Preface

==Our platform has depth and scope to equal the challenges.==
Our political life is frail. 
===In recent years, the City of Pittsburgh and the region has been put in terrible positions.===
:The city is at the brink of a financial collapse. The condition is critical. A variety of public ills are upon us.
::If the city is a patient, it is on life-support within the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) without health insurance. 
:::The coroner is present, politicing for votes, while a team of specialists, doctors, nurses, and care-givers are swirling around. Each has an agenda pumping medications, amputations, rehab and more surgery. Taxed beyond belief, wiltered to half of its former self, probed and poked day and night the outlook is bleek.
===Our fight for survival occurs on multiple fronts.===
: The decisions in this crisis impact the city forever. Some fixes cripple the county and region too. Avoid fatal remidies. Understand that most of these optional remidies are worse than the wipeout that caused Pittsburgh's crisis of misfortunate events. 
===We can't give up.===
We should choose to take charge of the situations with a proactive management style.
An aggressive overhaul is desired. We need robust campaigns with serious individuals. We need interactions in enlightened ways among voters, civic groups and candidates.
=== The road to recovery is going to be long and hard.===
Our goal is propsperity for the people of Pittsburghers.