Granting Political Favors
How do you get a street repaired? Favoritism is alleged many times in the decision which streets do get repaired. Sometimes maybe it does?
PittsburghCityPaper.WS spins a tale that sounds like favoritism.
According to county real-estate records, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin purchased a home on the 1200 block of Shady Avenue in April. The street was paved a few months after ... even while other sections of the street slated for resurfacing went unattended.
City Councilor Bill Peduto, who represents the Shadyside neighborhood and who has been critical of the city's paving decisions in the past claims...
"It's not the condition of the street, but the people who live on it."
The Mayor's office explanation of this was...
"The section of Shady Avenue paved was on our list long before Coach Tomlin moved into his house, but paved after he moved in."
That sounds good but...
According to the city's 2007 paving list, however, Tomlin's stretch of Shady wasn't supposed to be paved at all.
I really don't care if Mike Timlin's street got favoritism or not. That is peanuts.
What I want to know is... if a new unproven Coach like Mike Timlin gets his street paved ahead of schedule, what did Chuck Noll and Bill Cowher get?
Al Arnold
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