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Silver the Orie Melvin camp — includ- and Rich Lord ing suspended state Supreme Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and three defense attorneys — Amid the ongoing contro- left the courthouse under escort versy over the use of a police from deputies with the Allegh- credit union account under eny County sheriff’s office. federal scrutiny, a new voice Justice Orie Melvin and Jan- emerged Thursday. ine Orie, her sister and former One of Pittsburgh Mayor administrative aide, were found ’s former guilty Thursday of corruption Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette bodyguards claimed this for misusing state-paid staffers week that the mayor and the to help run the justice’s Supreme Suspended state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, pictured, and her former public safety director knew Court campaigns in 2003 and administrative aide, Janine Orie, are the second and third siblings to be convicted of corruption. that debit cards used by the Lake Fong/Post-Gazette 2009. security detail were linked to The sisters were found guilty the non-governmental account Mayor Luke Ravenstahl of theft of services, conspiracy, that the clerk left voluntarily. court pending further action by Inside for the purpose of avoiding arrives at and misapplication of govern- Allegheny County Common the Court of Judicial Discipline. n State officials say Joan media scrutiny about certain headquarters Thursday on ment funds. Janine Orie was Pleas Judge Lester G. Nauhaus “This jury, having sat in a expenditures. Both officials the to meet with also convicted of tampering with declared the jurors hung on that court of law, heard the truth Orie Melvin should never strongly denied it. again sit on the state’s new acting Chief Regina evidence and solicitation. count. about the defendant’s conduct “Luke knew firsthand that McDonald. One count — official oppres- He did not set a date for sen- and has made it absolutely clear highest court. Page A-2 these cards were given to us sion against the justice for termi- tencing but did order a pre-sen- that no one is above the law and they were specifically nating her chief law clerk for fail- tence report for both women. irrespective of title or status,” On the Web given to us because you guys ees whom he said were Mr. ing to do political work — could In the meantime, Justice said Allegheny County District Visit post-gazette.com for were doing the Right-to-Know Crawford’s close friends were not be decided by the jury, which Orie Melvin, 56, will remain video of the jury foreman’s [requests],” said Fred Craw- placed Thursday on paid heard defense witnesses testify suspended without pay from the SEE melvin, PAGE A-2 remarks. ford Jr. “You would never see administrative leave. the trail of the hotel bills and “That’s patently false, plain stuff like that from us.” and simple,” Mr. Ravenstahl In separate interviews, Mr. said of the allegations, during Ravenstahl and Public Safety nearly an hourlong interview Director Mike Huss Thurs- with the Pittsburgh Post- day night disputed all of Mr. Gazette in his office attended Crawford’s allegations. by his chief of staff, Yarone Council Groups urge Pa. to join The mayor speculated that Zober, solicitor Daniel Regan they might have stemmed and one of his bodyguards, from ill will over the forced Sgt. Matthew J. Gauntner. staffer listed resignation Wednesday of “I’ve got a guy that doesn’t Medicaid expansion former police Chief Nate have any credibility that takes concerns Harper and the fact that three other police bureau employ- SEE MAYOR, PAGE A-5 By Tracie Mauriello tion would bring 41,200 jobs in gas deal Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and $5.1 billion in increased “The Medicaid economic activity to the state. A day after Florida Repub- The figures represent addi- expansion is a win- By Andrew McGill lican Gov. Rick Scott reversed tional health care workers and win-win proposition Pittsburgh Post-Gazette course and agreed to par- money providers will spend to Acting police chief ticipate in a federal Medicaid expand their facilities as well for the people of Allegheny County Council expansion, two consumer as the impact on other indus- approved a $500 million natural groups pressed tries where those workers and Pennsylvania.” gas drilling deal despite con- Gov. to do the companies may spend their — Ron Pollack, executive director faces challenges cerns raised by a senior staff same. wages and profits. of Washington-based Families USA member that weren’t shared Mr. Corbett has been wary The expansion also would before the vote. of participating in the expan- reduce the state’s uncompen- Three of council’s 15 mem- sion because he wants more sated care costs by $878 mil- Restoring public bers, including the president, flexibility than the federal pro- lion over the next nine years State officials said they will faith in bureau received a memo over the gram would allow. by providing coverage to unin- review the study’s data with weekend from director of leg- Families USA and the Penn- sured Pennsylvanians whose stakeholders, but their biggest her main focus islative services Jared Barker sylvania Health Access Net- emergency medical care is now concern is reforming the exist- that posed serious questions work put out a report Thurs- borne by taxpayers, according about the contract with Consol day estimating that participa- to the study. SEE medicaid, PAGE A-3 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Energy to drill at Pittsburgh International Airport. On her first day as act- Acting police Chief In a version of the memo for- ing city police chief, Regina Regina McDonald warded among council mem- McDonald placed three peo- bers the day after the vote, Mr. profits by trading the Heinz ple on paid administrative assistant chief since 2004, to Barker listed 27 questions he’d options in advance of the Feb. leave pending the end of an serve as an interim replace- want answered before giving Goldman can’t ID owner 14 announcement that Warren FBI investigation that has ment for police Chief Nate further advice. Among other Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway tarnished the police bureau’s Harper stunned the rank-and- concerns, he questioned the of account in Heinz probe and 3G Capital, a New York reputation. file, with the union president length of the lease, who would private equity firm, intend to Chief McDonald, in a state- initially pointing out that control the contract and how acquire Heinz. ment that would later be she oversaw one of the offices the land would be taxed. By Len Boselovic owner is. The SEC called the trades echoed by the police union, from which the FBI removed None of those questions had Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Securities and Exchange “highly suspicious.” The FBI said she will focus now on documents last week. His com- been addressed publicly, he Commission disclosed the also is investigating. restoring the public’s faith in ments on Thursday were less wrote. A Goldman Sachs & Co. cli- information in federal court The SEC does not know who the police bureau. critical. “The draft lease agreement ent in Switzerland owns the filings in New York. the traders are, but believes “I guess you depend on the raises a number and variety of bank account used to make The agency obtained a them to be foreigners or trad- integrity of the people you SEE mcdonald, PAGE A-5 questions relating to the wis- suspicious trades in H.J. Heinz court order Feb. 15 freezing ers investing through foreign put in various positions,” she dom of proceeding,” he wrote. options in advance of the $28 the account and prohibiting accounts. The agency’s filing said, adding that people could This story was written by Liz “To my knowledge, Council billion bid for the global food its owner from destroying seeking to freeze the account expect changes in the bureau Navratil based on her report- has received little or no infor- giant. But the investment bank evidence. Regulators said the stated the account name within a week. ing and that of Jonathan D. Sil- has told federal regulators it account was used to gener- The appointment of Chief ver, Moriah Balingit and Molly SEE drill, PAGE A-11 does not know who the account ate more than $1.7 million in SEE heinz, PAGE A-3 McDonald, who served as an Born.

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MAYOR, FROM PAGE A-1 cards. are coming from his political nothing about such a safe or He also said Mr. Harper knew never demoted.” “I had no involvements, didn’t campaign makes his disgust- where the debit cards were of the cards. Mr. Crawford’s credibility has a shot at me,” Mr. Huss said dur- have a card and honestly never ing motivations clear,” she con- stored. “He was aware of it … Nate been challenged before. ing a telephone interview. “It’s all had that conversation or any tinued. “The public has a right Mr. Ravenstahl said that Sgt. got caught up in the middle of In 1997, Mr. Crawford fatally false. That will be proven in the conversations like that with to know what information he is Sciulli became frustrated with some stuff. He’s just too nice. He shot a man while working an end.” Freddie Crawford,” Mr. Huss hiding or holding onto for politi- the reimbursement process for should have just said no to some off-duty detail. Though a deputy Mr. Crawford, 48, was a Pitts- said. “Freddie Crawford did not cal purposes. We demand that expenses he incurred in the pro- stuff. He’s never been that ‘no’ coroner found the shooting to be burgh police officer for 24 years get orders from me on anything he turn this information over to cess of guarding the mayor. The person and now they’ve thrown justifiable, he found “no cred- and retired in 2011. He served as related to the detail. He would the public and to the authorities mayor told him to talk with the him under the bus to carry all ibility in the testimony of Mr. a bodyguard for six years both work through the chief’s office.” as is his duty.” chief. Sgt. Sciulli talked with the the weight himself. Really, he Crawford.” to Mr. Ravenstahl and his prede- “I would not have ever cre- Sgt. Gauntner also had a card, chief, and was given a card. was doing what he was told to Former Pittsburgh police cessor, Bob O’Connor. ated an account or ordered one but it was never used, the mayor “I said, ‘Dom, do what you do.” Chief Robert W. McNeilly Jr. Mr. Crawford said he was “100 to be created in this manner,” said. gotta do’ And that was the last Mr. Ravenstahl said he was said he never gave Mr. Crawford percent positive” that the mayor Mr. Huss said. “I wouldn’t even The mayor said he was not I heard of anything,” the mayor happy with how Mr. Crawford permission to moonlight as a and Mr. Huss knew that the card think about that. For him to say aware that the cards tapped said.. performed his duties as a body- security guard at the bar. Chief was linked to a non-governmen- that is a total 100 percent lie. an account at the credit union, “I imagine that when these guard although he acknowl- McNeilly, head of the Elizabeth tal account, “and I am willing to Why he’s lying I don’t know. I’m a private, nonprofit financial officers were given a card by the edged having somewhat of a fall- Township police, said Mr. Craw- take a polygraph test to verify confident that I had no knowl- institution for active and retired chief of police,” said Mr. Raven- ing out with him. ford already had been orally rep- that.” edge. I’m confident I didn’t do city police officers. He also said stahl, “at that point you assume “Perhaps Fred was upset with rimanded for working a secu- “You can say the cards were anything wrong.” he never saw the cards or dis- that it’s set up appropriately.” a decision I made recently and rity detail at the Small World given to us specifically because “If I’m accused of something, cussed their use with the body- Mr. Ravenstahl said after his allegiance was with other Bar in Homewood without going they wanted to avoid the media then you know how it is,” Mr. guards. a South Side news conference people and he saw the need to through proper procedures. tracking what we did and where Huss said. “It’s very damaging Mr. Crawford, however, Thursday morning that his say things about me that are Records available online with we went through the Right-to- to me and my career.” claims that he showed the mayor bodyguards used the cards for untrue,” the mayor said. Asked the Allegheny County Court of Know [law],” Mr. Crawford said. The mayor confirmed that the card during a trip to Har- hotels on official trips they took what decision might have upset Common Pleas indicate that Mr. “We used cards for official both Mr. Crawford and one of risburg. The mayor said that with the mayor. Mr. Crawford, the mayor said it Crawford was sued for child sup- business but it was used for his current bodyguards, Sgt. “could’ve happened, but I don’t “Anytime they used these may have been “the decision to port by different women in 1985, unofficial business as well,” Mr. Dominick C. Sciulli, had debit remember it.” cards they were on trips with ask the chief to resign.” 1986, 1988, 1998 and 2003. Records Crawford said. cards associated with an account Last week the FBI and IRS me,” he said, stressing the expen- Mr. Ravenstahl asked for Mr. available online indicate that he Those expenditures, he at the Greater Pittsburgh Police removed documents from the ditures were “legitimate.” Harper’s resignation based on was ordered to pay support in at alleged, included purchases of Federal Credit Union, which is credit union in the West End as He said the men used the information he learned while least four of the cases. alcohol. outside the normal municipal part of a probe linked to a simi- cards when they traveled with meeting with the FBI and U.S. One city employee identified “I don’t know that any of the channels. lar removal of documents from the mayor to Washington, D.C., attorney’s office. He said he by the mayor’s office said Mr. expenditures were even restau- City Controller Michael two police bureau offices. and Harrisburg, among other could not disclose the details. Crawford lied to her. rants, first of all,” the mayor Lamb, who is running for Deputy Chief Paul Donaldson things. Mr. Ravenstahl said he The mayor said he did not “I met Detective Crawford in said. “Were not used for alcohol. mayor, has criticized the mayor has said he believes the probe was told by federal authorities believe that Mr. Crawford was 2010, probably spring 2010,” said Very, very diligent about that for his bodyguards’ use of the is linked to internal allegations with whom he met Wednesday especially close to Mr. Harper. Sauntee Turner, who worked in first of all.” accounts. He said there are only that funds were misappropriated that he and the members of his Mr. Crawford, though, was a the office of the mayor’s opera- Mr. Ravenstahl went on to say 15 authorized depositories for from the special events office, security “are not targets” of an good friend of three women tions director. She said they of the allegations: “Just patently city money, and the credit union which handles moonlighting by investigation. who worked in the chief’s office started dating in January 2011. false, and when I have these is not one of them. officers, and the personnel and Bodyguards didn’t have cards — Officer Tonya Montgomery- “I would consider him the man documents in my possession I’m “Why would your security finance office, run by manager during Mayor Tom Murphy’s Ford, her mother, account clerk that I was dating.” happy to turn them over to you detail need access to a secret Sandra Ganster. administration. Kim Montgomery, and police She said she asked him, “If and really look forward to doing bank account if they were con- “The cards were always kept “The security detail never payroll clerk Tamara Davis — he was able to date. If he was so. There was never a discussion ducting official city business?” in the safe at Sandy Ganster’s traveled with me,” said Tom the mayor said. married or if he was living with about avoiding any sort of Right- Mr. Lamb asked in a news office. [The mayor] would give Murphy, who was Pittsburgh’s “Fred may feel that he’s someone. ... He told me no. He to-Know request,” the mayor release. “Who else had access to us a heads up when he wanted mayor from 1994 through 2005. diverting attention from his was not married, nor was he liv- said. the account and what did they to do something off the records He said he had one security other friends” by making accu- ing with anyone.” “I’m not sure what his agenda use it for? How could the use of and we would get the cards,” Mr. person, Pat Morosetti. sations about the mayor, said She discovered in the fall or motive is,” Mr. Ravenstahl the secret account to pay for city Crawford said. “One, I don’t ever remember Mr. Ravenstahl. of 2011 that he was married, said, “but it’s just wrong, and business be acceptable? “We never had to worry about anybody ever going anywhere He acknowledged that Mr. through conversations with he’s wrong, he’s lying. You bet- “Have you ever benefited receipts for that account there. out of town with me. And two, Crawford was upset about his people who knew his wife. She ter be careful because nothing from this account?” Mr. Lamb We didn’t turn ’em over,” Mr. I don’t believe that Pat had a treatment at a 2009 election stopped seeing him. that he said is accurate.” continued in the release. Crawford said. “In the begin- debit or credit card at all,” Mr. night victory party, at which his “He’s just a disturbed individ- Mr. Crawford said Mr. Huss Mayoral spokeswoman ning we gave them to Sandy but Murphy said. “If he did [have performance came under criti- ual, extremely deceitful and not told him the debit card should be Joanna Doven said it’s Mr. after that Luke said that would expenses] like all of us we would cism from then-Commander to be trusted,” she said. used only at the mayor’s discre- Lamb, as the city’s “control- be a paper trail.” incur the expense and submit George Trosky, who is now an tion and that he should not speak ler and chief accountant,” who Ms. Ganster, who is on a vol- it.” assistant chief and a close friend Jonathan D. Silver: jsilver@ with anyone about the card. “has information that he is not untary leave from the police Mr. Crawford said his card of Mr. Harper’s. post-gazette.com or 412-263-1962. Mr. Huss also vehemently sharing with the public or the bureau, could not be reached for was not used often during the “That was isolated to that Rich Lord: rlord@post-gazette. denied being involved in any authorities. comment. two-year period or so that he had night,” Mr. Ravenstahl said. com, 412-263-1542. Liz Navratil way with the use of the debit “The fact that these questions Mr. Ravenstahl said he knew one around 2009 or 2010. “Fred was never punished, and Moriah Balingit contributed. City’s new acting police chief is facing challenges mcdonald, FROM PAGE A-1 women’s groups. misappropriated within the gomery, who work in personnel lic Safety Consultants, a com- at the bureau. Mr. Ravenstahl said he plans bureau. and finance, on paid administra- pany that Mr. Harper said has “I don’t expect any radical and/ When Mayor Luke Raven- to look outside the bureau The Post-Gazette has learned tive leave pending the end of the not yet brought in any revenue. or massive changes,” the mayor stahl — shortly after a two-hour for someone to replace Chief that at least one check for FBI investigation. Ms. Ganster Mr. Ravensthal has hired said. “There are some things that meeting with the FBI — asked Harper, although he would also $5,675.52 from the University of went on leave of her own voli- an outside consultant, former we are going to take a look at and on Wednesday for Chief Harp- consider elevating someone Pittsburgh to the police bureau tion, and administrators have Washington County District clearly tighten up so there may be er’s immediate resignation, he from within. was deposited in September not yet decided whether to place Attorney Steven M. Toprani, some minor changes, but I would was left with few choices that “I think given the situation if 2009 into an “I.P.F.” account at her on a similar leave, the mayor to review the city’s policies on characterize them as minor weren’t surrounded in contro- we were able to find somebody the credit union. The account’s said. secondary employment in light in nature rather than major versy. from the outside to come and address matched that of the Warner Macklin III, who is of that business and revela- in nature, and some of those Both Deputy Chief Paul Don- put a new vision or standpoint North Side police headquarters. handling media inquiries for Offi- tions that Commander Holmes changes were made today.” aldson and Assistant Chief of on the bureau, that would be my Another account at the credit cer Montgomery-Ford, said, “The worked a second job as interim Detective Michael Benner, Operations Maurita Bryant had preference,” he said. union was listed as “Special only thing I know is she’s sad- police chief at Slippery Rock vice president of the Fraternal credit cards listed in their name Still, he stood by Chief Events c/o Sandy Ganster.” dened but will follow the direction University while he was a ser- Order of Police Lodge No. 1, the in connection with accounts at McDonald. Ms. Ganster is manager of the of the memo that was given to her geant. union representing officers, the Greater Pittsburgh Police “I have no reason to believe bureau’s personnel and finance by the acting chief’s office.” Chief McDonald said the said the rank-and-file is trying Federal Credit Union, which is — in fact I’m confident — that department. Special events is He said Officer Montgomery- number of accounts and who to reserve judgment. not an authorized depository for in no way was she conflicted or the police office that handles Ford is deciding whether to hire had access to them is part of the “What we know is from you city funds. Chief Donaldson has that she did anything wrong,” scheduling for off-duty work. an attorney and has not been FBI investigation, which she guys,” he told reporters. “We’re said he did not know about the the mayor said. Chief McDonald said she met contacted by the FBI or the U.S. did not want to jeopardize. She still on the outside looking in.” card until FBI agents told him During her times as assistant with the FBI on Thursday morn- attorney’s office. said she was not sure how much About 75 officers attended about it, and Chief Bryant, who chief of administration, Chief ing. “I am not a target,” she said. Ms. Montgomery, Officer money flowed through them a meeting of the police union is out of town attending a confer- McDonald oversaw the special “The target is personnel and Montgomery-Ford’s mother and but her understanding is that Thursday night. ence, could not be reached for events office and, until Chief finance.” a high school classmate of Mr. the accounts have since been After the meeting, union presi- comment. Harper took control of it in 2010 The acting chief declined to Harper, could not be reached for closed. dent Sgt. Michael LaPorte said, Assistant Chief of Investiga- for undisclosed reasons, the per- specify which people were the comment, nor could Ms. Davis. She declined to say when she “At this point, we’re placing our tions George Trosky has a his- sonnel and finance office. targets. Officer Montgomery-Ford and learned about the accounts or faith in the public safety direc- tory that includes allegations FBI agents removed docu- Also Thursday, she placed Ms. Davis are listed as organiz- how she found out about them. tor. People are saying stuff to our of domestic violence that were ments from both locations in Officer Tonya Montgomery- ers, along with Mr. Harper, Sgt. Chief McDonald, city public officers out in the streets. We just dropped when the accuser did what Deputy Chief Donaldson Ford, who works in Chief Barry Budd and Zone 2 Com- safety director Mike Huss and want to, as quickly as possible, not appear in court, but his pro- said he thinks is a probe into Bryant’s office, and civilians mander Eric Holmes, on incor- Mr. Ravenstahl have said they restore integrity to the depart- motion nevertheless angered allegations that funds have been Tammy Davis and Kim Mont- poration papers for Diverse Pub- expect more changes to be made ment.”

