HRC to chat w/paying guests at multi-billionaire's estate.

[Divernan]

I know you were all shocked!, I say, shocked! at this development. This is my hometown, but my invitation must have been lost in the mail - sadly, I have a previous engagement as well! And for only $2,700, I could have had my picture taken with HRC. I am devastated!

Presidential candidate Clinton to attend Fox Chapel fundraiser
Hillary Clinton will mark her second visit to Pittsburgh since releasing her video in April announcing her run for president with a fundraiser next week at the Fox Chapel home of community activist Cindy Shapira.
The fundraising email was sent out to Western Pennsylvania supporters Tuesday by the Clinton Campaign Host Committee. The event, called “Conversations with Hillary,” will be held Wednesday at a time to be determined.

The email invite issued by her campaign finance team lists the contribution levels as follows:
Friend: $1,000 per person
Champion $2,700 per person (which includes photo with Hillary)
Event Co-Host: Raise $10,000 (includes host reception with Hillary)
Event Host: Raise $27,000 (includes host reception with Hillary and membership in Hillstarters program).

Read more: http://triblive.com/news/editorspicks/8758239-74/hillary-clinton-host#ixzz3gC5kXc5w
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Back story - Fox Chapel is the most expensive/wealthiest suburb of Pittsburgh. Shapira's husband David is CEO of the Giant Eagle grocery chain, valued at $9.9 Billion. It is privately owned by "the Shapira family".

http://www.getnetworth.com/giant-eagle-net-worth/

Giant Eagle Net Worth is 9.90 $Billion
Giant Eagle is a supermarket chain with stores in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland. The company was founded in 1918 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and incorporated on March 17, 1933.Supermarket News ranked Giant Eagle No. 21 in the 2012 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on 2011 fiscal year estimated sales of $9.3 billion. In 2005, it was the 32nd-largest privately held corporation, as determined by Forbes. Based on 2005 revenue, Giant Eagle is the 49th-largest retailer in the United States.

As always with the Clintons, you gotta pay to play (no freebie pictures for you, deadbeats!) This reinforces my practice of avoiding the humongously sized Giant Eagle - you could lay out a 9 hole golf course in their local Market District store. I like Trader Joe's and a small (5 stores) local chain - Community Supermarkets.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

2. That is how her visit to Provincetown went down

She doesn't get it, and it's going to cost her the presidency.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

26. Hillary has no concept of the real world.

[840high]

43. She never will.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

49. idk, maybe she will. Perhaps, if she puts in a little more work with her handlers, Hillary may begin to come across as more authentic. For some, it just takes practice.

[Evergreen Emerald]

56. What a crazy statement--success is now attacked?

She grew up in a middle class family. She worked while gaining an education. She has lived the American Dream. And she has been rewarded for her hard work. I cannot believe you would begrudge her the success that she earned.

Isn't that what you would want for every American? Isn't that why you say you want Bernie for President? So, you can have that option as well?

We are in a parallel universe, upside down and backwards.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

60. If you call Hillary's rubbin elbows with her rich Wall Street buds a success, while hedge-funders Chelsea & her hubby follow in her footsteps, then, okay. I call it shameful.

Bernie knows what it's really like to struggle and is an authentic progressive leader who can relate to common folks and answer questions openly and honestly - without having to take a poll!

Go Bernie!

[Evergreen Emerald]

61. Do you only associate with poor people?

What a crazy concept.

Bernie knows no more than Clinton what it means to struggle. You are deluding yourself. I do not understand why you have to dehumanize Clinton in order to like Bernie.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

62. lol, u must be livin ina dream world if u think Hillary knows struggle as much as Bernie when the average fee (bribe) she gets for 1 speech to her Wall St banker buds almost exceeds Bernie's

entire net worth.

[London Lover Man]

63. Bernie grew up poor. Lived in a tenenment in Brooklyn with a single father.

Clinton had it easier than Bernie.

[Agschmid]

70. Well I only vote for people who grew up...

... In van.

... Down by the River.

