ANNOUNCER: FROM PITTSBURGH'S
ACTION NEWS 4, THE RACE TO BE
PITTSBURGH'S NEXT MAYOR.
REVEREND WELCH: I'M A
COMPASSIONATE CANDIDATE.
I'M A PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE.
COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS: I WOULDN'T
BE RUNNING IF THE CITY WAS
RUNNING WELL.
MAYOR PEDUTO: I'M PROUD OF THE
FACT THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT
TO HEAR PITTSBURGH'S STORY.
ANNOUNCER: THREE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES, PUSHING FOR YOUR
VOTE.
COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS: TWO WORDS.
HANDS ON.
REVEREND WELCH: THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT SEASON IN PITTSBURGH'S
HISTORY, AND IT'S TIME FOR
CHANGE.
ANNOUNCER: TONIGHT, THEY TALK
DIRECTLY TO YOU, ANSWERING OUR
QUESTIONS AND YOURS.
COMMITMENT 2017 COVERAGE, LIVE
FROM THE WTAE CHANNEL 4 STUDIOS.
HERE IS YOUR MODERATOR, SALLY
WIGGIN.
SALLY: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE,
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON
WTAE.
ALSO, WELCOME TO OUR VIEWERS
WATCHING OUR LIVE STREAM ON THE
WTAE MOBILE APP, AND ON
WTAE.COM.
TONIGHT, THE RACE FOR
PITTSBURGH'S MAYOR.
THE PRIMARY NOW JUST WEEKS AWAY.
JOINING US ARE --
CURRENT MAYOR BILL PEDUTO,
THE REVEREND JOHN WELCH,
COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, AND DEAN OF
STUDENTS AT THE PITTSBURGH
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
AND PITTSBURGH CITY COUNCILWOMAN
DARLENE HARRIS.
ALSO JOINING US TONIGHT, OUR
PANELISTS --
CHRIS POTTER FROM THE
"PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE,"
ELAINE EFFORT FROM KQV-NEWS
RADIO,
BOB MAYO FROM PITTSBURGH'S
ACTION NEWS 4,
AND BRIANNA HORAN, REPRESENTING
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF
GREATER PITTSBURGH.
CANDIDATES WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE
TO ANSWER EACH QUESTION.
ANY REBUTTALS WILL BE SOLELY AT
MY DISCRETION.
TONIGHT'S ORDER WAS
PREDETERMINED BY DRAWING
NUMBERS.
WITH REVEREND WELCH DRAWING
NUMBER ONE.
WTAE IS WORKING WITH THE LEAGUE
OF WOMEN VOTERS TO BRING YOU
THIS DEBATE, SO LET'S BEGIN WITH
BRIANNA HORAN.
BRIANNA?
BRIANNA: THE EVENING, REVEREND
WELCH.
WHO ARE THE FORGOTTEN VOTERS OF
PITTSBURGH, AND HOW WOULD YOUR
ADMINISTRATION SERVE THESE
PEOPLE?
REVEREND WELCH: THANKS FOR THAT
QUESTION, BRIANNA.
I THINK THE FORGOTTEN POPULATION
ARE THE IMMIGRANTS AND THE WOMEN
IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA AND ALSO
MINORITIES IN THE PITTSBURGH
AREA.
I WOULD CLASSIFY THEM AS THE
FORGOTTEN VOTERS IN THE CITY OF
PITTSBURGH.
SALLY: MAYOR PEDUTO?
MAYOR PEDUTO: THERE IS A LOT OF
CHANGE, BUT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT
ECONOMY.
THEY HAVE NOT SEEN ANY
DEVELOPMENT.
THEY HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CHANGES.
ONLY CHANGES THEY HAVE SEEN IS
THEIRS COOLS CLOSING AND OTHER
CHURCHES CLOSING AND THEIR
BUSINESS DISTRICTS EMPTYING.
-- THERE SCHOOLS CLOSING,
CHURCHES CLOSING, AND THEIR
BUSINESS DISTRICTS EMPTYING.
PROVIDING LOW INTEREST LOAN SO
THAT PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE
HOMEOWNERS, TAKING ON BLIGHT IN
THE NEIGHBORHOODS, OR THERE HAS
NOT BEEN ANY ADVANCEMENT, I
THINK THOSE ARE THE ASSIGNMENT
VOTERS.
SALLY: COUNCILWOMAN?
COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS: I THINK THE
FORGOTTEN VOTERS ARE IN THE
COMMITTEES OF PITTSBURGH, AND
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED REALLY
WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT MUCH OF
ANYTHING.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
PUBLIC SAFETY AND KEEPING OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS CLEAN, KEEPING OUR
STREETS GOOD AND KEEPING THE
POTHOLES AWAY, AND THERE ARE THE
PROBLEMS WE ARE HAVING WITH OUR
WATER.
SALLY: THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR
BOB MAYO.BOB: WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO BE DOING ABOUT CONCERNS OF
LEAD IN THE DRINKING WATER?
MAYOR PEDUTO: IT INCLUDES HALF A
DOZEN SINGLE POINTS OF CONTACT
WERE THERE IS NO REDUNDANCY,
WHERE IT'S SOMETHING BREAKS,
THERE IS NO WATER.
WE NEVER INVESTED IN BACKUP
SYSTEMS.
THE SECOND IS THE STRUCTURE.
ALMOST $1 BILLION IN DEBT.
IT DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
GET THE MONEY TO FIX THE
PROBLEM, SO ON A SHORT-TERM
BASIS, IT IS A CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WORKS TO
REMOVE LEAD PIPES AND LOOK AT
THE CRITICAL AREAS OF
INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURE.
THE SECOND IS THE MISSABLE
AUTHORITY, -- THE MUNICIPAL
AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO BORROW
THE MONEY TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
WITHOUT BOTH, YOU CANNOT FIX THE
PROBLEM.
SALLY: COUNCILWOMAN?
COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS: YES, WE
HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES PROBABLY
THIS WHOLE ADMINISTRATION.
PARTICULARLY HAVING TO BOIL THE
WATER AND NOT KNOWING WHEN THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THE WATER
DEPARTMENT KNEW ABOUT IT.
ALSO, SPENDING $250,000 A DAY
FIXING ONE OF THE RESERVOIRS.
THE NORTH SIDE RESERVOIR IS
EMPTY AT THIS TIME.
AND THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE A
PLAN.
$250,000 RIGHT NOW OR DAY.
