Mayor Ravenstahl On Shields' Actions: "Cheap, Ill-Motivated & Just Plain Wrong"

Here's the Mayor's response to Council President Doug Shields' call for federal and state inquiries into Pat Ford's allegations of corruption in the Ravenstahl administration.

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MAYOR RAVENSTAHL COMMENTS ON SHIELDS’ LETTERS




(PITTSBURGH) September 12, 2008

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl today issued the following statement in response to Council President Shields’ letters to the U.S. Attorney and the state Attorney General.

“Doug Shields has forgotten that he was sent to Council to do the people's business, not to promote a political agenda focused on hurting me and aggrandizing himself. As he has communicated to others in the back offices of City Council, he is using his public office in an attempt to hurt people politically, personally and professionally. While my administration and I have been getting the work of the City done, cleaning our neighborhoods, fixing our finances, fighting crime, and resolving potential lawsuits to protect City taxpayers, he has been playing political games. Shame on him. Over the last two years, through an underwhelming run for citywide office, Shields’ use of public funds to advance his political agenda, and his erratic and unprofessional behavior on Council, he and his cohorts have embarrassed themselves, their public offices and this City. Shields' actions are cheap, ill-motivated and just plain wrong. I have full faith that the people of Pittsburgh see right through Shields, to the truth. It is time for Shields and company to stop playing politics and get back to the business of the City.




Date: September 12, 2008
Contact: Joanna Doven

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