Now we have a BALL GAME ! PG backs Mark Desantis for Mayor

[RockLobster]

Amen pghquest ! Does seem that most of the city publications have voiced backing for DeSantis. Tribune Review, Post Gazette, Pittsburgh Quarterly, The City Paper more less. Have not seen anything in the Pittsburgh Buisness Times or Pittsburgh magazine for that matter.

[RockLobster]

Just saw the Point Park U debate this afternoon that will air this eve on CBS 2- KDKA. It was a lively and well run debate. Questions were aked by KDKA TV on air folks and Students from PPU. Typical questions were asked such as fiscal responsibility, ethics,buisness improvement. One part of the debate that was a bit different from the others was the question posed to both candidates, name one good thing and one bad aspect of the other candidate. DeSantis said Luke was guilty of not feeling bad for his actions and that he was a young guy with potential down the road. The mayor said DeSantis had ties with the Bush-Republicans but he was a smart guy working with numbers and had very beneficial experience in buisness and technology development. This debate moved pretty fast and was covered very heavily by the media. I counted 16 TV Cameras and a slew of photogs. The event closed with KDKA TV Political reporter John Delano taking a fall from his seat on the stage. Who rescued him ?? Let's hear it Ladies and Gentlemen for MR DeSantis.

[RockLobster]

Anybody make it to any debates between Ravenstahl and DeSantis ?? I did hit up the last three debates. To my surprise I found them pretty entertaining. Thursday night was the last of the series before election Tuesday. While most of the questions were the same that were asked in each debate with some modification one question was quite different from the past debates. That question being : Do either of you two candidates approve and agree with Gay Marriage and Gay Union... Mayor Ravenstahl said no to both gay marriage and to gay union. Mark DeSantis said he didn't agree to gay marriage but that he does agree with gay union. Overall pretty interesting stuff as mayor Luke seems to believe in large development as a econominc generator while DeSantis wants to promote small business growth and creating a better environment for business development in the city. Also mayor Luke is more reserved on City and County merging of many functions. DeSantis is very much a city and county merger supporter.

[guylocke]

Mark DeSantis said he didn't agree to gay marriage but that he does agree with gay union.

Kudos to him. That's quite a flip having the Democrat against it and the Republican warmer to the idea. Seems as though DeSantis is fiscally conservative and socially liberal.

Maybe a good combination.

Then again, the Republican party is fundamentally changing, they need some new idea's. Even a few of the presidential hopefuls are pro-gay or gay-neutral, especially the frontrunner - Rudy.