Friday, November 11, 2005

Fifty Cent shooting in the burgh

Some 29 yr old guy was shot by some friends at the Loews movie complex in Homestead. People unfortunately get shot in Homestead all the time. It has nothing to do with 50 Cent movie Get Rich or Die Trying. Why is this a story? Because the Loews complex is built on the old US Steel Homestead works site, it is a mall with Old Navy and other chain stores, it has a huge movie complex, and lots and lots of white people go there to shop, eat crappy microwave food from chain restaurants, and watch over priced movies. Instead of helping Homestead's economy, the complex has actually hurt the business section of Homestead, and has brought no money into the neighborhood. The complex is actually physcially removed from the rest of Homestead. So the police were out in force showing how "safe" this white person area of Homestead is. Hey! What about the people WHO LIVE THERE??? What about their safety? Jeez, such racism! The people of the Hill District and Homestead have got to ORGANIZE!!! REGISTER TO VOTE!!! SHOW NEW MAYOR OCONNER THAT YOUR POLITICAL POWER MATTERS!!! I just read the Hill District is finally going to get a major retail grocery store: An Albi's! You know, the broke ass grocery store where everything is displayed in shipping boxes, the store is just an empty warehouse, you pack your own groceries, and it will bring FEW JOBS to the neighborhood (Albi's doesnt hire lots of people - its a self serve kinda grocery). Pittsburgh has a long way to go to spread the wealth.

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