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B-PEP PRESS CONFERENCE ON VOTING https://youtube.com/live/MvZ3S-bCn7M?feature=share #18ricco #pittsburghphotographer #pittsbrughvideographer #pittsburghproducer #pittsbrughphotojournalist #vote2023 #vote #nodaysoff #GodIsGreat #B-PEP #BPEP #pressconference  

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THIS IS ONE OF 5 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AROUND THE CITY WITH THE NEW POLICE CHIEF. THIS DISCUSION HAPPENED IN THE HILL DISTRICT AUG 24, THERE IS ONE SEPT 5, AT THE NORTHSIDE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (NPP). THE THIRD CONVERSATION WILL BE HELD SEPT 21, AT BEULAH BAPTIST CHURCH. THERE WILL BE ONE HELD AT THE CEA COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ASSOCIATION ON OCT 5TH. THE LAST COMMUNITY CONVERSATION WITH THE NEW POLICE CHIEF WILL BE AT TRINITY AME CHURCH. ALL OF THE EVENTS START AT 6PM TO 8 PM. THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE HAD A FEW QUETIONS ON POLICING, HOW TO TALK WITH POLICE, POLICIES, AND SO MUCH MORE THAT IS ALSO ON THE COMMUNITY'S MIND. THE EVENTS ARE LISTED IF YOUR PART OF THAT COMMUNITY COME OUT TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS. #18ricco #PITTSBURGHPOLICE #BPEP https://youtu.be/52Hj0MqpY6g

  I WANTED TO CONNECT A NAME TO A FACE OF CANDIDATES WHO ARE RUNNING FOR ANY OFFICE. THERE HAS BEEN TO MANY TIMES WHEN WE HAVE WALED IN A VOTING BOOTH AND WONDERED WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? WELL HERE ARE 14 CANDIDATES OUT OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY THAT I INTERVIEWED AND ALL WERE ASKED THE SAME 5 QUESTIONS AND HERE ARE THEIR ANSWERS. THESE ARE NOT ALL THE CANDIDATES IN THESE RACES THESE ARE THE CANDIDATES THAT GOT BACK TO ME AND SET UP THE INTERVIEWS. I WOULD LOVE TO INTERVIEW ALL CANDIDATES FOR ALL RACES THAT I CAN POSSILBLE INTERVIEW BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION. THIS IS TO EDUCATE THE VOTERS AND IS NOT FOR THE CANDIDATES!!! IF THERE ARE ANY CANDIDATES THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET INTERVIEWED AFTER MAY 16TH OR BEFORE ANY ELECTION EMAIL MARTELLOGINO@YAHOO.COM OR TEXT 412-583-6901. ALL INTERVIEWS ARE DONE UNTIL AFTER MAY 16TH 2023 DUE TO DEADLINES. ALL CANDIDATES I INTERVIEWED ARE BELOW WITH LINKS TO THE INTERVIEWS. GET OUT AND VOTE! NOT IN ANY ORDER: RUNNING FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE SARA INNAMORATO https://

PITTSBURGH EVENTS... KENTE ARTS ALLIANCE INTERVIEW https://youtu.be/t5J_4FNjuv0 CHECK OUT THIS INTERVIEW WITH KETNE ARTS ALLIANCE AND GO TO THEIR WEBSITE KENTEARTS.ORG #18RICCO #PITTSBURGHPHOTOGRAPHER #KENTE #KENTEARTS #KENTEATRSALLIANCE #NODAYSOFF #PITTSBURGHPHOTOGRAPHER

