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CBS News
09-04-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Check controversy surrounds Clairton city council meeting
There were fireworks at the Clairton City Hall on Tuesday night as a man running for mayor is raising questions about whether a city check went through the proper approval process. It all stems from questions of who actually signed off on the check and the Clairton mayor says he hasn't done anything wrong and it's all about politics, created by the man who wants to replace him. Mayoral candidate Jim Cerqua filed Right To Know requests, which he presented at the city council meeting on Tuesday night, questioning Mayor Rich Lattanzi about a check from the City of Clairton to Councilwoman Levina Lasich for $416 in October. The check was a payment of a notary license for 12 months signed by the mayor and stamped with the city manager's name, but the city manager said he had no idea about the check because he was not at work when it was signed. "You have your name on here and Howard's stamp on here," Cerqua said at the meeting. "There is a comment here that says 'approved by Howard Bedner.'" "Regardless of what happens in the city when there is a check involved, Howard and myself are the signatories," Mayor Lattanzi responded. "If Howard is not there, we will stamp his name; if I am not there, they stamp my name." When questioned by Cerqua at the meeting if Bedner approved it, the mayor responded "I don't know who put that on, I did not." Beyond just the check, there was also an invoice that claimed the payment was approved by the city manager, who claimed he didn't and couldn't have signed off on it. Lattanzi said the handwriting on the approval isn't his. We spoke with both Mayor Lattanzi and Cerqua following the meeting. "We have an office manager who generates the check and I just them," Mayor Lattanzi said. "I didn't make the check. Either I sign it or he signs it. If the other person can't be there, the office, which is the finance office, they stamp the other person's name. I never stamped anybody's name." "Somebody signed that check or ordered it," Cerqua said. "I can't say he did, but one of those five did. Everybody put their head down. What I'm saying is I'll take it to the agency and let them investigate and find out who actually did it." The mayor said that Councilwoman Lasich had been provided free notary services to the city for years and she ultimately decided to return the check over this controversy.
Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Seth Meyers shares bathroom origin story of Jon Hamm 'SNL' sketch: 'Write it up!'
Sometimes inspiration strikes as nature calls. Back in October 2008, the Saturday Night Live gang was eating dinner at one of creator Lorne Michaels' regular restaurants, Lattanzi, to toast the week's host, Jon Hamm, before heading back to the office to crank out the week's script. "And I remember," Seth Meyers said on a recent episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast. "I went to the bathroom on our way out, and I walked out of the bathroom and saw Andy [Samberg], and I said, 'I just had a sketch idea: Jon Hamm's John Ham, the ham you could eat in the bathroom.' And you said, 'Write it up!'" he recalled to his former costar. Related: Bill Murray says SNL costar Gilda Radner used to 'wet her pants' laughing: 'She'd have to run out of the room' In the sketch, Hamm explains the role of an ad executive, which he would know from his part at the time playing Mad Men's Don Draper. He said that he was there to speak to the audience about a product that didn't need "any glitz or gloss," because it spoke for itself. As sentimental music played in the background, he said that, with John Ham, people would never again have to make the choice of whether to spend their lunch break eating or going to the bathroom. The meat was located in stalls, on a dispenser opposite the ones for toilet paper. He demonstrated by pulling some of the meat off and taking a bite, which elicited big laughs. The sketch aired on October 25, 2008, the first of three times that The Morning Show actor has spent a week in Studio 8H. Hamm, who has popped up for frequent cameos over the years, is scheduled to host for a fourth time — just one away from the Five-Timers Club! — on April 12. Meyers said there aren't many other sketches he can recall the exact moment he wrote them. "By the way, I'm not like talking about it like it's incredible or anything," Meyers told his cohosts, including Samberg, who reassured him it worked."I can talk about it without the worry of having been the one to write it, Seth," Samberg said. "It's a perfect host piece. It's a moment that Jon Ham as an idea is red hot in the world, and everyone's super amped that he's on, and everyone loves Mad Men. Except me, because I hadn't seen it, but it just immediately is what SNL's about." Meyers said that he'd written it "in the time it took you to watch it," but he seemed proud. Related: Every Saturday Night Live season 50 host and musical guest: Jack Black, Jon Hamm, more "Jon Hamm, two minutes. Again, in and out. Doesn't waste any time," Meyers said. "I rewatched it, and it made me happy." Watch the "Jon Hamm's John Ham" sketch above, and listen to the full episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast below. Saturday Night Live airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Yahoo
15-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
2 robots getting put on patrol by Ohio police department
Residents in one Ohio city should soon expect to see robots in the city. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The Dublin Police Department said it will be putting two robots in the city, according to our news partners at WBNS. TRENDING STORIES: Sheriff identifies woman, suspect killed in crash, shooting in Darke Co. Body of pilot recovered after helicopter crashes into Ohio reservoir 31-year-old man dies after being ejected as motorcycle hits guardrail One robot will be placed at Riverside Crossing Park Plaza and the other will be in a parking garage near a library branch. Greg Lattanzi, deputy chief of police, told WBNS the robots will help maximize the department's resources. 'Both of these robots have 360 camera footage that will record as the robot patrols the designated pathway. They will also have a two-way communication feature, light and a call box feature,' Lattanzi said. WBNS reported that the department is leasing the robots and that they'll be able to roam for 12 hours before needing to charge. Lattanzi said the robots could be used to get eyes on a situation before an officer arrives on the scene. The deputy chief also said that he's excited to see how the robots and their technology serve the community. 'We hope the robot brings a sense of security through presence and routine patrols. The robot will also supplement current staff,' Lattanzi said. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
New York Times
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Live From This Italian Restaurant, It's ‘Saturday Night'!
Lattanzi doesn't exactly scream 'celebrity magnet.' Its brick-walled, burgundy-carpeted dining room, lined with black-and-white photos of Rome, feels more antique than affluent. The menu leans on old Italian standbys like veal scaloppine and chicken piccata. There's no bouncer, no photos of famous regulars, no gatekeeping host. The location isn't some trendy downtown neighborhood, but Restaurant Row, a stretch of West 46th Street that's been a theater-district fixture for nearly a century. Yet every Tuesday evening before a new episode of 'Saturday Night Live,' Lattanzi is where you'll find Lorne Michaels, the show's creator and kingpin, and that week's celebrity host, along with a rotating cadre of eight or so carefully chosen 'S.N.L.' producers, writers and cast members. After decades at the helm — the show will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend — Mr. Michaels is well-known for his rituals: the basket of popcorn kept replenished at his desk, the so-called 'Lornewalks' he takes to clear his head, and the Monday meetings in his office with the cast and host, said Susan Morrison, an articles editor at The New Yorker who wrote the forthcoming biography 'Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live.' But the Tuesday dinners are especially sacred, she said — one of the few predictable events in the weekly lead-up to a show that traffics in unpredictability. 'In a week where everything is going 100 miles an hour and everything is hurtling toward Saturday night at 11:30, it was a moment of civilized calm,' she said. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
