Two Rallies Today!

Two rallies today in Downtown Pittsburgh:

COUNTY COUNCIL IS FIGHTING TO STOP THE UNNECESSARY BUS CUTS AND CLOSING OF THE HARMAR GARAGE

Without our buses, we're going nowhere!

JOIN US TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT!

WHEN: Tuesday, March 15th 2011, 4:00 PM
WHERE: 5th and Grant, Downtown Pgh

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SOLIDARITY RALLY TO STAND UP TO THE STRIPPING OF WORKERS RIGHTS IN WI!

Defend the Dream Action

WHEN: Tuesday, March 15TH, 5:30 PM
WHERE: United Steelworkers Building, 60 Blvd of the Allies, (Corner of Blvd & Stanwix)

Corporate power is openly waging war on workers, the middle class and American democracy.

This is our moment to come together and show that we will not tolerate this naked power grab by big money interests.

Bring a sign, bring your passion, bring a friend.

RSVP here

Bad Boys, Bad Boys (Local Edition)

Just in time to get a lump of coal from Santa:

CasablancaPA has the goods on PA Rep. and Majority Leader Mike Turzai's double dipping when it comes to per diems here.

Father Duquesne (formerly The Parkway Left) has a post up on Allegheny County Councilman Matt Drozd titled "Portrait of an ignorant bigot."

Infinonymous blogs on LeRoy S. Zimmerman (longtime friend and close political ally of PA Gov.-elect Tom Corbett) who oversees the Hershey Trust and who is under investigation by Corbett's office for using $12 million in "funds intended to educate impoverished children" to purchase a money-losing golf course and then spending another $5 million to bling the course out. (Full story in the P-G here.)

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a story on Michael Jasper. Jasper is a PNC vice president and finance manager who was a Pittsburgh Parking Authority board member. "Was" as in he was the only board member who voted to study a pension bailout plan opposed by Lil Mayor Luke and "was" as in he's no longer a board member because his employer asked him to resign from that body. You figure out who the bad boy is in this case (Hint: it ain't Jasper.)