A Month of Goodbyes

You have all probably heard that Susan Fleming Morgans, the Public Information Officer, is retiring on March 8. Susan's legacy includes being transparent enough and dismissing almost 400 Not In My Yard Signs (See Latest Right To Know- shaking my head UPDATED 2x), Susan reminding Andrew McNitt that "The purpose of this meeting it [sic] NOT to discuss the potential harmful effects of artificial turf..." , when she attacked The Almanac's tweet and proceeded to call my blog a disreputable local blog filled with a litany of libelous slurs, (See More lies from "the disreputable local blog"), and let us not forget to market, to market, to buy a … the most offensive article Susan ever wrote. She later apologized. To read more about Susan Morgans's contributions as public information officer, search this blog. For all of her followers, Susan Morgans gave a plug for her website,  www.susanflemingmorgans.com in her final column. You can read about her retiring cleaning lady. Of course.

I have not renewed the webhosting fee of $214.80 for my website, lebocitizens.com. I am done spending money on this community. I do want to thank those who sponsored me in the past. I will never forget.

I am so over Mt. Lebanon. There is life in Florida. There are no state income taxes, parking meters, or garages that charge to park. Recycling, including glass, is once a week. Garbage collection is TWICE a week. Yard waste is every Wednesday. Property taxes are VERY low. Gasoline is cheap. They don't worry about scary deer. They coexist with bears, alligators, and snakes. There are no overpaid, snobbish public information officers. Another thing that I am over is the Ward 4 Commissioner.  He continues to be a menace on the roads. But you elected him! No goodbyes from that dude.

I wasn't off by much

My Predictions for 2018 post wasn't off by much.

Jan Klein retired. Craig Grella's next door neighbor came to the rescue.

Timmy is finally working for a change, without a bonus this year.

The School District has become more transparent which translates to less Right To Knows filed. The municipality? Well, they are less transparent than ever. No contract/proposal was ever posted for Tony DeNicola's "sharpshooting."

Ethics complaint finalized - guilty but not enough to issue fines.

Capital Campaign was shut down.

News that Susan Morgans is retiring in three months.

I'm not making any more predictions, because Mt. Lebanon is cleaning house. Here is to a transparent and accountable Mt. Lebanon in 2019.

Happy New Year.

OMG, she's retiring in March!!!

What's in a slogan? Exploring the mysterious mottos of 5 Pittsburgh-area communities

A Community with Character

Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny County

In 2001, Mt. Lebanon leaders created a 17-minute video to promote the community and its school district. The video needed a title, and “A Community with Character” fit the bill.

“I honestly — I just made that up,” said Susan Fleming Morgans, the municipality’s public information officer. “I’m sure nowadays things wouldn’t be so informal. I’m sure it would now be a six-month long project. You’d have to involve the whole staff and all the elected officials.”

Despite the informality, the name stuck.

“It seemed to me we have a lot of character among the people in our community … who volunteer their time to make it a better place to live,” Morgans said.

Several factors led to Morgans’ idea for the phrase. First, the district’s elementary schools had recently launched a character education program. Second, the community had formed its first historic preservation board, aimed at taking pride in the area’s various housing styles from bungalows to Tudors.

It’s also a neutral slogan that can be infused with many meanings.

Maybe a resident likes the town’s sidewalks, welcoming neighbors, dog-friendly vibe, or nature — “maybe that’s something you think gives our community character; you can take from it what you will,” Morgans said.

The phrase is used on marketing materials, such as the community’s website, paperwork for new residents, and magazines.

“What does character mean? It means something different to everybody, but it’s always good,” Morgans said. “I’m retiring in March, so maybe that will be my legacy: Mt. Lebanon, a community with character.”

Susan Morgans and John Hayes, you disgust me.

Susan Morgans and John Hayes, you disgust me. In your article, New regulation expands the role of ‘public’ hunting for suburban deer 

Municipal spokeswoman Susan Morgans said the community kerfuffle has calmed since the deer-reduction policy was enacted, and deer numbers seem to be dropping in parts of Mt. Lebanon. There have been no hunting-related shooting incidents related to the program, she said.

"Community kerfuffle," Susan? You beat us into submission. We have given up. We filed Right To Knows. You cited us. You took us to court. We have shared photographs of hunting-related incidents. We have had protests. We were harassed for walking through parks. We have gone to court. We tried to use facts. We tried to be logical. We feared for our lives and you call it kerfuffle? Despicable.

