Bob O'Connor, Mayor of Pittsburg, passed away on September 1st. Only after serving 7 months as Mayor, Oconnor was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer. He also served on the Pittsburg City Council, and was a former aide to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.
For a full biography of Bob O'Connor you can go to Wikipedia. Also my friend Jo Janoski, a native of Pittsburg, has a link on her blog that leads to a great article on Mayor O'Connor. You can reach Jo's website at jojanoski.wordpress.com.
My prayers go out to the O'Connor family.
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Thank you for mentioning our dear Mayor. Around Pittsburgh, folks are wearing wrist bands that read, "Mayor Bob O'Connor - Everybody's Mayor"--and he was, too, the "People's Mayor" with a kind word for everyone. He was also a mayor who worked on the street, seeing to a clean, well-run city rather than getting tangled in bureaucracy at the office. The kind of mayor anyone, no matter one's political affilation, could respect.
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