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Jack Wagner and emerging as front-runners; Small city controller throws support behind former auditor general business options Lamb out of mayor race By James O’Toole difficult — and the fact of the to focus on our communities as Pittsburgh Post-Gazette matter is, there is a real choice growth in all our neighborhoods delayed for mayor,” Mr. Lamb said in a helps us all.” City Controller Michael brief statement in his Greenfield Mr. Lamb’s reference to their Lamb’s decision to exit the may- campaign office. shared political roots hinted or’s race and instead back Jack “I believe the best candidate at how his candidacy and that Feds unable to meet Wagner on Monday lent a formi- is ,” he continued. of Mr. Wagner had seemed des- health care deadline dable boost to the former auditor “Jack Wagner is both a friend tined to cannibalize one anoth- Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette general’s bid for the Democratic of organized labor and of Pitts- er’s support in the city’s south- nomination for mayor. burgh’s business community. ern neighborhoods. For now, at City Controller Michael Lamb is applauded by supporters By Robert Pear “I am doing this because I love And as someone who grew up least, the former state official is Monday at his Greenfield Avenue campaign headquarters Pittsburgh — and a race with in the same community as me, after announcing he is dropping out of the race for mayor. many candidates is blurry and he understands that we need SEE lamb, PAGE A-6 n Visit post-gazette.com for video from the announcement. WASHINGTON — Unable to meet tight deadlines in the new health care law, the Obama administration is delaying parts of a program intended to provide affordable health insurance OPENING DAY 2013 to small businesses and their Questions employees — a major selling point for the health care legisla- tion. arise over The law calls for a new insur- ance marketplace specifically mayor’s for small businesses, starting next year. But in most states, employers will not be able to get travel what Congress intended: the option to provide workers with a choice of health plans. They will expenses instead be limited to a single plan. This choice option, already By Moriah Balingit available to many big busi- and Rich Lord nesses, was supposed to become Pittsburgh Post-Gazette available to small employers in January 2014. But administra- When Pittsburgh Mayor tion officials said they would Luke Ravenstahl traveled delay it to 2015 in the 33 states to Chicago last December to where the federal government speak at a forum at the Uni- will be running insurance mar- versity of Illinois, he took kets known as exchanges. And along government affairs they will delay the requirement manager Paul McKrell for a for other states as well. trip that would also include The promise of affordable another, purely political leg. health insurance for small busi- When it came time to book nesses was portrayed as a major flights and hotel rooms, the advantage of the new health care question arose: How should law, mentioned often by White this be paid? House officials and Democratic Mr. McKrell’s airfare to leaders in Congress as they Chicago and then to New fought opponents of the legisla- York City and room at a Hil- tion. ton were paid for with the Supporters of the health care mayor’s city credit card — to the tune of nearly $835. But SEE plans, PAGE A-6 since the flight ultimately Michael Henninger/Post-Gazette brought Mr. McKrell to the Pennsylvania Society — a Fans cheers as pitcher A.J. Burnett strikes out the first batter during the Pirates’ home opener against the Chicago highfalutin gathering held Cubs Monday at PNC Park. The Cubs won, 3-1. annually in the Big Apple Casey says — part of it will be repaid with campaign dollars, the mayor’s chief of staff said he supports Monday. Mr. Ravenstahl’s Cold can’t keep Pirates fans away room and flight were paid for entirely by his campaign. gay marriage When city officials travel, By Dan Majors into the 30s. including all 13 at PNC Park. A on the web deciding which credit card By Tracie Mauriello Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Bob Kepics, 78, and his wife, former sandlot player and mill Visit post-gazette. or account to use isn’t always Post-Gazette Washington Bureau Mary, wouldn’t miss it. worker, he started attending as com for video simple, as the Chicago and Say what you want about “I’ve seen good and I’ve seen a youth, skipping school and reports, a slideshow New York trips show. A lack WASHINGTON — And then them, those who packed PNC bad, but we’ve endured it all,” hitchhiking to old Forbes Field and an interactive of clear rules with regard to there were eight. Park on Monday afternoon said Mr. Kepics, who drove in . (One year, it was panoramic photo of the use of city and campaign U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., were anything but fair-weather from Leechburg in Armstrong his principal who pulled over PNC park. funds complicates that. And took his support fans. County to be among the 39,000- to pick him up. They continued while city council approves for gay relation- It’s one thing to face a losing plus braving the chill to wit- on to the ballpark.) n For full coverage, other city officials’ travel ships a step streak reaching 20 consecutive ness a disappointing 3-1 loss to Not all the kids had to skip including Ron requests, only the controller further Mon- seasons. But it’s quite another the Chicago Cubs. school Monday. Luke Mary and Cook’s take on sees the mayor’s expenses. day when he thing to do it in biting wind Mr. Kepics has been to 61 of the game, turn to announced he and temperatures reaching the past 65 opening day games, SEE fans, PAGE A-8 Sports, Page C-1. SEE travel, PAGE A-3 now backs the right to same- Bob Casey sex marriage. “If two people of the same sex fall in love and want to marry, why would our gov- ernment stand in their way? At With titanium plates, Crosby’s jaw expected to heal quickly a time when many Americans lament a lack of commitment in our society between married By Sean D. Hamill n Sidney Crosby remained in three to four weeks,” said motorcycle collided with a car year. men and women, why would we Pittsburgh Post-Gazette optimistic in an email to Post- David Dattilo, director of oral whose driver failed to yield If all goes well in three to want less commitment and fewer Gazette writer Dave Molinari. and maxillofacial surgery for and turned left in front of him. four weeks, Dr. Dattilo said, strong marriages?” Mr. Casey The type of jaw surgery that Sports, Page C-1. West Penn Allegheny Health The accident occurred a month Mr. Crosby won’t even neces- asked in a written statement. Sidney Crosby endured last System. before preseason camp was to sarily need special headgear That leaves just eight Demo- weekend after being hit in the experts say. The timing and the jaw begin. to protect his jaw “because his crats in the U.S. Senate who face with a puck should, at the “As long as he keeps his injury itself appear to be Mr. Roethlisberger, who was jaw will be just as strong as either oppose same-sex mar- latest, allow him to return to nourishment up — and he similar to what Steelers quar- not wearing a helmet, also did before, and probably stronger game action by the time the should since he’s not wired terback Ben Roethlisberger not have his jaw wired shut SEE casey, PAGE A-6 playoffs begin in a month, shut — he should be good to go experienced in 2006 when his and was in camp on time that SEE crosby, PAGE A-2