SIX WEEKS INTO IT, AND THERE IS
STILL NO PLAN.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE ANYTHING
UNTIL JUNE 1.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS BRING BACK
THE EMPLOYEES THAT THIS
ADMINISTRATION LET GO.
SALLY: REVEREND?
REVEREND WELCH: WHAT I WOULD DO
IS DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
THE LEVELS OF LEAD ARE HIGHER
THAN FLINT.
I WOULD DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
THIS IS TO HELP AMELIORATE THE
SITUATION.
ALSO, I WOULD FORGO SPENDING
$400 MILLION TO BREAK UP THE
STREETS AND REPLACE SERVICE
LINES WHEN THE EPA HAS PROVIDED
A WAY TO PROVIDE A WAY TO
INSTALL POINT OF ENTRY UNITS, SO
EVERY RESIDENT HAS SAFE AND
CLEAN DRINKING WATER WITH THE
SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT, AND IT
IS AMAZING THAT FOR JUST A
FRACTION OF THE COST OF BREAKING
UP THE SERVICE LINES.
IT STILL WOULD NOT AGREE GOOD
DRINKING.
WE CAN INSTALL THE POINT OF
ENTRY UNITS.
SALLY: MAYOR PEDUO
TO, I MIGHT
ALSO ADD THIS, BECAUSE OF THE
SPECTER OF FLINT MICHIGAN, AND
PEOPLE HEAR THE WORDLEAD," IT
RAISES CONCERNS THAT MIGHT NOT
HAVE BEEN THERE.
SO HOW DO YOU ALLAY THOSE FEARS,
AND IS A STATE OF EMERGENCY
THERE?
MAYOR PEDUTO: I DO NOT THINK SO,
AND IT IS NOT JUST PITTSBURGH.
IT IS MANY.
FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO EACH OF
THEM WITH A FEDERAL GOVERNENT
THAT IS CUTTING THE BUDGET, NOT
INCREASING THE BUDGET.
OUR WATER PROBLEMS ARE NOWHERE
NEAR FLINT.
FLINT HAD LEVELS 100 TIMES
HIGHER THAN WE HAD WHEN THEY
USED THE FLINT RIVER AS THE
CONDUIT FOR WATER, AND WHAT WE
HAVE HAS BEEN STEADILY
INCREASING OVER 30 YEARS.
WE HAVE OLD TYPES.
SALLY: MAYOR, WE HAVE TO GO TO
ANOTHER QUESTION.
ELAINE EFFORT.
ELAINE: THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BY SOME
NUMBERS 17,000 UNITS.
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST
FUND WAS CREATED LAST DECEMBER,
BUT IT REMAINS UNFUNDED.
THE GOAL IS TO RAISE $10 MILLION
ANNUALLY TO USE FOR FORECLOSURE
PREVENTION, HOUSING
REHABILITATION, AND MORTGAGE
DOWN PAYMENT HELP.
WHAT IDEAS DO YOU HAVE FOR
RAISING THE $10 MILLION FOR THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND?
COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS: I WOULD GO
TO THE MONEY WE ARE ALREADY
RECEIVING, SUCH AS THE $13
MILLION COMING IN, AND THAT
MONEY GOES TO POOR NEIGHBORHOODS
AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE DO
NEED HOUSING.
INSTEAD OF JUST HANDING IT OFF
BECAUSE SOMEONE THINKS IT IS A
BLIGHTED AREA, I DO NOT THINK
THAT IS THE WAY WE SHOULD BE
DOING THIS.
THE WAY WE SHOULD ACTUALLY DO IT
IS UTILIZING THAT MONEY.
ELAINE: THE PRESIDENT HAS
THREATENED TO CUT THAT PROGRAM.
THEN WHAT?
COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS: THEN I
WOULD GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C.,
AND EXPLAIN WHAT OUR PROBLEMS
ARE HERE.
SALLY: REFERENT?
REVEREND WELCH: I THINK THERE IS
A POOL OF MONEY THAT CAN BE
ALLOCATED FOR THE HOUSING TASK
FORCE FUND.
BUT THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME OTHER
FUNDS.
I THINK IT IS TIME THAT WE AUDIT
THE URA AND THE HOUSE IT
AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
FUNDS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
APPROPRIATED FOR LOW INCOME
HOUSING HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED
PROPERLY.
IF NOT, THEN WE NEED TO DO
SOMETHING.
MAYOR PEDUTO: THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY, WE DEVELOPED
APPROXIMATELY 1400 UNITS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN FIXED UP.
THE URA, WE HAVE FINANCED 800
PLUS NEW HOUSING, OF THAT 450
AFFORDABLE.
WE HAVE PROJECTS ALL THROUGHOUT
THE CITY IN EVERY COUNCIL
DISTRICT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO DO MORE, WE GOING TO
HAVE TO HAVE A FUND.
THAT IS WHY I STOOD UP AND SAID
I SUPPORT A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER
TAX, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY
USE IN OTHER CITIES TO HELP FUND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IF WE DO NOT DO THAT, WE HAVE TO
LOOK AT OUR URA PORTFOLIO, AND
THEN LIKE WHAT WAS DONE WITH THE
SOUTHSIDE WORKS, USING IT FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IF THAT FAILS, AS WELL, OR IF WE
ARE ONLY ABLE TO GET PART OF THE
MONEY, AT LEAST WE HAVE SKIN IN
THE GAME TO GO TO THE NONPROFITS
TO SAY, "WE NEED YOU TO KICK
IN."
SALLY: WE HAVE CHRIS POTTER NOW.
CHRIS: THE CITY POLICE
DEPARTMENTS AND ETERNITIES,
PARTICULARLY THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TRINITY, --
COMMUNITY.
HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
PITTSBURGH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
THE COMMUNITY, AND WHAT CAN BE
DONE TO IMPROVE THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS GOING FORWARD?
REVEREND WELCH BETWEEN THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND
THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH,
COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING, NOT THE
FLASH POINT WE HAD AT FLINT, BUT
IT IS NOWHERE NEAR WHERE IT
SHOULD BE.
WE WERE ON A POSITIVE AND GREAT
SHOULD JUST JEWELRY WHEN THE
ATTORNEY WAS IN OFFICE, AND I
SAT ON THE POLICE COMMUNITY
RELATIONS COMMITTEE WITH
REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE
CITY, AND WE WORKED HARD TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAD A GOOD
CONVERSATION BETWEEN MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO
GIVE CREDIT TO THE COMMUNITY
GROUPS IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, WHO HAVE DONE AN
EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF MAKING SURE
THAT PITTSBURGH HAS NOT BECOME A
FLINT.
