I promise to get back to the city council and SOON, but since my internet connection at the Philadelphia Airport Shack (Hilton) is so slow I would have been better off sending my Grandmother walking down the turnpike for my Post-Gazette, research was out of the question. In the mean...

So in profiling the city council representatives I decided to simply go in order. That means District 1′s Darlene Harris is up first. What an interesting lead off hitter she is too. I did a lot of scouring the Internet looking for stories about her that I could post that...

Sorry it took me so long to post again. I’m impressed by all the bloggers that blog at the same time everyday, I apologize that I lack their diligence. You remember that guy in college that was always doing his semester long projects on the last day of the term?...

Warning: My advanced political readers, probably don’t need this. However, since I’m hoping to be “breaking down the burgh” for anybody and everybody who wants to follow politics, I’m going to include it. Before I continue to break down the politicians that run the Burgh I (and maybe you too?)...

From the respectable, national news source, the Onion: PITTSBURGH—Despite a series of phone calls to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman made right up to Tuesday’s 4 p.m. trade deadline, Pirates GM Dave Littlefield was unable to secure the rights to surefire Hall of Famers Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter in...

A few isolated stories, that I found interesting enough to pass along: It appears that there are some 100% viable and extremely likely to get elected candidates that finally made up their mind and decided to jump in to various political races in Pittsburgh. I’m all for having fringe candidates...