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Traveling man Questions Records of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s campaign spending, of expenses covered by city government, and of transactions from an unauthorized City memo supports fee account at the Greater Pittsburgh Police Federal Credit Union, indicate arise over that expenses related to mayoral travel were paid for in a variety of ways. The mayor’s imprest fund, created by legislation in 1995, paid for travel on city business. The mayor’s campaign account covered any expenses for using off-duty police mayor’s viewed as benefiting his electoral prospects. Twice expenses incurred by a bodyguard on trips to Harrisburg were covered by an account at the Greater Pittsburgh Police Federal Credit Union, which was not an By Jonathan D. Silver whether Mr. Huss has the legal created by council in 1987 for travel authorized city account. Federal prosecutors have said the credit union and Liz Navratil right to implement the fee. police use and maintains a bal- account was funded under former Chief Nate Harper’s direction using Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “It seems to me that city coun- ance of $30,000. It is meant to cil has to, at minimum, adopt an receive money the city gets when checks from private businesses for police services, which should have A memorandum released Mon- ordinance at least explaining the police bureau participates expenses been deposited with the city. day by Pittsburgh’s Law Depart- how the fee is calculated, refer- with federal law enforcement in DESTINATION, PURPOSE, ment counters criticism that a encing this section saying the drug investigations that lead to IF OTHER THAN GENERAL city fee charged to employers for public safety director can assess asset forfeitures. travel, FROM PAGE A-1 MONTH, YEAR GOVERNMENT BUSINESS METHOD OF PAYMENT the private use of off-duty police and collect it,” Mr. Weiss said. Although federal rules say March 2010 Washington, D.C., infrastructure Mayor’s imprest fund was not properly implemented, Councilman the money must be spent on law A review of travel outlined development discussions but observers say problems was dismissive of the memo and enforcement, the original city in campaign and credit and March 2010 Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, water- Mayor’s imprest fund remain despite the legal analysis. questioned more generally the resolution is narrower and lim- debit card records from 2010 front development conference A separate opinion concern- ability of officers to moonlight. its the fund’s use to “any and all through 2012 indicates that June 2010 Harrisburg Bodyguard’s expenses ing a fund that is supposed to be “What we are doing in putting expenses associated with investi- the mayor traveled 18 times paid with credit tapped by the Pittsburgh Bureau those officers out there on second- gations of narcotics violations.” on the dime of the city or his union account of Police only for narcotics inves- ary duty is, in effect, we’re priva- The police bureau has not campaign, including two cases June 2010 New York City Campaign tigations — but was used for a tizing or leasing their services,” followed the rules. A March 13 in which a bodyguard paid for variety of questionable expenses Mr. Dowd said. “We’re taking a Post-Gazette story detailed ques- expenses using an unauthor- September 2010 Laguna Beach and Newport, Campaign including Gatorade, a car wash little bit of money for their work. tionable expenditures, including ized city account that has since Calif., pension summit and personal debt reduction Council actually has to say, ‘We nearly $10,000 spent on Gatorade become a subject of a federal September 2010 Washington, D.C. Mayor’s imprest fund training — recommends relax- authorize that action.’ Council to hydrate officers working the investigation. Other official October 2010 Harrisburg Bodyguard’s expenses ing the rules governing its use. has not authorized that action.” G-20 Summit in 2009. trips were underwritten with paid with credit union Both memos went to Public Mr. Dowd said he recently told The Law Department’s Mr. Del- private sources — like one to account Safety Director Michael Huss Mr. Huss that the city should aney reiterated in his memo that China in 2010 paid for by the November 2010 Campaign and addressed issues raised last cease all police moonlighting the fund was locally restricted to . December 2010 New York City, Pennsylvania Campaign month by the Pittsburgh Post- until council and the adminis- use for narcotics investigations, “There are three buckets Society meeting Gazette. tration come to an agreement. although such use is not man- which I think someone in pub- February 2011 Fort Worth, Texas, Super Bowl Campaign In the case of the cost recovery “The reality is there’s no dated by federal law. lic office can pull money from,” fee, some questioned whether the supervision, and if there’s no Mr. Delaney recommended said Barry Kauffman, executive March 2011 Harrisburg Mayor’s imprest fund add-on — which brought almost supervision, then we have prob- that the city amend its ordi- director of the watchdog group June 2011 Erie Mayor’s imprest fund $800,000 into city coffers last lems,” Mr. Dowd said. nance to make it consistent with Pennsylvania Common Cause. November 2011 Boston, receives Harvard’s New Campaign year — was properly legislated. Mr. Huss said putting an federal law and allow for broader “If it’s a legitimate public busi- Frontier Award for public service The $3.85-per-officer-per-hour immediate stop to secondary law enforcement expenses. ness related to the office they December 2011 New York City, Pennsylvania Campaign fee charged to various busi- employment would be the easy “People in the police bureau represent, the public should Society meeting nesses that hire moonlighting way to handle a complicated actually believed they had the be paying for it. If it’s political February 2012 Bradenton, Fla., Promise to Mayor’s imprest fund, officers was enacted in 2007 to issue but not a prudent one. ability to utilize it for any type of activity, then it’s legitimate Pittsburgh conference except for $50 payment ensure that taxpayers weren’t “I don’t think we can whole- police work. I’m not going to crit- to take it out of our campaign to Delta Air, covered footing the indirect costs of offi- sale cancel secondary employ- icize every purchase they made fund. Otherwise, if you’re just by campaign cers’ off-duty work. It was writ- ment without jeopardizing the or what they did,” Mr. Huss said. traveling, every once in awhile May 2012 Las Vegas, for shopping Campaign ten into police policy, but never safety of our residents,” Mr. “I’m just saying that thing needs you have to crack open your center conference formally into the city code. Huss said, citing as an example tightened up.” own checkbook.” The one-page memo, written a utility company that might Alleged misuse of public August 2012 Charlotte, N.C., for Democratic Campaign by assistant city solicitor Bren- need an officer to direct traffic Jonathan D. Silver: jsilver@ National Convention funds is at the center of the dan Delaney, cites a section of at a construction site. post-gazette.com or 412-263-1962. indictment last month of for- December 2012 Chicago for University of Illinois Mayor’s imprest fund the city code that authorizes The second memo concerns Liz Navratil: lnavratil@post- mer panel discussion, New York City and campaign directors of city departments to the Confiscated Narcotics Pro- gazette.com, 412-263-1438 or on Nate Harper, who is accused of for Pennsylvania Society meeting create a fee schedule “for any ceeds Imprest Fund, which was Twitter @liznavratil. shunting payments by private Sources: City controller’s office records, campaign Post-Gazette other services furnished by any businesses for off-duty police expense reports on file with Allegheny County, interviews. department for the benefit of any work into a Greater Pittsburgh private individual or entity.” Police Federal Credit Union Mr. Huss said that while he account. He then drew on that understands the Law Depart- account for $31,986 in personal ditures by other city employees, of a restaurant receipt — for ment has provided him with the expenses, according to the who often must foot the bill for $6.03. legal underpinnings to impose indictment. city-related travel and then seek “I haven’t abused tax dollars the fee, he believes city council Debit cards connected to the reimbursement that’s subject to to travel at all,” Mr. Ravenstahl still must formally approve it. illicit accounts also ended up in approval by council. said in a news conference last “Council needs to act on this the hands of the mayor’s police But the mayor’s travel and month. one way or the other. They need bodyguard, Sgt. Dominick expenditures are not reviewed Neither the state Ethics Com- to set up a trust fund, and they Sciulli, who said he didn’t know by city council. Instead, they’re mission nor the Department of need to legislate a fee,” Mr. Huss the source of the funds. He used audited by city Controller State — which runs elections said. the debit card exclusively when Michael Lamb. According to — has any mandate to enforce Legislation to codify the fee he traveled with the mayor on Mr. Zober, the controller has the rule for spending campaign and set up a trust fund to collect city business, according to the never objected to any imprest money, according to officials for it is on hold. mayor’s chief of staff, Yarone fund expenditures. those agencies. Ira Weiss, a longtime munici- Zober. “If the funds were being used State law allows candidates to pal attorney who has served as When the mayor travels on for things that were not related use the money donors give their solicitor for Allegheny County, city business with city funds, he to city business, it would be campaigns for “the payment, dis- among other entities, said he uses his city credit card. very apparent to the control- tribution, loan or advancement of believes council approval is a The mayor’s imprest fund ler’s office and the public,” city money or any valuable thing by a necessary step regardless of — an account that pays his city solicitor Dan Regan said. candidate, political committee credit card bill — was created Still, records from the or other person for the purpose by a resolution of council in 1995 imprest fund demonstrates of influencing the outcome of an under Mayor Tom Murphy. The there is a lack of clarity about election.” legislation that established the whether the fund should cover Mr. Ravenstahl’s campaign fund doesn’t speak to what it’s expenses of city employees records reveal that he regularly ® to be used for. And while offi- other than the mayor, and if so, taps funds provided by donors cials have repeatedly said it’s how it should be reimbursed. for travel and meals. Mr. Raven- for “city business,” they could For example, Mr. Zober, on stahl planned to run for re-elec- point to no city policy or legal more than one occasion, wrote tion until February, when he opinion that defined its use. a personal check to reimburse dropped out of the race. City officials said state law the imprest fund for travel- In September 2010, for LIPITOR spoke to that issue. State eth- related expenses. He then instance, the campaign paid $65 ics laws bar any public official sought reimbursement from the for a meal at Javier’s in New- from using public funds or city so he could be made whole. port Beach, Calif., and $254.39 powers for the personal, pecu- It’s a cumbersome process that for one at Montage, an ocean- niary gain of the official or can take time. front hotel in Laguna Beach. their immediate family, or for But when the mayor’s credit Mr. Zober said he believed any business with which they card covered hotel rooms for the mayor was in California are associated. Sgt. Sciulli, his police body- then for a summit on munici- ALERT But the lack of rules can be guard, the sergeant did not pal pensions. He said any trip problematic, as a case in Leets- repay the imprest fund, accord- on which the mayor might meet influential people or dale demonstrated. ing to records from the control- ® In January, the state Ethics ler’s office. He did, however, gain knowledge that might Using the anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor has Commission wrote an opinion seek approval for the travel help him to solve city problems on Leetsdale Borough Council- through council on at least two would also boost his electoral been linked to serious side effects including: man Roger A. Nanni’s use of a occasions. Mr. Regan could not chances. borough credit card, includ- say why procedures for some “This mayor more often than Diabetes ing for evening meetings at city employees differed from not errs on the side of caution “various restaurants, bars, others. and uses campaign funds to and other eateries/food service “I don’t know if there’s any- save taxpayer money where Hyperglycemia entities.” Mr. Nanni, according thing that would prohibit the appropriate,” Mr. Zober said. to the opinion, provided “no mayor from incurring those The mayor billed expenses documentation or explanation” expenditures,” he said. “In a related to his February 2011 trip Ketoacidosis of charges totaling $2,182 to the organization the size of the city, to the Super Bowl in Texas — card over more than four years. there can be inconsistent prac- including $5,970 for an Embassy But the commission found tices that are not inconsistent Suites room and $43 for a meal at Pancreatitis “insufficient evidence … that with the rules.” Shula’s Grill — to his campaign. said purchases were not related The mayor and his staff were Death to Borough expenditures,” and scrupulous in documenting Rich Lord: rlord@post-ga- imposed no penalty for that. the expenditures. 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$1.00 SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2013 VOL. 86, NO. 249 4/6/13  final Hiring south koreA on Alert Inside the admissions rate process slows in at Lehigh March University Still, unemployment By Susan Snyder The Philadelphia Inquirer dips to 7.6 percent BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The case before the admissions By Ann Belser panel holed up in a small Pittsburgh Post-Gazette room at Lehigh University was complex. A weak employment report The applicant had scored Friday knocked the stock mar- 1300 on the verbal and math ket down a peg or two, but even portions of the SAT, on with the dip, market indices the low end for the highly remained higher than they had selective, private research ever been before last month. university in Bethlehem. He Matthew Yanni, of Yanni and had taken only one of the 14 Associates Investment Advi- advanced placement courses sors of Franklin Park, said he offered at his high school in was taking advantage of the New England — not as rigor- decline to pick up some equities ous of a schedule as Lehigh in a market that he believes was likes to see. And though he overreacting to the news. had a strong grade-point Admittedly, the monthly jobs average, he received a couple report from the U.S. Bureau of Cs. of Labor Statistics did not con- “This is where it gets tain good news, even though rough,” admissions staffer the headline number sounded Jung Yeon-Je/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Neil F. Gogno told his 16 col- encouraging: The unemploy- leagues, while a summary of ment rate fell in March to 7.6 South Korean soldiers patrol along a military fence Friday near the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas in the border the applicant projected on a percent from 7.7 percent in Feb- city of Paju. The said it was taking “all necessary precautions” after North Korea rang fresh alarms in an screen. ruary, the lowest the unemploy- escalating crisis by moving a medium-range missile to its east coast. Story in International, A-4. The teen, Mr. Gogno said, ment rate has been since 2008. was a victim of a hazing But the statistics underlying incident, the details of which the report disappointed inves- drew gasps from those in the tors. The private sector created room. just 95,000 jobs, and that net gain “Oh my God,” one of the was whittled down to 88,000 jobs staffers said. The room by losses in the government sec- Plan includes tax hikes, changes to Social Security and Medicare momentarily fell silent. tor. The jobs added in March The teen’s application were a far cry from the results was one of about 100 the for the two previous months, committee considered that which were revised upward by Obama budget would cut entitlements late February day — crunch a combined 61,000 jobs to 148,000 time in college admissions. new jobs for January and 268,000 Lehigh received more than for February. By Jim Kuhnhenn tions, loathed by liberals, in the ers would slip into higher tax Mr. Obama in December pro- 12,560 applications, and staff The employment report was and Andrew Taylor growth of Social Security and brackets despite Mr. Obama’s posed much the same, without agreed on the fate of the issued at 8:30 a.m., and the Associated Press other benefit programs. repeated vows not to add to the success, to House Speaker John vast majority on first read. Dow Jones industrial average The plan, if ever enacted, tax burden of the middle class. Boehner, R-Ohio. The response It’s the cases in dispute that dropped by 168 points from the WASHINGTON — Seeking could touch almost all Ameri- His proposed changes, once Friday was dismissive from come before the team where previous close within two min- an elusive middle ground, Pres- cans. The rich would see tax phased in, would mean a cut Republicans and hostile from they are reviewed and voted utes of the opening bell an hour ident is propos- increases, the poor and the in Social Security benefits of liberals, labor and advocates on. Simple majority rules. later. ing a 2014 budget that embraces elderly would get smaller nearly $1,000 a year for an aver- for the elderly. Deciding cases on the bub- tax increases abhorred by annual increases in their bene- age 85-year-old, smaller cuts for ble is an age-old part of the SEE jobs, PAGE A-5 Republicans as well as reduc- fits, and middle-income taxpay- younger retirees. SEE budget, PAGE A-5 process, one playing out on campuses across the nation as colleges craft their incom- ing freshman classes for fall 2013. Most colleges will have announced admission deci- Gunfight Mayor’s city hall staff SEE lehigh, PAGE A-3 erupts on arranged political travel

Downtown By Rich Lord and hotel reservations for events and Moriah Balingit including the annual Pennsyl- street Pittsburgh Post-Gazette vania Society gathering in New York City and the 2012 Demo- By Amy McConnell Pittsburgh Mayor Luke cratic National Convention in Schaarsmith Ravenstahl’s city hall secretary Charlotte, N.C., were handled Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was involved in arranging travel using a city email account. Mr. that was paid for by his political Ravenstahl’s campaign attorney A gunfight that erupted amid committee, according to receipts said Friday that the practice was J. leon Washington, busy streets and sidewalks his campaign provided to the normal for governmental execu- dean of admissions Downtown temporarily created Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. and financial aid at chaos on Friday as panicked The receipts show that airline SEE staff, PAGE A-3 Lehigh University people ran for cover and police cruisers swarmed the scene. Pittsburgh police say Hassan Howze, 22, of Overbrook has been charged with aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy and Antonio Peterson, 24, also Age restrictions lifted for morning-after pill of Overbrook, has been charged with aggravated assault, crimi- By Lauran Neergaard science, a federal judge ruled York blasted the government’s nal conspiracy and carrying and Larry Neumeister Friday that there should be no decision on age limits as “arbi- a concealed firearm without a Associated Press age restrictions on the sale of trary, capricious and unreason- license in connection with the emergency contraception with- able,” and ordered an end to the shooting of a 22-year-old Belle- WASHINGTON — The morn- out a doctor’s prescription. restrictions within 30 days. vue man just before 4 p.m. ing-after pill might become as Today, buyers must prove The Justice Department was Mr. Howze and Mr. Peterson Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette easy to buy as aspirin. at the pharmacy that they’re evaluating whether to appeal, encountered the victim, whom In a scathing rebuke accusing 17 or older; everyone else must and spokeswoman Allison Price Homicide detectives investigate a shooting on Wood Street the Obama administration of let- see a doctor first. U.S. District SEE shooting, PAGE A-3 at Fifth Avenue Downtown Friday. ting election-year politics trump Judge Edward Korman of New SEE pill, PAGE A-2

