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From YouTube: CityTalk with John McIntire: Matt Singer
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On this episode of CityTalk, John McIntire interviews Matt Singer from Corey O'Connor's office.
A
Welcome
to
another
edition
of
city
talk
on
city
channel
Pittsburgh,
I'm,
John
McIntyre.
This
is
where
we
meet
people
who
work
for
the
city
find
out
what
they
do
and
why
they
do
it.
Matt
singer
is
with
us
he's
the
legislative
director
for
councilman
Cory
O'connor's
office.
Welcome
to
the
program.
Thank
you
for
having
me
legislative
director.
What.
B
Know
a
lot
of
they're
really
kind
of
like
arcane
stuff.
That's
a
little
bit
less
boring!
Well,
we
have
other
people
on
the
team,
the
councilmen
included,
who
really
give
it
a
voice
and
make
sure
that
people
can
understand
what
we're
doing
and
seeing
like
and
help
them
and
have
a
really
positive
impact.
I.
Do
a
lot
of
the
backend
work
to
make
sure
that
what
we
say
and
what
we
want
to
happen
is
being
done
in
a
way
that
it's
not
gonna,
cause
problems
or
all
run
smoothly
and
really
get
the
job
done.
B
And
it's
and
it's
really
fun
it
might
sound
a
little
bit
boring,
but
it's
kind
of
like
when
you
buy
a
puzzle
and
you
see
what
it
looks
like
on
the
box.
But
then
you
have
a
bunch
of
little
pieces,
and
so
you
have
your
idea
of
where
you
want
to
be
at
the
end
of
the
day
and
I
really
enjoy
that
process
of
all
the
steps
in
between
to
kind
of
take
us
from
the
idea.
Phase
to
the
final
phase.
Do.
B
Think
that
might
be
a
bit
more
interesting
if
we
were
all
kind
of
snapping
as
we
walk
into
formation,
but
no
I
think
you
have
a
lot
of
people
who
both
have
been
here
for
a
while,
and
even
the
newer
folks,
I
think
that
everyone
gets
along
very
well
I.
Think
that
obviously,
given
the
nature
of
politics
and
voting,
and
things
like
that,
you
might
imagine
there
are
times
where
people
might
butt
heads
a
little
bit.
But
even
when
that
happens,
it's
it's
very
temporary
and
everyone
knows
that
it's
not
personal.
B
At
the
end
of
the
day,
everyone
is
here
because
they
like
what
they
do.
They
really
want
to
help
people
they
like
the
fact
they
get
to
work
for
the
city.
So
even
if
anyone
gets
frustrated
with
each
other
or
has
any
disagreements,
no
one
ever
Kerry
is
around
grudges
like
that
for
more
than
a
day
or
two,
how.
B
So
I
was
a
legislative
aide
in
our
office.
I've
been
there
for
about
three
and
a
half
years.
I
had
a
bit
of
experience
just
in
undergrad
and
internships
and
previous
jobs
doing
a
lot
of
policy
research,
but
really
in
a
way
where
I
was
kind
of
sitting
in
a
cubicle
and
just
writing
reports
and
white
papers.
All.
B
Very
much
so
so
when
this
opportunity
came
up,
I
interviewed
for
it
and
I
was
really
exciting
and
a
lot
of
what
I
had
focused
on
previously
was
more
so
on
the
state
level
or
more
so,
on
a
like
programmatic
level.
So
it's
really
exciting
to
have
the
opportunity
where
I
live
here,
I'm
going
to
live
here
in
the
future
I'm
going
to
meet
people,
whether
its
constituents
or
people
from
local
community
groups
who
the
things
that
we
do.
B
B
So
recently,
actually,
maybe
back
in
the
summer,
we
worked
with
the
city
controllers
off
as
to
create
an
ordinance
where
the
goal
is
essentially
have
a
centralized
location
for
all
of
the
information
that
elected
officials.
So
all
members
of
City
Council,
the
city
controller
and
the
mayor,
all
the
disclosures
they
have
to
fill
out
every
year,
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
requirements
at
both
the
city
imposes
and
the
state
imposes
on
elected
officials.
That's
everything
from
their
outside
income,
20
sort
of
boards
that
they
sit
on.
B
What
kind
of
money
is
sitting
in
their
PAC,
where
that
money's
coming
from
a
lot
of
that
information
is
publicly
accessible,
but
just
because
something
is
publicly
accessible
doesn't
mean
that
it's
easily
accessible
yeah.
So
we
wanted
to
make
a
centralized
hub
where
someone
could
find
all
that
you
shouldn't
have
to
be
computer,
savvy
or
web
savvy
or
policy
savety
to
be
able
to
find
out
if
your
elected
official
could
have
any
conflict
of
interest
on
any
policy
that
they're
voting
on.
