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Heh. Don’t know what to make of this, but Franco Harris’ wikipedia entry currently asserts that “Harris’ son F. Dok Harris is about to announce he will be running for mayor of Pittsburgh.” That remark was added yesterday, as near as I can tell.
Franco himself has long been active in Democratic Party activities, and I know people who have long hoped he would run for something. But I’m guessing “hoax.” A slightly earlier version of the wikipedia page includes this information:
“Additionally, Dok does not always brush his teeth before leaving the house.”
A check of “Forge Ahead,” the alleged campaign Web site of “Harris for Pittsburgh,” says only “Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.”
I guess we’ll soon know whether that’s true or not. But I wouldn’t click on the “donate” button quite yet.
This article appears in Feb 26 – Mar 4, 2009.
In case anyone stumbles on this, the campaign is most definitely not a hoax. Mr. Harris has a strong academic background in civic policy and planning, a history of civic action and activism on behalf of Pittsburgh and of progressive policies, and a strong academic and practical background in business. He is generating some real interest among those who believe we can do better than the current mayor. http://www.harrisforpittsburgh.com/biography.html
He’s running as a third party candidate for mayor, which is why you didn’t see him on the Democratic ballot (he had to re-register as an independent to run “third party”).
The “forgeahead” part is a campaign e-mail address–and the campaign theme–not the web page.