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Public Domain, from the Wikipedia
Actually, me.
"When you clock the human race with the stopwatch of history, it's a new record every time" - Firesign Theatre.
Res ipsa loquitur
The Right Honorable Sir Edward George Richard Heath, former PM
Public Domain, from the Wikipedia
Ed
Actually, me.
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Links
- One site to rule them all ...
- Google News
- New York Times
- 2 Political Junkies
- City Paper (includes Slag Heap)
- Peeeeet Girl (Listed for hysterical reasons)
- The Conversation (not so much now)
- The Eclectic Mckeesport Chronicles
- East Busway Blog - no post takes more than ten minutes to read
- Peak direction blog ... (Pittsburgh has peaks?)
- "Metro" Bloggers - food AND politics ... and other stuff
- Bob Mayo and the Busman's Holiday
- View from Lady Elaine's barcalounger
- Jon Delano's thoughts ...
- Null Space
- Fester's new home
- Isn't it dahntahn n@ (it is pretty quiet)
- Pitts-blog, Mike Madison, Pitt professor - and company. Now updated to version 2.0 (never buy version 1.0)
- What would Vannevar blog, or would he just pass?
- Teacher. Wordsmith. Something or other ...(also listed here for hysterical reasons ..)
- Anti Rust (ditto ...)
- Green is better ...
- Politics *and* Technology (woo)
- Something to think about
- Because it is a good idea ...
- Char's ticked off (But not doing much recently)
- Building (now locked up?)
- Bag
- Bram's Comet (now on the other side of the sun)
- Ideas Bucket (redux)
- Burgh Lesbian Correspondents
- Pittsburgh Women Bloggers
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- The Burr(gh) Repore(t) (or not)
- The Carbolic Smoke Ball (from the Paper Chase?)
- The Matt H Spot (back after a brief pause)
- The surreal equal time site (no more luv)
- Mark Rauterkus, Perennial Candidate
- Yahoo
2 comments:
This is a witch hunt and none of you know Mr. Ford at all. If you did, you would be eating your words. I've known him for about 7 years and have nothing but good things to say about him, and NO, I am not involved in a business situation with him, I'm just a friend who knows this man and his heart.
Well, I don't know Mr Ford or Ms Sirk at all. This particular post was a comment (probably silly) on Mayor Ravenstahl. I have addressed Mr. Ford’s public behavior in past posts.
I don't know but could easily believe that Mr. Ford is a fine person in private. His public behavior, as reported in the media, has been less than exemplary with regard to the administration of the public’s trust. Which is to say I think he has not shown the proper regard for the rules and procedures that an appointed public official should. I personally think he might do quite well, or at least better, on the other side of the table, as someone working with the government in real estate development. He could still have a vision of how the city should develop, and work with a bureaucrat to realize that vision. But his documented ignoring of a legal opinion, his refusal to declare and document gifts when they were given to him and his willingness to skirt the rules at the very moment when unusual circumstances demanded more attention be focused on the billboard, all of these things indicate he does not have the temperament to be an appointed public official. It may be that no private company will want him either, but if he has a minder who makes sure his SOX obligations are maintained, that might be sufficient.
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