John Hayes, you call yourself "Outdoors Editor." Please. Why don't you just admit that you are the mouthpiece for the PA Game Commission? You write:

The municipality won a court challenge that attempted to force its commissioners and controlled-hunt organizer to reveal the names of participating hunters and property owners.

For your information, what I was challenging was the right to know WHERE lethal weapons were being discharged, so that people like me with PTSD, could avoid those areas. But evidently, $7,000 later, we don't have that right. Parks remain open during hunting season as well as culling . And now, as you so gleefully like to bring up Mt. Lebanon every chance you can, the public will be shooting in our parks. Thanks, John. You are a real piece of work.

Petras to be next MLPD Deputy Chief of Police Operations Division

From Administrative Report No. 39:

I remember speaking with Paul Petras four years ago at the June 12, 2014 informational turf meeting that was held at Mellon Middle School. In an email from Susan Morgans to Andrew McNitt, Petras was assigned to the meeting. In case there was to be any shouting at the meeting, he was to escort them out of the building.

It is sad how Mt. Lebanon wastes the talents of our MLPD. Coleman McDonough was asked to patrol corn before becoming Police Superintendent of Allegheny County.

Duane Fisher was riding a bike issuing friendly warnings to jaywalkers before leaving to serve as police chief of Allegheny Township, and Petras was charged with ushering out shouting residents.

This can't be good

The Discussion Agenda for Tuesday is here.

Susan Morgans has been allotted thirty minutes to discuss the recycling changes. I have been looking at property in central Florida where the regular garbage is picked up twice a week while the recycling is picked up once a week. I asked the real estate agent what is the fee and is it single stream. She looked at me with a puzzled look and said that there is no additional fee for collection and that it is single stream. Florida doesn't have a state income tax and no local taxes, only county property taxes. The millage is quite low. Now I understand why people go there to retire.

Another agenda item is the discussion of the stormwater fee. That can only mean that there will be an increase. For now, the commission agenda states that they are considering the fee to be collected annually. Again, Florida doesn't charge for a rain tax like Lebo does. Also, there are no parking meters there. Crazy, huh?

For all the trolls out there, I am still remaining in Lebo, but I now know where I am going to move when I get the heck out of here.

From the Ethics Commission website

I still have not received the final order from the PA Ethics Commission, but here is a link to the April 10, 2018 final adjudication posted on the PA Ethics Commission website which is saved in Google Docs. Actual link is here.

Mary Birks spoke at the May 14, 2018 school board meeting and referred to 41 pages of findings. This document has 24 pages. I skimmed over the pages and found that on page 8, Mary attended an Outreach Board of Directors meeting on May 6, 2010, where concerns of conflict of interest were raised by several Outreach board members.

Outreach Board member David Hartman verbalized Birks' need to recuse herself as a Member of the District Board if /when the District Board voted on any matters involving Outreach.

Outreach can't be too happy with how this all went down.

I also find it interesting that the Ethics Commission noted that Mary had left a block blank on her 2016 Statement of Financial Interests filed in 2017 and was deemed deficient. (Page 16) Upon notification of the above referenced deficiency, Birks amended the SFI with the District. I guess the Ethics Commission did not see the boo boo that Timmy made this year. It is ironic how Mary Birks defended Larry Lebowitz. See below.

I can't help but think how the PA Ethics Commission would have a field day over the municipality's SFIs. Statements of Financial Interests are a big thing with the PA Ethics Commission, but Keith McGill, Susan Morgans, Ian McMeans, Dave Brumfield, Bonnie Cross, and a host of others don't or didn't seem to take it seriously. Nick Meduho was on top of this too.

See We don't pay her enough; she's homeless!
We've been lied to repeatedly
T-R-A-N-S-P-A-R-E-N-C-Y
Mt. Lebanon is on a roll

This is like a locker search at Mt. Lebanon High School, announcing what is ahead: I will be filing a Right To Know for all the SFIs for the municipality, Keith. Just a heads up.

"New" Policy on Block Parties

It's always been this way, but according to Mt. Lebanon Magazine, there is a new policy on block parties.

For all my long time Lebo Citizens readers, you may remember these posts on block parties.

September 13, 2015 Another unexpected visitor That is when my buddy, Steve Silverman leaked out this information to his friend, who then came to my door and told me to mind my own business.

September 17, 2016 I know. Mind my own business. Susan Morgans' family has since moved from Sleepy Hollow, but Sleepy Hollow was once again excused from this rule.

