Majority votes don't count.

Last night, the Mt. Lebanon Commissioners reorganized. Our new president is Kristen Linfante and John Bendel is our new vice president. Newly elected Steve Silverman and Dave Brumfield, serving his second term, were sworn in by Judge Alex Bickett of Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.

Commissioners Fraasch, Bendel, Linfante, Brumfield, and Silverman

Joe Senko was appointed as the new treasurer for Mt. Lebanon Municipality and School District, replacing the late John Ferguson. Even though Jack Goldschmidt (R) garnered more votes, the commissioners selected Senko (D). Mt. Lebanon commissioners fill treasurer position

Treasurer Joe Senko

Goldschmidt wins popular vote for Treasurer

David R. Voye, Manager of Balloting and Returns, has finalized the election returns for Mt. Lebanon Treasurer and a copy of all the write-in votes that were cast. The final tally shows that 2,349 votes were cast for John Ferguson and 2,257 votes for a write-in candidate. Mr. Voye tallied the votes cast for Jack Goldschmidt and Joe Senko. His tally shows that Goldschmidt received 1,584 votes and Joe Senko, 561 votes. The remaining 112 write-in votes were for a smattering of people that included Bill Hoon, Dave Egler, Carol Ferguson, Temp Smith, Jack Doyle, of course, Elmer Fudd. There were 474 Republicans and 678 Democrats who cast straight party line ballots. These folks had no idea that John Ferguson had passed away.  Goldschmidt beat John Ferguson by over 300 votes. Since both Senko and Goldschmidt ran campaigns to replace John Ferguson, shouldn't Goldschmidt clearly be considered the winner (by a margin of 3 to 1)?

According to the school board meeting on November 18, 2013:

(3) Appointment of Real Estate Tax Collector: RESOLVED, That the Board appoints Joseph T. Senko as the interim Real Estate Tax Collector beginning December 1, 2013, until further action by the Board at an annualized rate of $10,000 per year ($833.33 per month).

(4) Appointment of Delinquent Real Estate Tax Collector: RESOLVED, That the Board appoints Joseph T. Senko as the interim Delinquent Real Estate Tax Collector beginning December 1, 2013, until further action by the Board at no remuneration.

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