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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE  SaturdaY, aPril 6, 2013  WWW.POST-GAZETTE.COM A-3 Inside Lehigh’s admissions process Mayor’s city hall staff arranged political travel Lehigh, FROM PAGE A-1 He happens to be the only appli- cant from this Southern state. staff, FROM PAGE A-1 Chicago and then a second sions by Monday. “So no pressure,” Ms. flight from Chicago to New With so much competition, Knechel told the group. tives, although other elected York City. students must distinguish Another staffer questioned officials described different While Mr. Ravenstahl cov- themselves, whether it’s in the his interest. practices. ered his expenses with cam- essay, in the interview with a “OK, but he also literally has “Any time I have any politi- paign funds, Mr. McKrell’s staffer, or through an entrepre- no support whatsoever,” Ms. cal travel, that is not handled Chicago hotel room and flights neurial activity. Knechel said. by anyone on the state staff,” were covered by the mayor’s At Lehigh, the 15-member The vote was unanimous. said state Sen. Jay Costa, credit card. At the instruction admissions team is a vibrant Accepted. D-Forest Hills. He added that of the finance department, bunch: About half are age 30 his schedule is probably not as Mr. McKrell reimbursed the or under, and that’s by design, Interest crowded as the mayor’s, and entire amount of the flights according to J. Leon Washing- The New Jersey high school that “sometimes it is difficult — $626.60 — with a personal ton, dean of admissions and student was on the fence by a to separate” political from gov- check. He was reimbursed for financial aid, because they lot of measures, and as a result ernmental matters. half the amount by the mayor’s relate exceptionally well with drew one of the longest conver- The Post-Gazette requested, campaign and is seeking the high school students. But the sations of that day. through the Allegheny County other half of the reimburse- staff also includes several sea- But one thing that really got Elections Division, receipts ment from the city because the soned members, including Mr. Ed Hille/The Philadelphia Inquirer the team: He never opened his documenting 59 travel-related flight to Chicago is considered Washington, who has more The Lehigh University admissions committee gathers in a portal. The portal is the online expenditures listed on Mr. city business. than 40 years in the business, site where students check on the Ravenstahl’s campaign But deputy controller Doug and Bruce Bunnick, director small room in the basement of the Fairchild Martindale Library status of their application and finance reports from 2009 Anderson said the mayor’s of admissions, a veteran of to discuss and then vote on the applications to fill the class receive updates. The staff sees it through 2012. The campaign office should never put cam- more than 20 years. Admission of 2017. Here, Bruce Bunnick, center, director of admissions, as a major indicator of how seri- provided records, including paign-related expenses on the officers spent last fall fanning counts votes at the Feb. 28 meeting. ous a student is about Lehigh. emails from travel websites city credit card, even if they out across their geographic The teen also never visited. and hotel companies, with will be reimbursed. area, meeting with prospective The case drew one of the some of the email addresses of “When there are things that applicants and their families. both ends. A school with a rigorous cur- closest votes of the day, 9-7, to senders or recipients blacked the campaign pays for, there Since November, they have “A kid who is doing every- riculum can prove a “double- wait-list. out. has to be a means to tell the been reviewing the just over thing he or she can in the high edged sword” if students fail to The Post-Gazette asked for campaign to pay for it,” Mr. 1,000 applications that came in school, but just doesn’t test well, take the advanced coursework. Character and community unredacted copies, and the Palnick said. “The campaign for early decision, a process in we’d take the kid,” Mr. Wash- “It leaves an admissions The applicant was an aca- campaign allowed the newspa- would issue a check.” which a student applies only to ington said. office, particularly a selective demic standout, but rather per to view the originals. State Rep. Dan Frankel, Lehigh and promises to attend In contrast, very high SAT admissions office, wondering rude — that’s according to his The most recent was a Nov. D-Squirrel Hill, said that in the if admitted. More than half of scores are no guarantee of why did they not get involved in high school guidance counselor. 27 email, from Delta, confirm- House, “people scheduling [for early-decision applicants were admission. that more intense curriculum,” The counselor had given the ing a $216.80 flight from New representatives] are allowed accepted for the incoming fresh- An applicant from Schuylkill Bunnick said. student below-average marks in York to Pittsburgh on Dec. 9. to handle non-governmental man class, targeted at 1,200. County with a 1600 and oth- The student from Connecti- the area of character, prompt- The email was time stamped things because it’s impossible That left about 680 open spots erwise stellar record had one cut? Denied, 7-2, with others vot- ing the Lehigh staffer, Mr. 10:42 p.m., and went to the pri- sometimes to otherwise coor- for regular-decision applicants. flaw — he never visited Lehigh. ing to wait-list. Dergham, to call. vate email account of Melissa dinate.” Lehigh accepts 25 to 29 percent Students who visit often end “She told me he was basically Demme, the mayor’s senior He said he typically of applicants, making it much up enrolling. Those who don’t, Legacy rude to her for four years. She administrator. arranges travel on his own. “I more selective than the national rarely do, Mr. Washington said. As soon as the case flashed did say she has never before The mayor’s campaign paid think I booked my own hotel average of about 64 percent at The staff offered admission on the screen, Mr. Bunnick in her career given a student for the flight. It corresponds reservations for [2013’s] PA four-year, nonprofit colleges. to the 1600 student, but some sighed. “This is a tough one.” below average on anything.” to the end of the Pennsylvania Society a month ago,” he said. The table was filled with others with similar scores were The applicant’s mother is a The student already had been Society, an annual powwow of “I did it myself.” water and soda bottles and an cut. Lehigh graduate and she really admitted to other highly selec- Pennsylvania power brokers Mr. Costa said that for years array of snacks, as the team Jessica DeSantis, associate wants the same for her son. She tive schools. in the Big Apple. his campaign has maintained, prepared to tackle some of the director, advocated for the stu- was unhappy he was wait-listed Other factors, such as char- The involvement of city staff year-round, an office and a toughest decisions of the season. dent with the 460. for early decision. acter, can influence decisions. is normal, said Lazar Palnick, part-time staffer. “On travel “He does fine in his English The teen scored under 1200 What students write on the general counsel for Mr. Raven- that’s specifically related to Wait-list the valedictorian? courses and his writing is on the SAT and did not rank in essay — and how they write — stahl’s campaign. political activity, that is done The Montgomery County good,” she said. the top third of his class. can have impact, too, as can “The personal and confiden- by the campaign office,” he teen had won over the staff. He The teen had a 3.95 GPA. The committee debated, wait- service to the community. tial secretary for the govern- said. “My Senate staff does was strong by all measures, He’s a legacy; his grandfather listing him again. Sometimes, life experience mental official always makes absolutely no political work.” including a 1540 out of a pos- attended. And he started his “The more we put this off, plays a role. the travel arrangements,” The use of state staff to sible 1600 on his math and read- own business. He purchases the more phone calls we have The committee voted to Mr. Palnick said. “The White arrange campaign travel was ing SAT. But on a recent report sweatshirts, cuts them up, and to make,” cautioned Sarah admit an applicant who had House does the same thing. an issue, although not one of card, he got two Cs and a D with sews differently colored pieces Knechel, associate director. been serving in the Israeli army … Governors do that, mayors the biggest issues, in the Feb- no real explanation. together. He sells 10 to 20 of the “What’s worse — ripping off a for three years. Some were do that, county executives do ruary trial of state Supreme “Oh boy, cats and dogs!” Mr. sweatshirts per month, cutting Band-Aid once or ripping it off concerned the gap in education that.” Court Justice Joan Orie Mel- Washington said. and sewing on his own. three times?” may hinder performance, but It’s standard, he said, “that vin, who was found guilty That applicant wasn’t the “The question is,” Ms. DeSan- Legacies make up 17 percent the majority believed engineer- an elected public official has along with sister Janine Orie only one to see his prelimi- tis said, “do we let the critical of a typical class. Lehigh hosts ing training offered by the their administrative staff on charges related to the use nary offer turn to a rejection. reading decide this or do we let a program for legacy applicants army and life experience out- book their travel so they have of state resources for politics, Another fell off after getting an the other aspects counterbal- in September. There, Mr. Wash- weighed that. control over their schedule.” as was former state Sen. Jane F on a midyear calculus exam. ance it?” ington lays it on the line: “Leg- And the rude student? Wait- Amie Downs, a spokes- Orie, another sister for whom High school performance Staff voted 10-2 to admit, with acy is a real hook. However, it listed. woman for county Execu- Janine worked, in March is one of the most important three to wait-list. will not replace low rigor, low When the team finished pre- tive , said the 2012. factors in the eyes of the admis- grades, low testing, laziness and liminary decisions, members county executive “has folks The Orie cases should serve sions staff because it has proven High school rigor a sloppy application.” analyzed the admitted group, on the political side who do as a warning that officials a clear indicator of potential The applicant was from a The student with the per- paying attention to gender and things for his political calen- need to keep a sharp separa- success at Lehigh. Connecticut high school the sistent mom? Denied, unani- racial balance, academic qual- dar,” and then communicate tion between political and gov- “We tell students out on the committee knew well. The stu- mously. ity and enrollment in majors. the plans to the governmental ernmental matters, said Barry road, ‘You cannot coast in your dent struggled grade-wise even Other times, legacy was the On Friday, Lehigh posted staff so Mr. Fitzgerald isn’t Kauffman, executive director senior year,’” Mr. Washington though she took hardly any charm. The team took a Califor- decisions online and mailed fat overbooked. of the watchdog group Penn- said. rigorous courses. Yet, she had nia student with a 1220 SAT and envelopes, including offers of Mr. Palnick agreed with sylvania Common Cause. more than 1500 on her SAT. strong interest, mindful she has financial aid, to 3,284 students. Mr. Costa that sometimes a The email confirmations A question of balance “She could have a 1600 for all a sibling at Lehigh. One of those who will receive political function also includes of the mayor’s flights and The applicant from Colorado I care,” said Majed Dergham, a fat envelope is the hazing governmental business. hotels “should’ve been sent scored a decent 640 on his math director of diversity recruit- Geography victim, whose case stirred the “We’ve overpaid for things if to the campaign treasurer,” SAT, but 460 on reading. Collec- ment. “That rigor … I can’t A student with a 1340 SAT committee. there was any question about Mr. Kauffman said. “All of tively, he got an 1100, well below believe we’re even considering but a C-plus in math — the sub- “Those Cs … probably dis- whether it was political or those billings should’ve never Lehigh’s profile. Typical scores it.” ject he wants to study — got a qualified him from taking AP governmental,” he said of the entered city hall. for Lehigh range between the In addition to the high school second look by the committee. courses his senior year,” Mr. mayor’s campaign. “If he wants to do campaign low 1300s to mid-1400s on read- transcript, rigor is the other The teen’s mother died when he Gogno said. “I don’t think we This week city Controller business, he needs to walk out ing and math. (Lehigh doesn’t strong predictor of a student’s was 6 and he had been a ward of can hold that against him.” Michael Lamb questioned a of that building, and talk to consider the writing SAT.) success at Lehigh, Mr. Washing- the state, largely thriving. The vote? Admitted, unani- December expenditure on his treasurer,” Mr. Kauffman But there are exceptions on ton said. One more thing about him: mously. the mayor’s city credit card. said, “in a campaign-related Immediately prior to his trip building.” to the Pennsylvania Society, the mayor traveled to Univer- Rich Lord: rlord@post- sity of Illinois in Chicago to gazette.com, 412-263-1542 and running toward me?’ ” before speak at a forum and brought on Twitter: @richelord. Moriah pulling off her headphones to along government affairs Balingit: mbalingit@post- Two men shoot each other Downtown see what was going on, and hear- manager Paul McKrell. The gazette.com, 412-263-2533 or on ing a gunshot. two had a flight booked to Twitter @MoriahBee. shooting, FROM PAGE A-1 and Mr. Peterson nearby. for additional questioning. At about the same time, Mr. “He rolled up into a gunfight, Police have conducted numer- Cook and several other wit- they knew, at the corner of Fifth got out of his car and was able ous witness interviews and are nesses said they saw at least Avenue and Smithfield Street, and to take all three actors into cus- reviewing videotape from the two men run from the shooting the three began arguing, inves- tody,” said Pittsburgh police area. Investigators say they are scene before the sheriff’s ser- corrections&clarifications tigators said. One or two other major crimes unit Lt. Kevin trying to identify and question geant arrived and minutes later, men and two women joined the Kraus, who was investigating the other people who appeared police cruisers and ambulances Page One. An article and map about emerald ash borer infes- argument, and the Bellevue man the scene on Friday. “He should to have been involved in the ini- descended on the area and closed tation in Pennsylvania trees that ran on March 30 incorrectly broke away from the argument be commended for his efforts.” tial fight on Smithfield Street. it to traffic. Crowds quickly listed Chester and Berks counties among those where the insects and walked away down Fifth Ave- Sgt. Faulds was assisted by an Investigators said the motive formed behind the yellow crime have been found. nue toward Market Square. off-duty Pittsburgh police detec- for the shooting was not clear, but scene tape stretched across Fifth Mr. Howze and Mr. Peterson tive, who had been eating inside David Cook, 51, Ingram, said he Avenue and the sidewalk, with If you have a correction and cannot reach the responsible caught up with the man in front the Capital Grille, until addi- saw a commotion and heard some some people rolling their eyes in reporter or editor, please call the office of David M. Shrib- of the Capital Grille, at the cor- tional officers arrived. Police people yelling about money and frustration at the blocked side- man, executive editor, 412-263-1890. ner of Fifth and Wood Street, and cruisers quickly converged on possibly referencing a girlfriend walk and others staying to find the three men began punching the area, closing Fifth Avenue to moments before the shooting. out what happened. ™ each other in the street, accord- traffic between Smithfield and Another bystander, Paul Among them, 21-year-old bus ing to police. Just before 4 p.m. Market Square for more than an Rodriguez Sirmons, said he saw driver Darryl Richardson of the Sun-Telegraph/The Pittsburgh Press — as many Downtown workers hour. several men chasing another North Side said he wasn’t sur- Copyright 2013, PG Publishing Co. Published daily and Sunday by PG were leaving their offices and Police recovered Mr. Howze’s man — nearly getting hit by a prised by the shooting. Police, Publishing Co. 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Then he can often be seen selling drugs The victim then wrestled taken to UPMC Mercy, where he saw one of them pull out a gun openly and where fights over the gun away from Mr. Howze was treated and later released to and shoot the victim. drugs and money frequently and shot him in the back of his his family members. Mr. Howze “It caught me by surprise,” he break out. upper thigh, according to inves- was taken to Allegheny General said. “I had to step back because As in Friday’s shooting, such tigators. Just then, police said, Hospital, where he remained in I didn’t want to get hit.” trouble spots can put bystanders Allegheny County Sheriff’s Dep- serious condition with a groin Terry Barton said she was at risk, Mr. Richardson said. uty Sgt. Kevin Faulds was driv- wound. Mr. Peterson was first listening to music while waiting “An innocent person could ing down Smithfield Street on taken to police headquarters for at her bus stop on Fifth Avenue have been walking past there patrol, heard the shots and drove questioning, then was taken to when she noticed people run- and got shot,” he said. to the scene, where he found Mr. AGH for treatment of injuries he ning up the street, away from Howze and the victim lying in suffered during the fight. He was Wood Street. Amy McConnell Schaarsmith: the street and on the sidewalk, later taken back to headquarters “I was like, ‘Why is everyone 412-263-1719. GOT GROUT? 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$1.00 SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2013 VOL. 86, NO. 284 5/11/13  final . IRS Decision at arts facility comes in the face of financial woes regrets August Wilson Center furloughs workers targeting By Sharon Eberson stream, fundraising shortfalls and houses the nationally rec- August Wilson Center and I continue to thrive,” said Greer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and loans to be paid. ognized August Wilson Dance am hoping that one day things Reed, the center’s artistic direc- Oliver Byrd, interim presi- Ensemble. will improve so that we can do tor of dance, who wouldn’t say The August Wilson Center dent and CEO, said fewer than a Mark Clayton Southers, who a really successful theater pro- Friday if she had been let go and groups for African American Culture dozen staffers were furloughed coordinated theater program- gram there.” He said a July pro- referred questions to Mr. Byrd, laid off staff members Friday as as the process of retooling takes ming for the center and heads duction of August Wilson’s “Joe who would say only that not it scrambles to keep the $40 mil- shape for the center, which the Pittsburgh Playwrights Turner’s Come and Gone” has all of the four artistic directors to right lion Downtown facility afloat in includes exhibition spaces and Theatre Company, said Friday, been canceled. the face of a nonexistent revenue a performing arts auditorium “My last day was today at the “The dance ensemble will SEE center, PAGE A-3 By Wes Venteicher and Joseph Tanfani Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — The Inter- found Alive in bAnglAdeSh After 17 dAyS nal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their appli- cations for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization already under fire for its handling of secret political spending by nonprofits. Employees at the agency’s Cincinnati nonprofits office, while screening a flood of appli- cations from so-called social wel- fare groups last year, set aside about 75 containing the words “Tea Party” and “patriot” for more detailed review, said Lois Lerner, IRS director of exempt organizations. The groups also were asked to supply additional information that the IRS does not usually ask for, such as donor lists. “That’s absolutely inappropri- ate and not the way we should do things,” Ms. Lerner said in a conference call with report- ers. She described the actions as improper shortcuts taken by lower-level employees. A White House spokesman said the moves should be investigated and “action taken” if Ms. Lern- er’s report was confirmed. Republicans in Congress vowed aggressive investigations, saying the admission confirmed their suspicions that the IRS under President Barack Obama was unfairly targeting nonprof- its aligned with conservatives. “This kind of political thug- SEE irs, PAGE A-6

