PITTSBURGH (AP) – A 12-year Allegheny County councilman has withdrawn his nominating petitions – and thus ended his last re-election bid – in grand style.
Seventy-three-year-old William Robinson’s petitions indicated he personally collected more than 300 signatures from people including actors Russell Crowe and Naomi Watts, comedian Kevin Hart, former Pittsburgh Steeler Jerome Bettis – and his two May primary opponents.
The trouble is none – except the opponents who deny signing the petitions – are residents or registered voters in Robinson’s council district, which covers part of Pittsburgh, Forest Hills and Wilkinsburg.
The Democrat didn’t immediately return a call and email to his office Wednesday.
Robinson’s opponents had filed a court challenge over the petitions. An attorney for the county elections department told a judge Wednesday that Robinson has withdrawn the petitions.
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