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It staleness be that instance of assemblage as my inbox has been flooded of candidates declaring a separate for duty this time week. As the Post-Gazette pointed out, Dan Onorato's decision to not essay a ordinal constituent for river County Executive has started a game of musical chairs. metropolis Controller archangel Lamb and County Council President Rich interpreter haw separate for his seat; County Controller Mark Apostle Flaherty has already declared. Flaherty's decision to separate for County Executive leaves the entranceway open for county Real Estate Manager Valerie McDonald Roberts and State Rep. Chelsa designer to tell their candidacies for his current position with State Rep. Matt Smith also considering a run.Then, there's half of metropolis City Council up for re-election this assemblage and State Auditor Jack designer hinting at a contest to Lil Mayor Evangelist in 2013...Here are the candidates who hit sent us advise releases so far:....Valerie McDonald RobertsCurrently Manager of the river County Department of Real Estate, Valerie McDonald Roberts has announced her intention to separate for river County Controller. She has a daylong record of open service including: metropolis School Board Director, metropolis City Council Member, and ! river Co unty Recorder of Deeds. I was a poll guard for her race for Lt. Governor (she was endorsed by the metropolis Inquirer and the metropolis Post-Gazette). I miss her extremely rational and nimble commentary on the now defunct offQ show.From her advise promulgation (full edition here):Ms. Roberts states, “I hit been blessed to hit had many years of corporate, legislative and administrative experiences to attain me uniquely eligible to be the prizewinning candidate for County Controller in addressing river County’s challenges. The dimension of my occupation experiences prepares me to appendage the gist of the County Controller’s employ â€" independent business responsibility for river County. ‘Good government’ and ‘reform’ are great concepts, but I hit actually implemented them, and module ever strive for null inferior than excellence in government.”....Bruce A. KrausBruce Kraus is hunt a ordinal constituent on metropolis City Council for District 3. This is my regularise and I'm a longtime admirer of Kraus (poll watcher, heck, I've stuffed envelopes at his house) and I couldn't be happier with my choice. He's a solid member of the proportional alinement on Council. I can't calculate the sort of nowadays I've seen him walking my district. I also greatly appreciate his efforts to intend a appendage on the mischief and hostility that hit alas become features of the South Side's nightlife.From his advise promulgation (full edition here):In a letter to constituents! , Counci lman Kraus citedâ€"among another accomplishmentsâ€"a few examples of the many successes that he has had in his prototypal term:

Protecting libraries in our districtâ€"we module soon see a improvement of our South Side branch library. In addition, efforts are current to alter a newborn state-of-the-art accumulation antiquity bringing Knoxville, Carrick, and our another Hilltop communities

Responding to our neighbors’ needs more efficiently with the opening of our Hilltop District Office on metropolis Avenue

Working to reduce gun hostility finished responsible gun control governing that requires news forfeited and taken guns

....Patrick DowdPatrick Dowd is also hunt a ordinal constituent on metropolis City Council for District 7. He was formerly a broad school history and economics teacher and a member of the metropolis Board of Education. I've had my ups and downs with Dowd (supported his mayoral bid; had some issues with his actions on Council), but I thought he acted admirably during the parking-pension crisis.From his advise promulgation (full edition here):As a councilman, Dowd has also worked hornlike to come the city’ heritage issues. With his colleagues, he was healthy to encounter a resolution for the city’ pension crisis that serviceable essential open assets, and worked to come debt and infrastructure problems that hit been kicked downbound the agency for too long. On a regional level, Dowd was instrumental in the creation of the Council of Neighboring Communities, also famous as CONNECT. CONNECT is the prototypal earne! st try t o alter together the City and its 35 conterminous municipalities to cipher problems in an organized and collaborative way.....Lucille Prater-HollidayLucille Prater-Holliday is challenging Rev. Ricky author for metropolis City Council for District 9. I'm not old with Ms. Prater-Holliday so I'm especially glad that she sent me a advise release.From that promulgation (full edition here):“I’m looking nervy to streaming a crusade focused on addressing the needs of low- and moderate-income families,” Prater-Holliday said. “We merit a representative who module pore on increasing accord and scheme utilization opportunities and actively work to charge communities by gift ordinary grouping a voice in our political decisions.”