CERTAINLY, WE HAVE HAD ISSUES.
SALLY: MAYOR?
MAYOR PEDUTO: THE STATISTICS
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE HAD A 40% REDUCTION IN
COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE
OFFICERS, A COMPARABLE NUMBER OF
LAWSUITS AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT
AT A HISTORIC LOW, AND YET, WE
REMAIN PRETTY MUCH ON AN EVEN
KEEL.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS REALLY A
COOPERATION ON BOTH SIDES, AND
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, A
LOT OF PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED,
WANTING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
SPEAKING OUT FAVORABLY FOR THE
OFFICERS, AND THE OFFICERS,
ESPECIALLY THE COMMAND STAFF,
GETTING DIRECTLY INVOLVED AND
SPEAKING POSITIVELY ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY.
ANY RELATIONSHIP IS BUILT ON
COMMUNICATION.
ONCE YOU GET TO THE MEDICATION
YOU CAN GET TO EMPATHY.
ONCE YOU GET TO EMPATHY, YOU GET
TOWARDS COMPASSION.
SALLY: COUNCILWOMAN?
COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS: YES.
I ACTUALLY HELPED START THE
FIRST PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL,
WHERE THE COMMUNITIES COME
TOGETHER WITH THE POLICE
OFFICERS.
WE FOUND THAT REALLY WORKED AS
THE COMMUNITY COMES IN, AND IT
IS ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY COUNCILS AROUND THE
CITY NOW.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE IS A
MEETING THIS EVENING IN ONE
AREA.
ACTUALLY, I GUESS THE NUMBERS
ARE DOWN WITH PROBLEMS, BECAUSE
OUR OFFICERS WENT DOWN BY 100.
SALLY: REVEREND?
REVEREND WELCH: IF I MIGHT ADD,
WE ARE FACING A SERIOUS
SITUATION.
IT ARE SEVERAL OFFICERS WHO CAME
ON BOARD AS A RESULT OF THE
CONSENT DECREE.
THEY CAN WALK OFF THE JOB AT ANY
MOMENT, AND WE CAN FIND OUR
DIVERSITY NUMBERS APPROACHING
PRE-DISSENT DEGREE, WHICH WOULD
NOT BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE
AMENITY RELATIONSHIPS OR
ENHANCING GOOD RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY.
SALLY: WHAT IS YOUR SOLUTION?
REVEREND WELCH: UNDER THE PAST
MAYOR, THEY HAD A PROGRAM WHERE
DIVERSITY INCREASED.
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO MAKE SURE
WE CAN ADDRESS THE RATE OF
ATTRITION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
THAT IS POSSIBLE.
SALLY: CHRIS?
CHRIS: THE LEVELS HAVE BEEN
RAISED, AND DIVERSITY.
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
MAYOR PEDUTO: THE FIRST DAY IN
OFFICE, WE PUT IN A NEW CLASS OF
OFFICERS, NOT ONLY FOR POLICE.
WE ARE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF
OFFICERS SINCE 2002.
WE HAVE THE MOST FIREFIGHTERS
SINCE 2004.
WE BROUGHT BACK THE ENT -- EMT
PROGRAM, AND THE MOST BUILDING
INSPECTOR SINCE 2004, ALL WHILE
HAVING LESS INSPECTORS THAN
UNDER THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATIONS, THE BUDGET IN
2013, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY --
SALLY: WRAP UP.
MAYOR PEDUTO: TO START TRAINING
OUR KIDS AT WESTINGHOUSE TO
BECOME POLICE OFFICERS.
SALLY: NEXT QUESTION, NEXT
QUESTION, AND THAT NEXT -- YOU
WILL GET TO THE NEXT QUESTION,
WHICH COMES FROM FACEBOOK.
MATT CONNOLLY ASKS, "ARE YOU IN
FAVOR OF PITTSBURGH BECOMING A
SANCTUARY CITY?
EVEN WITH THE RISK TO FEDERAL
FUNDS AND BURDEN THIS WOULD
IMPOSE ON THE TAXPAYERS?"
MAYOR?
MAYOR PEDUTO: OF COURSE, I AM,
AND IT IS NOT JUST FOLLOWING A
SANCTUARY CITY, IT IS FOLLOWING
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES, AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE
ALREADY HAVE THE PROVISIONS IN
THE CITY TO MEET SANCTUARY
STATUS, SO THERE SOME OTHERS IN
THE COUNTY AND THE JAIL THAT OUR
OFFICERS FOLLOW.
AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO GO AFTER
CITY FUNDS, THIS HAS GONE
THROUGH COURT MANY TIMES.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT
PUT SANCTIONS AGAINST A CITY
UNLESS IT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO
WHAT THAT ACTION IS, SO THE ONLY
FUNDING WE WOULD LOSE IS A
PROGRAM OF ABOUT 1.2 MILLION
DOLLARS PER YEAR.
SALLY: COUNCILWOMAN?
COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS: NO, I AM
NOT FOR SANCTUARY CITY.
THE REASON IS WE COULD LOSE BOTH
FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS.
ANYONE WHO IS NOT DOCUMENTED,
REFUGEES OR IMMIGRANTS, SUCH AS
MY FAMILY, CAME OVER, BUT
ABSOLUTELY NO.
WE CANNOT AFFORD IN PITTSBURGH
TO LOSE ANY OF OUR FEDERAL OR
STATE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING IN.
SALLY: REFERENT?
REVEREND WELCH: WE HAVE A
SERIOUS IMMIGRATION PROBLEM TO
BEGIN WITH, AND WHAT I DO NOT
LIKE IS HOW OUR LATINO AND BROWN
PEOPLE ARE BEING PROFILED
DISPROPORTIONATELY, WHEN WE HAVE
FOLKS OTHER COUNTRIES WHO HAVE
EXPIRED DOCUMENTATION.
I'VE WORKED.
IN 2005, I ORGANIZED 5000 PEOPLE
IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TO GO TO
THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
TO MAKE SURE THE CITY -- THE
SENATE DID NOT PASS SOMETHING
THAT WOULD AFFECT THOSE
ASSISTING UNDOCUMENTED.
I AM HERE.
I WILL MAKE SURE THEY DO NOT
OPERATE AS AN EXTENSION OF ICE.
THEY WANT TO FINE AND DEPORT
PEOPLE, AND THEY WILL HAVE TO DO
THAT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SALLY: OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES
FROM BRIANNA HORAN.
