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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Open Pittsburgh
No Open Government in Pittsburgh
Recently I highlighted a grassroots effort to make Pittsburgh's government more open to public scrutiny - or return it to that state, as the case happens to be. Sadly, that effort has met with failure. "Pittsburghers won't have a chance to vote for an 'open government' referendum on Nov. 8, but […]
