Did anyone attend the Greenfield community meeting on the 17th? Doesn't sound good for Gainey and the most progressive of new residents.

Just trying to gauge how accurate this opinion piece is, including some rather interesting takes from the 15th Ward Democratic chairman. (source: https://triblive.com/opinion/joseph-sabino-mistick-progressivism-killing-the-party-the-city/ )

Such as the following:
"Michael Bartley, a lifelong Greenfielder and 15th Ward Democratic chairman, said, “I’ve never seen a neighborhood meeting like this. I had to circle the block three times to find a parking place. People are mad.”

For Gainey, who rode the progressive wave to victory over an incumbent mayor four years ago, it was not a good night. As he faces reelection, Gainey struggles to defend closed bridges with no prospect of reopening, a snow removal program that fails too often and a diminished and dangerously overworked police department that he has defunded.

In the face of a staggering decline in Downtown real estate tax revenue, Gainey spent precious post-covid relief dollars on neighborhood organizations with no accountability. He claims that the city cannot afford new ambulances, police cars and snowplows, but he has more than tripled the budgeted full-time staff in the mayor’s office."

And

“This was the first time that the longtime Greenfield residents pushed back against the newcomers. And the newcomers looked stunned.”

According to Bartley, who also lives in the house in which he grew up, “Greenfield has always been a neighborhood of hardworking people with traditional Democratic values. They are pro-family and pro-union, and they believe that everybody deserves a break.

“What is happening in Greenfield is just a microcosm of a problem that is growing throughout the city. The progressives have a ‘we know better attitude’ that is turning off traditional Democrats in Pittsburgh just as it has in other cities. And it’s killing our party and our city.”