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Yinzerman1992 t1_irmil3b wrote

This is how most home rule charter municipalities in allegheny county word their elected official positions. (Penn hills, monroeville, o'hara, Bethel park.) The idea is you dont want them to be campaigning while also serving their terms as elected officials.

I voted no. The whole idea is that county council (besides executive) is part time. They have a full time job and then like a couple of times a month they vote on things. Think of councilor nicholas futules. He runs a banquet center and that's his job and then he Is county council where he is paid part time. Only fitzgerald/the executive is full time. Their attention should be on county council and not other things and be part time.

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ricksebak t1_irmvlce wrote

The fact that these jobs are part time is insane to me. The county has 1.2 million constituents and council has 13 district reps, which is roughly 92k constituents/district for a part time job. And a quick check of the PA-18 state house district (Innamorato’s) shows 66k constituents for that district, which is a full time job. Then each at-large member of county council represents the full population of 1.2 million constituents, which is one of the largest local legislative seats in the entire US.

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New_Acanthaceae709 t1_irndclr wrote

Especially as it's a part-time position, I'm not sure why we wouldn't allow them to campaign while serving their terms.

I'm also not sure how the hell you can do the job well *and* be part time, which might be how Clairton continues to pollute the shit outta our city for less money in jobs than it costs us in healthcare.

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OcelotWolf t1_irpk1e3 wrote

> The whole idea is that county council (besides executive) is part time. They have a full time job and then like a couple of times a month they vote on things.

To me, this is a very strong argument for voting yes

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IGISB t1_is2dt90 wrote

They literally explained how little time the job requires from the council and still voted no? That does not make sense. I'm voting yes.

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mistergrime t1_irmkj74 wrote

That’s not what it says. The provision would prohibit a sitting councilmember from being a candidate for a different office without resigning from council. Obviously if the councilmember wins, they’d resign their council seat. But it’s not unusual for a sitting officeholder to run for a different office, lose that election, and just continue being in the seat they already had.

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KentuckYSnow t1_irmvhok wrote

Would be nice if this applies to sitting state officials too. Feels like fetterman has been campaigning since as soon as he took he current job.

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