Summary
Mayor Bob O'Connor has spent his first six months in office as if they could be his last, pushing hard for the kind of street-level reforms befitting a politician hustling for votes.
Pittsburgh's homegrown mayor from Squirrel Hill marks two major successes between his Jan. 3 inauguration and today: a well-planned "redd-up" campaign to tidy the city's 89 neighborhoods in time for Major League Baseball's All-Star Game next week, and the beginnings of redevelopment in Downtown's depleted Fifth and Forbes retail corridor.See the full content of this document
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O'connor Off to a Running Start
Former Mayor Sophie Masloff, who led the city from 1988 to 1994, said that's a great start, but O'Connor must show a willingness to tackle something other than soft issues. Still looming are problems such as the city's overwhelming $1 billion-plus debt, an annual $23 million workers' compensation load, a $350 million pensi...
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