tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post3117401792675191276..comments2023-12-24T05:26:48.861-05:00Comments on The Pittsburgh Comet: Jack Wagner: Pittsburgh's social conservative candidate for MayorBram Reichbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-76334407871910319852013-04-08T17:19:14.156-04:002013-04-08T17:19:14.156-04:00That assertion of incorrectness is correct. That assertion of incorrectness is correct. Helen Gerhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010369817073080001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-29736023143207464792013-04-08T16:27:30.675-04:002013-04-08T16:27:30.675-04:00The person earlier who stated that Harris is an al...The person earlier who stated that Harris is an ally of Peduto is incorrect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-31398580013543384132013-04-08T11:53:53.581-04:002013-04-08T11:53:53.581-04:00Peduto v. O'Connor, redux.
Since voter partic...Peduto v. O'Connor, redux.<br /><br />Since voter participation in mayoral primaries is laughably small, the "machine" generally wins, because <i>those</i> people vote. This seems to be playing out just like most people though it would a few months back, with Wagner tapping in for Ravenstahl.<br /><br />Not that they haven't been trying, but "progressive" operatives must work even harder, in future, to activate a non-traditional base that just hasn't been significant on the city-wide level, really ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-7119004012080114172013-04-06T20:55:58.581-04:002013-04-06T20:55:58.581-04:00Thank you, Helen.
Anonymous 9:41 may be correct -...Thank you, Helen.<br /><br />Anonymous 9:41 may be correct - I never feel I can do enough. In the past I have hired all across the board in terms of diversity, and will continue to push in that direction. As I am eking out a living as a Consultant now, I don't have much of an opportunity in that direction.<br /><br />Over the years I have seen Tim Stevens make a difference, saying exactly the right words to bring people together, being in exactly the right place to effect change. I have a great deal of respect for Tim, and admire his skills.<br /><br />Right now, I am privileged to serve as the Chair of the Gertrude Stein Political Club, and an officer in VoteAllegheny, and on boards and working in organizations, all of which offer opportunity to lead change, and to make a difference. <br /><br />So I promise to continue actively working toward social justice on all fronts. I hope Anonymous is working with us.<br /><br />flybylighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18435937236829741806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-24447566671768531572013-04-06T15:13:03.774-04:002013-04-06T15:13:03.774-04:00"where else can a working union voice support..."where else can a working union voice support for the new CEO who will negotiate their contracts?"<br /><br />I would imagine any unions connected to government can do this, including the Paramedics, who backed Peduto. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-35028300140230087862013-04-06T00:13:16.975-04:002013-04-06T00:13:16.975-04:00Anon 839 a special,shout out if your Tim S is Tim ...Anon 839 a special,shout out if your Tim S is Tim Stevens of B-pep. 40 years of BS same old neighborhoodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-62822445129520883212013-04-05T21:41:28.638-04:002013-04-05T21:41:28.638-04:00Helen,
The Fly comment stands. Not a slur, simpl...Helen,<br /><br />The Fly comment stands. Not a slur, simply saying her obvious talents of bringing minorities into the workforce should be used to its full potential.<br /><br />We could all benefit from the experience and expertise. Action is much better than words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-30269479330585842762013-04-05T21:30:17.142-04:002013-04-05T21:30:17.142-04:00@ANON 8:39pm (who use the cover of Non-ymity to th...@ANON 8:39pm (who use the cover of Non-ymity to throw slurry)<br /><br />I first met "Fly" when she was doing her best to assist a man weighed down by one of our most vilified, caricatured stereotypes. A highly educated Muslim immigrant and medical resident, he'd been on the receiving end of both way-over-the-line police insults and blatant job discrimination at a UPMC hospital. "Fly" showed due diligence, kindness, and professionalism as she lent her helping hand. <br /><br />So, you might as well your aim your NEVER elsewhere - in this case the slur just doesn't stick in the face of the facts. <br /><br />Helen Gerhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010369817073080001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-4341261441503125192013-04-05T20:39:24.567-04:002013-04-05T20:39:24.567-04:00Fly ---