September 19, 2016 A violation of the Sunshine Law? That is when I found out that the rules can change as often as...well, I won't go there, but you know what I was going to say.

Here is the official Block Party Street Listing. Notice that Sleepy Hollow is not permitted to have block parties. What once was old, is now new again.

Nick, wherever you are, we made a difference with this one too. All your RTKs paid off in the end. Thanks, Buddy.

Mixed Messages

Long time readers of Lebo Citizens know that I have unsubscribed from the Post-Gazette because of Outdoor Editor John Hayes. Since Mt. Lebanon started their "sharpshooting" once again on February 1, I imagine that we will be seeing another unbiased "article" from Hayes, the PA Game Commission mouthpiece. What I don't understand, are the mixed messages from the PG.

This one appeared a couple of weeks ago. Food plots: How to create a winter wildlife buffet What? How to create a winter wildlife buffet? I'm confused.

This one scares me. Will our brilliant commissioners decide to go this route next year, when we end up paying $7,711 per deer to kill ten deer? The cost will certainly be lower! I wonder how many residents will "donate" their properties for this one. Survey suggests fire may be the only remedy for a deer-killing plague There is nothing in the "Gun Free School Zone Act" that says anything about fires. John Bendel, Steve McLean, Craig, Grella, and Steve Silverman - sound like a good idea to you? And what about you, Susan Morgans? You can continue to be "transparent enough" by publishing the hours to be listed as "late afternoon and evening," not mentioning that the hours really begin one half hour after elementary school children are dismissed.

The hours, for those who really want to know when the shooting begins on undisclosed private properties are 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM, seven days a week. On public properties, the shooting is from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

Throwing more money away on Virginia Manor decorating guide

Back in 2015, the Historic Preservation Board, along with staff liaison Susan Morgans spent $25,000 on a decorating guide for Virginia Manor. See Oops, there goes $25K The commissioners scrapped the idea. Then in my February 2017 post, Commissioners, please save Christmas for discriminating residents, I predicted that the Historic Preservation Board will ask the commission to revisit the decorating guide. Guess what was in today's Administrative Report. I called it!

This is the same group that wanted to keep brick streets in Ward 1. How much is this online design costing taxpayers this time? 

For Posterity UPDATED 010318

I belong to a closed group on Facebook called "Just" a Mt. Lebanon Housewife. There are over a thousand members in the group. It is a good group, with lots of suggestions, tips, and support. Last night, there was a lively, but civil discussion about school delays. It boiled down to the pros and cons of 10:00 AM starts vs. two hour delays. It brought back lots of memories and reminded me of how tough parenting can be, especially when trying to juggle family responsibilities and work.

A couple of members had several threads going at the same time, both pertaining to today's delay.

This post, however, got ugly.

Original Post 

Diane Wissler Rattay
Mt. Lebanon schools will have a 10:00 start for students and a modified Kindergarten schedule on Tuesday, January 2, due to weather conditions.

Diane Wissler Rattay commented on her post in "Just" a Mt Lebanon Housewife.

[Asking group members to sign up for Twitter and Tweet the Superintendent]

Diane Wissler Rattay

This would be an awesome reason to sign up! You know you want to!! All your friends are doing it! </Peer pressure>

Diane Wissler Rattay

When it was originally called, the wind chill advisory was until 9am, so I get it. It has been extended until noon on Weds, now.

Elaine Trigg Gillen

Diane Wissler Rattay I would tweet, but can't. He blocked me on Twitter.

Diane Wissler Rattay

Elaine Trigg Gillen - if you criticized, name called & publicly humiliated me, the way you have him & others, I'd block you, too.

Elaine Trigg Gillen

And now it gets ugly. He is a public servant who is blocking a taxpayer from a School District Twitter Account. Give me a six percent raise and pay me over $200,000 a year, and you can call me anything you want. Heck, people do it to me now and I don't get paid a cent.

Diane Wissler Rattay

There's nothing ugly about my statement, it's truth. Not once have I seen you at a school board meeting, offering your opinions. Hiding behind a keyboard & monitor, making veiled threats, accusations & bullying is what's ugly. I'd be careful, if I were you. Someday, someone is going to strike back & sue you for slander, defamation of character, and a slew of others. But what do I know? I'm just a Mt. Lebanon Housewife.

