WHAT’S EATING JIM MOTZNIK?

PITTSBURGH - This reliable news publication has learned that the source of Pittsburgh City Councilor Jim Motznik’s discontent has little to do with recent allegations against him by local pundit and blogger John McIntire and more to do with a sobering discovery he made while plotting his next political stratagem. A colleague close to the councilor, who declined to go on record, said that the disturbing incident occurred at the District 4 councilor's office when Motznik started fiddling with his computer during a scheduled session of “brainstorming.”

“Hours passed, and, well, we weren’t really getting anywhere with that, so I suggested that he load his official City portrait into myheritage.com, just for kicks -- to see what celebrities he looked like,” said the colleague. “His number one match came back as Billie Jean King.”

Even though King is, by all accounts, one of the most accomplished female tennis players in the sports' history, Motznik apparently was none too pleased that the most famous person he resembled was a self-proclaimed "[gonad]-busting woman" with big, googly glasses.

“As if that weren’t enough, the Web site’s face recognition program also likened him to Jimmy Carter. That pushed him over the edge, resulting in a mild form of traumatic neurosis, I believe, that has him convinced that fellow councilman Bill Peduto is out to get him,” said the colleague.

The colleague avowed that it was at his suggestion Motznik “work through his issues” by blogging.