City Councilman Bill Peduto wanted to conduct a political experiment. After working as chief of staff for his predecessor, former councilman Dan Cohen, he thought it might be his turn to run for office in 2001. “I ran under the promise to myself that I would do everything that I thought was right, even though it may be politically wrong,” said Peduto. “I was just going to be me, I was going to vote the way that was right and let the chips fall where they may. And it was almost like a political experiment.” An unusual career path The critic