With headlines like this:
Mayor defends use of police vehicle
Says he is not going to change lifestyle to 'appease the media'
(Why does the mayor need a police car to travel around in anyway?)
Mayor wouldn't speak at forum until DeSantis left room
(WTF? Your opponent has to leave the room while you speak? I'm speechless, too!)
...the world must be wondering what's up with Pittsburgh. I understand the condition because I'm from around here...Pittsburgh's bizarre mayoral patterns. Good mayor, tragedy, then the odd fill-in mayor--Caliguiri with Sophie and now O'Connor followed by Kid Ravenstahl. We have soft hearts. After tragedy we want warm and fuzzy like a stodgy grandmother or a clean-faced boy scout ready to help us across the street to the future. But to the rest of the world, what does it look like? Pittsburgh enjoying a feast of excellent mayorship followed by a burp in the person of the interim mayor, soon to be elected in his own right.
The question is who can lead the city onward to be the world class place Pittsburgh yearns to be. Are the childish pranks of Ravenstahl blown out of proportion? Or is his spirit and youth just what Pittsburgh needs to "move forward?" (Salute to PittGirl! But don't drink!) Or is the "gravitas" of an older, ultra-serious Mark DeSantis the way to go? Honestly, to see the two together is such a study in contrast, I don't know what to do with it. Oh, wait! Republicans are like Protestants--some strange life form Burghers can't fathom. If you're not Democrat and Catholic or Jewish, what are you doing in Pittsburgh?
Luckily for the city, I'm in the burbs now and can't vote for Pittsburgh mayor, but I'll be watching...
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