PHOTO(S) BY. J.L. MARTELLO /18RICCO BETHANY HALLAM IN FRONT WITH GOLD BLAZER POSES FOR PHOTO WITH SOME OF HER SUPPORTERS WHO CAME OUT TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT EVENT. FULL VIDEO OF SPEECH IS BELOW... MS. HALLAM GREETED HER SUPPORTERS, TOOK PHOTOS WITH EVERYONE AND TALKED TO EVERYONE ABOUT THEIR ISSUES THEY HAD. HALLAM GAVE A SPEECH WHERE SHE SPOKE ABOUT SOME THINGS SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN HER FIRST TERM. HALLAM SAYS, "WE BANNED FRACKING IN OUR COUNTY PARKS, AND WE INCREASED FUNDING FOR LEAD REMEDIATION IN OUR HOMES". WE CREATED THE COUNTY'S FIRST CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD." AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WERE DONE ON COUNCIL IN THE LAST 3 YEARS. PHOTO(S) BY. J.L. MARTELLO /18RICCO COUNTY COUNCIL AT LARGE WOMAN BETHANY HALLAM GIVING SPEECH TO HER SUPPORTERS AT HICTHHIKERS BAR ON THE 26TH OF JAN 2023 HALLAM ALSO SHARED SOME OF HER PAST WITH DRUG ADDITION GOING FROM PAIN KILLERS DUE TO TWO ACL TEARS, LEADING HER TO HERION. HALLAM EXPLAINED HOW SHE Q

THE ACBA HOMER S BROWN DIVISION WITH BOTH HONOREES ALYSIA KEATING AND SUMMER LEE... PHOTO/VIDEO BY J.L. MARTELLO/18RICCO https://youtu.be/AdWLOvstHhA THIS IS THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION'S 24TH ANNUAL REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PRAYER BREAKFAST AND PROGRAM. THIS IS WHERE THE ACBA HOER S BROWN DIVISION HONORS 2 INDIVIDUALS ONE WITH THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDEE THIS YEAR BEING ALYSIA M KEATING, ESQ. KEATING JOINED THE ACBA AS DIRECTOR OF DIVESRSITY AND GENDER EQUALITY AND SERVED AS A LIAISON FOR THE HOMER S BROWN DIVISION AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHE ACBA GROUPS. THE SECOND AWARD THAT THE ACBA GIVES OUT IS THE DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE AWARD THIS YEAR GOING TO NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESSWOMAN SUMMER LEE WHO IS AN ATTORNEY A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN FROM WESTERN PA TO BE ELECTED AS STATE REP AND NOW THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO CONGRESS FROM THE SAME AREA. YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THESE AMAZING WOMEN IN THIS VIDEO. #18RICCO #ACBA #HOMERSBROWN

                                            PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO / 18RICCO I HEARD IT WAS -4 DEGREES ON DEC. 23RD 2022, SO I WANTED TO GO THE THE RIVER IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH TO PHOTOGRAPH AND VIDEO TAPE ONE OF THEM. THE WIND WAS BLOWING CRAZY THROUGH OUT THE CITY, HOWEVER NOT AS STRONG OR AS COLD AS IT WAS BY THE ALLEGHENY RIVER. AS SOON AS I GOT BY THE BRIDGE YOU COULD FEEL THE DIFFERENCE HOW STRONG AND COLD IT WAS. I WAS AMAZED BY THE SITE OF THE RIVER DUE TO THE HIEGHT, SPEED AND DIRECTING OF THE WAVES. I HAVE BEEN BY THE RIVER IN ALL TIMES OF THE YEAAR AND NEVER HAVE I SEEN THIS. THE RIVER WAS FLOWING BACKWARDS AS THE POWERFUL COLD WIND WAS BLOWING UP THE OHIO RIVER MAKING THE ALLEGHENY LOOK LIKE IT WAS SUPPOST TO FLOW THAT WAY. THE WAVES WERE NONE STOP FOR THE 20-30 MINS I WAS ON THE CITY SIDE RIVER WALK. THEY HIT THE SIDE OF THE WALK WAY MAKING IT SHAKE, AT TIMES MAKING ME THINK IT WAS GOING TO FALL IN THE RIVER AS THE SOUND WAS POUNDING AS IT SHOOK. I TURNED TO THE LEFT TO LO