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Stop evolution! Stop Everything. Gimme Gimme Gimme. That's not fair!. Nothings fair. You're not nice. I'm telling mommy.", "TotalVotes": -5, "posVotes": 3, "negVotes": 8, "vote": "none", "descendantsCount": 2, "sender": { "UID": "08eb8c0eab9641828140be1cd3160ff5", "name": "Matthew Fiehrer", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "replies": [ { "ID": "608fced53cda4863a164af3358443874", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "6364217d31e342de9404014ebdd34905", "threadID": "6364217d31e342de9404014ebdd34905", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "Are you an American farmer? Have you not received your Trump Train Pay-off, I mean \"subsidy\" yet? ", "TotalVotes": 4, "posVotes": 6, "negVotes": 2, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "e119c01d13cf4a969821c16bbdc5fcec", "name": "Rick Macklin", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558631035369, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" }, { "ID": "5e9e1c0492be46debb845feb1c405ee0", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "6364217d31e342de9404014ebdd34905", "threadID": "6364217d31e342de9404014ebdd34905", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "\"Free Stuff! Free Stuff! Free Stuff! Stop fracking! Stop evolution! Stop Everything. Gimme Gimme Gimme...\"\nThat's a great quote from Jeff Romoff, CEO of UPMC. The rich always want free stuff from government, which is why they bribe them with PAC money and lobbyists.", "TotalVotes": 6, "posVotes": 6, "negVotes": 0, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "c0c77c4742224fed92bb5495be15a252", "name": "Erik Dolnack", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558631389569, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" } ], "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558629876309, "threadTimestamp": 1558631389569, "status": "published" }, { "ID": "bf0f341d9e104ac99a1d1d09fc368074", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "threadID": "", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "Wilson will have a tougher time that he thinks in the fall. A lot of people voted for him over Darlene because they wanted to make sure Darlene didn't advance. But they will switch their vote to Rosselot once he is on the ballot. ", "TotalVotes": -4, "posVotes": 2, "negVotes": 6, "vote": "none", "descendantsCount": 2, "sender": { "UID": "7de920acee674d67858d8f3ff525754b", "name": "Bill Davis", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "replies": [ { "ID": "58a7a64dc3484e6d851453c0eecae372", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "bf0f341d9e104ac99a1d1d09fc368074", "threadID": "bf0f341d9e104ac99a1d1d09fc368074", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "What are you basing this statement on? 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Most Pittsburghers now see through the conservative propaganda that tax break create jobs and making a handful of super-wealthy families richer makes everyone richer. Welcome to the Revolution!", "TotalVotes": 6, "posVotes": 9, "negVotes": 3, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "c0c77c4742224fed92bb5495be15a252", "name": "Erik Dolnack", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "replies": [ { "ID": "139b6746e3b84683af66fef34458d6db", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "c3dfd6f0cbd8426c9f5c1ae796704adc", "threadID": "e8b20a00628d4ed8b2a0f9a37a2a68af", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "You mean welcome to the Soviet Union 2.0. 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", "TotalVotes": 0, "posVotes": 1, "negVotes": 1, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "45f1410f9a1244e68386b0a844afd58c", "name": "Brad Lodovico", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558704561441, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" } ], "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558624889334, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" } ], "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558621960760, "threadTimestamp": 1558704561441, "status": "published" }, { "ID": "69306aca9b514e62ab5dcad016e83540", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "threadID": "", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "Two \"same old\" and no new idea incumbents losing to two young and dynamic people who are were in the community heavily, and likely much more in tune with its thoughts and how life in 2019 is. Sounds like a win to me.", "TotalVotes": 11, "posVotes": 13, "negVotes": 2, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "45f1410f9a1244e68386b0a844afd58c", "name": "Brad Lodovico", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558614892048, "threadTimestamp": 1558614892048, "status": "published" }, { "ID": "e23414b0f17e4ab1a5905770fa49cf29", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "threadID": "", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "DeFazio 78 years old? I am thinking it was time for retirement anyway.", "TotalVotes": 9, "posVotes": 10, "negVotes": 1, "vote": "none", "descendantsCount": 4, "sender": { "UID": "e8cb2dc235864d4db2d8bf967927ec3f", "name": "David Bolock", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "replies": [ { "ID": "dd77c4adc1984a02b009865213dc654d", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "e23414b0f17e4ab1a5905770fa49cf29", "threadID": "e23414b0f17e4ab1a5905770fa49cf29", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "There are mandatory retirement ages for judges, we probably should for politicians too. 