-RIP Chris Farley

[Divernan]

66. HRC grew up in "prestigious neighborhood/country club area" according to Zillow

There's a significant difference between upper middle class (HRC's Daddy owned a successful business) and middle class - (Dad worked on an assembly line). Someone posted pictures of her high school era on DU and, having grown up in the same time period in a similar neighborhood in a nearby town, I paid attention. The neighborhood was definitely upper middle class. Her mother was a stay-at-home-mom; all the moms of my friends who lived in such large houses in wealthy neighborhoods played a lot of bridge and had maids and yardmen to keep the houses up. The house is a spacious two story brick home, currently valued at $628,000. She lived there from the age of 3, so had a very safe and sheltered childhood.

I'm quite surprised to read your claim that she worked while gaining an education. She certainly didn't work while in high school, and I've read nothing about her working in her undergraduate years. Part-time, paid research work as a 2L or prestigious summer internships aren't the same as working your way through school flipping burgers at Micky D's.

[m-lekktor]

58. yep my friends in PTOWN were NOT impressed.

somebody posted a newspaper article on her visit there on facebook and the people I know that summer there, fellow LGBTers. had some choice words about her visit.

[DURHAM D]

3. Good. She will need the money for the general.

Guess you have not seen the articles on how much the Republican candidates are blowing away the Democrats in fund raising.

[riversedge]

5. Agree.

sadly, yes, she needs to raise the $$

[Divernan]

14. They're raising $$$ to fight each other in their own primary, is what I'm hearing.

[sabrina 1]

15. You don't get it. MONEY in POLITICS is going to be the most important issue

of this campaign, with those who are taking it finding themselves on the defensive about WHY they are taking it.

If she were to join Bernie, see Biden's speech yesterday on this, and REFUSE That money, THEN she would be a shoe in.

It's astonishing that her side of this still doesn't get it. She doesn't need that money to win, she needs to be FREE of that money so she doesn't have to keep avoiding questions about Wall St and our awful FPs.

Bernie is gaining on her because even though he is still a virtual unknown, as soon as people hear him speak and look at his record, they know who is free of that money, making him free to go after those who are destroying this country.

[DURHAM D]

20. nonsense

[London Lover Man]

39. I've seen the pulse of America.. have you?

And yes, people are STILL hurting....

[JaneyVee]

24. lolwut?

In what universe do you live where people think money in politics is THE most important issue?

[okasha]

33. The same one in which

economic justice was THE most important issue last week.

[yikes1]

65. reply 24

money is buying our politicians, that is not a problem?

[olddots]

4. this needs no comment

[CTBlueboy]

6. Billionaires are people too lol

Washington D.C. -- U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) announced today that David Shapira, the Executive Chairman of Giant Eagle, Inc. and past chairman of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh will be his guest when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress tomorrow morning.

"I am thrilled that David Shapira will be my guest when Prime Minister Netanyahu addresses Congress tomorrow," said Sen. Toomey. "Mr. Shapira is a strong advocate for Israel and is respected locally in Pittsburgh and nationally for his work with young Jews.

"Both Mr. Shapira and I are both eagerly look forward to hearing Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech before Congress tomorrow, as he is the leader of the only true democracy in the Middle East."

David Shapira is Pittsburgh native and is the Executive Chairman of Giant Eagle, Inc. Through the Foundation he leads with his wife Cindy, the Shapira's have worked on numerous projects which have had a positive impact on the formation of strong Jewish identities and attachment to Israel for large numbers of young Jews.

David's philanthropic board service includes the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh (Past Chairman) and the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (Past Chairman).

http://www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=news&id=1500

[Divernan]

13. Buds with Bibi - just like HRC - it's a small world, after all!

Sounds like Shapira will be a big contributor to that piece of conservative slime, and friend to all things corporate, GOP-er Toomey.

[OKNancy]

7. Fan-fucking-tastic

Raise the big bucks to beat the Republican machine.
Smart woman.

[sabrina 1]

17. And you don't get it. That money is what will lose, is LOSING her support

because, as Biden stated yesterday, this is THE MOST IMPORTANT issue that Dems need to stand up and address, the POISONOUS effects of money on our electoral system. I guess Biden, who agrees with Sanders on this, has seen it up close and personal. He actually says that. 'Don't trust even those you like IF they are taking Corporate money'.

It was an amazing speech. Clinton would do well to take Biden's advice and refuse all that money, as Bernie is doing and then go after the bought-and-paid-for Republicans on this most important issue.

[OKNancy]

25. LOL - no that would be stupid

At least now. If the rules change for the Republicans, and all political races then fine, but she isn't going to do something so dumb as long as things are the way they are now.

