> Yes, Luke was in Seven Springs, but that's irrelevant.

You don’t leave town to have a birthday party with a wealthy developer at his ski condo while the city is facing the worst snow storm in decades.

> I have a few things I credit Peduto for...but he also earned my disrespect. He worked hard at it and he finally broke me. I am going to politely tell you that Googling up a few stories in 2023 isn't an adequate replacement for knowing what you're talking about.

You are so special and have earned the privilege to talk down to everyone that isn’t a government employee.

>somebody in hazlewood died because an ambulance couldn’t get through the unplowed streets.

I was in the City County Building that day. Ravenstahl was heavily affected by that and he had a meeting with Public Safety officials in which he was losing it - loudly screaming. It's not fair or accurate to say that this wasn't on Luke's radar. You don't have to tell me or anyone else who worked for the city at that time about it.

I spent about a month's work of work focused specifically on Snowmageddon. I can tell you more about how it affected the city organization than you probably want to hear.

That much snow would have paralyzed the city no matter who the mayor was. Yes, Luke was in Seven Springs, but that's irrelevant. Snow removal operations are/were the specific task of a specific manager in DPW. And guess what - that manager during snowmageddon was the same manager tasked with the same responsibility until he retired during the Peduto admin.

Any changes that took place after snowmageddon started taking place immediately in 2010. They weren't appreciably improved under Peduto. The snow tracker was NOTHING except a costly CYA move that did absolutely nothing to improve snow response times or efficiency.

I have a few things I credit Peduto for...but he also earned my disrespect. He worked hard at it and he finally broke me.

I am going to politely tell you that Googling up a few stories in 2023 isn't an adequate replacement for knowing what you're talking about.

You forgot "eat hot chip" and "get high and masturbate" you sentient dollar store meme-bot.

They only care about themselves. They are mad that PWSA won’t spend more money on them. $36 million is $500,000 per house in the run. They think PWSA has some sort of obligation to make up for the fact that their houses are in the worst possible location for flooding. Blocking the MOC was simply because they wanted every last cent to go toward them.

As I said before, the MOC project was mediocre. My point is the conspiracy around cmu being a power broker trying to screw over people is exaggerated. Cmu has put a lot of effort into storm water management on campus with green roofs rain gardens and underground cisterns. If you are looking for an evil non profit go look at upmc.

Peduto was never shy about proposing audacious projects and some were good and some were bad but at least he had is heart in it and I got no impression he was just doing it for special interest groups. But activists couldn’t stand that he wasn’t a flame thrower directed at every for profit and non profit business in the city.

Meanwhile, during snowmageddon, ravenstahl was hiding out in seven springs and spent days refusing to tell the public where he was bc he was staying in the condo of one of the largest real estate developers in the county. somebody in hazlewood died because an ambulance couldn’t get through the unplowed streets. I met ravenstahl once while he was at a penguins game in the box suite of the law firm representing burns and scalo. Ravenstahl never saw a corporate handout he couldn’t refuse like the $9000 sponsorship from upmc for a golf tournament.

I don’t know if gainey will be a better mayor but it’s not like peduto was unpopular. He lost to gainey 26,000 to 22,000 in a city of 300,000 people. Which is impressive that peduto managed to last as long as he did. He wasn’t afraid to take risks like when he pushed for removing parking from schenly plaza and added bike lanes and round abouts. These sort of changes drive reactionary people crazy even though they were the right way to go. He lasted 20 years in city politics so in my mind he deserves a pat on the back. Gainey is quickly finding out how hard and intense the criticism is when you are mayor versus just a state legislator.

https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2010/02/17/Ravenstahl-gets-testy-about-whereabouts/stories/201002170308

https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2007/08/20/Ravenstahl-to-appear-today-before-ethics-panel/stories/200708200201

Make sure to check your bank statements that they aren’t charging you still they had a lawsuit against them for doing that after someone cancelled their policy

Man, you don’t need to have a degree or anything, but apparently need to be a douchebag to work there.