BRIANN COUNCILWOMAN, WHAT
ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT RESULTS
IN DISPARITIES BETWEEN NEWCOMERS
AND THOSE THAT ARE LONGTIME
RESIDENTS OF THE AREA?
IS IT POSSIBLE TO REVITALIZE A
NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT DISPLACING
THE COMMUNITIES?
COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS: ACTUALLY,
WHEN THE NEIGHBORS COME
TOGETHER, THEY DO IT THEMSELVES.
I HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE
HAVE A LOT OF NEWCOMERS COMING
IN, AND IT WAS REALLY ROUGH, YOU
KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING, BUT WITH
COMMUNICATION AND WORKING
TOGETHER, THOSE NEIGHBORS CAN
WORK WITH EACH OTHER.
SALLY: REVEREND?
REVEREND WELCH: GENTRIFICATION
IS A PROBLEM.
WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
MIXED COMMUNITIES.
I GREW UP NEXT TO HER TWO
DENTISTS, AND DATA SHOWS THAT
WHEN PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN A
COMMUNITY WHERE THERE IS MIXED
ECONOMIC STATUS, IT IMPROVES THE
LIKELIHOOD OF EVERYONE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT
HANDING THIS OUT LIKE TO TAX,
WHERE DEVELOPERS -- TO GET THEIR
OWN FINANCING, BUT DIVERT THOSE
TOOLS TO HELP MIXED INCOME
DEVELOPMENTS, AND IF THEY DO NOT
WANT TO PROVIDE MIXED INCOME, WE
WILL FIND ANOTHER DEVELOPER.
NOT DEVELOP IN PITTSBURGH UNLESS
YOU USE YOUR OWN MAYOR.
SALLY -- USE YOUR OWN.
SALLY: MAYOR?
MAYOR PEDUTO: REAPPLYING FOR THE
SITE IN HAZELWOOD, SO WHEN WE
LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE INVESTING
IN, WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MIXED INCOME
NEIGHBORHOODS, FOLLOWING
COMMUNITY PLANS, BUT TO THINK
THAT THERE IS ONE PANACEA, A ONE
SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION TO
WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED AROUND
THE WORLD WHERE THIS CONTINUES
TO HAPPEN.
EACH NEIGHBORHOOD IS
SPECIFICALLY DIFFERENT IN WHAT
THEIR NEEDS ARE, AND YOU HAVE TO
TREAT THEM EACH AS THEIR OWN.
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN
REDEVELOPMENT SINCE 1995,
ATTENDING THE FIRST MEETINGS IN
THE COMMUNITY, PUTTING TOGETHER
A COMMUNITY PLANS BY 1998,
HITTING FOUNDATIONS AND A LIST
INTEREST IN IT, AND THEN GETTING
THE CITY.
IT IS A PROCESS, AND WHAT
HAPPENED IS EAST LIBERTY -- YOU
HAVE TO HAVE DUAL TRACK, ONE
THAT UNDERSTANDS --
SALLY: I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP
QUESTION FOR ALL THREE OF YOU
REGARDING, AS HE SAID, FIND
ANOTHER DEVELOPER.
I WILL ASK ALL OF YOU TO TELL ME
WHAT KIND OF SOLUTION YOU HAVE
AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO FIND
DEVELOPERS.
TOWNSEND WOMAN?
COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS: I DO NOT
THINK IT IS DIFFICULT AT ALL.
WHEN THE MAYOR WAS HERE, A LOT
OF THE DEVELOP AND WE HAD THAT
WAS FOLLOWED THROU, IT IS WHAT
HAS BEEN FINISHING.
IT HAS NOT BEEN UNDER THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
AS FAR AS EAST LIBERTY GOES, YOU
KNOW, I HEARD THE DEVELOPERS SAY
THAT IF THE PROMISES WERE NOT
KEPT, THERE WAS GOING TO BE A
LAWSUIT, AND THERE IS, AND NOW
--
SALLY: REVEREND?
REVEREND WELCH: SURE.
PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES KNOW
WHAT THEY WANT FOR THEIR
COMMUNITIES, AND I WOULD TRUST
THE NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION, AND I WOULD MAKE
SURE THAT WE FIND A WAY TO
STREAMLINE THE PROCESS SO THAT
THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY
DEVELOPED CORPORATION HAS ACCESS
TO AVAILABLE LAND AND
SPECULATORS DO NOT COME THROUGH
AND PURCHASE IT AND TURN IT INTO
MARKET RATE HOMES AND
CONDOMINIUMS, ETC.
SALLY: ALL RIGHT.
MAYOR?
MAYOR PEDUTO: BASICALLY
FOLLOWING PLANS AND THE LAND
BANK.
AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE WILL
HAVE FUNDING BEHIND IT, AND THEN
WORKING NEIGHBORHOOD BY
NEIGHBORHOOD TO CREATE LAND
TRUST IN ORDER TO SEE THAT
VACANT PROPERTY BECOME
SOMEBODY'S HOME.
WE HAVE A NEED FOR AT LEAST 7000
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
WE HAVE 17,000 VACANT PROPERTIES
THAT CAN BE CONVERTED INTO
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
SALLY: THANK YOU, CANDIDATES.
NOW, BOB MAYO FOR THE REVERENT.
BOB: REVEREND WELCH, YOU HAVE
NEVER HELD PUBLIC OFFICE.
WHAT WOULD YOU BRING TO THE JOB?
ON THE OTHER HAND, WHO WOULD YOU
TURN TO TO MAKE SURE THAT
PITTSBURGH IS NOT IN ANY WAY
HAMPERED BY YOUR LACK OF
EXPERIENCE?
REVEREND WELCH: I THINK THE FACT
THAT I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE IS AN
ASSET, NOT A LIABILITY.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE
NONPROFIT SECTOR AS WELL AS THE
PUBLIC SECTOR, SO I THINK THAT
BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE WITH BOTH
ME WELL AS THE MAYOR OF
PITTSBURGH.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE
CITY.
IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT WE WOULD
PLAY PARTY WITH AN UNETHICAL
CORPORATION AND HAVING TERRIBLE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH WOMEN.
IF WE ARE GOING TO BE A 21ST
CENTURY CITY, HAVE TO RESPECT
WOMEN AND MINORITIES AND RESPECT
THE CITY.
SALLY: MAYOR?
EXCUSE ME, DID YOU HAVE A
FOLLOW-UP?
BOB: WHO WOULD YOU CALL ON?
WHO WOULD YOU TURN TO?