Associated Press Reshma Begum, who survived 17 days trapped in the rubble of a Bangladeshi garment factory, lies on a stretcher after being pulled out Friday in Savar, Ravenstahl Bangladesh, near the capital of Dhaka. Ms. Begum was working on the second floor of Rana Plaza on April 24 when the building began collapsing around her. She raced down a stairwell into the basement, where she became trapped near a Muslim prayer room in a wide pocket that allowed her to survive, PAC gives she told a television channel Somoy TV. Story on Page A-4 $10,000 to Wheatley State Department, CIA Mayor’s renovations questioned By Timothy McNulty Pittsburgh Post-Gazette clashed over data days Work on Fineview home linked to city contractor Outgoing Mayor Luke Raven- stahl is keeping up his novel after Benghazi deaths By Rich Lord formed by a company whose tion Inc. Of the $2.2 million the attempts to keep political foe Bill and Moriah Balingit president also runs a firm that city has paid the firm since 2010, Peduto from replacing him, now Pittsburgh Post-Gazette does extensive work for the city $1.8 million was issued in 2012, funding one of the councilman’s By Scott Wilson appearance by U.N. Ambas- Department of Public Works. according to Controller’s Office rivals in the May 21 Democratic and Karen DeYoung sador Susan Rice, senior offi- Pittsburgh Mayor Luke New Homestead entrepreneur records. primary. Washington Post cials from the Central Intel- Ravenstahl’s home last year William J. Rogers is president of Mr. Ravenstahl’s political ligence Agency and the State underwent renovations per- R & B Contracting and Excava- SEE mayor, PAGE A-6 action committee was one of WASHINGTON — New Department argued over how the lead contributors to state details from Obama adminis- much information to disclose Rep. of the Hill tration emails about last year’s about the assault in which four District, cutting his state PAC a attack on the U.S. compound in Americans, including Libya $10,000 check last week, finan- Benghazi, Libya, demonstrate Ambassador J. Christopher a solemn royal cial records show. The mayor’s that an intense bureaucratic Stevens, were killed. Britain’s Prince Harry political fund also transferred clash took place between the That internal debate and walks Friday among $151,000 to another PAC he State Department and the CIA the changes it produced in markers in Section 60 chairs that is running television over which agency would get the Obama administration’s of Virginia’s Arlington attack ads against Mr. Peduto. to tell the story of how the trag- immediate account of the National Cemetery, The Peduto campaign has edy unfolded. attack have revived Benghazi where veterans of tried to link Mr. Ravenstahl to the That clash played out in the as a political issue in Wash- other main contender in the may- development of administration ington six months after the the wars in Iraq and oral race, former state Auditor talking points that have been presidential election in which Afghanistan are buried. General Jack Wagner, so it was at the center of the controversy it played a prominent role. He is on a weeklong U.S. unexpected to see it proved that over its handling of the inci- Friday’s revelations, as ABC visit that includes parts he was aiding a different rival. dent, according to the emails News published 12 versions of of New Jersey damaged Even to the Wheatley campaign. that came to light Friday. the talking points, produced by Superstorm Sandy “We were just as surprised Over the five days between the latest round of Benghazi and ends Wednesday in as anybody” to get the mayor’s the assault and the now-infa- Connecticut. check, Wheatley spokesman mous Sunday TV talk show SEE benghazi, PAGE A-4 Nicholas Kamm/Associated Press Daren Berringer said. Mr. Ravenstahl is likely trying to help the Wheatley campaign strip some of Mr. Peduto’s sup- port among black voters. The councilman won 33 percent of Clairton High School team needs funds to go to national robotics competition an April 20 straw poll of African- American voters, to 52 percent By Mary Niederberger western Pennsylvania BotsIQ their robots; the second, rais- one of the region’s smallest dis- students are hoping to raise an for Mr. Wheatley and 13 percent Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Regional Competition last ing enough money to attend the tricts with about 780 students, additional $1,000 to purchase for Mr. Wagner. month at California University national robotics competition and one of its poorest, cannot spare parts for their fighting Mr. Ravenstahl still had The Clairton High School of Pennsylvania. in Indianapolis next weekend. afford to pay the $4,000 mini- robots, which like race cars, $564,000 in his political account robotics team put in countless Since then, the team has While other schools districts mum cost for the five students, require replacement parts to be as of the close of the fundrais- hours to design the fighting been hard at work again, but may be able to cover the cost of the teacher sponsor and a chap- used during competitions. robots that were crowned the this time on two tasks: the sending their high school teams erone to travel to Indianapolis SEE mayor, PAGE A-3 grand champions of the South- first, repairing and upgrading to the competition, Clairton, for the competition. Ideally, the SEE clairton, PAGE A-2

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A-6 PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE  SaturdaY, MaY 11, 2013  WWW.POST-GAZETTE.COM national Cleveland kidnapping victim IRS chief: We regret keeping closer tabs on is discharged from hospital conservative groups of their freedom Wednesday, Tuesday morning, but Michelle Officials have not released Abduction suspect though neither spoke publicly. Knight was readmitted. details of the incarceration, but irs, FROM PAGE A-1 reported. The political role played But Ms. Knight’s whereabouts A hospital spokeswoman according to local and national by these groups is restrained father of child born were not immediately known, refused to discuss when Ms. media reports, Ms. Knight told gery has absolutely no place in only by an IRS rule that they not and her relationship with rela- Knight returned or what treat- police that during her captivity our politics,” said Senate Minor- make politics their “primary to a second captive tives has been rocky in the past. ment she received. In a statement she endured five miscarriages ity Leader Mitch McConnell, purpose.” But the agency has not Her mother, Barbara Knight, emailed to reporters Friday, caused by Mr. Castro beating R-Ky., who called for a govern- issued clear rules on where that By Michael Muskal returned to Cleveland earlier MetroHealth said Ms. Knight her. Prosecutors said that could mentwide review to ensure that line should be drawn. Los Angeles Times this week from her home in was grateful to the community result in charges of aggravated such practices are not underway Campaign overhaul advocates Florida after it was reported at large. “Michelle Knight is in murder, which is a capital crime elsewhere. “Make no mistake, an have been calling upon the IRS’s Michelle Knight, the longest that her daughter had been good spirits and would like the under Ohio law. apology won’t put this issue to nonprofit division to be more held of three women kidnapped freed. The mother told report- community to know that she is The 6-year-old girl freed from rest.” aggressive about enforcing that and imprisoned in a Cleveland ers that she had problems with extremely grateful for the out- the house was known to be the Democrats similarly expressed requirement, even as conserva- house for years, was discharged her daughter before she disap- pouring of flowers and gifts. daughter of Ms. Berry. DNA test outrage. “It’s completely inappro- tives have accused the agency of Friday from the hospital where peared, but that she hoped that She is especially thankful for results after Mr. Castro’s arrest priate for the IRS or any other harassment. she had been cared for after her was in the past. “I started cry- the Cleveland Courage Fund. confirmed that he was the child’s federal agency to single out cer- On Friday, Ms. Lerner strug- ordeal. ing, and I was happy that they She asks that everyone please father, Ohio Attorney General tain organizations based upon gled with questions about when Reportedly in good spirits, found her because I’ve been continue to respect her privacy Mike DeWine said Friday. their politics,” Alaska Sen. Mark she learned about the actions and Ms. Knight left MetroHealth looking for her, and I just don’t at this time,” the hospital said. Ms. Berry led an escape by Begich said. would not say when she informed Medical Center on the same day want her to think that I forgot Ms. Knight, 32, disappeared breaking through a screen door Ms. Lerner first revealed higher-ups. She also wouldn’t state officials announced that about her,” Barbara Knight told in 2002, the first of the women to Monday with the help of neigh- the improper screening Friday discuss whether employees had DNA testing had established NBC’s “Today” show Wednes- be taken. She stayed the longest bors and then contacting police. morning in response to a ques- been disciplined. “Sometimes that Ariel Castro, being held on day. “I just wish my daughter at the Seymour Avenue house, Ms. Berry, 27, was just shy of tion at an American Bar Associa- people do things because they kidnapping and rape charges, would reach out and let me characterized by Cuyahoga her 17th birthday when she van- tion conference. Next week, the don’t understand the rules or was the father of the 6-year- know that she’s there.” County prosecutor Timothy ished in 2003. Ms. DeJesus was Treasury inspector general for don’t think about it,” she said. old girl born to another of the After their escape Monday McGinty as “a torture chamber about 14 when she disappeared tax administration plans to issue Ms. Lerner said the employees imprisoned women. from the house at 2207 Sey- and private prison in the heart in 2004. a report that concludes that con- had received 3,400 applications Like her fellow captives, mour Ave. in the city’s near of our city.” Mr. Castro, 52, a former servative groups were selectively for social welfare groups in 2012, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJe- west side where they had been “The horrific brutality school bus driver, is being held scrutinized, according to sources more than double the number sus, Ms. Knight asked for pri- imprisoned, the three women and torture that the victims on $8 million bail on four kid- familiar with the investigation. the agency received in 2010. In vacy. The other women returned were taken for examination and endured for a decade is beyond napping counts — charges that The examination found that con- trying to figure out which ones to joyous relatives and neigh- medical care at MetroHealth. comprehension,” Mr. McGinty include the child — and three servative groups whose applica- might be engaging in political bors in televised celebrations Officials said all were released told reporters Thursday. rape counts. tions contained such words as activity — and thus deserving of “Tea Party” and “patriots” were a closer look — Ms. Lerner said subjected to improper question- employees started to review like- naires and delays, said a GOP sounding groups. aide who asked for anonymity to “What they should have done discuss the unreleased report. is based it on their activities,” The report was requested by said Marcus Owens, former the House Oversight and Govern- director of the IRS’s nonprofit ment Reform Committee. “The division. “The IRS has a long- fact that Americans were tar- standing policy of not character- geted by the IRS because of their izing taxpayers by their name.” political beliefs is unconsciona- He said the workers also ble,” Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., made a mistake in asking for the the committee chairman, and groups’ donor lists, which aren’t Rep. Jim Jordan R-Ohio, a sub- relevant to whether they deserve committee chairman, said in a nonprofit status. statement. “The committee will Mr. Owens said the IRS, aggressively follow up on the IG strapped for resources, has been report and hold responsible offi- pushing more decision-making cials accountable for this politi- authority to that field office. cal retaliation.” “This is what happens when you The controversy has its roots do that,” he said, dismissing that in the torrent of political spend- it was a partisan attack. ing that followed the Supreme In March 2012, then-IRS com- Court’s Citizens United decision missioner Douglas Shulman told in 2010, which allowed corpora- Congress that the IRS was not tions to spend unlimited sums targeting groups based on poli- on elections. That also meant tics. “There’s absolutely no tar- that social welfare organizations geting. This is the kind of back organized under section 501(c)4 and forth that happens to people” of the tax code could raise enor- who apply for tax-exempt status, mous sums and spend it on poli- he told a House Ways and Means tics. Unlike political committees, subcommittee. The IRS said such groups are not required to senior leaders were unaware at disclose their donors. the time of the hearing that spe- These nonprofit advocacy cific groups were being targeted. groups — including the conser- Mr. Shulman was appointed vative Crossroads GPS, the lib- by President George W. Bush. eral Patriot Majority USA and His 6-year term ended in Novem- Mark Lennihan/Associated Press the pro-business U.S. Chamber ber. Mr. Obama has yet to nomi- of Commerce — spent at least nate a successor. The agency is one world trade center complete The final piece of spire is hoisted in place on top of One World Trade $309 million on the November now being run by acting com- Center in New York on Friday. The addition of the piece raises the building’s height to 1,776 feet, which would make it the election, not including millions missioner Steven Miller. tallest structure in the U.S. and third tallest in the world. more spent on politically related activities that do not have to be Associated Press contributed.

