Libertarian Party of Pittsburgh

As published in the PIttsburgh Post Gazette, December 25, 2006
The real voting problem: third-party or independent candidates are shut out
Paper ballots may stop votes disappearing from recounts (”In Praise of Paper” by Bruce Schneier, Dec. 3 Forum), but they won’t stop candidates disappearing from Pennsylvania ballots.
2006 saw no Pennsylvania third party or independent statewide candidates [...]

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As Run in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Thursday, December 21, 2006
Pittsburgh Councilman Bill Peduto’s traffic cameras are a bad idea (”Drivers will hate Kodak moments,” Mike Seate column, Dec. 14 and PghTrib.com).
They are, at best, the law enforcement counterpart to those maddening automated phone menus. They are, at worst, a dangerous step toward a surveillance [...]

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