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Pittsburgh Art Commission members dismissed by Mayor Gainey
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey already had two vacancies to fill on the city’s Art Commission. But instead, he’s dismissing all five remaining members. They got the call not from the mayor or his office, but from Planning Commission staff.Mayor talks about Art Commission move: Watch the report above.”New direction. We’re going in a new direction, […]
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Pittsburgh art commission dissolved | 90.5 WESA
Two days after their November meeting, all five members of Pittsburgh’s art commission were abruptly dismissed by Mayor Ed Gainey last Friday. The commissioners, some with several years’ tenure, were notified by phone. A subsequent letter signed by Karen Abrams, director of the Department of City Planning, informed commissioners their term had expired in January, […]
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