Baby, Just GO Outside UPDATED

Being totally out of touch and filled with hate, I bring you this updated version of a Christmas classic.




Update December 10, 2018 5:21 PM To show how I got with the program, here is a list of more politically incorrect Christmas songs that need to be banned.



1. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus: subjecting minors to softcore porn

2. The Christmas Song: Open fire? Pollution. Folks dressed up like Eskimos? Cultural appropriation

3. Holly Jolly Christmas: Kiss her once for me? Unwanted advances

4. White Christmas: Racist

5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Sees you when you’re sleeping? Knows when you’re awake? Peeping Tom stalker

6. Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Everyone telling you be of good cheer? Forced to hide depression

7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Bullying

8. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas: Forced gender-specific gifts: dolls for Janice and Jen and boots and pistols (GUNS!) for Barney and Ben

9. Santa Baby: Gold digger, blackmail

10. Frosty the Snowman: Sexist; not a snow woman

11. Do You Hear What I Hear: blatant disregard for the hearing impaired

12. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Make the yuletide GAY? Wow, just wow

13. Jingle Bell Rock: Giddy up jingle horse, pick up your feet: animal abuse

14. Mistletoe and Holly: Overeating, folks stealing a kiss or two? How did this song ever see the light of day?

15. Winter Wonderland: Parson Brown demanding they get married…forced partnership



Oh my!!! Look at all the hate we have been singing about all these years!!!

Psst, Mary, the truth is in the numbers UPDATED 10/18/17

During the President's Report at last night's school board meeting, Mary Birks was raving about Jan Klein, Director of Business. You may remember how I listed three reports from Right To Knows, where the FY ending in August 2017, were changed in three consecutive reports.

From Financials ending 09/30/17 

From Financials ending 08/31/17
From Financials ending 07/31/17 updated 10/11/17

Members of the community, as well as a board member have called for an outside audit. At 18:10 time stamp October 17, 2017 school board meeting video, Mary Birks quotes John Irving. 

“Don't forget this, too: Rumors aren't interested in the unsensational story; rumors don't care what's true.”

But at 24:19 of the October 17, 2017 school board meeting video, Mary reported,

Harassment and defamation of character have no place with our professional staff and will not go unanswered.

Here's the thing, Mary. It isn't harassment and defamation of character if the financials are constantly changing. There is also the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. You said it yourself that there were over 40 Right To Knows filed since September. Do you know why so many RTKs were filed? Watch yourself in action at the 40:22 time stamp. A resident asked questions and you were not going to do a back and forth with him.

Birks didn't stop there. Watch how she deals with the same resident mentioned above at the 56:26 time stamp. We were told that Jo Posti was going to make a presentation on the Capital Campaign "reset." Nick asked if we were going to see the presentation. All Birks said was, "Nope." What a nasty woman! 

Mary, the last commenter was absolutely correct. At 1:02:25, we have the right to express our opinions and we are very upset with how we, the public, are being treated at these meetings. 

So before you send your lawyers here to shut me down, let me just say that you are doing nothing to garner votes. Your attitude sucks. Having a Candidates Forum with just your slate present is despicable. How you preside at a meeting is unbelievable. Remember, Karma is a bitch.

Update October 18, 2017 9:02 AM Watch School Board Director Hugh Beal's reaction after Mary Birks shut down Mt. Lebanon resident, Nick Meduho. Also, please read what Mike Riemer, Stephen Strotmeyer, and Aviva Diamond say about community participation.

Friends of Mt. Lebanon Education

21 hrs · 

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren said: “education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.” Pennsylvania’s system of more than 500 locally-elected school boards epitomizes participatory government. In Mt. Lebanon, our residents elect the board of school directors empowered to decide on educational and financial matters with community needs, values, and expectations in mind. Community participation in that decision-making process should be encouraged. School directors are reflective of our constituency, and the ability to engage in open discussion with residents is critical to effective, accountable, transparent and ethical public school governance. Our residents should be made to feel welcome at all public meetings, whether as observers or participants. Future encouragement of residents to express personal viewpoints, whether in agreement or opposition to the school board needs to be cultivated and facilitated.

Ultimately, as voters, you have the opportunity to indicate your support for candidates that value a variety of views within Mt. Lebanon.

This November 7th, if you value representative democracy at the most grassroots level, please vote for Mike Riemer (in both the 4-year & 2-year seats), Stephen Strotmeyer, and Aviva Diamond. Our slate will work to restore a willingness to engage in civil discussions with our community as they pertain to our educational framework.

Would this be harassment? UPDATED

This is on McNeilly Road. Photo was taken this morning around 8:10 AM.

Update February 8, 2016 9:05 AM An eyewitness reported that a doe was walking along the side of the road when a pickup truck went speeding up McNeilly going at least 60 miles per hour where the speed limit is 25 mph. The driver never stopped. This deer/vehicle collision is 100% driver's fault, yet will be another statistic where it will be the deer's fault.

Laugh of the Day

Mt. Lebanon School District has published their draft of the Bullying Policy on the District website for Monday's meeting, February 14, 2011.
  Bullying Policy

Background

The Mt. Lebanon School District’s goal is to establish a secure school climate, conducive to teaching and student learning that is free from threat, harassment, and any type of bullying behavior. One of the District's core values calls for each member of our learning community to demonstrate respect toward others.

Bullying includes, but is not limited to, physical intimidation or assault; extortion; oral or written threats; malicious teasing, putdowns, social isolation or name calling; threatening looks, gestures, or actions; cruel rumors; and false accusations, including any of the foregoing via electronic communications such as the internet, email, text messaging, or other methods. 

Mt. Lebanon School District has published their draft of their Unlawful Harassment Policy on the District website for Monday's meeting, February 14, 2011.
  Unlawful Harassment Policy

The District also condemns and prohibits any retaliatory behavior against any complainants, witnesses or persons who participate in the investigation of a report or complaint of harassment.

So why is this the Laugh of the Day?   Read my previous posts about the SOS signs and our School Board Directors.  Granted, waking up to an SOS sign outside my window was not on school property, but this is leading by example?  What?  You say it could be kids?  Just yesterday, I posted that there were no SOS signs on my street.  I complained about the signs on Wednesday.  Why wasn't it kids when complaints were filed in the Fall due to missing VOICE signs, if that even happened?  Why were adults suspected of removing the signs then, but now, it could just be kids?

The VOICE website has this as their headline:
The High School Renovation Project Is Finally a Done Deal!

If it is a done deal, then why are we still being bullied and harassed?