B
So
that's
still
in
the
process
of
getting
all
pulled
together
and
in
Korean
in
this
online
hub,
but
it
was
codified
and
it
was
in
ordinance.
It's
part
of
the
city
code
and
it's
it's
great
that
something
like
that
is
part
of
the
city
code,
because
ten
years
from
now,
if
none
of
us
are
here,
if
we
all
are
in
different
offices
or
different
jobs,
or
if
we
move
away,
that's
something.
That's
still
there
and
as
excite.
B
Can
catch
them
yeah
yeah
and
that's
the
thing
it's
it's
it's
everyone
around
now
is
a
good
actor
and
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
stuff
like
that,
but
you
aren't
only
planning
for
today
you're
planning
for
things
being
in
good
shape
when
you're
not
there
or
in
the
future.
So
that's
something
that
I'm
really
proud
of,
because
people
should
be
able
to
find
that
information
really
easily.
Everybody.
A
B
No,
no,
not
at
all
he's
an
incredibly
fun
boss
and
I
mean
he
his
heart.
He
definitely
cares
so
much
about
the
residents
and
the
way
where
it
can
be
11,
something
at
night
and
he'll.
Call
us
and
he'll
be
like
hey,
I,
just
thought
of
this
one
issue
in
the
community.
What
do
you
think
of
this?
And
sometimes
you
have
to
be
like
hey,
let's,
let's
wait
till
9:00
a.m.
B
So
I
think
that
he
really
knows
that
if
you
have
a
job
like
this
you're,
not
doing
it
to
get
a
huge
paycheck
or
anything
like
that,
you're
doing
it
because
you
you
want
to-
and
you
like
to
and
it's
fun
and
exciting
to
you
and
you
like
the
fact
that
you
get
to
be
involved
in
public
service,
so
I
think
being
able
to
build
his
team
around
that.
We
have
four
people
in
our
office
and
we
have
interns.
B
We
have
fellows
that
come
in
and
out,
but
just
knowing
that
everyone
is
there
because
they
want
to
be
and
knowing
that
he
can
have
a
team
that
want
to
grow
on
certain
projects
that
they
want.
He
really
appreciates
that
and
we're
all
there
to
help
people
and
get
a
job
done,
but
it's
also
an
opportunity
for
all
of
us
to
really
grow
and
excel
at
what
we're
doing
while
we're
there.
The
other
day,
I.
A
Was
at
a
5k
race,
making
some
announcements
before
they
left
and
then
I
was
supposed
to
introduce
councilman
O'connor
to
say
a
few
words
he's
like
the
Scrat
said:
I,
don't
want
to
say
a
few
words.
Nobody
cares
what
I
have
to
say.
They
just
want
to
start
the
race
and
I
thought
a
politician
refusing
an
opportunity
to
speak
publicly.
That's
a
miracle
yeah
yeah,
so
he's
sort
of
uncharacteristically
humble
yeah.
B
It's
it's
it's
nice
and
it's
refreshing
to
not
kind
of
always
want
to
stand
on
formality
or
anything
like
that
and
and
I
think
he
lot
of
people
know
him
and
they
know
his
family
he's
not
some
big
upstart
guy
who
just
like
blew
into
town
or
anything
like
that
so
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
if
you're
like
getting
ready
to
run
the
Greenfeld
glide,
you
want
to
focus
on
that.
5K.
B
A
B
There's
our
city
workforce
is
huge
and
I
think
that
people
don't
always
realize
just
how
many
people
are
working
in
the
system
to
make
sure
that
everything
is
operating
smoothly.
When
you
call
the
department's
of
permits
license
and
inspections
to
ask
a
question,
there's
someone
there
waiting
to
answer
it
and
if
they
don't
know
they
can
run
that
up
the
flagpole
to
someone
else,
and
you
can
picture
smaller
processes
like
that.
B
Just
replicated
a
million
times
over
and
in
every
single
department,
so
people
who
are
going
out
and
and
doing
the
work
on
our
streets
and
our
infrastructure.
It's
not
just
the
people
that
you
see
doing
that
incredibly
hard
job.
They
have
support
staff,
they
have
people
in
their
offices
behind
them.
So,
knowing
that
all
of
this
miraculous
stuff
gets
done
because
there
are
so
many
people
involved,
I
feel
like
people
might
not
necessarily
I
always
realize
that
there
are
these
really
big
teams
behind
all
these
projects,
making
sure
that
it
happens.
B
B
So
just
knowing
that
even
in
the
micro
sense,
where
you're
part
of
your
own
council
office
staff,
in
my
case,
but
also
in
the
more
macro
sense
that
you're
surrounded
by
people
in
this
greater
City
work
force
all
working
toward
a
common
goal
of
having
server
and
can
be
able
to
go
about
and
live
their
lives
in
Pittsburgh
and
it'd.
Be
a
happy
healthy,
enjoyable
place
to
be
Matt.