Two-term City Councilman Bill Peduto says he won’t run for mayor next year and will travel much of the summer to get away from the pettiness of city politics.

Peduto is a two-time mayoral candidate who was thought by some to be the primary challenger for the Democratic nomination next year when Mayor Luke Ravenstahl runs for re-election. Ravenstahl is also a Democrat.

But Peduto says he’ll run for one more four-year term on council but doesn’t have plans beyond that. One thing’s for sure, Peduto says he doesn’t want to leave Pittsburgh.

He plans to spend 40 of the next 105 days traveling to Boston, Washington, Turkey and Norway. During the trips he’ll study everything from pension fund questions to “green” government initiatives.
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