Elaine Trigg Gillen

Diane, you might want to check all the recordings of every school board meeting from 2010-2014 on my website lebocitizens.com. Guess who recorded them? Me. I attended every single meeting until the school board directors were so rude that I stopped going. Take the time and listen to them. I was polite. They were not. I don't hide behind a keyboard. I don't make veiled threats. I back up everything I say with facts. It isn't slander or defamation of character if it is true.

Elaine Trigg Gillen

That's just golden who liked your comment.

[Libby Windsor, Susan Morgans’ daughter]

Diane Wissler Rattay

I'm sure she doesn't like her mother being called names.

Elaine Trigg Gillen

Again, pay me over $100,000 a year and get paid to go to NYC, and write about drinking in Napa, you can call me anything you want. I don't get a dime. Her mother has gone after me several times at commission meetings. It has all been recorded. Again, facts.

Diane Wissler Rattay

Dozens of people I know are paid to travel. And many of them make more than $100,000. Maybe Ms. Morgans deserves a raise.

Elaine Trigg Gillen

That may be true. I am sure she will get one. Do you feel better now?

Diane Wissler Rattay

I was never feeling poorly.

Elaine Trigg Gillen

You have taken a post about a 10:00 AM start and turned it into bashing me.

Diane Wissler Rattay

Actually, I haven't said one negative thing about you.

Elaine Trigg Gillen

Please stop. It is going on an hour.

Diane Wissler Rattay

Have a good evening, Ms. Gillen.

******

The post, in its entirety, was removed by the administrator of the group. I don't believe I know Diane Rattay, but she sure knew me. It turns out that she is a PTA Vice President. She also chairs half the committees at that school. 

I have decided to post this thread on Lebo Citizens for posterity. I hope that the readers were not turned off and still wrote to the school board, asking them to consider going back to two hour delays, instead of 10:00 AM starts.

Update January 2, 2018 8:47 PM Peters Township is leaving the final decision up to parents.  District says students who are absent or tardy will be excused.

Update January 3, 2018 7:20 PM I have been kicked out of the Secret Facebook Group.

You are unable to see the contents of this group because you are no longer a member.

The group was not happy that I shared the deleted post on this blog. They wanted me to remove it, and just keep it our little secret. Diane published a link to this post and shared it with the thousand members. Diane also asked me to remove the name of the school where she is PTA Vice President, which I did. In addition, the PTA President of the school asked me to delete the post, which I won't. She was defending Diane for all the wonderful work she does for PTA. I guess she didn't realize that we had kids at Foster School from 1973-2004. We outlasted Barbara Float! Both my husband and I were members of PTA. When he was disabled, he went to all the Mellon PTA meetings. Instead of focusing on the hour long bashing of me, the "ladies" were upset with how I reacted to the bashing. Why does it remind me of an abusive relationship where the victim is told not to tell anyone what happened? I have a feeling that Diane is still a member of "Just" a Mt. Lebanon Housewife and they can continue to bash me and this blog. I loved how the members were thanking the two administrators of the secret Facebook group for all the work they do keeping the Facebook page going. I thought that was pretty funny. The administrator then removed Diane's link to my blog and the comments that went with it and said to knock it off. Then I was kicked out of "the sisterhood."

The moral of the story is that PTA rules this town and don't mess with them. One woman was very concerned that I would post their inner most secrets on the blog. I told her that I only shared what was directed toward me and my comments. Not good enough. I was kicked out. 

Predictions for 2018

I see some major changes in 2018. Here are my predictions:

Jan Klein will retire. Finally. See Goal #10. http://www.mtlsd.org/page.cfm?p=703

The Stormwater Fee will be challenged. Small uprising in a local Facebook group.

Commissioner Grella's case for Public Drunkenness and Similar Misconduct will be closed. I hope.

Timmy will start working for a change since the Board majority has higher expectations of him.

Less Right To Knows will be needed for School District information requests. Municipality - not so much.

One Ethics Complaint will be finalized with more complaints filed in 2018.

Mt. Lebanon Residents will realize that they have been duped by Tony DeNicola.

The Capital Campaign will be shut down.

The Municipality will pay for more artificial turf.

Susan Morgans will retire. No, that will never happen.

Here is to a transparent and accountable Mt. Lebanon government in 2018.

Happy New Year.

September 2017 Behind The Bubble UPDATED

I would have titled this, "Sounds of Silence," but Jason wanted to write a positive story. Kudos to John Bendel, the only one to submit a response. Thanks, John.

