Dennis Regan

==Background==
* Friend of Bob O'Connor and retained by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and nominated to Public Service Director. Then the nomination was pulled by the mayor.
* Made chief of staff in July, 2006 by the mayor.
* Was Executive Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the first six months of 2006.
* 54 in 2006.
* Resides in Point Breeze
* was paid $92,286-a-year for his post with the city.
* Media:Dennis_Regan_Letter.pdf‎
==Insights==
* Suspended October 21, 2006 from the job with the city of Pittsburgh.
* Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said he did not ask Dennis Regan to resign and said there was "no conclusive evidence" he had done anything wrong. From December, 2006, 
* Catherine McNeilly, (see whistleblowers) presented insights against Dennis Regan as he was to become head of all Public Service departments.
==Links==
===Blogs===
* http://burghreport.blogspot.com/2006/12/she-would-end-up-back-walking-beat.html from December, 2006 and points to the October report from Andy Sheehan of KDKA-TV about Dukes Tires on the South Side
* http://burghreport.blogspot.com/2006/12/regan-resigns-was-there-even.html from December, 2006
* http://burghreport.blogspot.com/2006/11/trib-prints-regan-reed-smith-rumor.html from November, 2006
=== Media===
* City clears Regan, who quits December 02, 2006 by Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- Operations director, Dennis Regan, was accused of meddling in personnel decision
* How O'Connor pal rose and fell so fast in P-G in October, 2006
* ThePittsburghChannel.com - News - Police E-Mail Raises New Public Safety Director Concerns October 10, 2006 PITTSBURGH -- Mayor Luke Ravenstahl asked Pittsburgh City Council last week to approve his top aide as public safety director, but many questions surround the issue.
:Councilman William Peduto has already questioned whether Ravenstahl's choice, Dennis Regan, has the background or experience to become public safety director.
:"I believe it's incumbent on the mayor today to withdraw the nomination," said Peduto. "It should not go forward. We don't need legal interpretation.'"
* Peduto says Regan lacks experience for safety post, October 5, 2006
* New chief of staff says he's a protector - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Dennis Regan likes to compare himself to a low-swimming whale. He comes up for air only when absolutely necessary so he doesn't get harpooned.
==Insights==
===Trib Column from Eric Heyl in October, 2006===
Dennis Regan -- Old role: Tough-as-nails mayoral enforcer you better think twice about crossing.
New role: Apparently none in a Luke Ravenstahl administration.
Still, long after midnight, on nights when the moon is full, some security guards swear a seemingly transparent Regan walks the lonely halls of the City-County Building, jiggling the locked doorknob of his former office before he mysteriously vanishes.
Probably just a trick of the light.
==Links==
* Marlene Cassidy is a housemate with Dennis Regan in 2006. 
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