Mayor’s home renovations linked to city contractor mayor, FROM PAGE A-1 Philadelphia local government in relation to the improvements. employee who signed the permit watchdog group. Ms. Doyle referred the ques- application for work on the house, Mr. Rogers is also president “Is the mayor getting any tions to Charles Porter Jr., the also would not say whether of Allstate Development, which different price than any other mayor’s privately retained attor- he knew if federal agents had applied on Aug. 28 for a permit to person for whom the contractor ney. He could not be reached reached out to the company. do exterior renovations at a Fin- would do similar work?” Ms. by phone, but indicated by text FBI spokeswoman Kelly eview home then owned by Jen- Kaplan asked. message that investigators “have Kochamba offered only “a strict nifer L. Eisner. The mayor’s use of his own not to my knowledge” asked the no comment on that question.” On Aug. 31, Mr. Ravenstahl money to improve his home isn’t mayor for information about the Created in 2004, R&B first was bought the house. a matter of public record, she renovations. engaged by the city in 2010, when Mr. Rogers would not say this said. Online city Bureau of Building it was one of a slew of contractors week whether he has been asked “The mayor may decide to be Inspection records indicate that retained on an emergency basis by federal investigators to testify fully transparent, and it would the anticipated cost of the work to move snow. The city paid R&B or provide documents in relation probably behoove him to do that, was originally $8,500. A revision nearly $300,000 for that work. to an ongoing federal probe of if people are raising questions submitted to the BBI on Sept. 25 R&B’s subsequent work with city dealings. Also mum were the about services that are happen- indicates that the job grew to the city was approved under a Allstate employee who signed the ing at his house,” she said. “I include interior renovations and series of broadly worded con- permit and, as usual when asked don’t know that the mayor’s obli- a 3.5-foot-high retaining wall, at tracts. In June 2010, the company 1 about ongoing investigations, the gated to answer you.” an estimated total cost of $14,500. received a 3 ⁄2-year contract for FBI and U.S. attorney’s office. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Asked both Wednesday and “general [rehabilitation], repairs So is it OK for a mayor to hire, asked mayoral spokeswoman Thursday whether federal agents and renovations for various Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette for renovations to his personal Marissa Doyle eight questions had contacted him, Mr. Rogers sites” that runs to the end of this Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s Fineview home. home, someone who also has about the way the mayor chose would not say. year. Another contract, approved business with the city? That Allstate, the ultimate cost of the “I have no comment,” he said in November 2010, was for “earth depends, said Ellen Kaplan, vice renovations, and whether either Thursday. “I don’t wish to go any excavation and snow removal.” not be reached for comment. midst of what appears to be a president and policy director the city or the mayor had been further with this conversation.” City officials said there were Online assessment records wide-ranging investigation of for the Committee of Seventy, a approached by federal authorities Peter Hundiak, the Allstate good reasons for hiring the con- indicate that the house has three city dealings. tractor. bedrooms and two full baths in Last year, U.S. Attorney David Some of the work was in rela- roughly 1,400 square feet of living Hickton’s office indicted Robin- tion to a landslide that closed P.J. space on a 17,424-square-foot lot. son entrepreneur Art Bedway McArdle Roadway in South Side A pallet piled with stone beside and charged former city systems in early 2012. Originally esti- the driveway Friday suggested analyst Christine Kebr, alleging mated at no more than $300,000, that work on the grounds contin- bribery and bid rigging in the and granted through emergency ued. award of a contract to install and procedures that don’t require Allstate Development has a maintain radios and computers competitive bidding, the cost of rocky history in its dealings with in city police cars. Ms. Kebr has the job eventually ballooned to the city. pleaded guilty, and Mr. Bedway around $700,000. The firm was at odds with has pleaded not guilty. The landslide closed the road longtime residents of New Home- In March, Mr. Hickton’s office and created “a hazardous situ- stead — a neighborhood next to indicted former city police Chief ation that needed to be remedi- Lincoln Place — in 2007 over its Nate Harper, alleging diver- ated,” said public works director work on a development called sion of public funds for personal Robert Kaczorowski. Cassabill Estates. Residents com- use. Mr. Harper has pleaded not “A grassy, muddy section that plained about massive timber- guilty, but his attorneys have was undermined that was about ing and earth moving, including said that he plans to plead guilty to come down,” Mr. Kaczorowski truck traffic on local roads into and is cooperating with federal said. “There was probably only the evening, despite a city per- investigators. one other contractor we had [on mit that allowed Allstate to clear This month, the city com- the city’s preapproved contractor only 6 acres, change elevations plied with a grand jury sub- list] to handle that.” by a modest 8 feet, and run trucks poena for records of parking He added that “R&B bid on a until 3:30 p.m. variances granted by the number of contracts with the city A month after the Post-Gazette police bureau. And this week, and didn’t get everything they wrote about the permit viola- the grand jury heard testi- bid on.” tions, BBI terminated Allstate’s mony from mayoral senior The city’s largest payment land operations permit and administrator Melissa Demme to R&B, for $357,900, was dated began withholding occupation and mayoral security officers Aug. 13, 2012, for work on Riv- permits, effectively suspending Sgt. Dominick Sciulli and Sgt. erview Park athletic fields. City house sales. Matthew Gauntner. operations director Duane Ash- Allstate resolved the permit- ley said R&B was the least costly ting issues and the development Rich Lord: rlord@post-gazette. of around eight bidders for the continued to grow. Mr. Rogers com, 412-263-1542 and on Twitter: work. now lives in the development, @richelord. Moriah Balingit: The mayor bought his house in a sprawling house with an [email protected], 412- for $110,000. The prior owner had inground pool at the end of a 263-2533 or on Twitter @Moriah- purchased it five years earlier for freshly laid street. Bee. Joe Smydo and Liz Navratil

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The decision on how harm is By Eric Lichtblau calculated could mean the dif- The New York Times ference between a victim being compensated — or made whole WASHINGTON — In more — for the injuries suffered, or than a dozen classified rulings, Franco’s receiving nothing at all. the nation’s surveillance court While the issue has been has created a secret body of law raised here in the Western Dis- giving the National Security trict of Pennsylvania and in fed- Agency the power to amass vast eral courts across the country collections of data on Americans crusade for five years, it is only now that while pursuing not only terror- the U.S. Supreme Court will ism suspects, but also people weigh in. possibly involved in nuclear pro- Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette The high court agreed late liferation, espionage and cyber- last month to hear the case attacks, officials say. involving “Amy,” who had The rulings, some nearly By Mark Dent because there are going been sexually abused by her 100 pages long, reveal that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to be people coming after uncle at the ages of 8 and 9. He court has taken on a much more me.’ ” photographed that abuse and expansive role by regularly UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The first time Mr. Har- distributed the images online assessing broad constitutional he theme song ris spoke out in support starting in 1998, as part of what questions and establishing from “Sky- of Paterno in the wake of is known as the “Misty” series. important judicial precedents, fall” crackles the Jerry Sandusky child The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette with almost no public scrutiny, out of raised sexual abuse scandal, the does not name victims of sexual according to current and for- speakers in a Meadows Racetrack and abuse; Amy is the name used in mer officials familiar with the hotel ballroom Casino halted a sponsorship court documents for the victim. court’s classified decisions. Tfestooned with chandeliers. deal it had recently made According to the National The 11-member Foreign Intel- You’ve heard Adele’s lyrics. with him. Pittsburgh Mayor Center for Missing and ligence Surveillance Court, She sings about standing Luke Ravenstahl then Exploited Children, more than known as the FISA court, was tall together when the sky asked him to step down as 35,000 pornographic images of once mostly focused on approv- crumbles, “where worlds the chairman of the Pitts- Amy have been found in 3,200 ing case-by-case wiretapping collide and days are dark.” Franco Harris is trying to protect the legacy of burgh Promise charity. separate criminal cases since orders. But since major changes As the song fades out, Joe Paterno, whose reputation, he says, was Mr. Ravenstahl was criti- then. in legislation and greater judi- Franco Harris takes the unfairly tarnished by the Jerry Sandusky sex cized in the weeks follow- Amy, with the help of an cial oversight of intelligence stage alone, wearing a navy abuse case. ing Mr. Harris’ dismissal attorney, began filing requests operations were instituted six sports coat. His hair is in 2011, and Mr. Harris was for restitution in Sept. 2008 years ago, it has quietly become thinning, but his beard is quickly reinstated. against defendants convicted of almost a parallel Supreme thick. He has a microphone State University football friend and a former Penn When Mr. Harris called possessing images of her. Now Court, serving as the ultimate in his hand, a captivated coach Joe Paterno was State football player. Mr. and emailed Penn State pres- arbiter on surveillance issues audience at his feet and fired, Mr. Harris visited Capretto remembers Mr. ident Rodney Erickson that SEE a m y, PAGE A-11 and delivering opinions that will another man’s legacy on his State College several times. Harris saying, “ ‘Look Bob, month, proposing a summit most likely shape intelligence mind rather than his own. Driving back to Pittsburgh I’m going to be very vocal at Ye Olde College Diner practices for years to come, the In the wild month of from one of these jaunts, about this. You’d better officials said. November 2011, when Penn he called Bob Capretto, his distance yourself from me SEE franco, PAGE A-3 Last month, a former NSA Banksville SEE NSA, PAGE A-6 parking operator’s Big names likely to be on Pitt’s chancellor list connections By Bill Schackner to decide that the best choice next chancellor also should versities presents an opportu- Competition keen and Mary Niederberger already was on campus, work- come from within, someone nity to bring in big-name talent Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ing as interim chancellor inside who would not need a crash from afar. scrutinized for accomplished Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning. course in the institution’s No matter which way it In 1995, when the Univer- The ensuing prosperity Pitt complexities or the Pittsburgh goes, one thing seems clear as Entrepreneur figures university leaders sity of Pittsburgh last went enjoyed under Mark Norden- region. the university of nearly 33,000 shopping for new leadership, a berg, who plans to step down Others, though, likely will students readies for its first in federal investigation search committee considered in August 2014, no doubt will argue that Pitt’s rise in stature 158 candidates nationally only be cited by those who say Pitt’s among national research uni- SEE pitt, PAGE A-5 of city administration

By Rich Lord, Liz Navratil and Moriah Balingit Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jetliner crash kills 2 A Banksville-based parking entrepreneur who is central to the federal investigation of city in S.F. airport landing of Pittsburgh dealings began his business career while working as a laborer in the Department on the plane, and everyone has of Public Works, then parlayed Asiana flight coming been accounted for, he said. connections — including with from South Korea San Francisco Fire Chief Mayor Luke Ravenstahl — into Joanne Hayes-White said the success. carried 307 people investigation has been turned Robert Joseph Gigliotti, 46, over to the FBI and terrorism built a client list that ran the has been ruled out. gamut from the By Terry Collins The Federal Aviation Admin- to the Cheerleaders strip club, Associated Press istration said Flight 214 from while family, friends and pro- Seoul, South Korea, crashed fessional allies rose to positions SAN FRANCISCO — An while landing before noon PDT. including chief of police and Asiana Airlines flight crashed A video clip posted to YouTube judge. Now his ties and deals while landing at San Francisco showed smoke coming from a jet have attracted the attention of International Airport on Satur- on the tarmac. Passengers could federal agents. day, killing at least two people, be seen jumping down the emer- Investigators have asked injuring dozens of others and gency slides. questions or subpoenaed docu- forcing passengers to jump down The top of the fuselage was ments related to interactions the emergency inflatable slides burned away and the entire tail between Mr. Gigliotti’s busi- to safety as flames tore through was gone. One engine appeared Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press nesses and Mr. Ravenstahl’s the plane. to have broken away. Pieces of administration. People with Airport spokesman Doug the tail were strewn about the This aerial photo shows the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed while attempting firsthand knowledge of the Yakel said 181 people of the runway. Emergency responders to land Saturday at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. The twin-engine investigation have told the Post- 307 aboard were taken to local could be seen walking inside the Boeing 777-200 was carrying 307 passengers and crew on its flight from Seoul, South Gazette that agents have been hospitals. There were 291 pas- Korea. Two people were killed. An airport official said 181 people were taken to local sengers and 16 crew members SEE crash, PAGE A-8 hospitals. The cause of the crash is under investigation. SEE inquiry, PAGE A-7

