Talk:Luke Ravenstahl

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Contents 1 Banaszak 2 Statment about nepotism and cronyism 3 Conflict of interest 4 Clarification/Correction

[edit] Banaszak

The reference to John Banaszak winning mutlitple Super Bowls with the Steelers is obviously relevant given the fact that Ravenstahl is the mayor of the city of the team for which Banszak played. We're not talking about a little league team, but the champions of the NFL. If you thought the Banaszak reference was an aside, then why didn't you remove all references to Banaszak? In any case, this connection between Ravenstahl and Banaszak is an intriguing piece of trivia with regard to Ravenstahl's personal life.

I have his highschool yearbook picture around here somewhere... should I scan it in?  :-)

65.78.93.141 19:54, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Statment about nepotism and cronyism

Unless it can be proven, the following statment expresses a borderline non-neutral point of view and has little to no relevance to an encyclopedic entry:

"...positions often associated with the blatant nepotism and cronyinsm so often attributed to government in Pittsburgh."

Please cite sources and re-word so as to sound factual and un-biased, rather than an (be it modest) attack on the integrity of public service in Pittsburgh. Also, cronyism has been spelled wrong, but it is not my place to correct the error, since I don't believe the statement should be there in the first place. (Sinisterminister 20:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC))

It's bullshit POV, and it has been removed. Good job assuming good faith, but it was part of a series of vandalism. --Chris Griswold (☎☓) 08:24, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conflict of interest

It is inappropriate for someone who works for the city of Pittsburgh to blank an article simply because it documents the mayor's scandal. --Chris Griswold (☎☓) 00:55, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clarification/Correction

I'm a reporter for WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. A web version of one of my reports is cited as a source in the Wikipedia entry on Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, but the citation's summary is mistaken. The Wikipedia entry--under the sub-heading "Controversy"--says:

"The rumors spread to other Pittsburgh politics blogs and then to the mainstream media, forcing Ravenstahl to go public to dispel the rumors."

That's not correct.

The entry's 'footnote 12' links to the following article on WTAE's ThePittsburghChannel.com:

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That article says:

"In less than 24 hours, the claims exploded across the Internet, spreading to other Pittsburgh blogs and sites...McIntire's blog forced Ravenstahl to go public to dispel the rumors."

Within that Pittsburgh Channel article (a staff rewrite of my TV story), you can view video of my original January 18, 2007 report on WTAE:

[2]

In it, I reported:

"His blog forced Mayor Ravenstahl to go public with his answer to those rumors. It was the mayor's response that triggered mainstream media coverage and a spotlight on those claims. " (Emphasis added.)

The Wikipedia entry as written suggests that the news media reported unconfirmed rumors and that there was no incident. The Mayor himself personally confirmed that there was an incident. We only reported on the rumors stemming from the incident to the extent that the mayor had chosen to make public comments disputing them. See the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review articles linked below.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

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"Ravenstahl admits to but makes no apology for incident at 2005 Steelers game"

"Mayor explains run-in with cop"

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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

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"Ravenstahl admits to scrape but denies using his political sway"

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I'd prefer not take on the role of editing the entry myself, but I'm offering the information here for consideration by those who monitor this 'talk' section.

Thanks.

--Bob Mayo, "The Busman's Holiday"

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Bob Mayo 4 20:43, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for bringing this up - I think I've fixed the wording so its more accurate. Do you think so? Have a good one! Wickethewok 03:35, 4 March 2007 (UTC)