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What If the Steelers Won and Nobody Threw a Parade?

On Wednesday, word from "city sources" suggested that if the Steelers won the Super Bowl on Sunday, Pittsburgh wouldn't have a parade for budgetary and safety reasons. Last time the Steelers won, it cost the city $45,000 in security and cleanup. Gee, all cities should have such problems.Well, no worries. Pittsburgh Mayor...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ignoring Offered Bet?

It's customary for the mayors of two championship participating cities to make a friendly wager heading into the big game in major sports. For the Super Bowl this weekend, the mayor of Glendale, Arizona, Elaine Scruggs, assumed that would be the case. She proposed a bet where the Steelers would have to plant a cactus...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ravenstahl Changing Name to ... Wait for It ... SteelerStahl

When the playoffs start and Super Bowl season starts heating up, all sorts of crazy bets happen, including many odd wagers by politicians. Some politicos, such as Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, like to gamble on feeding the homeless and the elderly. And then there's Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, who has absurdly decided...

Luke Ravenstahl News From the Web

05/25/12 Ravenstahl: right on drilling ban Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has long argued against Pittsburgh's ban on Marcellus Shale drilling -- approved 9-0 by city council in 2010, and made law without his signature -- mostly because of the negative vibes it sends to the growing natural gas industry.
05/23/12 Mayor calls Vegas meetings productive Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is hoping that what happened in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas.
05/22/12 No-litter zone: The city gets tough on trashing... Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette If litter is the calling card of those who don't care about their city, Pittsburgh is not quite the livable place it is said to be.
05/21/12 City expects 2013 completion for Point State Park... Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA It will be another spring before the fountain at Point State Park bubbles up again.
05/18/12 Analysis: U.S. cities wrestle with universities for... Source: The Oregon Herald Koch was trying to do then what cash-starved cities are now pulling off: extracting more money from colleges, universities and private hospitals to help restore bare-boned budgets.

Background on Luke Ravenstahl

Luke Robert Ravenstahl (born February 6, 1980) is the current Mayor of Pittsburgh. In September 2006, he became the youngest mayor in Pittsburgh's history at the age of 26. He is among the youngest mayors of a major city in American history.

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