Pittsburgh Homes Daily

When will the casino be approved?  Who knows! 
While you wait, here is a collection of the latest articles on gambling in Pittsburgh & Pennsylvania:
Veon hopes to change Pa slots law
Slots plan envisions jobs, housing renewal. 
Fumo: Don’t expect casinos until late 2007
Gambling with time: Politics slowed slots parlors
Officials: Slots delays won’t stop arena
Steelers oppose North Shore casino.

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At least according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which says that it is much better than when the CITGO Bassmasters Classic came through last summer.
You can catch the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission’s Fishing and Boating Report for the latest updates.  They also have a guide to Steel City Smallmouth Bass (pdf) which can be found [...]

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Looking for something to do?
There is alot to do in Sewickley today: The 10th Annual Sewickley Garden Gala and Tour; Tour de Sewickley; and it is Wet Paint Day.
The 15th Annual Secret Garden Tour in the Fox Chapel area by the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania is on Monday.  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review link.
Also don’t miss an Evening on Grandview [...]

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today has an article about how Charlotte became a banking giant and Pittsburgh fell to number 10.  On Wednesday, the series will be about why Pittsburghers are moving to Charlotte.  I’m already dreading the fourth article in the series (if there is one).  I’m guessing it will be: “Where did we go [...]

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Darren over at Problogger was feeling thankful on Friday and thanked the top 10 blogs that send him traffic.  I haven’t been around quite so long, so I’ve decided to thank the top 6:
Problogger
Grow-a-brain
Hot Property
Mayvelous
Inman News & Inman Blog
Spectorbrain
and for my most unexpected link, I would like to thank:
93South
Thank you, thank you to everyone else that [...]

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Check out the Random Brothers’ Ultimate Pittsburgh Band Links List.  It has 615 links to local bands and solo performers.  Good stuff!

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The City of Pittsburgh has launched a website to encourage Pittsburgh residents to get ready for visitors during All-Star Week: http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/redduppgh/
The most important lesson to learn from the website though is that from the Mexican War Streets story: Keeping a neighborhood clean is a full time job!  Don’t stop after the All-Star Game!

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In the movie Wall Street, Michael Douglas playing Gordon Gecko said, “Greed is good.”  Let’s hope so: The University of Pittsburgh decided to get a little greedy this week: doubling its $1 billion donation target to $2 billion.  Best of Luck!  Let’s hope the alumni are in a generous move.  It would be a major [...]

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There are good and bad things to every city. 
If you are looking for a smaller city that has a good public transportation system, try Pittsburgh!  Its public transportation system ranks 19th in terms of the number of riders even though Pittsburgh ranks 57th in population.
There’s even going to be transportation from Fayette County into Pittsburgh soon, according to the [...]

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Mansion Impossible: Don’t you wish it was this easy in real life?  Hours of endless enjoyment.  Thanks Inman Blog for giving me something to waste my day at other than blogging!

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