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Lame-duck mayor Tom Murphy says next 5 months to be 'very active'
"Just because I didn't run for office again, the activities of the city don't stop," Murphy said. "The next five months will be very active." Thomas Murphy, Jr., Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, PA , served as a Peace Corps Volunteers in Paraguay in the 1970's.
Lame-duck mayor Tom Murphy says next 5 months to be 'very active'
Lame-duck mayor says next 5 months to be 'very active'
Murphy isn't slowing down
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
[Excerpt]
Perhaps because he's wielded so many ceremonial shovels, Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy took the lead at last week's groundbreaking ceremony for a new parking garage near PNC Park.
As Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato and assorted council members and state officials dug into a symbolic pile of dirt atop an asphalt expanse, it was Murphy whose count -- "One, two, three!" -- told them when to heave the earth.
Maybe it was justice, because Murphy has driven the effort to develop the North Shore. But on another level, it was a signal that this mayor, whose third and final term ends with this year, isn't done leading.
There have been many such signals, from a bond refinancing to the work of a gambling task force to last week's revelation that the mayor would like to start a new phase of the Oak Hill housing development, pronto. Those and other moves have raised the question: How many things should a lame-duck mayor start?
"It all depends on what it is," said Bob O'Connor, the Democratic mayoral nominee. "If it needs to be done right away, OK. But if it's not a rush, I'm not so sure."
"Just because I didn't run for office again, the activities of the city don't stop," Murphy said. "The next five months will be very active."
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