tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post4764971234697667791..comments2023-12-24T05:26:48.861-05:00Comments on The Pittsburgh Comet: Doug Shields on Fighting DrillingBram Reichbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-84516872676671091602010-09-24T16:34:43.866-04:002010-09-24T16:34:43.866-04:00Yeah, I know, I was just taking the excuse to thro...Yeah, I know, I was just taking the excuse to throw out more info.Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-7599314485310273182010-09-24T10:28:25.871-04:002010-09-24T10:28:25.871-04:00Oops. That was me at 10:17.Oops. That was me at 10:17.MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-63498273389109326642010-09-24T10:17:53.821-04:002010-09-24T10:17:53.821-04:00I was more agreeing with your doubts about where t...I was more agreeing with your doubts about where the money would come from than suggesting that they will drill in Shadyside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-74850497472238279262010-09-23T22:25:56.022-04:002010-09-23T22:25:56.022-04:00As I'm understanding it, the rigs are most lik...As I'm understanding it, the rigs are most likely to locate at cemeteries and at universities. Not that they are terribly likely to locate anywhere within the C o P due to topography (bottomography) and political demographics, but those are the danger zones. Those and I suppose conceivably, URA-type vacant land bank territory.Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-72876317516707796182010-09-23T19:00:42.357-04:002010-09-23T19:00:42.357-04:00They'll build the crosstown deck with money fr...They'll build the crosstown deck with money from the parking sale and the taxes for all the natural gas wells in Shadyside.MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-65863154985646107862010-09-23T18:20:16.872-04:002010-09-23T18:20:16.872-04:00I think Bram is more 'fracked" than doug....I think Bram is more 'fracked" than doug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-16635094025226845262010-09-23T18:13:32.248-04:002010-09-23T18:13:32.248-04:00Thanks, Chad. I see you've been very hard at ...Thanks, Chad. I see you've been <a href="http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/radicalmiddle/archive/2010/09/23/say-anything-part-iii.aspx" rel="nofollow">very hard at work</a> yourself. In fact, I was just walking down the very exact street connection to Downtown which will, in the Penguins' worldview, be heroically invented by them sometime in the future.<br /><br />I just finished part III and will have to go back and read parts II and I. You really gotta wonder where the $$ and when the !? that crosstown deck is going to come from.Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-26914220468958968012010-09-23T18:13:28.273-04:002010-09-23T18:13:28.273-04:00I think Shields is "fracked".I think Shields is "fracked".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-21701152636053798412010-09-23T15:27:53.173-04:002010-09-23T15:27:53.173-04:00An excellent piece, Bram. Smart and compelling an...An excellent piece, Bram. Smart and compelling and exceedingly well-crafted. <br /><br />Just a great read.Chadhttp://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/radicalmiddle/default.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-86657595613955213472010-09-23T15:20:05.103-04:002010-09-23T15:20:05.103-04:00PGH City Council is a little behind for being a pr...PGH City Council is a little behind for being a progressive/left city. I know Richland Township passed a ordinance a few yearst ago to protect residential properties from drilling thanks to 1 Democrat (I believe you wrote an article about him a while back, something about the young dems of allegheny county) on the Board of Supervisors there. That Democrat didn't even have to be at the meeting to get his ordinance passed. http://richland.pa.us/Public_Meetings/minutes-05072008.pdf <br /><br />The only legal option for local muncipalities is to rezone it. You can't just ban it, but Doug Shields continues to grandstand. The taxpayers of the city will pay in legal fees for his grandstanding if his concepts become law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-64943516191502783092010-09-23T15:04:03.420-04:002010-09-23T15:04:03.420-04:00I'm not a lawyer, but 5.3 seems less constitut...I'm not a lawyer, but 5.3 seems less constitutional than you might like in a law.MHnoreply@blogger.com