So many people from my town got sucked into this and sadly I know most of them. Seeing them change into completely different people because of this job was what tipped me off to look into this. I work in the life/di insurance industry and know what you can and can’t do as an agent. I have been waiting for this downfall for so long. I wish I had the proof but one of their current agents admitted to rebating and that alone could put him in prison for years. Read this https://www.insider.com/globe-life-insurance-lawsuit-american-income-arias-agency-toxic-workplace-2023-1 it’s pretty long but hearing the ex employee Renee’s story is a must.

Of which comments? I couldn't give a shit less why cops are in schools. I want schools to be safe enough so that no one thinks they need to be there.

Controlled?

It's the main reason why Penn Plaza was torn down. Between asbestos abatement, old rotting galvanized pipes, dangerous aluminum wiring, aging appliances, worn out roofing, and worn out HVAC systems, it would be pretty much impossible for the owners to repair it without moving people out (mainly for asbestos), and without having to substantially increase rent to cover the renovations.

I've always been curious about the specifics, but info is limited. The scope of damage was much larger than just the glass factory though, so I imagine someone had to come in and clean everything out. I'm sure plenty of it just ended up in the river.

>Property damage ran into the millions. The full force of the storm hit the U.S. Glass House (never worked again), Copperweld, the High School Stadium, and the Steel City Lumber Company. Sheets of corrugated steel were ripped from Copperweld and tossed far up the hill. The roof of the Reliance Hose Co. was dumped in the entrance way of Copperweld Office Building which had been severely damaged by flying debris. Copperweld’s new office building (2 years old) built in the excess of $500,000.00 was “practically in shambles”. The heaviest losses were in the casting department, the rolling mill, ground rod department, laboratory and the engineering departments. Gratefully, the mill was closed for the annual summer vacation or the loss of lives may have been heavy.

>Glassport Memorial Stadium damages were estimated at $100,000.00. Heavy steel floodlights were bent and twisted, one set of lights was flung over a car parked in front of the Roller Rink. The steel bleachers were crumpled like paper and huge holes were punched in the concrete wall. Broadway Roller Rink on Ohio Avenue had a group of approximately 25 teenagers inside when the wind virtually disintegrated the building. The roof was torn off and the walls collapsed, trapping the youngsters inside. By the grace of God, none of the youngsters were seriously injured but the building was never used again.

>The Petrosky Hotel was seriously damaged. Mr. William Petrosky and Mr. Robert Martin’s dead bodies were found in the debris.”

https://www.tornadotalk.com/glassport-pa-f3-tornado-august-3-1963/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20hands%20of%20the%20clock,the%20fury%20of%20a%20tornado.

I think you're 100% correct

The new firm probably added housing management consultants with LIHTC experience to their paperwork "promised" to subcontract MWVBE entities.

I actually hired them to help me move for tomorrow haha, they aren’t over priced

Unfortunately I don't, but I think a few places around here roast their own beans - could always ask where they get their stuff!

Is that the “preface”? Where do you see that?

I love how the preface of these comments is that the cops just magically showed up at school one day and set up shop. Bullied the art teacher out of her room and created a satellite office.

The cops are there because they were asked to be there repeatedly by teachers, parents, and administrators.

I have a solution, get the pigs tf out of the schools. Entirely. They're a huge drain on revenue and offer no tangible upside.

>Be typical Lawrenceville resident

>Ride your bike to the glass blowing studio

>Turn on a half dozen 300,000 BTU gas furnaces

>They run all day

>Eat vegan lunch out of sustainable packaging

>Ride bike home

>Post on /r/fuckcars

You should finish it

Can’t wait to see it go down.

Arias played HS football in the area thats how he gets those guys in to legitimize the scam

Absolutely. No child needs to try to learn under threat like that. I definitely view this as a “well at least it didn’t get any worse” thing

always delighted to watch some MLM bros, working out of a Wexford strip mall, lose their wives and McMansions simultaneously.

Oh, interesting! I’d not heard of this before. I will definitely look into it, thanks !