                                                                                                     -Elaine

September 2017 Behind The Bubble

MTL’s Good Things

by Jason Margolis

Within the comments in response to August 2017’s Behind the Bubble, I was encouraged to focus more on the “good things” about MTL and write a positive story. I thought that this was a fair critique and endeavored to do so in this article.

I began by identifying 13 prominent MTL residents/figures who would be well-positioned to speak to MTL’s best qualities. Here is the list I compiled:

Susan Morgans – Public Information Officer

John Bendel – Commissioner

Steve Silverman - Commissioner

Stephen McLean - Commissioner

David Brumfield - Commissioner

Kelly Fraasch - Commissioner

Keith McGill – Municipal Manager

Andrew McCreery – Director of Finance

Laura Pace Lilley – Senior Editor, MTL Magazine

Aaron Lauth – Police Chief

Rudy Sukal – Public Works Director

David Donnellan – Recreation Director

Timothy Steinhauer – Superintendent of Schools

Each of the individuals above received the following question via email:

If someone from out of the area were considering moving to MTL, what would you say is MTL’s greatest strength or asset as a community?  Why is MTL a good place to move to and live in at this time?

Of the 13 email recipients, 9 did not respond.

3 responded to decline participation – Susan Morgans, Keith McGill, and Laura Pace Lilley.

I received only one response – from Ward 1 Commissioner John Bendel:

Our greatest strength is an excellent quality of life that comes from friendships with neighbors, positive residential engagement, and access to quality resources – schools, amenities, and services. Mt. Lebanon is a smart investment in: Your family – a top notch school district, youth activities and caring neighbors, all within a safe environment that allows your family an opportunity to grow and thrive. Your quality of life – access to transportation, quality municipal services and many assets, including vibrant business districts, library and recreational facilities. Your finances – our properties are in high demand, which drives values higher, building equity in your home.

… One could hypothesize a number of reasons for the lack of responses to this question.  But it is impossible to know for sure.  The only thing that is certain is that John Bendel gets the last – and only – word in response to why MTL is such a good place to live.

Update September 1, 2017 8:00 AM It would have been Sounds of Silence Part II: The Return of Crickets. Remember January 2017: The Sounds of Silence? - Jason

With permission

The following email was sent to Keith McGill, the Commission, Aaron Lauth, and Tim Steinhauer on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 11:55 AM.

On August 4^th Allstate was kind enough to donate another $5000 towards the Look Up Lebo Campaign.

Last year they did the same.

How much of this now $10,000 has been actually used to promote a sorely needed safety campaign in Mt. Lebanon; absolutely ZERO,

but yet, the MLPD wants us to believe that this money is being used for the Look Up Lebo safety campaign.

If Look Up Lebo is such an important community safety initiative, why are we sitting on $10,000 that could be used to promote it more effectively than just having a few banners and some stickers, which may be working just a tad? Did we get LUL stickers over to the library yet?

Why is there no reference to Look Up Lebo on the school district website? Or am I just missing it. We were told by Susan Morgans that the school district would participate.

Our school superintendent loves to retweet tweets and plagiarize his other tweets because at an astounding $205,000 salary can’t come up with an original thought. Why is he not tweeting about Look Up Lebo? Now that would be original, would it not be? Unless he copies and pastes from another source. And to add, doesn’t school start pretty soon…what an excellent time to remind students of being safe in our walking community.

Here’s another novel idea being that all my other suggestions have gone by the wayside because a peon resident came up with the ideas…how about if we have the superintendent, the municipal manager, the commission and the police chief all get together in a meeting room and brainstorm ideas as to how to effectively use the $10,000 that Allstate so generously gave Mt. Lebanon to effectively promote Look Up Lebo. In addition, invite citizens to share their ideas and thoughts.

This isn’t rocket science folks to promote this cause, just good ole simple thinking.

Thank you,

Nicholas Meduho

Mt. Lebanon, PA

Open the Books

A Lebo Citizens reader sent me a link to an interesting website that lists all the annual wages by township. The website allows three searches before you have to register for free. They ask for a donation, but it is optional. The link,  Open the Books should open up to the latest annual wages (2015) of every Municipality of Mt. Lebanon employee, ranked from highest paid to lowest paid.

Some highlights of 2015:

• Steve Feller was the second highest paid ($159,575), as manager.
• Susan Morgans made $108,260.00, as public information officer.
• Laura Pace Lilley earned $52,679, as assistant public information officer. Not bad for part time work, which often includes fifteen minute work days.
• David Donnellan, recreation director, was paid $115,449 in 2015.
• Note how many police officers are paid less than our recreation manager and public information officer.
• There were 514 entries for Township of Mt. Lebanon listed for 2015, the largest employer for any township listed. 

