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Mayor Luke doesn't play well with voters his own age
At least this time he gave advance notice. After missing a meeting with Hill District civic leaders last month because he had been partying in New York City the night before, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has backed out of another engagement. The Pennsylvania League of Young Voters is upset that Ravenstahl has decided not to attend an April 16 youth forum the 27-year-old pol previously said he would attend. Coincidentally, the withdrawal came after Ravenstahl's only opponent in the May primary, Councilman Bill Peduto, quit the contest.
A Ravenstahl staffer told the group the mayor had another commitment. But league spokeswoman Jennifer England said the mayor's office has dodged attempts to reschedule him. "It's a repeated pattern, and it's getting really frustrating," England said. "There's no accountability."
