Are you sitting down? $1,352.81 PER DEER KILLED

Mt. Lebanon has posted the final report for the 2018 "Sharpshooting" Program. FIFTY SEVEN deer were killed for a total cost of $77,110. That comes to $1,352.81 PER DEER. 31 of those deer were killed on private property, costing taxpayers $41,937.11. Are you f-ing kidding me?

Here is the report.

2018 "Sharpshooting" Final Report

Recommendations for next year:

1. Add Williamsburg Park and Hoodridge Park to discharge high powered rifles.

2. Extend the shooting hours of high powered rifles on private and public property to seven days a week and 3:00 PM to midnight.

3. Non-traditional Trap and shoot in areas such as Morrison Drive and Virginia Manor's Valleyview Drive. (Remember Merlin the Magnificent?)

4. Conduct another deer population estimate*

*The last estimate was done by Tony's buddy (who estimated on the phone, had never stepped foot in Mt. Lebanon, nor knew the size of Mt. Lebanon) to be between 700-900 deer.

Come on Mt. Lebanon residents - WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dog Pilot Program Fails

The Commissioners voted tonight on Dave Brumfield's Pilot Program to allow leashed dogs in Williamsburg Park.

The vote was 2 - 2. Dave Brumfield and Kelly Fraasch voted for it. Kristen Linfante and John Bendel voted against it. Matt Kluck was not present. Motion failed.

What if there was another park added? UPDATED 2x

I uploaded the podcast of last night's Parks Advisory Board meeting. It is available here. I have not had time to create a soundbite of the Williamsburg Park portion of the meeting, but will try to get to it later today and add it as an update. Here are three photos that I took yesterday of Williamsburg Park. The photos don't do it justice. It is gorgeous.

The Williamsburg Park discussion is during the last 6 minutes or so of the meeting. One of the PAB members gave an update about the Williamsburg experiment. Kelly Fraasch asked, "What if there was another park added?" Oh great. Now we will have more people fighting. This is exactly what I predicted. The animosity will spread throughout the community. Can't we just clear off an area in one of the passive parks for dogs and forget the neighborhood parks? Can't we just stick with the current ordinance and worry about more important issues? More time has been spent over this than the pool fiasco. That is worrisome to me.

Update September 4, 2013 5:36 PM Here is the soundbite to the PAB meeting concerning Williamsburg Park.

Update September 5, 2013 8:55 AM A Lebo Citizens reader sent this photo of the sign in Iroquois Park taken yesterday. 

Iroquois Park

This blog is officially full of crap. UPDATED

Susan would never do this. I received some photos of Williamsburg Park that a resident wanted me to share.

Popular spot - corner of basketball court.

Pretty disgusting, but here is a before and after:

Pre chalk drawing

Poor Ella. Did she step in it?

Next to the bench

Yes, Lebo Citizens has reached a new low. Certainly journalism at its finest. But this is what we will be seeing in all the parks, if this goes through. Dave Brumfield sure has his work cut out, cleaning up the crap in our town, both in and out of the Commission Chambers.

Update September 1, 2013 5:40 PM All pilot program fees collected will be used for repainting the official car used by the Commissioner implementing the Pilot Program for his or her ward.

Brumfield's Williamsburg Park Pilot Program Update

Last night, Dave Brumfield outlined his pilot program permitting dogs from his ward to use Williamsburg Park. He explained that about 20% of the residents are very much in favor of it, 20% are very much against it, and the remaining 60% don't care either way. The way I look at it, Dave Brumfield is appealing to 20% of his constituents with this pilot program.

I understand it started during a Parks Advisory Board meeting in January, before the amended ordinance permitting dogs in Twin Hills, a passive park. Dog owners went before the Parks Advisory Board and wanted to get special permission to bring their dogs to Williamsburg Park.

During the Discussion Session, Dave pledged to patrol his park during the course of the pilot program, in addition to the additional police presence required to monitor and enforce the pilot program. The pilot program is to last for 90 days. He also said that neighbors will be policing neighbors. Based on the questions Commissioner Linfante asked during the discussion session, led me to believe that she is not in favor of this program.

Last night, several residents spoke on both sides of this issue. A petition of 80 signatures against this pilot program was presented to the Commission. One resident was bold enough to say that after the meeting, he will go home and walk his dog through Williamsburg Park, defying the present ordinance. I asked about the fee which would be collected. I also commented that this is the first time that Kristen and I are on the same side of an issue. At that point, Dave asked Kristen to reconsider her stand based on my observation. [Laughter all around.] I also asked how many dogs are expected to come to Williamsburg Park. Dave had no idea. If this pilot program goes to a vote and accepted, and the pilot program is over, the commissioners will evaluate the results and make their determination. I also said that the animosity that has developed in Ward 4, (almost to the point of being physical) will spread to all the other parks in Mt. Lebanon, causing neighbors to fight, turning neighbors against neighbors, while spreading the message that all ordinances are negotiable.

The Commission will continue their discussions next month.

Bats and Dogs

That's bats, not cats. The Allegheny County Health Department has issued a warning to residents in Upper St. Clair and Bethel Park about rabid bats.

Allegheny County Health Department Warns Upper St. Clair/Bethel Park Residents of Rabid Bats

Also,  here is a public service announcement for Ward 4 constituents. How to avoid dog park dangers.

Everything is negotiable in Lebo

Remember all the commotion over dogs in Twin Hills? Mt. Lebanon ordinance change will allow dogs in park According to Dave Brumfield, that seems to be negotiable.

Here is an email sent by Dave Brumfield to residents in his ward concerning dogs in Williamsburg Park. Note how he is doing this before forwarding to his fellow commissioners.

Friends and Neighbors,
Please find attached the draft for the Williamsburg Park Pilot Program we discussed during our June Meeting. I am circulating this draft to every resident that emailed me on this subject but if I missed anyoneplease feel free to forward it. I had hoped to get this out to everyone sooner, unfortunately there were a few tangential issues that I had not forseen that took longer to figure out. I am going to give everyone two weeks to provide me with comments, concerns and/or questions. Please forward any such communication to me by email if possible. On August 23, 2013 I will make any changes that seem appropriate based on the comments and questions I receive. I will then forward the program outline to my fellow Commissioners for consideration during our August 26, 2013 meeting.
Thank you for your interest and involvement with this issue.
Dave Brumfield

Williamsburg Park Pilot Program draft

Is Dave making his own rules? Is this going to carry over to other parks? Where is the $25 permit fee going? Will it be to pay for the Williamsburg bouncer who will be "carding" the dogs? This ought to be good.