Park Place Blog

2007 is a major year in local politics for Park Place. Pittsburgh residences will elect a new council representative for our district 9, and we will elect a new Mayor. The first “election” is actually the primary in May, where candidates are selected to represent the parties. As many local democrats run unopposed, the primary is the only time individual voters may have options. As I get any information on other announced candidates, I will add it here. The listing below is what I have received so far from my inquiries to the local Democratic and Republican parties. After the primary, I will expand this to include any known declared and/or registered candidates.

GPPNA is collecting candidate information and will begin posting it here. Any candidate or other person my send email to admin@parkplaceblog.com to have information posted or linked to. We will link to campaign websites and publicize any events where the public can meet and/or speak with the candidates. We will try not as a rule, to publicize events that are primarily fund raisers, as our purpose is not to support specific candidates, but rather provide information.

Candidates

• Mayor
  • Luke Ravenstall (D)
    Web Site: http://www.lukeformayor.com/
    In The News
• Pittsburgh City Council Distric 9 (More info from OurCampaigns.com)
  • William Anderson
    web site:
    News
  • Ricky Burgess
    web site:
    News
  • Twanda Carlisle
    web site:
    News
  • Ora Lee Carroll
    web site:
    News
  • Rachel E. Cooper
    web site: http://www.rachelforcouncil9.com/
    News
  • Judith K. Ginyard
    web site:
    News
  • Leah Kirkland
    web site: http://www.leahforcitycouncil.com/
    News
  • Eric S. Smith
    web site:
    News
  • Randall Taylor
    web site:
    News

Guides, Endorsements and other Information Sources

GPPNA does not endorse political candidates or engage in political campaigns. We provide the following links as tools for our community members to stay informed about local candidates. No agreement is expressed or implied for any of the opinions expressed in these site, and they are provided for informational purposes only.

• The League Of Women Voters Of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc.
• Steel-City Stonewall Democrats
• 14th Ward Independent Democratic Club 2007 Endorsements
• Videos of Candidates speaking in Park Place

A Message from Park Place Neighbor Josh Bellin

Dear Friends,

If you care about the environment (and I know you do!), you’ll want to be involved in this. On April 14, 2007, Step It Up 2007, a nationwide day of events dedicated to pressuring Congress to pass legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, will be held. (See their website, http://stepitup2007.org/). I’ve decided to host a local event, and I need your help! The event, which I’m calling the Park Place Climate Action Rally, will be held from noon to 2:00 on April 14th at lower Frick Park (corner of Forbes and S. Braddock). Plans are still in flux, but I’m hoping to have a rally, letter-writing campaign, information booths, and (for families) a park clean-up. Here’s how you can help:

1. Obviously, attend the event yourself, and bring as many friends, family members, and co-workers as possible!

2. Spread the word! In your workplace, your place of worship, your email address book, get the news out to as many people as you can think of. I’ll be putting together flyers in the next couple days, so if you can think of good places to distribute them, please let me know.

3. Volunteer to help with planning, set-up, clean-up, etc.  There’s a lot to do–contacting local media, organizations, and politicians; posting flyers; making signs and banners; and so on–and only a month to do iit. So any help would be greatly appreciated!

Please be back in touch to let me know if you have any thoughts about this or if you’d like to help. And thanks to all of you in advance for supporting this truly earth-shaking cause!  Josh Bellin jclj@juno.com

Join us for food and fun on June 3rd from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. on Abbott Street.

Join GPPNA in to help clean up Park Place. As part of the local and state clean up campaigns, we are hosting our local clean up day, Saturday, April 28, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

Register in front of the Waverly Church, Forbes and S. Braddock Avenues, to pick up your materials and choose your area to clean up litter.

Sponsored by Redd Up Council.

Peebles Square Meeting, 7:00 p.m. at the Wilkinsburg Church of the Nazarene, corner of Peebles and Waverly.

Come see the proposed site plan and architectural drawings for this new development.

Monthly Meeting
Open to the public

7:30pm, Church of the Nazarene, corner of Waverly and Peebles.

7:30pm Church of the Nazarene
Corner of Peebles and Waverly

Monthly meeiting for GPPNA. Open to the public.