NEWS
May 18, 1989 | From Times Wire Services
Backers of a grass-roots campaign to curb development in Seattle expressed surprise and elation Wednesday at the decisive victory of a ballot initiative limiting construction of office towers in the city. Despite a media blitz by developers and elected officials opposed to the measure, the Citizens' Alternative Plan, or CAP, was passed overwhelmingly in Tuesday's single-issue special election. With 99% of precincts reporting, the vote was 42,643 in favor and 26,303 against the measure restricting the density and height of downtown buildings for the next 10 years while a long-range development plan is adopted.
NEWS
February 4, 1993 | Associated Press
Mayor Sophie Masloff said she was leaving government service, accepted a toast from employees and friends and took the rest of the day off. Masloff, 75, the first woman to serve as Pittsburgh's mayor, said Tuesday that she would not run in this year's city election.
NEWS
May 26, 1989 | From Associated Press
Mayor Sophie Masloff was confused Thursday as to who is coming to town for a rock concert this summer. Masloff, 71, who recently called the Grateful Dead the "Dreadful Dead" and the group's fans "Deadenders," asked Three Rivers Stadium officials about an upcoming concert by "The How." "Not The How, The Who," said George Whitmer, the stadium authority's chairman. "The who?" Masloff asked. "Yes," Whitmer replied. "Is there a Who group and a How group?" Masloff asked.
SPORTS
February 15, 1990 | From Times Wire Services
Pirates President Carl Barger, reacting to reports that millionaire developer Edward J. DeBartolo is interested in buying the club, said today the Pirates are not for sale. Barger denied that the public-private consortium that bought the team in 1985 has any plans to sell, although DeBartolo reportedly told Mayor Sophie Masloff and two Allegheny County commissioners last Friday that he would be interested in the team.