Just when the prayers were kicking in

On February 28, 2012, former school board president, Josephine Posti told me that she was praying for me. Apology To Josephine Posti It took some time for her prayers to kick in, but they did. Early this morning, I mailed Holiday Greetings to Timmy, various school board members past and present, my favorite commissioners, and members of the Sports Advisory Board. Lo and behold, a water main break occurred at the post office on Castle Shannon Blvd this morning.

TRAFFIC ADVISORY 12/14/14 11:01

(MT LEBANON TOWNSHIP - 460.625) FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH MAJOR WATER BREAK, POST OFFICE AND SEVERAL VEHICLE IMPACTED, REQUEST PAWC [PEN084]

Josephine Post, spokeswoman for Pennsylvania American Water was on the scene. Jo, were you able to salvage my greeting cards?

Mt. Lebanon water main break to result in 'significant' damage to garage
Here is a video of the flooding.

Timmy, Mary, Elaine, Eddie, Kristen, John, Steve, Dave, Dave, Dave, Dave, Dave, Dave, (can never have too many Daves) He Who Shall Not Be Named, and Jo, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. My card was in the mail. ;)

Fraasch on Flooding UPDATED 2X

During the Commission Discussion Session on Tuesday, Commissioner Kelly Fraasch gave a jaw dropping presentation on the flooding issue in Mt. Lebanon. Kelly included photos of the devastation our neighbors are expected to endure. Her presentation was uploaded to her blog and can be seen in her post, Stormwater in Mt Lebanon.

Sadly, some of this year's photos were from Castle Shannon Blvd., in Dave Brumfield's ward. His constituents addressed these issues a year ago, during Citizen Comments at the August 13, 2013 Commission meeting.  Did anyone see Castle Shannon Blvd. stormwater listed in the new bond issue? I didn't. At that same meeting, I talked about our aging infrastructure and how the unassigned funds should not go toward turf, at that time, for Mellon Field.

It is also sad that Dave Brumfield has not fought for relief for his constituents on Castle Shannon Blvd. He would rather put the money into turf. You are a real piece of work, Dave.

Please listen to the August 13, 2013 podcast here. Mr. Ellis' comments begin at the 00:31:00 time stamp.


The Gateway update on flooding is on the municipal website here or listen to the podcast here. The Ellis property was discussed and Dave Brumfield was a part of that discussion. Here's an idea, Dave. Instead of spending $800,000 on toxic turf, take that money and put it in the stormwater fund so that people like the Ellis family, can go back to living normal lives.

Update August 14, 2014 6:43 PM Mt. Lebanon commissioners hear flooding concerns, approve storm sewer project (Saved in Google Docs)

Elaine Gillan also criticized the board.
“You have no business paying $800,000 for a turf field and then issuing a bond on stormwater management infrastructure (and collecting) a million a year in stormwater fees,” she said. “Moody’s downgraded us (to AA-2). You guys have really lost it.”

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“It flooded nine days ago as well ... what would happen if there’s an emergency and someone needs to get to the hospital?” Elaine Gillan, of 735 Vallevish Ave., asked. “With the construction going on there, we should have a temporary exit strategy.”

Our Chief of Police, Coleman McDonough, assured residents that the police department has keys to the gates and would be able to open them in an emergency.

August 14, 2014 8:41 PM A little fact checking. We were told by Gateway that Middle and Wildcat are 2 feet higher in elevation. Here is what Google Earth says about that.