Patrick Dowd

==Background==
* Democrat
* Former member of the Board of Pgh Public Schools for four years, until late 2007.
* Candidate for Pgh City Council in the 2007 D primary and won.
* Sworn into City Council on January 7, 2008.
* Ran against Leonard Bodack for the seat on Pittsburgh's City Council
** Chair of the Urban Recreation committee on city council
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* Dowd-plank-patronage from a blog transcript in May 2008
* Dowd-plank-wakeup from March 2009
** http://2politicaljunkies.blogspot.com/2009/03/patrick-dowd-gives-wake-up-call-to.html
* Campaign_finance-plank-Dowd from March 2009
==Links==
* http://www.dowdforpittsburgh.org
===Blogs===
===Video===
* Campaign kick off for Mayor, Feb 2009:
** Part 1:
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** Part 2:
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** Part 3:
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** Part 4:
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** Part 5:
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* The Third Round interview with Pat Clark and Chris Potter from April 2007:
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* Paid advertisement that ran on May 6, 2009:
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Patrick Dowd makes a point about the price of garbage cans in neighborhoods.
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===Media===
* http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08143/883950-53.stm from May 2008 in the P-G
* http://www.flickr.com/photos/rauterkus/3407028582/
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