WHO YOU WOULD CALL ON TO PUT
TOGETHER A TEAM TO HELP RUN THE
CITY?
REVEREND WELCH: THERE ARE PEOPLE
IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH THAT
HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN
WORKING WITH CORPORATIONS AND
NONPROFITS.
WHO WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE UP MY
STAFF?
I WILL CROSS THAT BRIDGE ONCE I
MAKE IT PAST THE PRIMARY, IT
RELYING ON FOLKS IN THE
ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE, THE -- I'M
SORRY, THE NONPROFIT BOARDS, I
THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE --
SALLY: ALL RIGHT.
REVEREND WELCH: INFORMATION TO
USE.
SALLY: THANK YOU, REVEREND.
MAYOR?
MAYOR PEDUTO: I HAVE FORGOTTEN
THE QUESTION.
PUBLIC SERVICE.
YOU WANT TO GO TO YOUR DOCTOR
AND SAY, I HEARD YOU NEED A
SURGERY, SO LET'S GO.
NO, I DO NOT COME FROM A
POLITICAL FAMILY.
I NEVER HAD A YARD SIGN IN MY
YARD.
I WORKED REALLY HARD.
I SLEPT ON COUCHES, WORKING IN
CAMPAIGNS.
I DID NOT HAVE SOMEONE WHO COULD
HIRE ME FOR POLITICAL FAMILY'S
SAKE, AND THAT I WORKED MY WAY
UP AS CHIEF OF STAFF AND
COUNCILMEMBER, AND YOU LEARN A
LOT ALONG THE WAY, BUT I AM
STILL LEARNING.
AS FAR AS WHO I WOULD HIRE, WE
DID IT THAT FIRST YEAR.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY,
ALL ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS,
ADMINISTRATORS, OTHERS, -- IN
SOME CASES THE WORLD, THEY
WANTED TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE
IT BETTER.
SALLY: COUNCILWOMAN?
COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS: WELL, I DO
NOT COME FROM A POLITICAL
FAMILY.
I STARTED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
I VOLUNTEERED, EIGHT YEARS ON
THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE COUNCIL
FOR 10 YEARS, AND I HAVE BEEN
PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL FOR A
FOR YOUR YEARS, -- FOUR FOUR YE
ARS, AND, ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE
NOT REALLY HAD MUCH OF A SAY SO,
SO I WOULD WORKING WITH THE
COMMUNITIES OF PITTSBURGH.
IF IT IS MY OFFICE, IT WILL
HAPPEN OPEN-DOOR POLICY AND THE
COMMUNITY.
SALLY: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,
CANDIDATES.
AND NOW, ELAINE EFFORT FOR THE
MAYOR.
ELAINE: MAYOR PEDUTO, YOU SAID
THERE IS AN OBLIGATION FOR
COMMUNITY BENEFITS, LIKE HEALTH
INSURANCE, AND EMPLOYEES RATHER
THAN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
CRITICS SAY YOU ARE LATE TO
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH
UBER, WHO HAS BEEN OPERATING ITS
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR TWO
YEARS NOW.
COMMUNITY BENEFITS, LIVING UP TO
THEIR MORAL OBLIGATION?
MAYOR PEDUTO: IT IS INTERESTING.
CRITICS SAY I AM LATE, AND THEN
CRITICS SAY I SHOULD SAY
NOTHING.
HERE IS WHAT IS DIFFERENT.
IT OPERATES ON PUBLIC ROADS,
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
ON THE VERY BEGINNING, WE HAD
THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING 1000
JOBS, $1 MILLION IN INVESTMENT,
WE HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
IT BEING A PARTNERSHIP, AND WE
TRIED TO WORK IT TO BE A
PARTNERSHIP.
A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS OVER A
COURSE OF A YEAR AND A HALF HAVE
NOW BECOME PUBLIC.
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE PLATFORM
THEY HAVE AND THE ABILITY OF US
TO PARTNER TO BE ABLE TO GET
DRIVERS TO GET FOOD TO PEOPLE
WHO NEED IT, TO BE ABLE TO
PARTNER WITH GROUPS TO GET
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE POOR AND
THE ELDERLY, TO THEIR DOCTORS
APPOINTMENTS, WHERE THEY ARE
MISSING IT AND BEING TOLD THEY
HAVE TO WAIT THREE MONTHS, AND
KNOWING THAT A PARTNER LIKE UBER
CAN MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER, IT
IS A MORAL OBLIGATION.
ELAINE: ALL OF THOSE THINGS YOU
MENTIONED.
MAYOR PEDUTO: BY DOING WHAT I
SAID, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
POINT THAT THEY ARE AT RIGHT NOW
--
SALLY: COUNCILWOMAN?
COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS: WELL, THE
ONLY REASON THAT THE MAYOR
STARTED COMING OUT WITH UBER IS
THAT HE GOT A LETTER, AND HE
STARTED SAYING THINGS AFTER THE
FACT.
WE NEED TO TALK TO THESE
COMPANIES IN NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE
THEY COME IN.
WE HAVE UNIVERSITIES HERE.
THEY HAVE NOT COME OUT WITH THEM
YET.
YOU LOOK AT OTHER STATES, AND
YOU HAVE ACCIDENTS.
I WAS ACTUALLY CUT OFF THE ROAD
BY AN UBER CAR IN SOUTH THOUGHT,
SO I WOULD EVER COME DRIVING UP
TO THE CITY COUNCIL -- CITY
BUILDING AND SAYING, "I AM WITH
UBER."
SALLY: REVEREND?
REVEREND WELCH: IT IS A MISTAKE.
THEY DO NOT ABIDE BY REGULATIONS
AND LOOK FOR SHORTCUTS.
THIS IS A COMPANY BEHAVING BADLY
, AND TO GIVE THIS OVER IN
HAZELWOOD FOR UBER TO BE THERE,
AND YOU HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH
NO CONTRACT, A HANDSHAKE IS NOT
GOOD ENOUGH.
HAZELWOOD NEEDS TO BENEFIT FROM
A COMMUNITY BENEFITS -- AND THEY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT
FROM THE BEGINNING.
I THINK IT WAS A MISTAKE.
ELAINE: AT THIS POINT, DO YOU
ASK UBER TO LEAVE, OR WHAT DO
YOU DO?
REVEREND WELCH: YOU HAVE TO
FRAME IT IN A CONTEXT.
WHAT DOES AUTONOMOUS CARS DO?
JOBS THEY WILL DISPLACE?
DELIVERY DRIVERS WILL NOT HAVE
JOBS.
