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Propel Pittsburgh is back again…

From today’s Post-Gazette - Ravenstahl shakes up youth panel – Mayor Luke Ravenstahl continues to show his commitment to young Pittsburgh by talking about the Propel Pittsburgh commission. This time the mayor is removing himself from the commission and making it smaller 15 people instead of 35. While I would love to be excited about the…

Help BikePGH deliver 1,000 hand-written letters to the Mayor!

From the BikePGH blog and newsletter… In 2010, the City of Pittsburgh installed about 5 miles of bike lanes and sharrows, mostly in East End neighborhoods.  These lanes were a welcome addition to the emerging city-wide bike lane network, and showed that the City was serious when, upon receiving the “Bronze Bike-friendly Community” status, Mayor Ravenstahl proclaimed that there…

Every Artist Insured: Understanding Health Care Reform

http://www.pghfilmmakers.org/artserv/membernews.html Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts are hosting a workshop for artists by the Actors Fund focusing on health care and health insurance options for artists and entertainers

Six reasons to vote Luke Ravenstahl out of office

“After three years as mayor, he has yet to articulate a vision for the future.” “He does not have a reputation for working with the state legislative delegation.” “He needs to put some distance between himself and the party machine, to generate independent thinking for Pittsburgh‘s growth and progress.” “ethical lapses after taking office upon…

Natalia Rudiak Fundraiser, Sept. 15

Image by niq77174 via Flickr You are cordially invited to attend a reception in honor of Natalia Rudiak Democrat for Pittsburgh City Council, District 4 Tuesday, September 15, 2009 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Cafe Euro US Steel Tower, Lower Level 600 Grant Street Downtown, Pittsburgh, PA Complimentary Hors d’Oeuvres and Beverages Contribution Levels: $250 –…

P2 Happy Hour: Hope for Pittsburgh

One week from today is the third Tuesday in November. You know what that means- it’s time for another P2PAC happy hour event! Last Tuesday was an amazing day in our political history. Now, it’s time to take that positive energy and use it to make local change. Please join us as we step up…

Reminder! P2 Happy Hour for Obama: All Politics is Local

Join the Progress Pittsburgh PAC for a happy hour (or two) tomorrow, Tuesday, October 21st in support of the Obama campaign. In October, P2 = Pittsburgh + Presidential. We will again be raising funds to support P2pac because all politics is local and we’re gearing up for important elections in 2009. P2PAC is a political…

What is the purpose of public transit?

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…

Forget the campaigns. Donate to this guy.

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…