Steelers-Ravens Matchup Sparks Pittsburgh Mayor's Name Quandary
With the Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship game on Sunday, how inappropriate is it that Pittsburgh's mayor is named Luke Ravenstahl?
Inappropriate enough that the mayor has temporarily changed his name to Luke Steelerstahl for the week. He went so far as to make an appearance at the Allegheny County Department of Court Records to sign the paperwork, though he didn't follow through on the process because of the police background check and other time-consuming elements to it.
The unofficial change will have to be good enough. After all, the mayor putting his name in limbo could open the door to legal challenges of such acts as vetoes of municipal legislation.
"You'd have to ask the legal folks that question," Ravenstahl-turned-Steelerstahl told Rich Lord of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I guess there's no truth to the rumor, either, that [Council President] Doug Shields came down and applied to be Luke Ravenstahl now that I've given up my name."
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