I THINK THIS WHOLE THING NEEDS
TO BE CONCEPTUALIZED.
ELAINE: WOULD YOU ASK THEM TO
LEAVE?
WOULD YOU REVOTE?
REVEREND WELCH: THEY ARE, THEY
ARE A STAIN AND I HAVE NO
PROBLEM ASKING THEM TO LEAVE.
>> THE CONVERSATIONS WERE ABOUT
WORKING TO GET THEM TO COME TO
PITTSBURGH.
THE QUESTION ON WHETHER THEY
WILL BECOME SHARED, AUTONOMOUS,
AND ELECTRIC IS NOT DEBATABLE.
WILL THIS COME FROM PITTSBURGH,
SINGAPORE, DENMARK, SWEDEN?
WE HAVE NOT HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO BUILD THE INDUSTRY IN MY
LIFETIME.
GM IS WORKING WITH CARNEGIE
MELLON.
WE JUST GOT A $253 MILLION
GRANT.
THE QUESTION IS IF IT HAPPENS IN
PITTSBURGH OR IF WE SAY GOODBYE.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MAYOR
HAS AGAINST SWEDEN, BUT WE WILL
MOVE ON.
YOU HAVE NOT FILED WITH THE
MONTHLY REPORTS, AS REQUIRED BY
THE ORDINANCE.
DON'T VOTERS DESERVE TO BE ABLE
TO LOOK AT YOUR ACTIVITIES AND
COMPARE THOSE?
IF YOU HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THIS
LEGISLATION, HOW COME YOU HAVE
DONE NOTHING TO PROPOSE AN
AMENDED VERSION OF THIS
ORDINANCE?
>> I VOTED AGAINST THIS
LEGISLATION AND I DID WHEN I WAS
ASKED TO DO.
THEY GAVE ME THE BOOKS AND I DID
WHAT I WAS TOLD TO DO.
IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, YOU
CAN ASK MY ATTORNEY.
>> YOU ARE THE ONE ON STAGE AND
YOU ARE A CITY OFFICIAL.
THIS IS A CITY ORDINANCE.
DO YOU FEEL YOU DO NOT HAVE TO
OBLIGE?
>> THE COUNCIL HAS PASSED
ORDINANCES THAT ARE NOT LEGAL
AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
IF THEY WANT TO TAKE ME TO
COURT, TAKE ME TO COURT. UP AS
YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR HAS HIS
VOTES AND IT WOULD NOT BE WORTH
IT TO PUT THE AMENDMENT IN.
>> I FILED MINE.
WHAT IS THE QUESTION?
>> YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THIS
IS WORKING.
>> WHEN I TOOK MY FILING REPORTS
TO THE CITY COUN BUILDING,
NOBODY KNEW WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO
TAKE MY REPORT AND I WENT TO
THE ETHICS OFFICE AND THEY SENT
ME TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND
THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE
WORKED OUT.
IF THIS IS WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS
PUT IN PLACE, WE NEED TO FIND
WAYS TO ABIDE BY THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> ALMOST EVERY STATE HAS
FINANCE LIMITS.
WHEN I RAN FOR MAYOR, I WAS ABLE
TO GET A CHECK FROM A SUPPORTER
AND THAT IS NOT HOW DEMOCRACY
SHOULD WORK.
UNDER THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS
AND WITH THE CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA, MUNICIPALITIES
HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT CERTAIN
RESTRICTIONS ON CAMPAIGN LIMITS.
IT HAS BEEN TRIED IN COURT, BUT
I AM NOT GOING DOWN THAT PATH.
I FEEL LIKE I AM BEING PULLED
INTO SOMETHING THAT I DO NOT
KNOW WHAT IT IS.
IT IS SOMETIMES BEST TO LET IT
GO.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS, BUT THERE WERE
LIMITS AND THE COMMITTEE CAN
ONLY GIVE 5000.
IF YOU DO NOT FEEL THE REPORTING
REQUIREMENT WORKS, --
>> MY REPORTS WILL BE FILED AS
THEY SHOULD BE FILED.
I WILL GO BY STATE LAW AND IT IS
JUST LIKE THE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION FOR MARIJUANA A
THHE ASKS, AFTER THE 20 16TH
ELECTION, MUCH OF THE VOTERS
WERE POLARIZED, EVEN THOUGH THEY
MAY NOT BE EXTREME EITHER WAY.
BEING DEMOCRATS, WHAT DO YOU
PLAN TO DO TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM
LEANING FURTHER TO THE RIGHT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I PRIDE MYSELF
AS SOMEONE WHO IS A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZER AND CONNECTS PEOPLE OF
VARIOUS ETHNICITIES AND
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS.
I AM NOT ONE WHO LIKES TO BE
POLARIZED AND I WILL NOT ALLOW
MYSELF TO BE CAST INTO A CAMP.
I WOULD FIND IT EASY TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE NOT PULLED
EITHER TO THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT.
I DON'T LIKE PLAYING IT IN THOSE
FIELDS AND I THINK WE NEED TO
GET TO THE TABLE AND WORK ON OUR
COMMON ISSUES.
>> THERE IS A QUOTE FROM THOMAS
JEFFERSON ON ONE YOU STAY SOLID
TO YOUR PRINCIPLES AND WHEN YOU
NEED TO BE ABLE TO BEND.
YOU DON'T HAVE A FAVORITE CHILD.
YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR EVERYBODY
AND GET ANGST ON.
HARRISBURG GETS THE LUXURY OF
PASSING A BUDGET WHEN THEY WANT
TO AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE PICK UP THE GARBAGE ON A
WEEKLY BASIS AND WE DON'T GET A
LUXURY OF DECIDING WHICH SIDE IS
RIGHT OR WRONG, UNLESS THERE ARE
ISSUES OF PRINCIPLE AND YOU
STAND ON THOSE ISSUES.
THE JOB OF THE MAYOR IS USING
THE TELEPHONE, NOT THE
MEGAPHONE.
>> I ACTUALLY GET ALONG WITH
EVERYONE, REPUBLICANS,
INDEPENDENTS, DEMOCRATS.
I HAVE SOME WHO HAVE CHANGED TO
VOTE IN THE PRIMARY AND THEY
CHANGED BACK.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE
REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT,
DEMOCRATIC, I WORK FOR ALL AND
THAT IS HOW I HAVE BEEN AND
ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THE
MAYOR.
