Public Hearing for the Elimination of the Super Vote on Tuesday

OK, Lebo Citizen Readers, the public hearing to eliminate the super vote is on Tuesday. Bill 7-15 is to change the number of commissioners permitted to incur debt from four commissioners to only three commissioners.

Currently, a simple majority of the Commission is authorized to make decisions regarding expenditures, capital programs, budgets, and setting of tax rates. However, the Charter requires a super majority of the Commission to make decisions regarding debt. This ordinance would change the Charter regarding the number of commissioners required to incur debt to promote uniformity in financial decision making.

This amendment requests that the Department of Elections of Allegheny County places this on the Election Ballot for November 3, 2015.

To read more about this, see my May 22, 2015 post, The financial ruin of Mt. Lebanon

Prove the person wrong who wrote: "WHY IS IT SO EASY FOR YOU FOLKS TO GROUSE ON THIS BLOG AND SO DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO WALK TWENTY FEET FROM A CHAIR TO A PODIUM AND TAKE THEM ON?"  This is a public hearing. Don't even bother writing in to say "there is only one sure way to change things and that is through the voting booth" or "vote in new candidates." Now is the time to say something.