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www.newpittsburghcourier.com Vol. 114 No. 32 Two Sections
AUGUST 9-15, 2023
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KEEPING OUR EYE ON POLITICS
Carl Redwood jumps into County Council race, wants Walton’s seat And ‘Liv’ Bennett won’t run for re-election by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that longtime community activist Carl Redwood is jumping into the Allegheny County Council boxing ring, seeking a District 10 seat this November. Only one problem: District 10 is occupied by the anti-diminutive, seven-year Councilman himself in DeWitt Walton, whose presence and voice can be, and has been heard, from a mile away. Walton and Redwood, who are both African American men, want to represent the District that includes many East End Black communities in Pittsburgh, along with Wilkinsburg, Edgewood, Forest Hills and Braddock Hills. Walton, the incumbent, is the Democrat on the ticket. Redwood is running as an independent, and as he describes himself, a socialist. “The rents are too damn high,” voiced Redwood, during a campaign ral-
ly at Community Forge in Wilkinsburg, July 30. “People, particularly Black people, are being forcibly removed from Pittsburgh and Wilkinsburg because the rents are too high. Between 2010 and 2020, 10,000 Black people left Pittsburgh,” according to Redwood, and 2,000 Blacks left Wilkinsburg in that same time frame, Redwood declared. “They went to Clairton, Rankin, Homestead; they went to all the mill towns where the rents are cheaper,” Redwood, standing in front of a group of supporters, said. “On Council, I want to work towards stopping gentrification and reversing that trend so we can get people back in the city.” Redwood wasn’t afraid to say that while some Whites are being forced out due to rising rents, “I focus on Black people...I’m just more in tune with what’s happening in the Black community.” The “focus” on Black SEE REDWOOD A7
LONGTIME PITTSBURGH ACTIVIST CARL REDWOOD is mounting a challenge against Democratic two-term Allegheny County Council District 10 incumbent DeWitt Walton.
Darrelle Revis — from Aliquippa to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Inducted on Aug. 5 with many from Aliquippa in attendance by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
The Aliquippa legend, the now-Pro Football Hall of Famer, Darrelle Revis, finally came clean as he stood on the Hall of Fame stage on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 5, in Canton, Ohio: “I just want to start off by saying, basketball was my first love.” He said what??? “I was nice, now...People back at home from Aliquippa know that I’m a hooper at heart.” It’s true. Revis once scored 35 points in a basketball game as a senior at Aliquippa, a few days after leading the school to a PIAA high school state championship in football. Revis was so good in bas-
ketball that his Quips won back-to-back WPIAL Class AA championships his junior and senior seasons. He was a first-teamer on the Associated Press Pa. Class AA All-State Basketball team. And for Revis, he did make it to the pros. But it wasn’t the NBA. It was the NFL. Revis was a man amongst boys in his high school and college days, starring at the University of Pittsburgh at defensive back and becoming the first pick (14th overall) of the New York Jets in the 2007 NFL Draft. He was such a standout player at corner in the NFL, he was nicknamed “Revis Island,” because SEE REVIS A7
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DARRELLE REVIS, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, Aug. 5.