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I have no doubt they'll be back in 5 years to do it again.", "TotalVotes": 6, "posVotes": 6, "negVotes": 0, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "f50fa53c9ebc4076ba68c1765e4d1b36", "name": "Liz Dolinar", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558624570007, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" } ], "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558615600864, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" } ], "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558614920207, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" }, { "ID": "ff2cda05f0554c5191bc586c754faf63", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "e23414b0f17e4ab1a5905770fa49cf29", "threadID": "e23414b0f17e4ab1a5905770fa49cf29", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "Uncle Joe Biden will be 78 on his inauguration day -- what about that ? 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Good riddance.", "TotalVotes": 7, "posVotes": 8, "negVotes": 1, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "7cf3736788c5467e9e4507a44b5ddffe", "name": "John Polyak", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558598035746, "threadTimestamp": 1558598035746, "status": "published" }, { "ID": "e38b74472d5143a98608f51c4eb25fd2", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "threadID": "", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "Congrats to Bethany Hallam...also does anyone want to make a bet that this will be Zapalla's last term...if Jenkins started campaigning earlier I think the outcome would have been in his favor...this was a lesson learned for him...don't make the same mistake next time Mr. Jenkins.\n\n\n", "TotalVotes": 3, "posVotes": 6, "negVotes": 3, "vote": "none", "descendantsCount": 2, "sender": { "UID": "9d14acfcd23f4932ab2e541d84ec8f49", "name": "Pitts Burgh", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "replies": [ { "ID": "3d34684593fa44ed9358485d540ce24c", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "e38b74472d5143a98608f51c4eb25fd2", "threadID": "e38b74472d5143a98608f51c4eb25fd2", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "correct on zap", "TotalVotes": 4, "posVotes": 5, "negVotes": 1, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "_guid_sCU_oeAUUtffL9wWivC6296D06KP4n2ldZC9e9hP9G8=", "photoURL": "https://graph.facebook.com/v2.12/100003098896070/picture?type=square", "name": "Mike Ference", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558587092018, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" }, { "ID": "000ab0aaaec940a79a905fe7093518de", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "e38b74472d5143a98608f51c4eb25fd2", "threadID": "e38b74472d5143a98608f51c4eb25fd2", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "Didn't Jenkins announce a year ago? 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Anybody starting a poop/syringe map yet?", "TotalVotes": -11, "posVotes": 2, "negVotes": 13, "vote": "none", "descendantsCount": 16, "sender": { "UID": "b79abf35ff5b45bf98a94696aef72d07", "name": "Dave Stoebe", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "replies": [ { "ID": "6338dc16a02b4016b3fa08df81c910da", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "f0003318b9624764be10d03c00d7b9a6", "threadID": "f0003318b9624764be10d03c00d7b9a6", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "What does that even mean?", "TotalVotes": 9, "posVotes": 10, "negVotes": 1, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "dcccd8eeda6f46088c5b88e00c7e8c53", "name": "Nivek Morris", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "replies": [ { "ID": "d96d93f88d75483f85b55772e00de3b9", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "6338dc16a02b4016b3fa08df81c910da", "threadID": "f0003318b9624764be10d03c00d7b9a6", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "This comment has been deleted", "TotalVotes": 0, "posVotes": 0, "negVotes": 0, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "", "name": "[removed]", "isSelf": false }, "flagCount": 0, "moderatorEdit": false, "replies": [ { "ID": "cfb89beee97e4f85838ba22dc8625d96", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "d96d93f88d75483f85b55772e00de3b9", "threadID": "f0003318b9624764be10d03c00d7b9a6", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "Pittsburgh has been blue forever and a good many of their residents have already exited due to the high taxes. Just go to a Steeler bar in any major city of the country and you will see all the ex-residents.", "TotalVotes": -2, "posVotes": 2, "negVotes": 4, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "e8cb2dc235864d4db2d8bf967927ec3f", "name": "David Bolock", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "replies": [ { "ID": "d8623ea6977543dcbdb13af63f1bc25d", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "cfb89beee97e4f85838ba22dc8625d96", "threadID": "f0003318b9624764be10d03c00d7b9a6", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "Check your history. People left this area when the mills closed and jobs were no longer here. That had nothing to do with taxes. ", "TotalVotes": 4, "posVotes": 4, "negVotes": 0, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "_guid_TF9LwXWZndd_tEJU3aIECQ==", "photoURL": "https://graph.facebook.com/v2.12/1403732315/picture?type=square", "profileURL": "https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/YXNpZADpBWEdBZAXUtNlA1SGZANQ1FWbE1GVW5SSVVQUzBZAQWRkVG5XaW9OeHdNbEhXRWMxSG5KTEdLVVBid0RZAYVZAIOThIYU9HcjhhZAmZApdWN1T2RKdF9iN3NJZAzBpYlhQRTNXM3dZAVEI3akpkQUpB/", "name": "Fran