Posted by pittgirl on 18 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: City Council, Downtown happenings, Mayor Ravenstahl
Lukey and the City announced today a new initiative to make the city’s operations more green and to hire a coordinator to oversee it.
Forget the fact, for a moment at least, that I am sick and tired of the word “green.” Not the idea behind it. In fact, I recently began purchasing those pain in [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 27 May 2008 | Tagged as: City Council, David Conrad, Evgeni Malkin, Mayor Ravenstahl, Penguins, Sidney Crosby
1. Pens. NOOOOOOOOO!
It is so incredibly frustrating when you realize that we’ve got two of the best hockey players in the world and they haven’t managed to score a goal in two games.
But you know, you’ve got to give credit to the Red Wings and their incredible speed. Or am I just [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 22 May 2008 | Tagged as: City Council, Downtown happenings, Eye rolls, Mayor Ravenstahl, Penguins
1. Whatever hold Blake Shelton had on me as my current obsession was completely shattered yesterday when Bryan Adams stormed through the doors, rocker-kicked Blake in the chin, pulled me up off the floor where Blake had me pinned down with his cowboy boot, put his arm around my waist and dragged me out [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 21 May 2008 | Tagged as: City Council, Dan Onorato, Mayor Ravenstahl, Penguins
A proposal by the Penguins to put large banners depicting team stars and featuring the Reebok logo has apparently become a casualty of Pittsburgh government’s ongoing sign debate — and a subject of renewed political sparring.
The team contacted Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s office with a proposal to put temporary signs on Fifth Avenue Place, Downtown, celebrating [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 07 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: City Council, David Conrad, The Damn Pigeons
So Bill Peduto wrote to me regarding my post about the war between Lukey and City Council.
I won’t post his response verbatim, but basically he gave me some info on Act 47, take home cars, and blah blah blah. Not important (to me).
So I wrote Bill back:
The point of my post wasn’t so much [...]