That was Dr. Steinhauer’s great thought after last night’s meeting. It didn’t matter that they had to lie, fool with the numbers, raise our taxes astronomically, focus on construction and litigation rather than education, and ignore what the majority of citizens of Mt. Lebanon wanted. I looked around in that meeting room that holds eighty people and saw the smiling faces of the proponents of the High School renovation. I thought to myself, "These are the people who wanted it. They’re all in this small room."
Repeat after me: "It's going to be great for our community."
I went downtown yesterday and paid my county taxes. I had to wait for the man in front of me to remove his shoes before going through the metal detector. That gave me time to take off my coat and place it and my purse on the belt. I felt sorry for him. The County taxes are the “easy” ones to pay.
Repeat after me: "It's going to be great for our community."
Dan Miller was trying to cap the amount of parking spaces in the Discussion session. His point was that you can’t put ten pounds of potatoes in a five pound bag. It didn’t matter if they were Russets or sweet potatoes (or students or faculty.) It was a basic concept, which couldn’t be grasped by Raja, Dave, or Joe.
Repeat after me: "It's going to be great for our community."
Matt Kluck quoted “The Mt.Lebanon Comprehensive Plan” which can be found at http://pa-mtlebanon.civicplus.com/DocumentView.aspx?DID=13 . He reminded his peers of the community development objectives that were identified as the vision for the Comprehensive Plan as printed on page 1-3. This Plan also identifies “Rising school taxes” as the number two threat to Mt. Lebanon .
Repeat after me: "It's going to be great for our community."