The Goals We Share (tailgate / potluck)

The Goals We Share (tailgate / potluck)
Sat. July 26, rain or shine, 11-3:30

Please come to "The Goals We Share," a family-friendly, alcohol-free potluck/tailgate at West Penn Ballfield at the edge of Polish Hill.

This was an unusual spring where the super-heated rhetoric of primary politics hit Pittsburgh hard. Lets eat together, relax together, and talk to each other, in a low-key way, to re-find our common ground. Bring a dish (optional), family, friends, "fun stuff" (soft frisbees, musical instruments) and goodwill.

Various groups are invited, but the focus is on us…as people.

RSVP online at http://crush3r.com/page/mygmfcbpri or for more info & another RSVP link (requires sign-up), go to http://tinyurl.com/DFP-Goals-potluck Want to RSVP for several people at once? Leave a message at (412)731-7020 (voice mail).

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Democracy for Pittsburgh Endorsements

The results of the Democracy for Pittsburgh endorsement vote are in:

Allegheny County Chief Executive:
Rick Swartz, http://www.citizensforswartz.com

Mayor:
"Do Not Endorse" *

County Council District 13:
Brenda Frazier, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07108/778789-183.stm **

City Council District 1:
Robin Rosemary Miller, http://www.robinrosemarymiller.com

City Council District 3:
Bruce Kraus, http://www.brucekraus.net

City Council District 7:
Patrick Dowd, http://www.dowdforpittsburgh.org

Judge of the Court of Common Pleas:
Cathleen Bubash, http://judgebubash.com
Wrenna Leigh Watson, http://www.wrennawatson.com
Joe Williams, http://www.joewilliams4judge.com
Jack McVay, http://www.jackmcvay.com

* Voters had the option to "Abstain" or to "Do Not Endorse" in races.

** If Brenda Frazier has a website that I've missed, please let me know.

Candidates needed to receive at least 70% of the vote to achieve endorsement so no endorsement was reached in some of the races up for consideration. According to DfP, the non-endorsees received less than 50% at most, and almost all of the endorsees got 85% or more.

Democracy for Pittsburgh is the coalition group for the Pittsburgh area for Democracy for America.

National Website for DfP: www.dfalink.com/pittsburgh
Blog: http://www.pghdfa.org

Disclosure: I am on the Organizing Committee for Democracy for Pittsburgh.