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From YouTube: CityTalk with John McIntire: Corey O'Connor
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On this episode of CityTalk, John McIntire interviews Pittsburgh City Council District 5 member Corey O'Connor.
A
Welcome
to
another
edition
of
city
talk
here
on
city
channel
Pittsburgh,
I'm,
John
McIntire:
let's
meet
somebody
else
who
works
for
the
city
and
the
taxpayers
and
everybody
in
his
district
for
that
matter.
The
O'connor
councilman
Corey
O'connor
welcome
to
the
program
thanks
for
having
me
councilman
O'connor.
How
long
have
you
been
a
councilman?
This
is
my
seventh
year.
B
Tell
us
about
your
district,
so
my
district
is
actually
one
of
the
more
diverse
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
We
I
represent
a
number
of
areas.
A
number
of
neighborhoods
I
won't
name
all,
but
the
bigger
ones
are
Squirrel
Hill,
Greenfield,
Hazelwood
and
Lincoln
place.
I
live
in
swisselle
Park,
which
is
part
of
14th
Ward,
so
we
have
three
big
Ward's
or
fifteen
fourteen
and
thirty-one.
So
that's
a
lot
of
land
to
cover.
B
A
B
Broad
one
so
potholes
are
probably
number
one
potholes
and
paving
it's
that
time
of
season
in
the
fall
or
obviously
in
the
winter,
comes
the
plowing
streets.
So
you
know
you
sort
of
after
seven
years.
You
get
a
feel
for
what
time
of
year
it
is
when
the
weather
changes
and
what
kind
of
calls
you're
gonna
get,
but
we
always
make
sure
that
we
we
try
to
get
as
many
projects
done
as
we
possibly
can
or
constituent
calls,
as
we
can
possibly
do
so.
You
hear
about
the.
B
Big,
actually
we're
looking
to
install
a
couple
bike
share
programs
in
the
district.
We
don't
have
any.
We
did
do
a
couple
bike,
Corral's
and
actually
in
Squirrel
Hill.
They
designed
by
cracks
as
shaped
of
squirrels.
So
it's
pretty
unique
and
representing
both
major
two
of
the
four
major
parks,
Frick
and
Chen
Lee
I'm,
actually
surprised
that
we
don't
have
a
bike
share.
Yet
just
the
connection
between
the
parks
would
be
a
great
spot
to
have
one
somewhere
on
Forbes,
Avenue
and
I
know
the
square
hole.
Business
district
is
looking
forward
to
having
one.
A
B
B
This
is
what
happened
the
other
day
and
when
you're
there
I
was
just
on
Murray
Avenue
the
other
day,
and
there
was
a
rainstorm,
so
I
was
in
the
pizza
shop
came
out
and
you
could
just
see
the
water
that
was
coming
down
the
hill
and
it's
like.
Oh
wait,
that's
a
major
issue.
We
need
to
address
that,
so
it's
actually
better
to
be
out
in
the
district
than
it
is
downtown.
Most
of
the
time.
How.
A
B
Know
so
I
tell
I,
still
tease
everybody
I'm
still
the
youngest
and
I've
been
for
a
while,
but
I
think
it's
great
that
you
know
young
people
that
have
been
involved.
They
want
to
get
involved
and
we're
seeing
it
not
only
in
City
Council
but
across
the
state,
even
across
the
country.
Now
a
lot
of
younger
people
are
starting
to
get
involved
because
they
see
it's
a
great
time
to
serve,
and
you
know
you're
not
doing
this
for
the
money
everybody
says.
Oh,
you
know
you
do
this,
you
get
paid
so
much.
B
B
I
think
I
get
a
I
knew
your
dad
or
your
dad
did.
This
I
was
just
at
a
constituents
house
this
morning
and
she
said:
look
your
dad
presented
my
daughter
with
an
eighth
grade
award
a
greenfield
school
I
said:
okay.
Well,
you
know
that's
great
and
I
love
hearing
those
stories.
My
mom
loves
to
hear
those
stories.
I
think
I
want
to
say
when
I
first
got
in
somebody,
it
was
almost
weekly.
Somebody
would
mail
me
a
picture
of
them
and
my
dad
somewhere
and
I
said.
That's
great
people
still
remember
him.
B
B
B
B
A
B
B
Think
there's
a
lot
I
mean
there's
a
lot
on
the
table
within
the
district.
We
have
a
lot
of
development
areas
that
we're
looking
at
obviously
Hazelwood
being
a
big
one,
we're
installing
new
lights
at
Magee
field
this
summer.
So
there's
a
lot
of
projects
that
we
have
to
get
done,
we're
actually
replacing
another
bridge
and
doing
a
rehab
of
a
bridge.
So
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
capital
projects,
I
think
citywide.
You
know
we're
pushing
affordable
housing.
B
A
B
Think
upfront
and
it's
scary,
because
you
know
the
market
rates
are
gonna,
go
up,
residential
rates
are
gonna,
go
high
and
that's
why
we
actually
passed
the
bill
a
couple
months
ago
called
deed
restrictions
where,
if
you
buy
a
city
property,
we
now
can
start
controlling
what
you
can
rent
that
out
to
some
individual.
So
now,
all
of
a
sudden,
the
rent
in
Hazelwood
will
not
explode
and
I.
Think
that
is
a
major
concern,
but
we're
also
talking
about
you
know
how
the
residents
are
gonna,
get
hired
on
that
site.
I
mean
that's.