Perhaps the City should hire you to help ...Fly ---<br /><br />Perhaps the City should hire you to help meet diversity goals or are you like Tim S who likes to stand on the sidelines and complain but NEVER do anything to encourage minorities to seek City employment in any capacity.<br /><br />It is easy to point fingers quite another thing to lift a helping hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-3792854739727816192013-04-05T14:35:06.284-04:002013-04-05T14:35:06.284-04:00"Progressive" means we progress - we set..."Progressive" means we progress - we set goals, we head toward them. <br /><br />If we are seeking stability, it should not be stabilizing the horrible place we are right now.<br /><br />If we are looking for "liberals," that is another story. What the original post mentions - nondiscrimination, fair hiring practices, etc. - should fall under the category of "good for us all," not "liberal."<br /><br />What I am saying in the post above is that we need a progressive tenor to our city. We need a vision of the future and a clear path leading there that we agree we want to take. We need a leader to make that happen. There is no possible way that Jack Wagner could ever be that leader. He is not progressive.flybylighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18435937236829741806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-88436395908447161292013-04-05T14:33:42.348-04:002013-04-05T14:33:42.348-04:00Wagner won't get into a discussion of ideas an...Wagner won't get into a discussion of ideas and substance with Peduto because he's not likely to win, so he's avoiding that discussion. <br /><br />As your Murphy anecdote shows, Wagner's empty-suit rhetoric is based on "I went to VietNam". I admire that and I respect it, but it has limits; if you haven't done anything significant since 1965, it's a dis-qualification.<br /><br />Wagner's "know-nothing" appeal to stability is an appeal to people who like UsedToBe. If you want money-machine politics he's the guy. <br /><br />This says nothing about Peduto, but I'm pretty sure of what Wagner is. <br /><br />Thematically, Peduto vs Wagner is Progressive/Reformer vs Retro/Quo/Traditionalist. NTTAWWT<br /><br /><br /><br />Vannevarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-31470864222312122902013-04-05T14:12:41.461-04:002013-04-05T14:12:41.461-04:00As urban city after city go down the sewer, as one...As urban city after city go down the sewer, as one green energy scam after another suck money out of the taxpayers,<br />As the federal govt continues to fail at everything it touches, we still hear the choruses of, we need more progressives or liberals or leftists in office. While a complicit national media pushes the leftist Democrat agenda, the rest of us look for stability .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-84510481044987102462013-04-05T12:19:38.953-04:002013-04-05T12:19:38.953-04:00I just can't believe it's been suggested t...I just can't believe it's been suggested to me that protecting Pittsburghers from housing discrimination and segregated schools aren't "office issues".<br /><br />And it's getting harder not to agree with flybylight - we're six weeks away from an important election Wagner has been plotting for over a year, and "I will use my leadership!" is not saying anything at all. Sometimes it is important to report on the lack of things, too.Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-50344007451756946212013-04-05T11:34:27.734-04:002013-04-05T11:34:27.734-04:00Mr. Wagner has been posturing himself - or he'...Mr. Wagner has been posturing himself - or he's being postured - as a progressive. This blog post refutes that, quite nicely - thank you for it. And there is far more than just this.<br /><br />It is obvious that Jack Wagner is the New Luke Ravenstahl - political machine man, support of Police and Fire Fighters Unions (where else can a working union voice support for the new CEO who will negotiate their contracts?), and now support of Darlene Harris.<br /><br />Did we really like Luke that much? Wagner's posture has been "let's fix the schools," but what really can (or will) a Mayor do to accomplish that? It's almost completely outside his purview.<br /><br />Has Mr. Wagner ever hired a woman, a non-white person, a gay person? To what position? Would he be committed to diversifying the police force, or would it be Luke business as usual?<br /><br />Would he enforce the safe area around family planning clinics, or would he be like Ravenstahl (or worse), who said he doesn't "believe in birth control either"?<br /><br />Social issues <b>do</b> play a role. A broad mind plays a large role, especially in leading a city into the 21st century a decade and a half too late.