tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post115892630684533906..comments2024-03-25T07:29:08.216-04:00Comments on 2 Political Junkies: My Second Interview with Bill PedutoMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10439330154875628083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post-1158967158313083662006-09-22T19:19:00.000-04:002006-09-22T19:19:00.000-04:00So, it took 2+ years to get wi-fi only in our down...So, it took 2+ years to get wi-fi only in our downtown on the sidewalks and two stories high. <BR/><BR/>That progress is not something to wear as a feather in one's hat. <BR/><BR/>The trick isn't to get the little guy to buy into it around the city. No, the answer was to get the biggest guy to pay for it all in one small (for them) step. <BR/><BR/>Can't do that now as the PDP picked our pockets.<BR/><BR/>Bill needs to do campaign finance reform. <BR/><BR/>Bill needs to open an indoor ice rink in the city -- in that he's a hockey player.<BR/><BR/>Bill wants to not fall for phantom budget mistakes -- now. Great. Too bad he and the others didn't buck up with the truth in the past decade. We've had phantom budget tricks for as long as Peduto has been working on Grant Street. <BR/><BR/>Bill should lead the charge to elminiate all TIFs. Did you hear about the recent under-performing TIF built in Allegheny County on a green field. The mega mall in the N.E. is floundering.<BR/><BR/>There is so much to do -- and downtown housing is not a project to hang one's hat upon, IMNSHO.Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post-1158927556184638262006-09-22T08:19:00.000-04:002006-09-22T08:19:00.000-04:00The traffic data stuff sounds like a good idea.I w...The traffic data stuff sounds like a good idea.<BR/><BR/>I would love for someone to correctly time lights together in traffic prone areas of the city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com