I posted at PghComet.blogspot.com this comment:
Just as Doug Shields did in his fight to pull the plug on the Curfew Center because it was NOT part of the 5 year plan and would have to cost too much, $.5M in 2009, -- so goes this chapter.
The Curfew Center should go away because the laws are discrimination. It should NEVER BE illegal to be alive and out.
Doug Shields should have moved to take the curfew laws off the books -- and then we'd have no need to have a $.5 M per year Curfew Center Boondoggle.
Likewise with the ZBA, Shade Tree Commission, Planning Goobers, and the other dozens of rubber stamps that are woven through the authorities and commissions and appointments in this town.
The Zoning Board is a huge problem. The board is stacked now. I'd move to NUKE it.
I like the older approach finally championed by Alan Hertzberg. He came around to the idea in his last seasons. ELIMINATE the URA.
But no. Bill Peduto wants to create a bigger government -- with the arrival of the stimulus overlords.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
A family birthday ends in tragedy, when a little boy ends up in trouble.
Las Vegas: 4-year-old drowns during family pool partyConstant supervision is necessary. But, same too, instructional swimming for everyone. Boys and girls age 4 can swim. That's young. But, it is possible. And, with the swim instruction comes the lessons of being safe, of screaming for help, of respect for the water.
The four-year-old ended up under the water at the Camden Bel Air apartment complex, near Gowan and Tenaya, on Saturday afternoon.
The little boy had been celebrating a sibling's birthday with family and friends, before he was found at the bottom of the complex's pool.
According to Metro, everybody had just got out of the pool for lunch, but nobody saw the 4-year-old go back into the pool.
"This is known as a silent death. We don't hear the splashes. We don't hear the screams. We don't hear the cries," said Lt. Ray Steiber, with Metro Police.
Adults by the poolside dialed 9-1-1 after the boy was found unconscious.
CPR was unsuccessful on the young child. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
"It's really sad. This has gotta stop. Enough is enough, how many kids have gotta die before things change," said Cameron Azgar, who lives near the pool where the child drowned.
The 4-year-old is not being identified at this time.
Metro spent most of Saturday afternoon interviewing witnesses who were nearby at the time of the drowning.
This marks the seventh child drowning in Las Vegas so far this year. Last year's total was seven for the entire year.
Metro says the only way to stop this startling trend is constant supervision.
Learning to swim is a public safety issue. And, getting those lessons to the kids is the duty of all of us.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Crippling. Who is crippling whom?
"The city rolls are replete with people who've done the same thing that Paul has," said Len Sweeney, his attorney. "If they suspended every city employee who was arrested, it would have a crippling effect on the workforce."Does the work force cripple the city? Or, would a work force without legal hangups be so thin as to cripple the city? Or, do laws that punish without victims cripple society? Or, is the city work force and the sheer size of government so massive that the economy is crippled due to government sprawl?
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09193/983409-53.stm#ixzz0L4gsTYNa&C
Mike's big story on corruption in Western PA and with the Catholic Church
http://www.examiner.com/x-12613-Pittsburgh-Independent-Examiner~y2009m7d12-Citizen-investigator-wont-be-silenced
In 1985 or 1986, Sister Dorothy ventured to diocesan headquarters to voice her concerns about Wellinger who served as assistant pastor at St. Clare of Assisi Parish in Clairton, PA. Sister Dorothy served as the principal. Sister Dorothy reported to diocesan officials that Wellinger would inappropriately touch children. Diocesan leaders did nothing. It’s important to note that Archbishop Anthony Bevilacqua, now the leader of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, was bishop of the Pittsburgh Diocese at the time of Sister Dorothy’s complaint.M
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
WQED announces layoffs
WQED announces layoffs: "WQED announces layoffs"QED can go into nothingness for all I care. Too much cooking. Too much Do-Whop. Too little politics.
Not a single debate in the spring for the mayor's race. Nothing for other candidates. That is part of the charter of what public telivision should be doing.
I've been slamming QED since Jim Roddey was on the board there. That's why he wouldn't sign my petition to help me get onto the ballot in 2001. QED has been a major disappointment to Pittsburgh for the past decade or more.
US Serviceman departs Afgan, but leaves big waves behind
Afghanistan Water Polo: A Coach Leaves, Big Demands, and Delays: "A Coach Leaves, Big Demands, and Delays
Monday, July 06, 2009
Pittsburgh Penguins - News: Penguins Rank #3 in Professional Sports in Fan Relations - 07/06/2009
Pittsburgh Penguins - News: Penguins Rank #3 in Professional Sports in Fan Relations - 07/06/2009 The Pittsburgh Penguins rank No. 3 out of 122 professional sports teams in fan relations and No. 4 in ownership, according to an annual survey conducted by ESPN The Magazine.Getting new arena helps?
Tearing down old arena hurts.
Interested in hockey? http://hockey.alltop.com/
How Bad Are Auto Sales? 10 Questions and Answers -- Printout -- TIME
How Bad Are Auto Sales? 10 Questions and Answers -- Printout -- TIME: "How Bad Are Auto Sales? 10 Questions and Answers"I'm in the market for a new or used car.
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