[whatchamacallit]

34. If Hillary knocked over banks herself to fund her campaign

it would be considered a virtue by her supporters. Such is the moral ambiguity of Team Clinton.

[99th_Monkey]

8. Hillary will have more people attend this than her Town Halls

because these are just the kind of folks who will really "win" if she becomes POTUS.

[sufrommich]

9. Cindy Shapira:

Cynthia D. Shapira is a community activist. She is a Senior Policy Advisory to Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and a director of the Allegheny County Airport Authority. Appointed by Governor Corbett to the PA Commission on Women, she is chairing a Commission conference on “finding common ground in political discourse.” Ms. Shapira also served as a member of the 2012 Pennsylvania Electoral Vice President and co-chaired the Pennsylvania Democratic Women’s event at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.


Ms. Shapira is Corporate Secretary of the Jewish Federations of North America, Vice Chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, and on the governing board of the Jewish Agency for Israel. In Pittsburgh, she chairs the PA Center for Women in Politics at Chatham University and serves on the boards of Point Park University, United Way of Allegheny County/executive committee, WQUED Pittsburgh, and The Pittsburgh Promise. Ms. Shapira was Honorary Co-Chair of Allegheny 365, an initiative to ensure access to individuals of varying abilities in Allegheny County, and founded the 21 & Able policy project to address the needs of youth with disabilities aging out. She is Vice President of The Shapira Foundation and leads its major initiative, Onward Israel (Birthright follow-up summer internships in Israel).


Ms. Shapira was a management consultant for twenty years in the non-profit and education sectors, including ten years as executive vice president of Pappas Consulting Group, Inc. Her clients included major universities, colleges, public school systems, and non-profit organizations across the country such as the UNICEF USA, the National Council of Churches, the UNC Higher Education System and its Historic Black Universities, the University System of Georgia, the University System of Massachusetts, Loyola University of Chicago, Sonoma State University, Northern Michigan University, Grinnell College, Broward County Public Schools, Orange County Public Schools (FL), Bellflower Public Schools (CA), St. Paul’s School, and many more . She also served as executive director of the National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section.


Ms. Shapira has a Master’s degree in public administration (MPA) from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in political science from Wellesley College.


http://www.brandeis.edu/trustees/bios/shapira.html




She sounds like a monster.

[DURHAM D]

28. LOL

Guess she also would not be inclined to take the up-thread advice of just lay down and take the defeat without a fight because it will build character.

[Divernan]

47. No such "up thread advice" - where do you come up with this stuff?

[Doctor_J]

32. she became a billionaire working for a non profit?

I work for one and we don't even have any millionaires.

[Divernan]

55. No she married a multi-billionaire widower a few years ago.

[LuvLoogie]

10. Trader Joe's is owned by a German named Theo Albrecht

His net worth is over $16 Billion.

[Divernan]

12. He died in 2010

Albrecht died 24 July 2010, in his home town of Essen, Germany. He was highly reclusive and there's no record of political involvement in Germany, let alone the U.S.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Albrecht

[LuvLoogie]

16. So who owns Trader Joe's now. Just curious.

Does the trust still own it?

[Divernan]

18. Don't know - but I love, love, love shopping there & their products.

[LuvLoogie]

23. I was just there this afternoon!

Still voting for Hillary, though...

[SheilaT]

11. This is different from the way Republicans do things

how exactly?

[snagglepuss]

21. Great question. I'd love to hear the answer.

[moobu2]

19. Great news.

She's going to need in in the general when the republican billionaires come after her.

[Babel_17]

22. I think that using the support of enthusiastic people on the ground has been near totally discounted

Preceding that notion is the idea that the campaign of Secretary Clinton will be focusing on media buys.

In a way, you could say that the rugged campaign ahead is forcing our candidates to fully become themselves. Senator Sanders has to totally embrace the way he's been doing things so far. His campaign won't suddenly announce that they will now take some big chunks of corporate money.

The HRC campaign won't suddenly play a ground game and copy the tactics of other past candidates.

A winning strategy for the general election as the Republican candidate will still be wearing the brand of the party's owners, but the primaries will show the topic of donors always coming up.

[LuvLoogie]

30. Okay...

--Adams noted that they started the campaign with 27 field organizers, but that number has grown to 47.

