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Guide to Following Pittsburgh Mayor and City Council Members on Twitter

One easy way to connect to your elected representatives is to follow along on Twitter. Here is a list of Twitter names for Pittsburgh’s mayor and city council members.

Know of others who should be added to the list? Leave a comment below.

			Followers as of Jan 9, 2013
Mayor	Bill Peduto	@BillPeduto	11,901
City Council District 1	Darlene Harris	@Darlene4Pgh	182
City Council District 2	Theresa Kail-Smith	@Smithdistrict2	33
City Council District 3	Bruce Kraus	@BruceKraus	1,268
City Council District 4	Natalia Rudiak	@NataliaRudiak	3077
City Council District 5	Corey O’Connor	@CoreyOConnor2	872
City Council District 6	R. Danielle Lavelle	@RDLavelle	691
City Council District 7	Deborah Gross	@DebGrossPgh	454
	District 7 Twitter Account	@PghDistrict7	485
City Council District 8	Daniel Gilman	@DanielGilman	1,620
		@PghDistrict8	203
City Council District 9	Rev. Ricky Burgess	@RickyBurgessPGH (updated 6/2014)~~@RevRickyBurgess~~	102
City Controller	Michael Lamb	@voteLamb	782

Tweets from https://twitter.com/iheartpgh/pgh-mayor-city-council

“The power of Pittsburgh is us. That we have each others’ backs” Vanessa German at Bill Peduto’s Inauguration

One of the highlights of mayoral inauguration on Monday, which receieved a standing ovation from the crowd in Heinz Hall and has been shared on Twitter was the poem by Pittsburgh artist Vanessa German.

“Let’s rise to become change agents of a 6 block radius” inspiration from Vanessa German @billpeduto inauguration http://t.co/BUjeWPumpJ

— GTECH Strategies (@GTECHstrategies) January 8, 2014

Vanessa German: “This is the power of Pittsburgh. The power of Pittsburgh is us. That we have each others’ backs.”

— Hill Consensus (@HillConsensus) January 6, 2014

@vstpgh We are mighty. We are fighters. We show up! Says Vanessa German, writer and poet! pic.twitter.com/ck0oHYwkn7

— Constance George (@ConnieCatGeorge) January 6, 2014

hat is just a few of the highlights. If you haven’t had the chance to watch this yet, here is the video from the Post-Gazette Continue reading →

Are you registered to vote?

There are several projects that we launched in 2013 that I’m particularly proud of – one that comes to mind today is votePGH. This was a little project that we put together, with the help of some other generous volunteers who created the logo and designed the website in just a few days. The goal of votePGH is to generate awareness about upcoming elections and to make sure Pittsburghers are registered to vote.

Yesterday, I attended the inauguration of Bill Peduto as the 60th mayor of Pittsburgh. I usually don’t write much about politics here on IheartPGH, but this blog was created from many conversations that I had with Natalia Rudiak, whom I first met when I was working on Bill Peduto’s campaign in 2005.

The transition teams for new mayor and the inauguration yesterday have left me thinking about civic engagement. I’m interested in how bloggers and social media can connect people to government and it all starts with voting. Continue reading →

Mon 11/18, 5pm is the Deadline to Apply for City of Pittsburgh Transition Teams

Bill Peduto at Union Project (Photo credit: TheNoxid)

If you read one post on IheartPGH this year – I hope it is this post. There are some very exciting and important things happening right now that are important in the future of this city.

In January 2014, Bill Peduto will become the next mayor of the City of Pittsburgh. Mayor-Elect Peduto has pledged to make his administration transparent and knowledgeable. There is a lot of interesting stuff happening around the transition from the current mayor to Bill Peduto and the transition team is working very hard to make sure as many people as possible are a part of the process. Continue reading →

Meet Your New Mayor – Bill Peduto’s Excellent Adventure @ Manor Theater – Mon. 11/11

English: Flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Image created by uploader based on and image at the North American Vexillological Association web site and other images on the web. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Last Tuesday, we went to the ballot box and Bill Peduto was ellected to be the next mayor of Pittsburgh. One of the reasons why I think Peduto is a great choice for Pittsburgh is the amount of time he spends studying other cities .

I have personally had the opportunity to learn about cities that are similar to Pittsburgh through GLUE (the Great Lakes Urban Exchange). GLUE was founded by a Pittsburgh native and a Detroit native with the purpose of bringing together folks from rust-belt cities, cities that are all struggling with similar post-industrial revolution problems. I’ve attended GLUE conferences in Buffalo, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh and had the opportunity to learn about how other cities are tackling problems that Pittsburgh is also trying to deal with. [Some of the GLUE supporters continue to share articles and ideas on the GLUE Facebook page here. We are working to put together a future GLUE conference – keep an eye on the GLUE Facebook page for details]. Continue reading →

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