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Sara Innamorato takes office as Allegheny County s first woman exec stanley cups utive Sara Innamorato takes office as Allegheny County s first woman executive 03:17 PITTSBURGH KDKA -- History was made in Allegheny County on Tuesday as Sara Innamorato became the first woman to serve as county executive.Voters decided this past fall that Innamorato was the best fit for the county s highest position in a tight race, defeating Joe Rockey.She s young at only 37 years old, but she s Pittsburgh-born-and-raised and now she ll oversee thousands of employees and the county budget worth over $3 billion. She may be young, but she s got experience. To run for this position, she quit her job as a Pennsylvania state representative.Innamorato s campaign focused on having a County for stanley kubek All, but the question now is whether or not she can back up her campaign promises. She posted on social media on Monday, asking people to take an Allegheny County survey. In the Innamorato Administration, the communityrsquo priorities will b stanley website e the Countyrsquo priorities - and to do that, we need to hear from all of you! Please take the All In Allegheny Community Survey share it with others to take as well. https://t.co/zxYKRi669r pic.twitter/g2UuXzXGdWmdash; Sara Inn Vftx Senate Dems Struggle On Key Votes
This story was written by Mike Allen.The defense never rests. When President Barack Obama released his own policy this week on former President George W. Bush s practice of attaching controversial signing statements to legislation, a reporter quickly got a tip from a Bush loyalist: the cell phone number for a White House lawyer in the past administration. The spin is bogus, said William Burck, a former deputy White House counsel, in pushing back against early news accounts framing Obama s action as a slap at his predecessor. In fact, Bur stanley isolierkanne ck insisted, the new policy is no different from Bush s. Even thou stanley cup gh Bush is keeping quiet in Texas before heading out on a lucrative speaking tour, an informal network of former aides stanley cups uk is keeping his views in the political bloodstream, defending his legacy in TV appearances and backgrounding reporters about his record. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer calls the Bush pundits a loose confederation of people united in our belief in what President Bush did, and we re freer now to talk about some things than we used to be - good and bad. The Bush defense forces include Fleischer; former press secretary Dana Perino; Bush political czar Karl Rove, who has contracts with Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek; economics guru Tony Fratto; the prolific Peter Wehner, former director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives; and the graceful speechwriter Michael Gerson, who writ
Sara Innamorato takes office as Allegheny County s first woman exec stanley cups utive Sara Innamorato takes office as Allegheny County s first woman executive 03:17 PITTSBURGH KDKA -- History was made in Allegheny County on Tuesday as Sara Innamorato became the first woman to serve as county executive.Voters decided this past fall that Innamorato was the best fit for the county s highest position in a tight race, defeating Joe Rockey.She s young at only 37 years old, but she s Pittsburgh-born-and-raised and now she ll oversee thousands of employees and the county budget worth over $3 billion. She may be young, but she s got experience. To run for this position, she quit her job as a Pennsylvania state representative.Innamorato s campaign focused on having a County for stanley kubek All, but the question now is whether or not she can back up her campaign promises. She posted on social media on Monday, asking people to take an Allegheny County survey. In the Innamorato Administration, the communityrsquo priorities will b stanley website e the Countyrsquo priorities - and to do that, we need to hear from all of you! Please take the All In Allegheny Community Survey share it with others to take as well. https://t.co/zxYKRi669r pic.twitter/g2UuXzXGdWmdash; Sara Inn Vftx Senate Dems Struggle On Key Votes
This story was written by Mike Allen.The defense never rests. When President Barack Obama released his own policy this week on former President George W. Bush s practice of attaching controversial signing statements to legislation, a reporter quickly got a tip from a Bush loyalist: the cell phone number for a White House lawyer in the past administration. The spin is bogus, said William Burck, a former deputy White House counsel, in pushing back against early news accounts framing Obama s action as a slap at his predecessor. In fact, Bur stanley isolierkanne ck insisted, the new policy is no different from Bush s. Even thou stanley cup gh Bush is keeping quiet in Texas before heading out on a lucrative speaking tour, an informal network of former aides stanley cups uk is keeping his views in the political bloodstream, defending his legacy in TV appearances and backgrounding reporters about his record. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer calls the Bush pundits a loose confederation of people united in our belief in what President Bush did, and we re freer now to talk about some things than we used to be - good and bad. The Bush defense forces include Fleischer; former press secretary Dana Perino; Bush political czar Karl Rove, who has contracts with Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek; economics guru Tony Fratto; the prolific Peter Wehner, former director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives; and the graceful speechwriter Michael Gerson, who writ
