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The PG's Karamagi Rujumba took a well-placed stab at explaining the complicated Human Relations ordinance due for a vote tonight before the Allegheny County Council. Best of all, he quotes a person of faith who isn't a bigot. My apologies to the bigots out there who missed the opportunity to spew the hatred, but your […]
Word on the street er, via cell phone and text is that YOUR hard work and persistance is paying off. The calls are being noticed both by Chief Executive Dan Onorato and the assorted County Councilpersons. In fact, some County Councilpersons are returning calls to their constituents which like never happens. That must mean the […]
It is the Day of Silence. The Post Gazette reports on a new Pennsylvania study with startlingly sad stats on bullying experienced around gayness. It doesn't even matter if the kids are LGBTQ; just being picked on for the perception is awful enough. 98% of those surveyed report hearing “gay” used in a negative way. […]
I am pleased. The Post-Gazette's coverage of yesterday's vote by the Pittsburgh Presbytery is a balanced report on the complexities of “gay issues” in communities of faith. Rather than a reductionistic portrayal of people of faith as vigorously anti-gay, Ann Rodgers presents multiple perspectives from various heterosexual members of the Pittsburgh Presbytarian community. At issue […]
Governor Rendell wants to consolidate PA's school districts from 500 to 100. Now that's ambitious. After last year's despicable behavior on the part of East Allegheny and West Mifflin residents when it came to absorbing the displaced students from the Duquesne High School, this could become a nasty mess real darn quickly. Today's PG editors […]
I can't let the man called Potter have all the blogging firsts. So I stayed up until 2:07 AM to post the Post-Gazette coverage of the hearing before Allegheny County Council. Here is the link. This article sucks. The reporter quotes multiple Chrisitan-flavored bigots and only two proponents of the ordinance. There is no sense […]
It has been a tumultuous week here at Lesbian Central. Backstage drama, frontpage drama, workplace drama and I think I burned the back of my throat swallowing thai tea to be polite while waiting for my takeout. The ordinance is losing steam, my friends. We lost another co-sponsor, Bob Macy from my hometown area of […]
This is great. I put forth great energy to make phone calls, take pictures, share information and draw as much attention as possible to the whole PennDOT situation. The end result? PennDOT's Jim Struzzi promises Wagner's people that he will send out inspectors to investigate the piles of gravel and sand as well as have […]
If I could pick the one place even more politically ridiculous to live than West Mifflin (Jabbour, Olasz, Ruffing, Chief Diener…), it seems that I innocently have stumbled onto it ..ridiculous, thy name is Manchester. From the Post-Gazette, courtesy of 2 Political Junkies … A spot airing today on the city of Pittsburgh cable TV […]
Yesterday, it finally arrived. It being a very preliminary announcement of my 20th class reunion in the summer of 2008. I have been out of high school nearly 20 years. Wow. To be honest, my recollection of high school is somewhat hazy. Sometimes I'll think of a person from my past and not remember if […]