>> THE STORY THAT IS OFTEN TOLD
IS ONE OF AN AFFORDABLE AND
LIVABLE CITY WHERE CULTURE AND
GRIT ALLOWS THE DATA TO SHOW
DECLINING POPULATION IN THE
REGION AND THE CITY HAS LOST AN
AVERAGE OF --
AS THE RESIDENTS AGE, WHAT ARE
YOUR PLANS TO INCREASE THE
POPULATION?
>> THE SAME REASON MY
GRANDFATHER CAME ON A BOAT, BY
THE WAY, HE DID NOT HAVE
DOCUMENTS.
HE JUST DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE
WILL BE IN YOU WANT TO KEEP
YOUNG PEOPLE -- HE JUST DID NOT
HAVE WHOOPING COUGH.
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUNG
PEOPLE, IT HAS TO BEGIN EARLY.
WE HAVE THE PRESIDENTS OF BANKS,
NATURAL GAS, TALKING ABOUT HOW
PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN FILL THE GAP.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE DEATHS
THAN BIRTHS.
THERE IS NOT A GENERATION OUR
AGE ANYMORE AND THERE ARE A LOT
OF JOBS LEAVING WITH NOT A LOT
OF PEOPLE TO FILL THEM.
>> IT IS UNFORTUNATE.
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS NOT
TRYING TO KEEP JOBS HERE.
WE ARE LOOKING TO PUT A FOOD
STORE IN AND WE DIDN'T CARE
BECAUSE WE LOST THE DEPARTMENT
STORE.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY DEPARTMENT
STORE DOWNTOWN AND, JUST THE
OTHER EVENING, I WAS INVITED TO
A MEETING WHERE THEY WANTED TO
CLOSE THE WESTERN PENITENTIARY
AND I KNOW THE THE MAYOR HAS
BEEN CLOSE TO THE GOVERNOR ON
OTHER ISSUES.
YOU WILL FIND THAT VERY SOON.
YOU WILL KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE
IT.
>> I'M SET TO SEE IT HAPPEN.
IT HAS BEEN STATISTICALLY
REPORTED THAT PITTSBURGH LOSES
ABOUT $1 BILLION BECAUSE OF
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES.
WE NEED TO DEAL WITH
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES AND
STOP THE BLEEDING.
WE ALSO NEED TO FIND A WAY TO
CREATE A STUDENT RETENTION
INDEX.
ALSO, ONCE THEY GRADUATE, THEY
CAN BE EMPLOYED HERE AND WE NEED
TO PROTECT OUR OWN AND DEVELOP
OUR OWN.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO BE
TRUTHFUL AND HONEST ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
BOB AND IT GOES TO THE
COUNCILWOMAN.
>> ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE
PROGRESS IN THE LOWER HELP?
WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN NEXT AND
SHOULD THERE BE A DEADLINE?
>> I KNOW THAT THE LAST
ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO START
RIGHT AWAY AND ALL OF THAT HAS
FALLEN APART.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WILL BE
WORKING ON IT.
>> SHOULD THEY DEVELOP THE
PROPERTY?
>> THEY HAVE DEADLINES FOR EACH
PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY.
NOW, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M DOING RIGHT NOW AND I CAN
WORK WITH THE PENGUINS AND THE
STEELERS.
THEY BRING A LOT IN AND --
>> I AM ON THE BOARD AND I DON'T
THINK THAT THE PENGUINS HAVE ANY
DESIRE TO DEVELOPMENT AND THEY
GET THE EXTENSION ON THE
PARCELS.
I WOULD NOT PROPOSE A DEADLINE.
>> THE FIRST THING WITH THE
PENGUINS IS THAT WE NEED THEM TO
DO WELL IN THE SECOND ROUND AND
WE TOOK OFFICE AND THAT DEAL
BEGAN WITH SIX YEARS OF NOTHING
HAPPENING.
THEY FIRST THING WE TOOK CARE OF
IS GETTING THE DEAL DONE AND
GETTING WHAT THE COMMUNITY
EXPECTS AND WE ARTY GOT IT WRONG
ONCE.
I WOULD RATHER WAIT AND GET IT
RIGHT.
WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS A
COMBINATION OF HOUSING WITH 20%
AFFORDABLE AND WE WANT TO SEE IT
DONE TOGETHER AND THE
DEVELOPMENT RECONNECT AND CREATE
GREENWAYS AND PATHWAYS.
WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO
REDEVELOP THE THEATER AND YOU
CAN HAVE A WIN-WIN SITUATION.
IT SOMETIMES TAKES TIME.
>> REVEREND, LEGISLATION PENDING
WOULD MAKE VIDEO FOOTAGE
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, ONLY IF
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORS
AGREED IT IS OK.
THEY SAY THAT THEY WANT THEY
VIDEOTAPE TO BE ACCESSIBLE BY
THE PUBLIC AND TO THE PUBLIC.
>> WE SEE OTHER SITUATIONS AND
POLICE OFFICERS WERE CAUGHT ON
BODY CAMERAS TRYING TO COVER U
THE SHOOTING OF AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING.
THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO
THAT INFORMATION AND THE DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS SHOULD.
IT SHOULD NOT BE THEIR DECISION.
IT SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
THE PUBLIC.
>> MAYOR.
>> THERE MAY BE CASES WHERE FILM
WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE AND IT
COULD CAUSE THE CHILD TO HAVE A
NEGATIVE OUTCOME AND THE DEFENSE
SHOULD BE AVAILABLE AND IT
SHOULD BE EXPLAINED BY A JUDGE
OR ANOTHER PARTY.
ONLY IN THOSE EXTREME SITUATIONS
HOULD THE EVIDENCE NOT BE MADE
AVAILABLE.
OTHER TIMES, IT SHOULD BE.
>> I BELIEVE THAT, WITH THESE
CAMERAS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
IS IN PUBLIC SAFETY'S HANDS.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD MAKE
A DECISION ON.
THERE ARE A LOT OF TIMES WHERE
WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES
ARE, DRUGS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
THAT NEED TO STAY IN THE HANDS
OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
THERE IS A LOT THAT GOES ON
THERE.
I HAVE SEEN SOMEONE HAS
QUESTIONS AND I DON'T THINK IT
SHOULD JUST BE OPENED UP WIDELY.
WE HAV IT IS HELD BY PUBLIC
SAFETY.
>> IT IS OK FOR THE POLICE TO
SAY NO.
>> THIS LEGISLATION WOULD BE
GIVEN TO THE POLICE TO DECIDE.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF ISSUES
AROUND THOSE.
