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Stephanie Gagne @stephaniegagne.bsky.social · May 22

Do you support abortion rights? Join some amazing elected officials at a fundraiser for Western PA Fund for Choice next week! Donate whatever you can at bit.ly/Fund4Choice

Flyer for fundraiser in support of Western PA Fund for Choice. Thursday, May 29th 5:30pm at Margaux. Congresswoman Summer Lee, Mayor Ed Gainey, Rep. La’Tasha D. Mayes, and City Councilmembers Barb Warwick and Deb Gross. RSVP by donating at bit.ly/Fund4Choice.

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · May 22

Join Congresswoman Summer Lee, Mayor Ed Gainey, Rep. La'Tasha D. Mayes, and City Councilmembers Barb Warwick and Deb Gross for a fundraiser to support abortion access in the Pittsburgh region!

Donate to RSVP for the event on May 29th at 5:30pm at Margaux

Western Pennsylvania Fund for Choice 2025

fund.nnaf.org

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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · May 21

Israel is deliberately starving millions in Gaza, blocking food, baby formula, and aid. They are putting civilians and children at the brink of death.

This man-made famine and genocide must end.

www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

Ex-Israeli general hits out at government for 'killing babies as a pastime' in Gaza

Around 14,000 babies face severe malnutrition if a lot more aid trucks don’t reach the Palestinian enclave soon, a U.N. aid group said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Stephanie Gagne @stephaniegagne.bsky.social · May 21

Genuinely what is wrong with her. Why does she pop up on every pro gainey post

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Stephanie Gagne @stephaniegagne.bsky.social · May 20

Happy election day, go vote for @gaineyformayor.com to make sure we keep the Mayor that cares about affordable housing and don’t elect one that is bankrolled by greedy developers!

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Ed Gainey @gaineyformayor.com · May 18

Let’s get out the vote and win big on Tuesday!

Together we are building a Pittsburgh for all, and we can’t let our progress stop now.

Make a plan to vote between 7 AM - 8 PM, then reach out to 3 friends and make sure they do the same.

Let’s get it done!

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · May 5

Alcatraz won’t reopen.

But it’s the rhetorical point: prisons should be cruel and punitive and—importantly—isolating.

All things we know, from piles of work, don’t actually promote safety.

But it’s example #1963 of how “tough on crime” is never abt safety, but abt performative cruelty.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · May 5

The kids last year in what the president amusingly claims to think will someday once again be a prison.

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Stephanie Gagne @stephaniegagne.bsky.social · May 4

Be like Maria and sign the Vision Zero community agreement!

Maria Montaño @themariamontano.bsky.social · May 4

Fatal crashes have increased in the City of Pittsburgh by 43% since 2018. This is unacceptable! I was proud to sign onto the Vision Zero community agreement to do my part to make our streets safer for all of us.

engage.pittsburghpa.gov/vision-zero/...

Two women smiling and holding a ‘Vision Zero Community Agreement’ flyer under a blue tent at a Pittsburgh street event. The flyer promotes safe streets and traffic death prevention. A quiet residential street with greenery and a ‘Bus Stop’ sign is in the background.

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Maria Montaño @themariamontano.bsky.social · Apr 22

Under the leadership of Mayor Gainey the city has made huge investments into the safety of city workers and residents. A pilot program in the department of public works saw a 59% decrease in workplace injuries and saved $10 million in the process.

Read more: pittsburghquarterly.com/articles/see...

Worker Safety – The goal is zero harm for city workers. In just two years the worker harm rates have gone down by a staggering 59 percent in the pilot department (DPW) and 31 percent across the entire City workforce. This means roughly 100 fewer City workers are being hurt each year, respecting their humanity, leaving more people to perform vital city services, and saving pain and cost for all. Money is not the object, but driving safety also saved the City almost $10 million over two years in paid claims, resources that can be used to better meet resident needs.

Safe Transit – Before 2022 the City literally had no way to ensure important sections of sidewalk were walkable because individual property owners own their own sidewalks. In just three months five City departments collaborated on a process to work with property owners to repair whole sections of sidewalk. This process has led to 4 miles of sidewalk repair in the last two years around schools and public transit that have led to measurable improvements in safety and student absenteeism. This is part of a much larger “Vision Zero” initiative for traffic harm.

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Maria Montaño @themariamontano.bsky.social · Apr 17

In all of 2024 Pittsburgh didn’t lose a single teenager (age 13-17) to gun violence. Truly a remarkable bit of work that is largely under reported in conversations around public safety in the city.

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Ed Gainey @gaineyformayor.com · Apr 17

My goal as Mayor is to make Pittsburgh affordable for all.

We're building and preserving more affordable housing than any Mayor in 20 years.

We're holding landlords accountable.

We created 150 new homeowners.

We moved 150 land bank properties.

And we're just getting started.

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Ed Gainey @gaineyformayor.com · Apr 18

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · Apr 12

I have asthma. When you have an asthma attack, you can't pull in oxygen. It is terrifying. If feels like you're going to die.

An inhaler can help, but in a severe attack, it is not enough. You could die.

She is being tortured, and she may die.

Because she wrote an op-ed.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Apr 10

NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...

38. Once they finally took me to the medical center, the nurse took my temperature. She said "you need to take that thing off your head" and took off my hejab without asking my permission. I told her you can't take off my hejab and she said this is for your health. After a few minutes I put my hejab back on. But they did nothing to treat my asthma and gave me a few ibuprofen.
39. I had a third asthma attack at the Louisiana facility. Again, this happened in the cell and other woman knocked on the window to get the attention of the officers. I was told that the nurse would come to the cell to see me. She took me outside for a short bit and told me that it was all in my mind. She finally took me to the medical center but I was not treated for my difficulty breathing. The nurse left the room and didn't answer my questions
40.I had a fourth asthma attack on Wednesday March gth around noon. I used my inhaler and waited for it to pass. I was in pain and very scared but I didn't ask to go to the medical center because I don't feel that they address my medical needs.
41. I don't feel safe at the medical center because of my prior experiences there.
They complain when I go there and speak to me in an insulting and condescending manner. They also write information in my medical records that is not accurate. The doctor and nurses there are rude and uncaring.