“We have talked to more than 16,000 Iowans directly and we have met with more than 3,000 for in-depth talks,” Adams said.

The campaign is very publicly focusing on that effort, making the case for a field organization.

“Over the past three months, Hillary for Iowa has built a ground-up organization of voter-to-voter contact to earn the support of caucus-goers next year,” Adams said. “It now consists of thousands of volunteers, ten organizing offices, 47 organizers and a committed supporter in each of the 1,682 precincts.”--

http://iowadailydemocrat.com/news/2015/07/clintons-iowa-field-organization-growing-quickly/

[Babel_17]

35. It sounds like a lot of effort is being made by the campaign

We'll see how that plays out, before very long.

[JaneyVee]

27. Yes, scapegoating entire groups of people as the "enemy" is a winning strategy.

[1StrongBlackMan]

38. And unilaterally disarming ...

On principle may be feel good, but it's a losing strategy in the real world.

But "cast your enemy's strength as a weakeness"

- Sun Tzu (as practiced by Rove)

[HooptieWagon]

29. Nothing shows your populist progressive credentials...

Like a $2700/plate invite only dinner at a billionaire'so estate.

[GoneFishin]

37. +1

[London Lover Man]

41. Amen...

Bernie hasn't done anything like that for his campaign.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

42. Exactly. And Chelsea recently attended the Hilton/Rothschild wedding in London...

with Bentleys and an alleged $75K gown. I'm sick of all the Clintons, to be honest. OUT OF TOUCH.

[Le Taz Hot]

50. And her handlers -- the ones she's paying millions of dollars to,

have convinced her this is a good idea. I think these people are honestly going to remain insular right up until the time Hillary loses the primaries at which point the loss will be blamed on those fucking retards and their demand for ponies.

[Doctor_J]

31. But she'll be a tireless advocate for the 99% once in office

Honest. These people will be treated just like you and me.

[Divernan]

36. Quid pro quo? Whoever heard of such a thing?

[MisterP]

40. bbbbut SCOTUS!

[blue neen]

44. I'm happy to hear that the Shapira's are supporting a Democrat for President in 2016.

That's good news.

Much as we would like it to be, Trader Joe's is not option for grocery shopping for most of us here in western PA. I like the Giant Eagle stores; their meat isn't the best, but everything else is top notch.

Giant Eagle employs a lot of western Pennsylvanian's, not just in the stores, but at their headquarters in O'Hara Township. On edit: 36,000 employees.

[Divernan]

46. Shapira may support HRC, but he's currently no friend to other Dems.

See post # 6 above, re Shapira's close ties to GOP PA Senator Toomey and support of Netanyahu's actions to undermine President Obama.

In 2014, David Shapira donated $100,000 to the American Unity PAC, which in turn supports Republicans 100% & opposes Democrats 100%. In prior years, Shapira covered his bets by donating token amounts (for a multi-billionaire, one or two thousand is less than pocket change) to candidates from both parties - i .e., in 2000, he gave $1000 to Bush and $1000 to Gore. That year he also gave to both Rick Santorum & Santorum's opponent Ron Klink; but only to uber-conservative GOPer Melissa Hart and nothing to her Dem. opponent, Democrat Terry Van Horne. In 2006, he gave equally($2,000/$2,100) to both Santorum and Casey. In 2010 he gave to both Sestak and Specter. In other words, he was your basic, CYA - donate to both major parties, opportunistic corporate businessman.

Consider this - giving equal amounts to each side, just perpetuates the practice of politicians for sale, and inflates the already obscene amounts of money thrown down the toilet of political advertising in the U.S.

In 2012, he ignored Romney & went with the sitting president, Obama; but in the same election, his Giant Eagle PAC donated solely to GOP candidates. Then in 2014, he went GOP full bore. In 2014, Shapiro significantly slanted and upped the ante of his political contributions by giving $100,000 to the American Unity PAC, which opposes Dems and supports GOP. I do not consider David Shapira - a billionaire businessman who contributes $$$ to defeat Democrats, not elect them - to be a Democrat.

Why is he supporting HRC? Because they're both part of the 1%? Because of her close relationship with Netanyahu? Because her Supreme Court nominees would be pro-business, pro-Citizens United? Any other reason? Given his commitment to two All GOP PACs, odds are great he's also shelled out to Jeb Bush and other GOP candidates as well.

