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Chili Cheese Dog….. $3.99
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A new CDC employee asked us to post about an event happening this Wednesday. And it sounds like she needs our help so please participate if you can. Welcome, Lisa! 
From: Lisa Johnson
Re: GVSB Signage Project  
Could you please add an event to the calendar for Wednesday evening? I’m a new PT person at the CDC and didn’t realize […]

Bruce Kraus is the Councilman for a small piece of Mt. Washington. In today’s Post Gazette, Mr. Kraus wrote an editorial confronting some of the hate speech that has been directed toward him.
But, if you were to listen to the hate speech of Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern to learn about who I am, you […]

This morning I saw this on Shiloh:

Late last night a vandal or group of vandals made the decision to knock over 3 of the planters on Shiloh St. Why would they do this? That is the question of the century I think. I’m starting to think that we shouldn’t even give these idiots to opportunity […]

Justin Miller from Map Pittsburgh sent us this message yesterday:
From: Justin Miller
I would like to say “thank you” to all Mount Washington and Duquesne Heights residents and property owners who came out to support the Map Pittsburgh proposal this afternoon. The Planning Commission voted to approve the proposal, and has given me the responsibility of […]

Reported by multiple attendees of the Map Pittsburgh Planning Commission hearing:
The hearing was to start at 2pm. Two hours later the Map Pittsburgh committee finally got their chance to present the zoning upgrades for Mt. Washington and especially proposed LNC zoning for Virginia Avenue.
Justin Miller stood up and gave a brief description of the zoning […]

If you’re not sure of your polling place, go here or here to find out. It’s as simple as typing in your address (thanks circusvue).
And if you’re still undecided, go here for more information. I know we’re all focused on the presidential primary, but there are candidates running for other offices as well.
ADDENDUM: 15211Advocate found this site as well, […]

Some local bloggers are partnering with the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce in a cross-blogging experiment to highlight the things that make Pittsburgh great as we head into the important Pennsylvania primary on Tuesday. We were asked to write a little something about Mt. Washington. Please visit The Primary Pittsburgh Project site to read about how residents […]

If you are out and about and see the Pittsburgh Business Times, buy one.
Why?
There is a great article about Mt. Washington, the CDC, VuPlus and Greg Panza on the cover of the real estate section. You can read the first part of the article here. This is the kind of positive press all of Pittsburgh’s […]

I ask this simple question to any board members or staffers out there that reads this site.
It has come to our attention that there is a possibility that the MWCDC might not have representation at this pivotal Map Pittsburgh planning hearing. Is this true? Is the CDC going to back out of a vote that […]