
Brandon McGinley
Deputy Editor, Editorial Page at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Editorial Page Editor, @PittsburghPG. Contributing Editor, @Plough. Dad of 6.
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Brandon McGinley
Contrary to reports in the national press, Tuesday’s primary victory for Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor over incumbent Mayor Ed Gainey was not about progressivism versus centrism. Despite the Gainey campaign’s efforts to turn the race into a proxy battle over national politics, the result doesn’t tell us much about the ideological trajectory of the Democratic Party. That’s because this was only marginally an election about ideology. Much more so, it was an election about competence.
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3 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Brandon McGinley
I was about a month on the job when Ed Gainey was elected Mayor of Pittsburgh. I had thought there might be excitement in the newsroom about his historic victory as Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor, but it was subdued and professional. I think I was the first one to say something about the milestone for the city, and how remarkable it is.
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4 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Brandon McGinley
My 10-year-old son didn’t think anything of the loud pop at Brookline Memorial Park on Monday evening. Cap guns are common there. People running also wasn’t unusual, so he was inclined to keep eating nachos with his teammates before their 8 p.m. Little League game. It was the screaming — the grown-ups’ screaming — that made it clear something was different, and very wrong. The monsterThe park was as busy as ever that evening, a Rockwellian portrait of Americana.
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1 month ago |
post-gazette.com | Brandon McGinley
During a Thursday press conference releasing Pittsburgh’s 2024 annual financial report, City Controller Rachael Heisler used the optimistic word “manageable” to describe the city’s fiscal situation. That was an understatement, but reporting on the City of Pittsburgh’s finances, whether as the city’s official fiscal watchdog or as a member of the media, is a delicate matter. The prime directive to tell the truth, no matter what.
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1 month ago |
post-gazette.com | Brandon McGinley
Lewd jokes about Corey O’Connor’s late mother. Cruel insinuations about his late father. Snide remarks about Mr. O’Connor’s stature. Baseless assertions that he and his supporters are motivated by racial animus or affection for Donald Trump. Obviously, provably false claims about Pittsburgh’s financial health and the incumbent mayor’s record in office.
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I don't come here often these days, but I need to thank, publicly, @PulitzerPrizes for this honor, and my friend and colleague @RebeccaSpiessL for her outstanding and courageous work on the streets of Pittsburgh that made it possible. https://t.co/hPZbNc0ifl

In Pittsburgh, progressive visionaries are defeating establishment pragmatists, but struggling to govern. How long can it last? https://t.co/FrRNautan0

The headline says it all really https://t.co/zaR4wbons0