I am just glad that those thousands of hard-working, decent Giant Eagle employees - many of whom are unionized, have control of their own votes. One man or one woman - one vote.

In 2013, Shapira created his very own Giant Eagle PAC, which donated ONLY to GOP politicians:
MURPHY, TIMOTHY House of Reps Republican PA 18 G $500 02/19/2013
MURPHY, TIMOTHY House of Reps Republican PA 18 G $2,100 01/23/2014
MURPHY, TIMOTHY House of Reps Republican PA 18 P $2,500 01/23/2014
ROTHFUS, KEITH MR. House of Reps Republican PA 12 G $500 06/30/2014
http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/committees/giant-eagle-inc-pac.asp?cycle=14
David Shapira Political Contributions in 2014

SHAPIRA, DAVID
PITTSBURGH, PA
15238 Giant Eagle/Chairman $100,000 10/23/2014 P AMERICAN UNITY PAC INC
SHAPIRA, DAVID
PITTSBURGH, PA
15238 Giant Eagle, Inc./Executive Chairman, Board Of Directors $5,000 07/17/2013 P GIANT EAGLE INC PAC
http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/david-shapira.asp?cycle=00

http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/outside-spending-2012/committee/american-unity-pac-inc/C00523589/

Independent Expenditure Summary for American Unity PAC
Negative: 42% Opposes Democrats: $952,090.69 Opposes Republicans: $0.00
Positive: 58% Supports Democrats: $0.00 Supports Republicans: $1,292,992.72

And here's the link spelling out to the penny, how the American Unity PAC supported ONLY Republicans. http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/committees/american-unity-pac-inc.asp?cycle=14

[blue neen]

51. Has Hillary actually said this?:

"Because her Supreme Court nominees would be pro-business, pro-Citizens United?"

I have not made up my mind about 2016. If what you said about the Supreme Court is true, that would be devastating.

You are correct about Shapira, he is an opportunistic businessman. I would much rather, however, that his money in 2016 go to a Democrat for President than a Republican. Wouldn't you?

I know a lot of people who work for Giant Eagle, especially at Corporate. They seem to be a pretty good employer.

[Divernan]

57. Wall St./1%ers/MIC/Big banks only give in anticipation of high rate of return.

As per Sabrina's post 17 above,

As Joe Biden stated yesterday, this is THE MOST IMPORTANT issue that Dems need to stand up and address, the POISONOUS effects of money on our electoral system. I guess Biden, who agrees with Sanders on this, has seen it up close and personal. He actually says that. 'Don't trust even those you like IF they are taking Corporate money'.

It was an amazing speech. Clinton would do well to take Biden's advice and refuse all that money, as Bernie is doing and then go after the bought-and-paid-for Republicans on this most important issue.

Like Biden, I have seen the lobbying/bribing/quid-pro-quos up close and personal, albeit in the Pennsylvania state legislature, not in D.C. But the amounts involved are beggared beyond belief by the tens of millions the Clintons have been amassing, both personally and in their boutique/middle man/"charity." I mean, why on earth do foreign governments have to help out, let's say Haiti, by going through the Clintons, who will skim off a handling fee/percentage, when they could simply give assistance directly to the country or relief organizations involved. They did it forever before the Clinton Family Foundation.

And I have been posting the following observation/opinion for about a month now:

HRC's corporate quid pro quos will be called in on her Supreme Court appts.

As to the Supreme Court argument from Clinton supporters:

Who does not recognize that corporate/Wall Street donations/quid pro quos will come home to roost with a profiteering vengeance on any presidential candidate who has accepted tens of millions of dollars from them in a combination of campaign donations, personal payments for speeches to said candidate and spouse, and "gifts" to said candidate's family "non-profit" organization. Nowhere is this more vital to said corporate interests than in appointments to the Supreme Court.

Here's the script, kiddos!

(Corporate input/expectations on Supreme Court appointments)

"Here's the deal. Your supreme court nominations can be soft on social issues. We don't give a fuck if gays marry or women can get abortions. Makes no difference to our profiteering. But by god they better leave Citizens United in place and not approve prosecution of war crimes."

[blue neen]

68. Yes, but has Hillary actually said the words that you stated about the Supreme Court?

I value all of the important info you post here, but a simple yes or no will do.

