Posts Tagged by Yarone Zober

Bar Wars: Free beer from Ravenstahl vs. or $1 beers with Harris

This Saturday’s Jam on Walnut is turning into a showdown of Pittsburgh politics.  On one side of Walnut St.  Mayor Luke Ravenstahl will be hosting a pre-Jam on Walnut Event at Shady Grove.  On the other side of Walnut Street Mayoral Candidate Dok Harris will be hosting an event at the William Penn Tavern. The…

The Pittsburgh Twitter Community on Luke Ravenstahl and the Steelers Parade

Image by pghmtb via Flickr 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:…

Clippings from September 27th

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.…

Clippings from September 2nd

Here are some blog posts, article and links that you may have missed. Democracy for Pittsburgh Meet Up – Sept 3 – The DFA PGH group will have thier monthly meet up on Sept. 3 at the Amani Coffeehouse DemocracyForAmerica.com » Events » Anti-Tim Murphy Action in Mt. Lebanon – The PGH DFA group will…

What happened to professionalizing Pittsburgh?

From the blog Three Rivers Fishing Report After reading the Admiral’s post on the mayor’s overdue tax abatement plan I decided to call up Bernie Lynch (Director of Grants and Development, a top cabinet member in the mayor’s office) to ask if there was a formal release date for the mayor’s plan. Someone answered Bernie’s…

Ravenstahl flys to NYC for midnight snack, misses community meeting

The Trib reports that Ravenstahl flew to NYC for a midnight snack and didn’t make it back to Pittsburgh in time for a meeting with Hill District community leaders. As much as Ravenstahl claims this was about campaign strategy, I am not really buying it. If it was campaign strategy, why was it a midnight…