Pennsylvania: Lil Mayor Luke

I mean, like, right now. He's giving his 2010 Budget Address at Pittsburgh City Council Chambers. You can watch too on the City Channel.

Lil Mayor Luke apparently plans to balance the budget with a 1% college privilege tax on college kids.
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A reminder that the third and final Pittsburgh Mayoral Debate will be broadcast at Noon today on WPXI.

And, Lil Mayor Luke has lost one of his biggest boosters.
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In an article in yesterday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Lil Mayor Luke Ravenstahl goes whaaaaaa that he's had to suffer running in elections* and that people have had the gall to actually run against him in those elections:
"What I can tell you is that the existing relationships we have, in many cases, are not beneficial to the residents of the city," Mr. Ravenstahl acknowledged.

"I think what's been unique in my three years, from day one and even as we sit here today, I've constantly been running for office," he said. "One of them [Councilman Patrick Dowd] ran against me. Another one [Councilman William Peduto] started to, a third [Council President Doug Shields] had indicated his interest, and so that political battle that they've been engaged in really has been unhealthy for city government.