Bertonaschi", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558624648188, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" }, { "ID": "e7aaf158607d4d4eb8743d4e2c220888", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "cfb89beee97e4f85838ba22dc8625d96", "threadID": "f0003318b9624764be10d03c00d7b9a6", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "My city property taxes are a lot lower than most of the rest of the county and have only gone up once in 16 years. For the county library tax that i voted for. ", "TotalVotes": 3, "posVotes": 3, "negVotes": 0, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "7de920acee674d67858d8f3ff525754b", "name": "Bill Davis", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558627620888, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" } ], "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558611480911, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" }, { "ID": "b58b2834d7b44924950e271b557f5b20", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "d96d93f88d75483f85b55772e00de3b9", "threadID": "f0003318b9624764be10d03c00d7b9a6", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "Yea because no one wants to live in New York, L.A., San Francisco or any of the other high tax liberal cities. In case you haven't noticed, the population is moving to just those such places. ", "TotalVotes": 5, "posVotes": 7, "negVotes": 2, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "0c60e96df6be44babf0e0ab81ad0e268", "name": "Anonymous", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "replies": [ { "ID": "7ae30273f5ad49bf814c58d1a20583b8", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "b58b2834d7b44924950e271b557f5b20", "threadID": "f0003318b9624764be10d03c00d7b9a6", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "Yeah, they all want to move to Kansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama, WV and all the other low tax utopias. 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Many are going to replace them. And those who are leaving are not moving to WV or Missouri, they are largely leaving for places like Austin, Seattle and Boston. ", "TotalVotes": 4, "posVotes": 4, "negVotes": 0, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "e119c01d13cf4a969821c16bbdc5fcec", "name": "Rick Macklin", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558630682847, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" } ], "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558619287991, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" }, { "ID": "579a58ef028e4656a81ceab9a8197503", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "b58b2834d7b44924950e271b557f5b20", "threadID": "f0003318b9624764be10d03c00d7b9a6", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "Exactly. Every time some red state governor gets elected they make some big announcement about cutting taxes for businesses next to signs reading \"Our State is Open for Business!\". But then nothing really materializes except for low-skill, low-pay, low-benefit nonsense. It turns out that despite keeping their taxes super duper low and cutting everything possible these red states are not attracting companies like Google, Apple, Amazon, Boston Dynamics and more. It turns out that access to a highly educated populace is important to companies. And that these companies need to be where younger people actually want to live - which is not WV or Missouri. 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Because UPMC here currently pays zero taxes to our city, which is why our infrastructure is breaking down, our schools are broke, our population is shrinking, etc. Does UPMC employ enough Pittsburghers at a high enough rate of pay to fund this entire city? No. Not by a longshot. Neoliberalism has utterly failed. It failed in Pittsburgh as its failing all over the world today. Tax breaks never create jobs. Increased demand creates jobs, and the way to increase demand is to redistribute wealth into more workers' checking accounts. ", "TotalVotes": 4, "posVotes": 4, "negVotes": 0, "vote": "none", "sender": { "UID": "c0c77c4742224fed92bb5495be15a252", "name": "Erik Dolnack", "isSelf": false, "loginProvider": "Site" }, "flagCount": 0, "highlightGroups": [], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558626090450, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "published" } ], "edited": false, "timestamp": 1558609704828, "threadTimestamp": 0, "status": "rejected" }, { "ID": "dd8f051cc2f4450292afaacc0f0810f2", "streamId": "http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/05/22/pittsburgh-city-county-council-election-darlene-harris/stories/201905220124/", "parentID": "6338dc16a02b4016b3fa08df81c910da", "threadID": "f0003318b9624764be10d03c00d7b9a6", "isModerator": false, "commentText": "He is also referring to the fact that cities overwhelmingly bear the brunt of social ills such as homelessness, addiction and poverty - because many rural and suburban areas quite literally ship their homeless to cities. 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Lincoln was the President who fought a war in order for the federal government to maintain power and authority over the states. His entire philosophy is antiethical to today's anti-government GOP. 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