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Published March 31, 2009 at 8:42 a.m.

As a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly who voted against Act 44 of 2007 and opposed the tolling of Interstate 80, I must respond to your editorial "Road Warrior: Pennsylvania Must Fight ...

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Pittsburgh mayor Ravenstahl wastes money, challenger Dowd says

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Published March 31, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

Calling the 250 $1,010 trash receptacles "the tip of the iceberg" during a news conference on a South Side street corner, Patrick Dowd accused Ravenstahl of wasting nearly $20.2 million during two years and seven months in office ...

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Dowd slams Ravenstahl on 'wasteful spending'

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Published March 30, 2009 at 11:27 p.m.

At the South Side's Beehive Coffeehouse, Pittsburgh Councilman Patrick Dowd leaned in as the woman running the counter yesterday talked about the challenges of doing business on rowdy East Carson Street -- specifically the problem of drunks stumbling in and vomiting ...

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Dowd claims Pittsburgh wasted $20 million

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Published March 30, 2009 at 11:36 a.m.

Councilman Patrick Dowd outlined what he called $20.2 million in "wasteful spending" by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's administration today -- almost all of it associated with a water authority debt deal -- and repeated his call for changes in how the city spends money ...

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Why Specter is good for the GOP

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Published March 30, 2009 at 9:36 a.m.

Even though Sen. Arlen Specter has given the GOP plenty of reasons for dissatisfaction throughout his tenure, party stalwarts at both the state and national level should hesitate before they give him a push ...

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Ex-GOP lawmaker says he's likely to challenge Specter

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Published March 28, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.

HARRISBURG -- Former Republican Congressman Pat Toomey left no doubt yesterday that he's about to challenge U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter for his seat, and a crowd of 600 conservative Republicans and business supporters gave him a standing ovation ...

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Asides

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Published March 28, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.

PITTSBURGH'S TRUE colors as a sports town were on display last week at the NCAA and NIT tournaments, but some of the best action came away from the fields of play ...

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Onward and Upward in Pittsburgh?

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Published March 2, 2009 at 9:34 a.m.

I've been traveling even more than usual recently, but touring the country gives me more opportunities than usual to collect nuggets of insight about Pittsburgh from distant colleagues. And the news, on the whole, is pretty good. Five years ago, among my colleagues in intellectual property and technology law Pittsburgh had more or less no reputation. Now, the word is good. Pittsburgh has a booming biotechnology economy. Pittsburgh has recovered and rebuilt itself. Pittsburgh is a happening place

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Mayor Stupidstahl

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Published Jan. 14, 2009 at 7:37 p.m.

As if I needed another reason not to take Big Luke seriously ... He wants to be known this week as Luke Steelerstahl rather than Luke Ravenstahl ... Here he is, pretending to fill out official paperwork for a big time photo op: ... Just like Kim Basinger changes her name to Ba-gooddeeds-ger on Sundays lest she present herself as a sinner in church ...

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