<br /><br />We really cannot settle for a party old guy letting the ship veer the way the tides flow. We need someone with a new tack, open ideas, and an open mind. We are reinventing ourselves... why would we want an old conservative steering our ship?flybylighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18435937236829741806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-47628168264088317362013-04-05T09:52:28.094-04:002013-04-05T09:52:28.094-04:00If you want a candidate with "core values&quo...If you want a candidate with "core values", then AJ Richardson is the obvious choice. The dude committed to face tattoos! If that doesn't scream "core values" and convictions, then nothing does. Jack only gets my vote if he scrawls a big backwards "B" on his cheek for Brookline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-16606825942439354722013-04-05T09:13:10.708-04:002013-04-05T09:13:10.708-04:00You are doing excellent work Comet Boy. You are doing excellent work Comet Boy. johnnymachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932987666571403224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-47824602501902051402013-04-05T07:15:02.015-04:002013-04-05T07:15:02.015-04:00I'm certainly one of those exhibitionists when...I'm certainly one of those exhibitionists when it comes to my sexuality. For example, I am constantly talking about my wife and kids. I've even been known to hug and kiss them in public. Must be some pathology.BrianTHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-36461137540608177502013-04-05T00:09:59.431-04:002013-04-05T00:09:59.431-04:00@ Annie
Get over it@ Annie<br />Get over itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-43408498777299761842013-04-04T21:33:23.014-04:002013-04-04T21:33:23.014-04:00Although the first comment makes me sick to my sto...Although the first comment makes me sick to my stomach, they are right to the extent that we need to talk about the real issues! But I haven't heard jack from Jack about any substantial policy analysis. I mean come on, Just look at their websites, there's no comparison. Anniegetyourgunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200684707617046995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-14522969616266307482013-04-04T18:14:52.590-04:002013-04-04T18:14:52.590-04:00of course she is. she's still council prez and...of course she is. she's still council prez and a Peduto allyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-73204027509742435772013-04-04T17:27:45.505-04:002013-04-04T17:27:45.505-04:00Is a Darlene Harris endorsement actually a positiv...Is a Darlene Harris endorsement actually a positive in any conceivable scenario?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-65464945869035442462013-04-04T16:10:36.652-04:002013-04-04T16:10:36.652-04:00Going back to these older articles has created a n...Going back to these older articles has created a new demand for decoder rings. <br /><br />Tom Murphy was such a jerk, policies included.<br /><br />Any foe of Murphy gets props in my book. <br /><br />But then again, Wagner hated the under river tunnel to the North Side but wanted a bridge to the South Side into the Wabash Tunnel. Boondoggle parades.Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-3936590324908795412013-04-04T15:32:12.472-04:002013-04-04T15:32:12.472-04:00Drug, gun arrests found in some Pennsylvania lawma...Drug, gun arrests found in some Pennsylvania lawmakers' pasts<br />Published: Sunday, November 14, 2010, 3:08 PM<br /> By The Associated Press <br /><br />http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/11/drug_gun_arrests_found_in_some.html<br /><br />“Rep. Jake Wheatley Jr., D-Allegheny, pleaded guilty in 1992 to felony larceny and misdemeanor assault charges related to a fight in the parking lot of a Pontiac, Mich., shopping mall when he was 20 years old. He served two years of probation, and two newspapers reported in early 2003 he had the charges expunged shortly before he was sworn in.<br /><br />He told the New Pittsburgh Courier in 2002 that he threw two punches and took someone's coat, calling it a heated argument that turned into a brawl.<br /><br />Wheatley, now 38, also was charged with assault on a female in Guilford County, N.C., in 1995, but that charge was dismissed, according to the district attorney's office. A 1996 misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge in Guilford County had been "dismissed with leave" in 1998 after Wheatley did not appear in court, said Joe Davis with the Guilford County District Attorney's Office in a recent interview. But on Oct. 27, after the AP raised questions about the case, the charge was fully dismissed, Davis said. Wheatley did not respond to several messages seeking comment.”<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-4762293096524403142013-04-04T15:06:33.101-04:002013-04-04T15:06:33.101-04:00Add this information to Jake Wheatley's histor...Add this information to Jake Wheatley's history of domestic violence (http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/05/10/charges-withdrawn-against-wheatleys-fiancee/), and it seems that Peduto is the obvious choice for voters concerned about social issues and character. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-61925095085211772612013-04-04T14:55:12.773-04:002013-04-04T14:55:12.773-04:00I disagree with Wagner but he is where he is on is...I disagree with Wagner but he is where he is on issues. I get a sense from Peduto that, if he didn't represent such a liberal district, he would be way more conservative. That's what concerns me about him. He tells you what you want to hear. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com