[Divernan]

69. Of course not; no successful politician would ever admit to that intent

at least for public consumption. To me, given all the specific information available about her, it is the only possible and logical and historically demonstrated expectation one can have of her, given the tens and tens of millions of dollars she has happily accepted from these special interests.

[blue neen]

71. I happen to disagree with you on this one.

IMHO, it is not a fair assumption to make. If a person is opposed to Hillary's candidacy, there are plenty of things on the record that are legitimate talking points.

Now, let's work together and get a Democrat elected to take Pat Toomey's place! Also, Erin McClelland is running against Rep. Gerry Mander (aka Keith Rothfus) again. See you in the PA forum.

[brooklynite]

45. Hmm, no offensive slams at President Obama and Vice-President Biden?

Because I've been to lunch or dinner with both of them. And contributed top dollar to the Party for the privilege. Both of them are smart enough to understand the political realities of campaigning in the US today, even while they try to change the rules.

And by the way, want to guess the ticket price for the DSCC retreat that Bernie Sanders showed up at in 2011 to hob nob with Party donors (we had dinner together -- he's a nice guy)?

You're welcome to take on a holier-than-thou attitude and imagine that Bernie Sanders will have the ability to compete with the Republicans on a shoe-string budget, because it's a dream you won't need to carry out after the Convention.

[Scuba]

48. Her base.

[Agony]

52. Shapira is on the ACAA board that opened up the Pittsburgh Airport to fracking

http://www.pitairport.com/energy

the disconnect within the Democratic Party between between purported Climate Change action policy and continued push to extract fossil fuels is disturbing.

We should not be embarking on a Natural Gas infrastructure buildout. Fossil fuels need to stay in the ground heretofore.

...

[Divernan]

54. Pro-fracking Mrs. Shapira - HRC's official hostess for the fundraiser.

According to a staunch HRC supporter up thread: Shapira is a "Senior Policy Advisory to Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and a director of the Allegheny County Airport Authority." So Rich Fitzgerald appointed her to the board.

I can understand Fitz selling out to the frackers - he wants to run for higher office and is open to future donations/cough-bribes-cough. But what the hell is the matter with Mrs. Got Rocks - a second wife who snagged a rich widower when the multi-billionaire's first wife of many years died. Was the pre-nup so harsh? Her husband's worth $9.9 Billion Dollars. Why did she choose to sell out her home community to the Frackers?

Voters are pissed at old school party machine Dem, Fitzgerald about the fracking. He got nicely and thoroughly humiliated in last spring's county primary, when all of the primary candidates he supported (in opposition to any elected Dem officials who dared disagree with him) went down to resounding defeats. In the biggest race, for County Auditor, Fitz's boy, with Fitz's financial assistance, outspent his opponent TEN TO ONE, AND HE STILL LOST. Fitz was running unopposed in the primary, as were two other county level officers, but he got some 30,000 less votes than other unopposed Dems.

The old school machine politicians campaigning on bucks alone are going down, thanks in large part to social media - and THAT is why Bernie can beat HRC, and go on to beat whatever clown the GOP chooses.

http://www.flypittsburgh.com/ACAA_board-members

PIT - Allegheny County Airport Authority : Board Members
On November 5th, 1999, a new era began when the Airport Authority assumed administration of both Pittsburgh International and Allegheny County Airports from Allegheny County.

Under a lease with an initial term of 25 years and two additional 25 year option terms, the Allegheny County Airport Authority, governed by a board appointed by the Allegheny County Chief Executive, operates the two premier airports that serve the Pittsburgh region.

Chairman : David Minnotte
Vice Chairman : Robert Lewis
Treasurer : Jennifer Liptak
Secretary : Ashley Henry Shook
Anthony Bridge
Hon. Jan Rea
Cynthia Shapira
Hon. Matthew Smith
Rich Stanizzo

[Agony]

59. our representatives are being chosen by wealthy people NOT smart people

[99Forever]

53. Isn't that special?

Giving a chance to the downtrodden rich to have an audience with her in person.

Bless her heart.

[cantbeserious]

64. HRC - First Choice Of Many Wall Street One Precenters

eom

[pa28]

67. In public she's talked about "toppling the 1%".

Will she use the same language in this room? Something tells me the people attending this particular gathering will get hear from president Hillary and not candidate Hillary.