Since the O'Connor administration in January, the Republican Committee of Pittsburgh has been among the leaders in asking for the new Mayor to re-establish the long-dormant Ethics Board.
Then, councilwoman Twanda Carlisle was caught funneling large amounts of city money to friends for projects that are at the very least somewhat dubious. Paramount was a "councilmatic" health and religious study of her district. The study was vastly bloated with statistics and work provided by other reports. In fact, beside a two-cents worth of opinion, the study was nearly stolen from non-diploma-mill doctors. Investigators say these allocations were legal. There isn't an Ethics Board to review whether or not it "should" have been done.
There have been other allocations from other council members as well. Now, city councilman Bill Peduto, the closest thing fiscal conservatives have to "one of their own" on Pittsburgh council, has introduced legislation aimed at restarting the board.
The Ethics board should be made up of folks who are not political cronies or members of any political committee.
That being said, the Republican Committee of Pittsburgh is looking for qualified candidates to provide to Pittsburgh city council. People who are stalwarts of their community but are not Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or any third-party's committee members.
They should be city residents who lead in their community and/or business ventures.
Visit www.pghgop.org for more information or provide your candidate. You may also post here and I'll check it out.
Tom Leturgey
Secretary
Republican Committee of Pittsburgh
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Good post Tom. Thanks, from the blog point of view. And, thanks to for the City's GOP Crew for keeping this issue in the front of our minds. It is necessary and a perfect fit to what the city should be doing. Hat tips to you and the others. I fully agree.
Who should serve and/or be nominated?
I HOPE that the folks that come forward are NOT the same folks who live off of the city's soft money contracts. Folks with engineering firms, Local Development Company weenies, and consulting contracts with any branch of government -- local, state and feds (I dare suggest) -- should NOT be included.
And, this position and board is another that should be formed -- without the need of a city council legislation -- right? -- as this is already a part of the city's charter.
Perhaps the Peduto measure is to give the group TV (cable access) coverage for its first 10 meeting, all to occur before November 2006.PIAA Baseball: City champ Langley foiled, 10-0: "In the second game of a doubleheader at Shaler, Mt. Lebanon edged Allderdice, 2-1, in a Class AAAA first-round game. Allderdice, the City League runner-up, had only one hit off Mt. Lebanon. That means the top two City League teams had only one hit in two games against WPIAL teams.
'This is something that happens every time our team goes into states. We just can't hit,' said Langley coach Leo Rauterkus, whose team finished 16-6.
Karr is 24-1 in his career.
Langley pitcher Matt Barnes was hurt by five errors. Brett Mollenhauer and Mike Morgan each had two RBIs. Pine-Richland scored seven runs in the third inning."PIAA Baseball: City champ Langley foiled, 10-0: "In the second game of a doubleheader at Shaler, Mt. Lebanon edged Allderdice, 2-1, in a Class AAAA first-round game. Allderdice, the City League runner-up, had only one hit off Mt. Lebanon. That means the top two City League teams had only one hit in two games against WPIAL teams.
'This is something that happens every time our team goes into states. We just can't hit,' said Langley coach Leo Rauterkus, whose team finished 16-6.
Karr is 24-1 in his career.
Langley pitcher Matt Barnes was hurt by five errors. Brett Mollenhauer and Mike Morgan each had two RBIs. Pine-Richland scored seven runs in the third inning."PIAA Baseball: City champ Langley foiled, 10-0: "In the second game of a doubleheader at Shaler, Mt. Lebanon edged Allderdice, 2-1, in a Class AAAA first-round game. Allderdice, the City League runner-up, had only one hit off Mt. Lebanon. That means the top two City League teams had only one hit in two games against WPIAL teams.
'This is something that happens every time our team goes into states. We just can't hit,' said Langley coach Leo Rauterkus, whose team finished 16-6.
Karr is 24-1 in his career.
Langley pitcher Matt Barnes was hurt by five errors. Brett Mollenhauer and Mike Morgan each had two RBIs. Pine-Richland scored seven runs in the third inning."PIAA Baseball: City champ Langley foiled, 10-0: "In the second game of a doubleheader at Shaler, Mt. Lebanon edged Allderdice, 2-1, in a Class AAAA first-round game. Allderdice, the City League runner-up, had only one hit off Mt. Lebanon. That means the top two City League teams had only one hit in two games against WPIAL teams.
'This is something that happens every time our team goes into states. We just can't hit,' said Langley coach Leo Rauterkus, whose team finished 16-6.
Karr is 24-1 in his career.
Langley pitcher Matt Barnes was hurt by five errors. Brett Mollenhauer and Mike Morgan each had two RBIs. Pine-Richland scored seven runs in the third inning."
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