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Stephanie Gagne @stephaniegagne.bsky.social · Apr 12

Getting my steps in quite literally to make sure people are ready to vote for @gaineyformayor.com on May 20th!

Ed Gainey for Mayor literature, with many steps pictured behind it

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Conservation Voters of PA @conservationpa.bsky.social · Apr 11

Big news! We are endorsing @gaineyformayor.com for re-election as Pittsburgh Mayor!

He has been a strong advocate for environmental justice and climate mitigation in #Pittsburgh. Learn more about Ed Gainey: www.conservationpa.org/endorsements... and be sure to vote for him on May 20!

Conservation Voters of PA endorses Ed Gainey for Pittsburgh Mayor

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · Apr 9

If you only listened to the campaign against Mayor Gainey you’d think no new housing was happening in Pittsburgh — and you’d be wrong.

Census data for Allegheny County showing Building Permits for New Privately Owned Housing Unit Authorizations — and the chart skyrockets during the Gainey administration.

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Jonathan Mayo @jonathanmayomlb.bsky.social · Apr 9

Amazing what’s ACTUALLY happening housing wise here in Pittsburgh

Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · Apr 9

If you only listened to the campaign against Mayor Gainey you’d think no new housing was happening in Pittsburgh — and you’d be wrong.

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Stephanie Gagne @stephaniegagne.bsky.social · Apr 9

Yeah I’m voting for the only Mayoral candidate who is standing up for trans people!

Ed Gainey @gaineyformayor.com · Apr 9

UPMC's decision to cower to Trump and deny patients health care isn't just about the trans community.

We know what’s coming next: attacks on emergency care for immigrants, reproductive care, Medicaid access, services for disabled people, and other life-saving treatments. (1/2)

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Kelly Mantle @kellymantle.bsky.social · Mar 31

Happy #TransDayOfVisibility
@freedomoklahoma.bsky.social

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · Apr 1

Read this story and subscribe to my Substack, Abortion, Every Day here: jessica.substack.com/p/title-x-fu...

BREAKING: The Trump Administration Freezes $35 Million in Title X Funding Tomorrow

The attack will leave eight states without ANY federal family planning dollars

jessica.substack.com

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Ed Gainey @gaineyformayor.com · Mar 29

I'm keeping my promise to make Pittsburgh the safest city in America by reimagining Public Safety + ensuring every community has the resources it needs.
✅ Reducing gun violence
✅ Increased hiring and wages for public safety teams
✅ Housing the homeless
✅ Vision Zero strategy

Safer Communities For Our Kids

- 45% decrease in gun violence through community-led violence intervention
- Night and weekend hours and expanded programming at City Rec Centers
- Unprecedented funding for community-led after-school and youth sports programs

Expanding Public Safety Teams

Three new police recruit classes, raises for all officers, and a new discipline matrix to standardize police accountability

Expanded the Office of Community Health & Safety to address homelessness, addiction, and mental health crises

Opening of Freedom House EMS Academy offering paid EMT training and certification

Housing The Homeless

- Collaboration with County DHS, OCHS, and outreach partners to offer shelter to every unhoused resident

- Humane, one-on-one support to connect every unhoused person with the specific services and housing they need

- Housing everyone on Northside River Trail, Eliza Furnace Trail, and Downtown – with Southside Trail ongoing

Safer Streets For Vulnerable Road Users

- 60 traffic-calming and signal replacement projects along school routes and high-injury corridors

- Vision Zero taskforce to evaluate and address the root cause of every fatal crash

- Automated red-light enforcement for our most dangerous intersections

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Charlie Wolfson @chwolfson.bsky.social · Mar 25

Team Gainey isn't shy about being less accessible to developers.

Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak: “What they are talking about is ... calling in political favors to get preferred treatment. That’s something that’s been done a lot in the past that we absolutely don’t do.”

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Ed Gainey @gaineyformayor.com · Mar 25

That’s right. I answer to the People of Pittsburgh — not the predatory landlords and developers who only care about their profit margins, raising rents, keeping our neighbors from being able to buy a home, and pricing our friends and family out.

Charlie Wolfson @chwolfson.bsky.social · Mar 25

New: We found that 80% of campaign donations from real estate developers and construction are going to Corey O'Connor and his bid to unseat Ed Gainey as Pittsburgh mayor.

Why?

One big developer says with Gainey, "Nobody answers [our] phone calls." www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-m...

Pittsburgh real estate developers boost O'Connor's campaign

Mayor Ed Gainey, who has championed policies that would require that some new housing be affordable, says relying on the market is a "failed model."

www.publicsource.org

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Jon Hanrahan @hanrahanrahanra.bsky.social · Mar 25

If Corey understood his old council district, the mayor’s zoning legislation, or even the existing zoning code, he would know that Greenfield and Lincoln Place are almost entirely R1 and R2, so wouldn't be impacted by IZ hardly any, if at all. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-m...

O’Connor said he voted for inclusionary zoning to apply to Lawrenceville when he was a council member. “But Lawrenceville’s market is different than Lincoln Place’s market, and West End’s market is different than Greenfield’s market.”

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Ed Gainey @gaineyformayor.com · Mar 22

CommUnity. Today I’m knocking doors with Council President Daniel Lavelle in the Upper Hill. Together we are building a safe, affordable city for all. Let’s Go Get It!

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