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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE  SundaY, JulY 7, 2013  WWW.POST-GAZETTE.COM 376 A-7 22 30 Riverview Highland Park Park Parking operator’s connections scrutinized8 Washington’s 19 19 Landing Mt. Washington Pittsburgh Downtown 51 Area of inquiry, FROM PAGE A-1 Southside 0 xx Chartiers detail N Creek 380 Strip District Mile Robert Gigliotti’s parking empire, 2011-2013 Green Tree dogged in their inquiriesBrunot about 12 Island r East Liberty e North Shore his relationship with Mr. Raven- 279 iv R 11 stahl. Mr. Gigliotti appears to y 15 Oakland n 380 e Uptown have retained a former federal 65 28 h g 380 8 e Manchester prosecutor to represent him. ll People close to him described 19 A him as a hardworking family 19 13 2 7 man with strong ties to Banks-51 579 Oh Area of ville. io R detail “I can’t say anything but iver 8 10 9 14 great things about him,” said PITTSBURGH 16 state Rep. Dan Deasy, D-West- 1 wood, who grew up with Mr. 51 3 Schenley Gigliotti and remains close to 4 5 17 18 376 22 Park 19 ahela 30 Frick him. “I have every confidence 279 onong Rive in the world that he did every- M r 12 Park thing on the up-and-up.” 6 Many of Mr. Gigliotti’s VALET LOCATIONS: 837 friends, colleagues and com- 1 LeMont, 1100 Grandview Ave. 9 McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood & petitors would not talk about 2 Morton’s Steakhouse of Chicago, 625 Steaks, Wood Street him for the record. Mr. Gigliotti Liberty Ave. 51 10 Fairmont Hotel, 510 Market St. could not be reached for com- PARKING LOT 3 Capital Grille, Fifth Avenue, Wood Street 1 1 Cheerleaders Night Club, MANAGEMENT885 OPERATIONS: ment in recent weeks30 at his 3100 Liberty Ave. 22 4 Market Square 1 7 URA Robin Building, 610 home, office or the Le Mont Res- 1 2 Whole Foods, 5880 Centre Ave. taurant, where 376one of his com- 5 Vallozzi’s Pittsburgh, 200 block, Fifth Third Ave. Avenue 1 3 The Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park panies handles valet service. 19 1 8 URA’s Parcel E, adjacent to Public documents and back- 6 Hofbrauhaus, 2705 South Water St. 1 4 The Lemieux Foundation, 816 Fifth Ave. Consol Energy Center ground conversations indicate 7 The Duquesne Club, 325 Sixth Ave. 15 Shadyside Medical Center, 5200 1 9 The Cardello Electric that Mr. Gigliotti’s pursuit 8 Wyndham Hotel, Commonwealth Place, Centre Ave. Building, 701 North Point of connections and contracts Liberty Ave. 16 Montefiore Hospital, 3459 Fifth Ave. Dr. Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette brought him a position in Pittsburgh’s informal power Source: Pittsburgh Bureau of Police records, marketing Post-Gazette Robert Gigliotti returns to his office on Greentree Road. structure. Those same pursuits materials distributed by William Penn Parking in 2011 may be among the reasons the city’s formal political structure is feeling the heat of a federal Democratic Committee, and for city council. Ms. Kail-Smith through, Mr. Gigliotti sued Mr. probe. still serves on the 20th Ward replaced Mr. Deasy when he was Lewis, alleging breach of con- 12 committee. elected to the state House. tract and fraud. He demanded A lucrative lease He registered his first valet In mid-2011, Ms. Kail-Smith $4.8 million, which he character- When Mr. Gigliotti couldn’t business in 1991, and launched proposed legislation that would ized as three years worth of lost get a meeting with the city’s top his second in 1998, when he was place stronger restrictions on profits. redevelopment official in 2008, still on the city payroll. Attor- strip clubs, limiting where they Mr. Gigliotti lost the case, but he went straight to the top. ney Michael McCarthy, now a could be established and limit- reached terms with Mr. Lewis. At the time, the Urban Rede- judge in the Allegheny County ing physical contact between Last year Mr. Gigliotti leased velopment Authority was plan- Court of Common Pleas, helped dancers and patrons. Soon after, another URA lot, adjacent to ning to bid out the right to man- him to incorporate William Ms. Kail-Smith said Mr. Gigliotti Consol Energy Center, for $7,500 age four publicly owned parking Penn Parking in 2003. A year contacted her office and asked a month — the best of three lots. Mr. Gigliotti, owner of Wil- later, Mr. Gigliotti created Tri- that she meet with attorneys offers made to the agency. He liam Penn Parking, couldn’t get State Valet. from the adult entertainment promised to keep rates at $7 for on URA executive director Pat He also built relationships by industry. The councilwoman, weekday parking — $20 for Pen- Ford’s calendar. coaching Banksville baseball who met with a variety of stake- guins games. He has since low- So on Jan. 15, 2008, Melissa and basketball teams, and by holders on the matter, agreed, ered daily rates to $6, and some Demme, Mr. Ravenstahl’s senior volunteering at St. Margaret of and Mr. Gigliotti sat in on one of rival operators suggested that he administrator, wrote an email Scotland in Green Tree. those meetings. The legislation probably isn’t making money on to Mr. Ford, asking him when he “I think he’s a good guy,” said did not pass. the lot. was meeting with Mr. Gigliotti. Brian Matts, the vice president She acknowledged that Mr. “Honestly, I have a lot of “Ouch, I forgot,” Mr. Ford of the Banksville Athletic Asso- Gigliotti was well known in the respect for the guy,” said Mr. responded, in one of numer- ciation and Mr. Gigliotti’s neigh- district and carried political Bodziak. The hard-knuckled, ous emails the Post-Gazette bor. He said Mr. Gigliotti is “out- clout because of his connections who-you-know aspect of his suc- obtained through a right-to- going, friendly, easy to talk to.” to the community and to the cess “kind of comes with the ter- know request. “I will follow Mr. Gigliotti deepened his LeMont. That Mount Washing- ritory. … In my opinion, it’s how up with Rob. Thanks for the ties to the police bureau in 1997 ton restaurant is the scene of the business works.” reminder.” through his marriage to Linda frequent candidate fundraising William Penn Parking went Gallagher, now a detective in events. Rich Lord: rlord@post- on to get the lucrative lease for the department’s auto squad. Mr. Gigliotti rarely makes gazette.com, 412-263-1542, or the lot behind the URA’s offices, Detective Gigliotti worked political donations, according to Twitter @richelord. Liz Navra- despite the fact that rival Kail’s as one of three employees in online records of contributions til: [email protected], Parking offered the agency more the bureau’s special events to state and city candidates. 412-263-1438 or on Twitter @ money. URA officials said they office, which coordinates offi- Mr. Gigliotti has served as LizNavratil. Moriah Balingit: awarded the lease to Mr. Gigliot- cer moonlighting, as recently a host committee member for [email protected], ti’s company in part because he as the summer of 2010. Records at least one of Mr. Ravenstahl’s 412-263-2533 or on Twitter @Mo- offered to freeze rates for a year, obtained by the Post-Gazette political fundraisers. Sources riahBee. while Kail’s wanted to raise show that Mr. Gigliotti some- said their acquaintance went rates. times hired members of the beyond politics. Competitors have speculated bureau’s motorcycle unit to do One former administration that Mr. Gigliotti’s connections traffic work for William Penn member wrote in a statement to the city’s power brokers gave Parking and Tri-State Valet. provided to the FBI that Mr. him an edge in his attempts to His wife, as part of her job, han- Gigliotti often met the mayor in land prized contracts. dled invoicing for companies, the evening at the Le Mont. “Obviously, he got all the including Tri-State Valet, that Mr. Ravenstahl’s attorney, good deals that were related to hired officers to moonlight. Charles Porter Jr., could not be the city,” said Bill Bodziak, for- In 2005, after Bob O’Connor reached. Mr. Ravenstahl declined mer director of operations for was elected mayor but before he comment on Mr. Gigliotti Extravagante Valet, which com- was inaugurated, Mr. Gigliotti through his spokeswoman. peted with Mr. Gigliotti’s Tri- urged insiders to pick Nate The investigation of the city State Valet. “It could be either Harper as chief, according to that first seemed to focus on the people he knows, or he does a former O’Connor aide. Mr. police matters has inched closer provide a good service.” O’Connor instead appointed to Mr. Ravenstahl. Ms. Demme He added that if a parking , and Mr. Ravenstahl and three current or former operator is “well known like later replaced him with Mr. mayoral bodyguards have testi- that and you have those connec- Harper. Mr. Gigliotti later sup- fied before a grand jury. Agents tions and that’s your circle … ported the promotion of George have obtained documents related it kind of comes naturally that Trosky, now assistant chief, to the mayor’s home remodeling you’re going to be the favorite.” according to insiders. contract and have sought to inter- William Penn Parking pays Mr. Harper is now under view his ex-wife, who declined. the URA $12,950 per month for indictment for diverting public Other attorneys who represent the right to run the lot behind money to private uses. Accord- witnesses in the probe told the the agency’s offices. That’s ing to his attorneys, the former Post-Gazette that Mr. Gigliotti $2,050 per month less than the chief is cooperating with fed- has hired attorney Stephen Stall- offer made by Kail’s Parking, eral investigators, and he has ings, a former federal prosecutor. meaning the URA has forgone met repeatedly with the FBI and Mr. Stallings would neither con- $120,000 in revenue. IRS. firm nor deny his representa- Two participants in the lot- In May, a sergeant and a tion. bidding process have told the detective working under Chief Post-Gazette that the FBI has Trosky brought to the U.S. Win some, lose some asked them about it. One said Courthouse at least six boxes In a 2011 email to the URA, Mr. the agents last questioned him of documents relating to park- Arrigo indicated that the busi- NomiNate aN in January. ing variances given out by the nesses he ran with Mr. Gigliotti Mr. Gigliotti’s company kept bureau over the last five years. “manage a total of 5,490 event, its promise not to raise rates Variances give businesses garage, surface lot and valet on the lot for one year — but such as valet companies and spaces each day.” outstaNdiNg not much longer. In Septem- restaurants guaranteed on- Based on parking variances ber 2009, his business partner, street parking in places where he has obtained from the city and Robert S. Arrigo, wrote to the it would normally be prohib- marketing materials he has sub- URA to advise them of rate ited. Records show that until mitted to the URA, Mr. Gigliotti iNdividual or increases that he characterized this spring, Tri-State frequently serves medical facilities, res- as “extreme” but “significantly received more spaces at some taurants, hotels and nightclubs lower than any of the competi- locations than did competing throughout the city. tion in the area.” companies. In 2007, demolition to make team of The rate freeze, he wrote, was Until recently, the assistant way for Consol Energy Center “hurting my financial position chief of operations typically threatened a parking garage and and ability to make a profit.” handled the approval process for lots managed by William Penn Today the lot charges $10 for parking variance applications, Parking. Mr. Gigliotti thought voluNteers one to two hours — up from $6 but former Assistant Chief Wil- he’d found a replacement lot for in 2009. The URA denied a right- liam Bochter has said that Mr. his customers: a Hill District par- Known as the “Nobel Prize for volunteerism,” to-know request for information Harper handled the granting of cel controlled by Robert Lewis, on William Penn Parking’s tax some variances to Tri-State. the head of Orbital Engineering. the Jefferson Awards is a national program that honors individuals payments for the lot, so its exact Mr. Gigliotti and Mr. McCa- and groups for their contributions through public and community service. revenue wasn’t available. Fine dining and influence rthy, who became a judge later Mr. Arrigo could not be Councilwoman Theresa Kail- that year, thought that they reached for comment. Smith first met Mr. Gigliotti had negotiated a lot lease deal This year, 50 Jefferson Award winners will be chosen from our region. when she was working on state with Mr. Lewis, according to ‘Outgoing, friendly’ Rep. Dan Deasy’s 2005 campaign court papers. When the deal fell Each will be highlighted in the Post-Gazette and honored at a and connected reception where they will receive the bronze Jefferson Award medallion. Mr. Gigliotti’s early glimpses of the city’s inner workings Local leaders then select our region’s Most Outstanding Volunteer to came when he was a child and represent Western Pennsylvania at the national Jefferson Awards his father, longtime city police Lowest Buick Officer Anthony Gigliotti, ceremonies in Washington, D.C. brought him around the police bureau’s motorcycle unit, whose Prices. PERIOD. members at times included for- Help us to recognize volunteers making a difference in the community mer police Chief Nate Harper by nominating an individual or group of volunteers and current Assistant Chief of Investigations George Trosky. for the 2013 Jefferson awards. A member of Brashear High School’s class of 1984, Mr. visit post-gazette.com/jefferson or call 412-263-3534. Gigliotti wrote in his senior yearbook that he was “Active in Tennis. Plans to become a police officer or electrician.” Instead he signed on with the city’s Department of Public Works in 1987, at the age of 21. Like many of that department’s employees, he became a mem- North Huntingdon 724-863-8200 Cranberry 724-452-7200 ber of the Allegheny County

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Terrorists The first of five parts The closure of Mayview State Hospital nearly five years ago kill 39 at means more people with severe mental illness are living in the community. Additional budget cuts and other challenges Kenya mall leave some wondering whether it has all gone too far

through the mall, shooting Squads of gunmen shoppers in the head. The mall, called Westgate, go on rampage is a symbol of Kenya’s rising prosperity, an impressive five- By Jeffrey Gettleman story building where Kenyans and Nicholas Kulish can buy expensive cups of fro- The New York Times zen yogurt and plates of sushi. On Saturdays, it is especially NAIROBI, Kenya — Masked crowded, with loose, some- gunmen stormed into a fancy, times lackadaisical security. crowded mall in Nairobi on U.S. officials have long warned Saturday and shot dead at that malls are ripe targets for least 39 people in one Islamist terrorists, of the most chilling Inside especially Westgate, terrorist attacks in Violence breaks because a cafe on East Africa since al- out in Iraq, as the ground floor is Qaida blew up two at least 96 owned by Israelis. U.S. embassies in Fred Ngoga 1998. people are killed Gateretse, an offi- Parents threw in separate cial with the African their bodies over attacks. Union, was having their children, Page A-4 coffee at that cafe, people climbed into ArtCaffe, around ventilation shafts to save them- noon when he heard two deaf- selves, and shoppers huddled ening blasts. He cowered on behind the plastic mannequins the floor and watched eight of designer clothing stores as two squads of gunmen moved SEE KENYA, PAGE A-4

