dlppgh t1_jdepghy wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:21 PM

Reply to comment by ktxhopem3276 in Let's pour one out for the developers of Pittsburgh by PublicCommenter

>somebody in hazlewood died because an ambulance couldn’t get through the unplowed streets.

I was in the City County Building that day. Ravenstahl was heavily affected by that and he had a meeting with Public Safety officials in which he was losing it - loudly screaming. It's not fair or accurate to say that this wasn't on Luke's radar. You don't have to tell me or anyone else who worked for the city at that time about it.

I spent about a month's work of work focused specifically on Snowmageddon. I can tell you more about how it affected the city organization than you probably want to hear.

That much snow would have paralyzed the city no matter who the mayor was. Yes, Luke was in Seven Springs, but that's irrelevant. Snow removal operations are/were the specific task of a specific manager in DPW. And guess what - that manager during snowmageddon was the same manager tasked with the same responsibility until he retired during the Peduto admin.

Any changes that took place after snowmageddon started taking place immediately in 2010. They weren't appreciably improved under Peduto. The snow tracker was NOTHING except a costly CYA move that did absolutely nothing to improve snow response times or efficiency.

I have a few things I credit Peduto for...but he also earned my disrespect. He worked hard at it and he finally broke me.

I am going to politely tell you that Googling up a few stories in 2023 isn't an adequate replacement for knowing what you're talking about.

ktxhopem3276 t1_jdeqjjb wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:28 PM

> Yes, Luke was in Seven Springs, but that's irrelevant.

You don’t leave town to have a birthday party with a wealthy developer at his ski condo while the city is facing the worst snow storm in decades.

> I have a few things I credit Peduto for...but he also earned my disrespect. He worked hard at it and he finally broke me. I am going to politely tell you that Googling up a few stories in 2023 isn't an adequate replacement for knowing what you're talking about.

You are so special and have earned the privilege to talk down to everyone that isn’t a government employee.

dlppgh t1_jdje390 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 8:33 PM

You can weep about my tone all you want, but I don't see you addressing substance even for a moment.

For the record - seeing you lambaste residents of The Run for daring to care about their community, and then trading in silly childish whining about my condescension...is uniquely goofy.

If someone actually condescends in their tone to you, you'll have earned it many times over.

ktxhopem3276 t1_jdjip4q wrote on March 24, 2023 at 9:03 PM

You’ve been attacking me for days because I said something positive about peduto. Most people have some pent up emotions about their boss. You might need therapy if hearing something positive about your former boss is so upsetting.

They are entitled to care about their community and voice their concerns. But it’s fair to be on the lookout for selfish nimby opposition to a project. The neighborhood people were being ignored and only got attention when people saw the opportunity to dunk on a large nonprofit and the mayor.