had tried to add new forms of acceptable identification and postpone the requirement until after the November elections.

Oh? Why did we pass this bill?

“The reason people don’t have confidence is because they think there’s fraud,” [Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele] said. “This would eliminate or dramatically reduce anyone thinking that there are people voting illegally in Pennsylvania.”

So, there’s fraud, is there?

“This is simply a solution in search of a problem,” said Sen. Wayne Fontana, D-Brookline. “It will alienate many of our citizens, including the poor, elderly and minorities.”

But Carol Aichele said there was fraud, didn’t she?

“The reason people don’t have confidence is because they think there’s fraud”

I see. So there is no fraud, but people think there is fraud. So we need to do this so that no one will see people without ID voting, and think there is fraud.

“This bill is a simple, common sense measure to protect the integrity of the voting process, which is the very foundation of our democracy,” Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi said. “It’s important to note that no voter will be turned away from the polls on election day.”

So people will go to the polls, see people asked for ID, which they will not be required to actually provide, and this method will assure everyone that there is no fraud, which we have already agreed is the case.

Gov. Tom Corbett supports requiring voters to show photo identification, and a spokesman for House Republicans said he expects the House to pass the bill in its current form.

Well, at least everyone can get behind this measure that everyone agrees will fail to solve a problem that does not, in any case, exist.
03/08/12

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