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Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:10:12 -0400

Please click here for the latest posts; I’m thinking about reworking how I use the .Mac version of the site. I’ll have more on this at a later date. Please e-mail any suggestions or comments. Thanks!

Face Off: Peduto & Ravenstahl on the Pens

Tue, 6 Mar 2007 22:31:42 -0500

I’m posting this as a long-form Question & Answer feature; my Channel 4 Action News report is based on this material. Some questions were off-mike, and are approximated here. The answers are direct quotes. Q&A with Councilman Bill Peduto Q: Who's at fault in the latest developments? "We

PA Sunshine: Videotaping Public Meetings

Tue, 6 Mar 2007 21:04:51 -0500

What does Pennsylvania law say about someone videotaping a meeting of a public body? A thank you to Mark Rauterkus for calling attention in this post to an attempt by the chair of the City Planning Commission to block his use of a video camera. It prompted me to do some checking online and in perso

Police Side-Jobs and Pittsburgh Cost Recovery: New Info

Fri, 2 Mar 2007 07:26:50 -0500

I got a heads-up by e-mail this morning that The Burgh Report blog has posted extensive information and links about how other cities handle cost recovery for off-duty police details. In working my Channel 4 Action News story last night, I had made calls to other cities for information about how the

Update On The Mayor's Race Debates

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:18:06 -0500

The Peduto campaign e-mailed a news release on Tuesday noting that --a week after his initial challenge-- no televised debates have yet been scheduled in the race for mayor. The campaign also released the text of a letter from Councilman Peduto to Mayor Ravenstahl, dated Monday, February 26. In th