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Thursday, February 06, 2003

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

County Council President James Simms has dissolved council's special committee on parks in a move that the committee's chairman has decried as politically motivated.

Councilman Vince Gastgeb, R-Bethel Park, said he suspects Simms, D-Hill District, didn't want a Republican-led committee to get any positive publicity for park improvements in an election year.

"I think it's being done for political reasons," Gastgeb said after receiving a letter from Simms.

Simms said special committees, as opposed to standing committees, are supposed to be dissolved after completing their mission.