Burning Bridges

This is what Foster School looked like for the Primary 2018.

The infamous Republican bulletin board has nothing on it. You may remember, if you have been a Lebo Citizens reader since 2011, Jim Cannon and I were not permitted to hang any signage on that board during the May Primary in 2011. How embarrassing...for Republicans. 

Last night, there was a fundraiser for Keith Rothfus and Guy Reschenthaler. How do I know this? 

Matt Kluck sent this email to a bunch of Republicans and me.

Sent: Sat, May 19, 2018 4:02 pm
Subject: Republican Committee of Mt. Lebanon-Spring into Summer Party

Dear Committee and Associates of the RCML,

It is getting close to the biggest fundraiser that the RCML will hold this
year and we need to have your support at the event. Keith Rothfus and Guy
Reschenthaler will be in attendance so we will have some great guests who
will be running for a couple of important seats that we must do everything
in our power to prevail! 

Please extend this information to your friends, neighbor, family and I
encourage you to attend. It is at a great venue and will be an outstanding
party.

Please see all the information below or give me a call with any questions
you have regarding any issue.

Warm regards,
Matt Kluck
RCML Chair


Spring Into Summer Party
June 3 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm $100.00
Please join the Republican Committee of Mt. Lebanon for our Spring Into
Summer party!
St. Clair Country Club, Crossroads Room
2300 Old Washington Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15241
Sunday, June 3, 2018, 6-9 p.m.
Heavy hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, beverages.
Elected officials invited.

Please RSVP by May 26, 2018 with the following information to:
Republican Committee of Mt. Lebanon
PO Box 14525
Pittsburgh, PA 15234
Please make checks payable to RCML
$100 per person
Name(s) ____________________________________
Email Address ________________________________
How many people will be attending_________
I am unable to attend; here is my contribution_______

I just had to reply, sent on May 20, 2018 replying to all.

Matt,

How I wish I would have gotten some communication from you back in October when you were inviting folks to the MLRC meeting. I was working so hard on my blog, lebocitizens.blogspot.com to sway voters away from Democratic candidates vying for seats on the commission, and never even got a hello on the night of the General Election to attend the very dismal after party. My eyes were opened.

I have been a Republican since 1972. I am a super voter.  I have been active in the community since 2010. I was abandoned by my party in 2011, when you all were supporting the guy with the For Sale sign in his yard and had told the press that he was moving far away from Mt. Lebanon. I supported you when you were on the Commission, Matt. I supported you when you ran for school board. In fact, I supported all but one of you on this list who ran for office, and that one was because of the ticket she ran on.

The photo below is from the May 2018 Primary at Foster School. It shows the very board I was not permitted to use in 2011 by your predecessor. It has nothing on it. That is pathetic.

If you had been reading my blog, which is the longest active blog in Mt. Lebanon, bringing the TRUTH to the community, you would know that I am now an official card carrying Democrat. That still gives me chills when I write that, since I have been a Republican for 46 years. But as one very active Democrat said to me, "I guess pigs can fly." We both laughed.

This email serves as my Dear John letter to the MLRC. Please remove me from your email list.

Elaine Gillen

Oops! I see that I was supposed to extend this information to my family, friends, and neighbors. I guess I forgot. 

Former district judge gets GOP nod for special state Senate election, Arnet seeks Democratic nomination UPDATED

Former district judge gets GOP nod for special state Senate election

Former District Judge Guy Reschenthaler won the Republican nomination for a special election in the 37th state Senate district Saturday.

Mr. Reschenthaler resigned his Jefferson Hills judicial position immediately before accepting the nomination that he captured on the fifth round of balloting among Republican officials from the district. The seat includes communities in Allegheny County's southern and western suburbs as well as Peters Township in Washington County.

The special election, which will coincide with the Nov. 3 general election, was prompted by the resignation of former state Sen. Matt Smith, D-Mt. Lebanon, who left the seat to head the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Reschenthaler, a U.S. Navy veteran who was elected to his judicial seat in 2013, will have a head start on campaigning as the Democratic Party has yet to schedule its nominating session. Nancy Patton Mill, the Allegheny County Democratic chair, said she expects their nomination process will take place later this summer.

Six candidates filed for the GOP nomination. On the final ballot, Mr. Reschenthaler tallied 48 votes to capture the nomination over Bethel Park Councilman Paul Dixon, who had 31. There was one abstention.

They were the survivors of a field that included D. Raja, who was the GOP nominee against Mr. Smith when the Democrat won the seat; Natalie Mihalek, a Mt. Lebanon attorney; Tim Young, a former high school principal; and John Schnatterly, a member of the Bethel Park Republican committee.

Word on the street is that Mt. Lebanon's Heather Arnet will probably be chosen as Reschenthaler's opponent.

It will be weeks before Mr. Reschenthaler knows the identity of his November opponent, time that he said he would spend on fundraising and organizing. No Democrat has officially launched a candidacy although Michelle Zmijanac, the head of the Mt. Lebanon Democratic Committee, has expressed an interest in the seat. Another Mt. Lebanon resident, Heather Arnet, the CEO of the Women and Girls Foundation, has also been mentioned as a potential candidate.

Update July 15, 2015 2:20 AM Arnet seeks Democratic nomination for former Sen. Matt Smith's seat

GOP picks nominee on Saturday

GOP to choose nominee for state Senate election

"The GOP meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday at the Crowne Plaza South, 164 Fort Couch Road, Bethel Park.

Mr. Roddey said the deadline to file for consideration for the nomination is Thursday. So far, the GOP candidates include D. Raja, a former county executive candidate who lost the seat to Mr. Smith in 2012; Natalie Mihalek, an Upper St. Clair lawyer and former Allegheny County prosecutor; District Judge Guy Reschenthaler, of Jefferson Hills; Paul Dixon, a four-term Bethel Park council member, and Bethel Park GOP committee member John Schnatterly.