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Steelers By Andrew McGill subpoena Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ‘Under Siege’ Donna Sciulli is one of the most photographed women Stories by Joe Smydo | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Coming Up shows long in Pittsburgh. Today: Overview and On Aug. 30, they snapped he region’s mental with serious mental illness shots of her picking up gro- health services system On the Web — some of whom also faced portrait of former reach of ceries at the Pennsylvania T is struggling to meet For video of Nathaniel charges for violent crimes Mayview State Macaroni Co. in the Strip a demand for services that Lyles talking about — from Allegheny, Beaver, Hospital patients. District. Two days earlier, was significant even before his brother Michael Greene, Lawrence and Wash- Monday: Community grand jury shutters flew as she drove the closure of Mayview State and an overview ington counties. With the hospitals struggle past the U.S. Steel Tower. Hospital nearly five years about Mayview State hospital’s closure, outpatient with mental health By Rich Lord And outside her Beech- ago. Hospital, go to providers must serve not only caseloads. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette view home, she’s been pic- The shutdown of the South post-gazette.com the 300 or so people moved Tuesday: Police, tured nearly a dozen times. Fayette hospital — where out of Mayview from 2005 to courts improvise to There are few defenses Ms. Sciulli is not a celeb- patients lived in locked build- 2008 but all of those with such manage ill offenders. that can stop a federal grand rity. She is, however, one of ings and needed permission placed additional demands on conditions who might go to Wednesday: Housing jury subpoena. the 80,000 Pittsburgh driv- to walk the grounds — the justice system, commu- Mayview today if it were still a weak link in mental That’s why when the ers whose license plates had reflected a longtime national nity hospitals and outpatient open. health system. recently been scanned multiple times trend in deinstitutionaliza- treatment providers, who One in four American Next Sunday: The received a request for in August by the Pittsburgh tion. said funding was tight even adults experiences mental ill- future of mental information on Mayor Parking Authority, which is But the hospital’s closure before the state socked them ness each year, and one in 17 health treatment. Luke Ravenstahl’s payment using cameras mounted on has inflamed debates over with a big cut last fiscal year. for tickets, their lawyers cruisers to record a massive treatment philosophy and Mayview treated residents SEE mayview, PAGE A-8 scoured years of records database of where and when and turned over cancelled everyday people go about checks from the mayor cov- their business. ering the costs of the coveted Now entering its eighth seats. year, the authority’s License The Steelers declined to Plate Reader program has It’s been hard times for some ex-Mayview patients provide details this month. photographed several mil- “It’s an ongoing investiga- lion vehicles in the city. arvin Brown Brown, now 52, was one cases, bumpy for about 40 tion, and we won’t be com- Designed to pick out scoff- already had commit- of 305 patients released from who have been arrested and menting on it,” said Steelers laws from the countless M ted one sex crime by Mayview State Hospital dur- ultimately short-lived for spokesman Burt Lauten, rows of cars parked on Pitts- the time he moved into the ing a three-year downsizing dozens who already have when asked for comment burgh’s public streets, the 37-bed Maplewood Personal that preceded the hospital’s died, most from natural on the federal document cameras alert enforcement Care Home in Ambridge. closure in December 2008. causes. demand and the team’s officers when they drive On May 23, 2012, police While state and local offi- These incidents have response. by a vehicle with too many said, he committed another, cials say they’re proud of kept alive the controversy Experts said that if pros- tickets. On goes the dreaded raping a 71-year-old fellow efforts to move people with surrounding the hospital’s ecutors and the grand jury boot. resident in a second-floor mental illness into the com- closing and raised new they run are interested in But because of loose bathroom as the woman’s munity, the process has cries for help went unheard. been tragic in a handful of SEE PaTieNTS, PAGE A-9 Marvin Brown SEE subpoena, PAGE A-7 SEE cameras, PAGE A-11

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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE  SundaY, SePteMber 22, 2013  WWW.POST-GAZETTE.COM A-7 national Steelers subpoena shows length Shutdown, default loom as crisis becomes the new of grand jury’s reach over mayor

subpoena, FROM PAGE A-1 campaign committee paid to determine whether there’s not providing details, said Mr. normal for nation’s capital the team $5,732 to cover the any evidence of a crime, accord- Antkowiak. the mayor’s spending, there is costs of the trip. Two years ing to former federal prosecu- Unless the subpoena targets By Karen Tumulty House GOP, 71 percent said they no way he, or any business he later, the mayor’s campaign tors. communications between an and Paul Kane opposed “shutting down the has used, can stop them from paid the team $5,066 for Super If the agency concludes that attorney and client, or between The Washington Post government as a way to defund scouring available records. Bowl trip expenses, and footed a crime may have been commit- spouses, or is so broad that com- the President’s health care law.” “In terms of trying to fight the $5,970 bill for an Embassy ted, it brings the matter to the plying would be a crushing bur- WASHINGTON — With little Only 23 percent approved. a subpoena, to quash it, you Suites room. U.S. attorney — locally, David den, a judge isn’t likely to quash more than a week to go before a In an interview, Mr. Winston are just so very rarely going to The administration has Hickton. it, experts said. potential government shutdown, said that even the Republicans see that granted,” said Bruce said that attending the Super In the case of a public corrup- This month the grand jury Washington feels like a car with- who were surveyed said a shut- Antkowiak, a former federal Bowl when the Steelers are in tion allegation, Department of subpoenaed the city’s Urban out a driver on a road without a down is a bad idea, 53 percent to prosecutor and now law pro- the game is both a governmen- Justice rules require that the Redevelopment Authority. As of guardrail. 37 percent. fessor at Saint Vincent College tal and political function, and U.S. attorney get input from Friday, that agency had not fin- As it hurtles toward the edge, “I know when you get led into in Latrobe. ”We have come that it is better for taxpayers Washington before taking cer- ished compiling the requested no one — conservatives, GOP a box canyon what that means,” to accept the breadth of the if the campaign foots the bill. tain steps. records, and would not dis- leadership, congressional Demo- said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., grand jury power and juris- The mayor’s spokeswomen Before starting a grand jury close the nature of the records crats, the White House — seems evoking imagery of an infamous diction to have a wide range of have maintained that he has probe to look at alleged pur- sought. to have a way to stop it. method by which buffalo were investigative authority.” abided by all rules restrict- chase or sale of public office, Warrants to search a prem- Lurching from near-calamity slaughtered in the Old West. That power often frustrates ing public officials’ receipt of the prosecutor needs to consult ises, seize a computer or tap to near-catastrophe has become “Box canyon, here we come.” probe targets and their attor- gifts, including tickets. with the department’s Public a phone must be backed by a way of life in the capital, which Democrats are convinced neys. A city ethics code that was Integrity Section, Criminal agents’ affidavits, and signed has stood at the edge of a finan- they have the upper hand. “Federal grand juries are meant to ensure public disclo- Division. That division must by a magistrate judge. At that cial precipice at least four times The president has maintained the most abused prosecuto- sure of gifts, including tickets, also be in the loop on all probes point, the judge has to agree since the end of 2010. that he will not negotiate with rial tool that there is because worth more than $100, has of officials covered by the Eth- that there is probable cause that What makes these crises all Republicans on the funding bill there are no real restraints on fallen into abeyance, the Post- ics in Government Act — which a federal crime has been com- the more exasperating is that or the debt ceiling — a point he them,” said defense attorney Gazette will report in a story applies to high-level federal mitted and that evidence can be none of them seem to resolve repeated to House Speaker John Jerry S. McDevitt, who suc- Monday. officials — and on cases focused found through the search of the the political and ideological dis- Boehner, R-Ohio, in a telephone cessfully defended former Asked if the Pirates had on violations of federal or state location, seizure or tap. putes that cause them. All they call Friday night. Senate Major- Allegheny County coroner been approached by the IRS, campaign finance laws, patron- Most judges will give inves- do is put both sides on a course ity Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Cyril Wecht against a fed- the FBI or the federal prosecu- age or electoral corruption. tigators “a certain amount of toward the next disaster zone. plans to ensure that no bill eral grand jury indictment. tors, team spokesman Brian Once they’ve overleaped leeway,” said Mr. Antkowiak, The one immediately ahead defunding the health-care law ”There is no judge present. Warecki said, “To the best of those hurdles, federal pros- as long as they can show that arises from the fact that the reaches Mr. Obama’s desk. There is no limit on what they my knowledge, we have not ecutors can provide the grand they’re not on “a complete fish- fiscal year will end on Sept. 30 From time to time for decades, can do. They are allowed to been approached by any of jury with a broad outline of ing expedition.” without Congress having passed the fiscal year has brought drag any rumor and innuendo those parties.” their theory, and then start That leeway, combined any of the spending bills needed partial, temporary shutdowns they want in.” Mr. Warecki said it’s the issuing subpoenas. The jurors with the unfettered power to to keep the government in opera- — nine of them, for instance, organization’s policy that don’t vote on subpoenas, and subpoena, ask questions under tion going into 2014. between fiscal 1981 and fiscal Personal probe “any and all public officials typically find out about them oath and even grant immunity, Without at least a stopgap 1995. But they were over rela- Usually, the grand jury’s need to pay for any benefits/ when the prosecutor reads off makes the federal grand jury so funding bill, most nonessential tively narrow disputes, and none power is balanced, somewhat, tickets they receive.” a log of materials received in powerful that some have called federal operations will come to lasted more than three days. by the secrecy of the process. He said that if approached, response. No judicial approval it a fourth branch of govern- a halt. Then-Speaker Newt Ging- Private materials seen by the the team “obviously would is required. ment. Benefits payments, such as rich, R-Ga., was the first to engi- panel of up to 23 members cooperate as much as we pos- Subpoenas can demand “They are empowered to Social Security checks, would neer one as a strategy to wage a won’t be leaked or discussed sibly could.” documents or compel presence investigate on suspicion, whim, still go out, and critical func- broader policy battle, with Presi- outside of its soundproof It is not certain that pros- before the grand jury. They whatever,” said Mr. McDevitt, tions such as national security dent Bill Clinton in 1995. suite. Federal prosecutors and ecutors have probable cause to are often directed to the target the defense attorney. would continue. But military He began laying his plans for investigators are scrupulous believe that the mayor’s acqui- of the probe, their associates, “The reason for that is the pay would probably be delayed, a year-end government shut- in their refusal to talk about sition of Steelers tickets was potential witnesses and busi- sophistication of certain types hundreds of thousands of federal down that spring at a time when grand jury probes. connected to wrongdoing. nesses with which they’ve had of criminal activity,” said Mr. employees would be furloughed he was still at the height of his In the case of the probe of “A grand jury basically dealings, including their bank. Antkowiak, “and the degree and attractions such as national influence, after having led the city dealings, reporters have can subpoena almost any- There are complex limits on to which that type of criminal parks would close. House Republicans through an watched as witnesses come one,” said David Harris, a subpoenas to phone companies. activity would otherwise be “After five years spent dig- election that produced their first and go from the U.S. Court- law A recipient can file a motion very, very difficult to inves- ging out of crisis, the last thing majority in four decades. house, and have approached professor who has authored to quash a subpoena, which tigate, without the authority we need is for Washington to That year actually produced people who they believe have books about evidentiary rules. would likely be sealed and to gather records, without the manufacture another,” Presi- two shutdowns — one in Novem- received subpoenas. “They don’t need to feel that decided by a judge without pub- authority to gather testimony dent Barack Obama said in his ber lasting five days and a sec- “We are curiously watch- this will give them probable lic disclosure. Then prosecutors from people.” weekly address Saturday, not- ond from mid-December to early ing while they explore his cause that there’s evidence have to justify a challenged ing the fragility of the economic January that went on for 21 personal life, apparently,” said of a crime, or anything like subpoena with “a very simple Rich Lord: rlord@post-gazette. recovery. “But that’s what will days. Charles Porter Jr., who is the that.” affidavit” saying that the infor- com, 412-263-1542 or Twitter @ happen in the next few weeks if In the current telling of some mayor’s private attorney, ear- mation sought is pertinent to richelord. Moriah Balingit con- Congress doesn’t meet two dead- conservative groups, the Repub- lier this month. He declined to Few hurdles the investigation, but typically tributed. lines.” licans won that showdown. elaborate Friday. If a police officer wants The most immediate issue is a That is not a widely held view State Sen. , to compel you to stop and demand by conservative groups among those who actually lived D-Highland Park, has ques- answer questions, they need and Tea Party lawmakers that through it. They note that the tioned the probe’s focus. to have reasonable suspicion any spending measure include a 1995-96 shutdown helped resur- “I still think it is a fish- that you’ve been involved in provision that would strip fund- rect Mr. Clinton’s presidency ing expedition, but I don’t a crime. A federal probe, by ing for the health-care overhaul, and put him on the way to a know what their expedition contrast, can reach into your which is set to kick into gear on landslide re-election over GOP is about,” Mr. Ferlo said on finances and personal life Oct. 1. nominee Bob Dole. Thursday. He added that he without reaching any such Meet your Match! The Republican-led House Nor did it do much to change wanted to “respect the private threshold. has passed a bill that would the trajectory of federal spend- grand jury process.” It typically starts with an Safe and effective dating for accomplish that, but it stands no ing, as the Republicans had At least two female agent of the FBI or another professional mature singles chance in the Senate, which is promised it would. acquaintances of the mayor investigative agency receiv- virtually certain to sent it back “We gained almost nothing. — Ashley Barna and Ashlee ing a tip. The agency can then “clean,” meaning with full fund- It was a rounding error,” said Olivo — have testified before start asking questions and www.pittsburgh-singles.com @pitt_singles ing for the law known formally Steve Bell of the Bipartisan Pol- the grand jury. using online or public records (412) 206-1950 facebook.com/pittsburghsingles as the Affordable Care Act and icy Center, who was a longtime So have the three men derided by critics as Obamac- top Republican staffer on the who ensured his personal are. Senate Budget Committee. “It security. One of them, former Even if they figure a way was subsumed by the next year’s city Detective Fred Crawford around this stalemate and keep economic forecast.” Jr., told the grand jury about the government open, a graver But fewer than one in five of the mayor’s use of his nightly crisis is coming up quickly on its those now serving in the House bodyguard as “a designated heels as the government hits the were around for that earlier driver ... while he went out limit of its borrowing authority standoff. to bars,” according to Mr. some time in mid- to late Octo- One of them is Mr. Boehner, Crawford’s attorney, Robert ber. If Congress does not raise Mr. Bell noted. “I know the Stewart. the debt ceiling, it could force speaker, who went through that, The secretary who handled the nation into default and the knows who has the bully pulpit Mr. Ravenstahl’s schedule has global financial markets into and who is going to get blamed,” also testified, as have Chief chaos. he said. of Staff and for- Conservatives and Tea Party But newer GOP members mer Stadium Authority board activists insist that Republicans have come to power in a more chair Debbie Lestitian. will be rewarded for going to the unbending political culture, In May, prosecutors barricades to stop the health- partly because of the rise of the obtained documents reflect- care law. Tea Party movement and partly ing a contract and payments And indeed, just about every because of the way their district for renovations to his Fin- poll shows that, three years lines are drawn. eview home, Mr. Porter con- WE OFFER A MORE MONEY after its passage, Obamacare An analysis this past week firmed. remains unpopular with voters. by the University of Virginia’s Federal agencies now have In the latest Washington Post- Center for Politics found that 94 cancelled checks for Steelers BACK GUARANTEE. ABC News poll, 52 percent said of the House’s 233 Republicans tickets, the Post-Gazette has they disapprove of the law, while come from districts in which learned. only 42 percent support it. GOP presidential nominee Mitt The mayor has made no But Americans are even Romney got 60 percent or more secret of his Steelers mania. less enchanted with the idea of of the vote. In January 2009, he filed faux bringing the government to a Practically speaking, that paperwork to change his last halt as a means of blocking the means they come from areas name to “Steelerstahl” in the Affordable Care Act. so conservative that they have run-up to a playoff battle with The Republicans’ own num- more to fear from a primary the Baltimore Ravens. 32-MONTH CD bers show that. In a recent sur- challenger on the right than The Steelers went to the vey conducted by David Win- they do from a Democrat in a Super Bowl that February, ston, a pollster who advises the general election. and that May the mayor’s 1

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