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“TOM WOLF HAS A GREAT STORY TO TELL AND HE’S GOT THE MONEY TO GO OUT AND TELL IT.”
Tickets for Rides: PUC cites ride-share drivers (April 30) “Anyone who can pass a simple background check should get a license at little or no expense. The taxi monopoly is strangling this city, and forcing people to own cars who might not otherwise do so.” — Web comment from “Dan Sullivan”
The Callery pear tree has come ... when it will finish is another question (April 25, online only) There is a whole corridor of these trees in Regent Square and the stench is appalling. I pity the restaurants with outdoor dining in that area.” — Web comment from “Tim Schwarz”
The much-maligned grasshopper bounces back at Pittsburgh bars (April 9) “A grasshopper walked into a bar. The bartender said, ‘You know there’s a drink named after you?’ The grasshopper said, ‘There’s a drink named Steve?’” — Web comment from “Sean Hart”
“For the conspiracy buffs out there, I stepped on a Toynbee Tile on Smithfield Street while finishing up my part of the #pittsburghmarathon”
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf tours Bloomfield with Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto last month.
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— May 4 tweet from “Joey Pittsburgh” (@joey_pittsburgh)
“Mile 19.2-ish: I really wish that purple unicorn would stop following me. #PGHMarathon” — May 4 tweet from John Wenskovitch (@wickedsweetcake) as he ran the Pittsburgh Marathon
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the phone line May 2 was markedly different from the happy-go-lucky Democratic frontrunner who had been campaigning for governor in Bloomfield 10 days earlier. There he’d been enjoying a pepperoni roll from the Groceria Italiana while talking to veterans, small-business owners and community stakeholders. “I admire what you’ve built here,” he told them, noting that he wants to redevelop struggling communities into walkable mixeduse neighborhoods like Bloomfield. “And what’s great is you’re not just sustaining: You’re still building.” In attendance were two of his earliest
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and most important backers: Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, who lauded Wolf
Polls have Tom Wolf running away with Democratic primary, but is he the right candidate to take down Corbett in November? {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} for “sharing our values when it comes to hard work, rewarding work. And that’s what attracted Bill and I and many others to support Tom.”
But over the next 10 days, Wolf’s campaign would be accused, with reason, of plagiarizing portions of its policy plan. He’d be criticized for ties to a former state rep caught up in the “Bonusgate” scandal, while having his business practices called into question by U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, one of his opponents. Then another rival, state Treasurer Rob McCord, would accuse him of coddling a racist former mayor in his own hometown. “I think I expected more of this type of thing in the general election than I did in the primary,” Wolf told City Paper a day after McCord aired an ad focusing on the allegation. “I guess this model of politics is the standard fare right now.”