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ricksebak t1_jdif5vo wrote
Reply to Tell me about Magisterial District Judge candidate Casey Mullen, please! by pedantic_comments
I happen to be following this race too, and 1Hood did a forum with all the candidates only a few days ago. It’s long, but if you want to get to know these candidates, here you go: https://www.youtube.com/live/BR7K8ksgS1U
ricksebak t1_jaeuw56 wrote
“We hear for you”
ricksebak t1_j8v4bwj wrote
Reply to comment by SWPenn in Max and Erma’s - Cranberry Township Location. Last day of operations is 02/25/2023 by DarkLuc1d1ty
Sounds like a good business.
ricksebak t1_j8t0jvz wrote
Reply to comment by sparksofthetempest in Max and Erma’s - Cranberry Township Location. Last day of operations is 02/25/2023 by DarkLuc1d1ty
I would call Max and Erma’s a typical middle class boomer restaurant. And yes, those are closing because there are less and less boomers every day. No restaurant wants to go after a demographic which is shrinking, and at best, will be gone in 15 years or whatever. They want to go after a 30 year old and hook that customer for the next 40 years.
ricksebak t1_j3tbczv wrote
I don’t know this specific company but those vendors aren’t usually a scam, per se. They represent a legitimate electric company who will legitimately provide electric to you if you sign up.
They also often use deceptive and high pressure sales tactics like you described. I personally doubt that they could ever be the most optimal choice for who you buy electricity from, because door to door sales people are very expensive and the cost of those sales people is baked into the cost of electricity, if you bought from them.
I always just cut them off and say “no thanks”, or better yet, don’t randomly answer the door.
ricksebak t1_j2b93im wrote
Reply to comment by Karma4Clunkerz in Crossing the street by Karma4Clunkerz
I’m gonna have to put the brakes on this convo and crosswalk myself over to another thread, OP.
ricksebak t1_j29krbp wrote
Reply to Crossing the street by Karma4Clunkerz
> like she’s asking to be hit or something.
Did you hit her? Or did you do a quick mental calculation and determine that slowing down for two seconds is a tiny inconvenience, and that hitting her is a giant inconvenience, and then you just slowed down and didn’t hit her?
Because if you slowed down and didn’t hit her, then maybe she’s not asking to be hit. Maybe she knows about the mental calculation and she’s using it to her advantage to cross the street faster.
ricksebak t1_iyb08yp wrote
Reply to comment by Careless-Cost4991 in Possible Interviews? by [deleted]
Years ago I was gathering signatures for a petition drive and I personally got over 100 people to sign just from approaching people at bus stops. It was probably one of the most productive places to find people. Two suggestions:
- When you approach someone, make sure to state right off the bat that your work seeks to improve transit for riders (if indeed that’s true). People who depend on transit have an incentive to go along with the interview if your work will indirectly help the riders that you interview.
- Downtown has the highest concentration of bus stops and bus riders, so do it there. Don’t camp out at only one stop either, circulate.
ricksebak t1_iwv5kow wrote
Reply to Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh urges supporters to take their demands to John Block's wedding reception by Jazzlike_Breadfruit9
“Smithers, get me some strike breakers, the kind they had in the thirties” responded John Block.
ricksebak t1_iujuzaf wrote
Reply to Do kids still go trick-or-treating on Halloween night in Bloomfield/Pittsburgh? by Sandybeagle
Kids are out on my street.
ricksebak t1_iug13hm wrote
Reply to comment by skunksdontstink in Big Thanks to the local businesses putting election campaign signs on their windows by LockedOutOfElfland
> imagine if the table was turned and a proprietor asked you who you voted for
Where in OP’s post did they ask the proprietor anything at all?
They didn’t. The proprietor hung a sign in their window specifically so that the outside world could associate the proprietor’s business with the candidate. And in this case it worked as the proprietor intended.
Excellent straw man argument tho.
ricksebak t1_iufc2st wrote
Reply to comment by LockedOutOfElfland in Big Thanks to the local businesses putting election campaign signs on their windows by LockedOutOfElfland
Fake Mike Doyle was in the neighborhood for the Columbus Day parade, because if there’s one thing Bloomfielders love, it’s shutting down our entire neighborhood for the enjoyment of some dickhead who lives in the suburbs. He might’ve dropped off the sign himself.
ricksebak t1_iuf57ah wrote
Reply to comment by LockedOutOfElfland in Big Thanks to the local businesses putting election campaign signs on their windows by LockedOutOfElfland
> a Mike Doyle (the one with an R after his name) sign
Silky’s in Bloomfield? They have one.
ricksebak t1_iu4x4gt wrote
Local man ruins the SEO of his own name for no tangible reason. News at 11.
ricksebak t1_iu1n6ic wrote
What is the desired outcome of this post?
ricksebak t1_itw04aa wrote
Check with your local political leaders, since Oz wants them to make every other decision for you.
ricksebak t1_irmvlce wrote
Reply to comment by Yinzerman1992 in Allegheny County Home Rule Charter Amendment by B0bb3r7
The fact that these jobs are part time is insane to me. The county has 1.2 million constituents and council has 13 district reps, which is roughly 92k constituents/district for a part time job. And a quick check of the PA-18 state house district (Innamorato’s) shows 66k constituents for that district, which is a full time job. Then each at-large member of county council represents the full population of 1.2 million constituents, which is one of the largest local legislative seats in the entire US.
ricksebak t1_jdm7oio wrote
Reply to comment by Fooka03 in Any place to get green peanuts for boiling? by OllieFromCairo
They do sell them. Source: have bought them. $2.50/lb, IIRC.