WE HAVE TO TRUST OUR BELIEFS AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> WE ARE COVERING A LOT OF
GROUND AND WE WANT TO GET SOME
MORE QUESTIONS IN.
LET'S GO TO CHRIS POTTER.
>> THERE IS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
THESE PROFITS CONTRIBUTE AND Y
IN THE HOPES THAT THERE WOULD BE
A NEGOTIATION.
I LOVE PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WOULD
GIVE YOU SOME LEVERAGE.
WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THE
FRUSTRATED PEOPLE THAT THERE HA
HAVE NOT
SEEN PROGRESS THERE.
>> I AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE
FRUSTRATION AND IT IS A DEAL
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE NOW.
I HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE AND I
CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PATH THAT
WE WERE ON IS A DEAD-END PATH.
IT WAS GOING AFTER THE MRI
CENTER A IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN
YEARS AND THE AMOUNT WOULD HAVE
BEEN MINIMAL.
THIS ARE TALKING ABOUT A
DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING THE
PROJECTS THEY WANT TO BE A PART
OF.
THE ONES WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS
WITH THEM ON WAS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND OUR GOAL IS TO GET
TO ME DOLLARS EVERY YEAR INTO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> COUNCILWOMAN?
>> I THINK THE LAW SHOULD HAVE
STAYED AND I THINK THAT THE LAWS
THAT WE HAVE IN CITY COUNCIL TO
GET THAT MONEY WOULD BE ABOUT
$16 MILLION RIGHT NOW THAT THIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT PUT OUT%
TO GET AND WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN
ANY MONEY.
THERE WERE DIFFERENT NONPROFITS
AND IT WAS ALMOST A MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR.
SOMETIMES MORE, SOMETIMES LESS,
BUT MONEY.
SINCE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
COME IN, HE HAS DROPPED THE
LAWSUIT AND THERE WAS A GOOD
CHANCE TO GET SOMETHING THERE.
ALSO, THE --
>> I HAVE TO STOP YOU.
WE ARE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME.
>> BE THAT AS IT MAY, I WOULD
SUE THE PLACES WHERE THE
EMPLOYEES EXIST.
I WOULD FIND THEM AND TAKE THEM
OFF ONE BY ONE AND I WOULD LOOK
AT THOSE WHO DO NOT PAY THE
PAYROLL PREPARATION TAX.
THEY SAY TO GIVE A BILL AND I
WILL GIVE A BILL AND SUE YOU, IF
YOU DO NOT PAY IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE NOW HAVE ANOTHER FACEBOOK
QUESTION AND YOU ONLY HAVE 30
SECONDS EACH OF YOU.
THIS IS THE PERSON ASKING THE
QUESTION AND IT COMES FROM
WILLIAM.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ONLY UNION
WORKERS CAN BID ON JOBS IN
PITTSBURGH.
THERE ARE MANY NONUNION
COMPANIES THAT CAN DO THE SAME
WORK BETTER AT A DISCOUNTED COST
TO THE TAXPAYER.
>> WE RECEIVED MONEY AND WE HAVE
TO G AND THEY MAY WANT TO PAY
EMPLOYEES AND THERE ARE UNION
COMPANIES AND IT HAS LATELY BEEN
NON-UNION.
>> UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE AN
INCOME GAP AND MUCH OF THAT IS
BECAUSE OF NEFARIOUS AND
INTENTIONAL EFFORTS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE UNIONS IS TO
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE
WAGES.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THIS
HOLISTICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY.
>> I AUTHORED THE PREVAILING
WAGE ACT AND THE CIT THIS TO
--
MY GRANDFATHER GOT FIRED FOR IT
AND IT GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
COLLEGE.
THAT IS IN OUR DNA AND, IF WE
CAN GIVE SOMEONE A GOOD PAINT
JOB, WE ARE GOING TO DO IT.
>> THANK YOU, KENNETH.
THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION OF
THAT DEBATE.
EACH SHADOW HAS A MINUTE TO MAKE
A CLOSING STATEMENT.
-- EACH CANDIDATE NOW HAS A
MINUTE TO MAKE A CLOSING
STATEMENT.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE.
WE DID NOT TALK ABOUT BIKE LANES
AND I WONDER WHY.
WE HAVE NOTHING WITH BIKE LANES.
NO SAFETY, NO STUDIES, NOTHING.
SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET
SERIOUSLY HURT.
THIS IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT THIS
MAYOR HAS US IN AND JUST ASK THE
F O P IF HE CARES ABOUT UNIONS.
I WILL THE PEOPLE IN PITTSBURGH
AND YOUR SAFETY AND WATER IS
IMPORTANT TO ME.
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF GETTING YOUR
STREETS PAVED, YOUR POTHOLES,
YOUR GARBAGE PICKED UP, THESE
ARE THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE
DONE AND THE THINGS THAT THE
CITY SHOULD BE DOING AND
PROVIDING THE MANPOWER TO DO IT,
INSTEAD OF ALL THE TOP-HEAVY.
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY CAME FAST
AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
NOT ONLY GET OUT OF A SUMMER JOB
BUT TO LEARN --
>> THERE IS THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING TASK FORCE AND WE HAVE
REPORTS TO MOVE FORWARD FROM.
WORKING NEIGHBORHOOD BY
NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEEING THE
MASTER PLANS TAKE HOLD.
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TO
DO AND THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
PEOPLE BEING LEFT BEHIND.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THESE
NEXT FOUR YEARS.
>> I AM A FIGHTER, A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZER, AND ACTIVIST, A SON
OF DEAF PARENTS.
I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL
OTHER REPRESENTED FAIRLY.
I WILL NOT MAKE PHONE CALLS TO
DEVELOPERS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO MY
CAMPAIGN.
I WILL NOT DO ANYTHING THAT
COMPROMISES MY ABILITY TO DO MY
JOB OBJECTIVELY.
I HAVE FOUGHT FOR THE PREVAILING
WAGE.
I DID NOT MAKE THE PHONE CALLS.
ALSO, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROMISES FOR
WATERPARK DOG PARTS, THEY GET
WHAT IS PROMISED THEM.
I CANNOT KEEP THE PROMISE, I
WILL NOT MAKE IT.
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE DEBATE.
THANK YOU TO OUR CANDIDATES AND
TO OUR PANEL IS FOR BRINGING
IMPORTANT TOPICS TO THE TABLE.
TO REMEMBER TO GET OUT AND VOTE
ON TUESDAY.
IT IS A RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE.
THE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, KEEP
UPDATED ON ALL OF THE RACES.
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