Baddock, Pennsylvania

The city of Braddock, PA has the coolest mayor in America, John Fetterman. I know what it's like to love your city like that. I only wish I had the creativity and the initiative to do the kinds of things he's done for Braddock right here in la ciudad a la Orilla del Rio.

Tuesday is our mayoral election. I'm almost definitely voting for Mayor Loveridge. I've felt sympathetic to the idea that maybe our city needs to go in a different direction. I've tried to gather information and other details that would indicate which direction the challenger Art Gage thinks that we need to take, and I have to admit, I just don't get the logic behind his candidacy. He seems like a good guy, but he also seems to believe that the people of la ciudad are foolish enough to blame our economic crisis (which has hit us particularly hard) on the Mayor. Um...right. I don't think many R-Side residents even know or care who the mayor is, let alone hold him personally responsible for one of the greatest economic crises ever to hit our country.

Besides: I like all the emphasis on Downtown that comes from the Mayor's office. I like the solar panel-laden patio cover on top of City Hall. I appreciate the Mayor's attempts to make this a "City of the Arts". I'm excited about the newly-improved Fox Theater.

Sure, I didn't like the Kawa Market BS that took place just a couple of blocks from my house, but I rarely agree a lot of the things that politicians do. Surveying the list above, it seems that Mayor Loveridge has done plenty to beat the average. Besides, not every city gets to have a mayor like John Fetterman.

Ish is getting crazy here off Brockton Ave. Jenny and I were obstructed by the police action all evening.

I Ain't Mad At Cha

I feel a little disillusioned after the long off-season (and the Doyers' painful exit), but apparently life's too short to get mad at the Lakers.

WTF?!

The Lake Show didn't show up for the Mavs. The shots have to fall, and you've gotta play D.

I hate seeing Mark Cuban smile.