To see where Mt. Lebanon ranks among all local employees, click here.

Mt. Lebanon continues to be defiant

Every year, our public officials and public employees are required to file a Statement of Financial Interests with the Municipality or School District, as well as with the PA Ethics Commission. Here are the Municipal Statements of Financial Interests May 2017.

According to the Guide to the PA Public Official and Employee Ethics Act,  The State defines public officials as :

Any person elected by the public or elected or appointed by a governmental body or an appointed official in the executive, legislative or judicial branch of this Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, provided that it shall not include members of advisory boards that have no authority to expend public funds other than reimbursement for personal expense or to otherwise exercise the power of the State or any political subdivision thereof.

Former manager Steve Feller was a stickler when it came to filing SFI's. Our new manager Keith McGill, not so much. We already know that Andrew McCreery and Susan Morgans made critical errors on their SFI's. At one time, members of these boards submitted SFI's. http://mtlebanon.org/63/Agendas-Minutes What I am noticing now is the number of SFI's which are no longer filed. Missing in action include:

Mark Quealy, Mt. Lebanon Parking Enforcement Supervisor

Blaise Larotonda

Members of the Historic Preservation Board who have spent $25,000 on Virginia Manor remodeling guides, and brick road recommendations.

Sports Advisory Board, the most powerful board in the Municipality, now are MIA. Their meetings are constantly being canceled. The latest posted minutes are from January 5, 2017.

Mt. Lebanon continues to become more and more defiant. Just ask the Allegheny County Health Department concerning baiting and toxic dust emissions, Scott Township about killing in Twin Hills, PA Office of Open Records, and now the PA Ethics Commission.

Our Director of Finance works for free!

Not only does Susan Morgans work for free, it has been pointed out to me that Andrew McCreery also works for free. Andrew McCreery Statement of Financial Interests

One would think that the Director of Finance would be a little more mindful filling out financial disclosure statements. Our municipal employees sure go above and beyond working for us. They donate their services - just like the hunters and property owners donate their properties!

We don't pay her enough; she's homeless! UPDATED 2X

I would bring this to the attention of our manager, but he has said that he is not responsible for gathering the correct information, only getting the form. Through a Right To Know, close to eighty statement of financial interests forms were filed in the municipality. Of all the SFIs submitted, only one came back incomplete. You guessed it. Susan Morgans.

The poor girl is homeless. Susan has given herself an interest free loan from Susan F. Morgans Card Services. She collects no income. Wow, Susan, I owe you a huge apology. All along, you have been donating your services getting information out to the people. Just like me!

The form is considered deficient by the PA State Ethics Commission. Perhaps someone else can contact them, since I have been busy with Mary Birks and Elaine Cappucci, and soon, another individual.

Update May 17, 2017 4:37 PM Email sent to Manager Keith McGill.

Update May 18, 2017 8:26 AM My guess is that Susan Morgans is in Wine Country again. I heard back from Keith McGill. 

It is up to the voters now UPDATED 2X including Statements of Financial Interests!

I received another letter from a concerned Lebo Citizens reader in reference to Mary Birks and Elaine Cappucci running for school board.

The letter is below with a scanned copy to follow.

Scanned image of letter

Thank you for contacting me. I share the same concerns. I don't know what else could be done. I have contacted the school board and they think it is perfectly fine to have Mary Birks, Executive Director of Outreach, serve as a school board director at the same time. Keep your eyes open for Fake Information Officer Susan Morgans to come back with another article about Outreach. Both local governments have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.

I have written about the conflict with Elaine Cappucci coming back on to the school board, but her arrogance has gotten in the way of common sense. 

The only way to stop these two women is by voting them out. Dan Remely has to go too. The Timmy ticket of Cappucci, Birks, Remely and Caste is what is keeping Timmy employed. His raises are outrageous. His amended contract is appalling. His methods of hiring are scandalous and reek of collusion. His arrogance falls in line with Birks and Cappucci.

To the relatively new family who wrote to me, it has been like this for a very long time. I started following Mt. Lebanon closely in 2010. Up until then, I had two jobs, was caring for a sick loved one, and was raising a family. I was just trying to survive, as many of you are doing today. I am thrilled to see that my efforts are starting to get people talking.

The Primary is May 16, 2017. Please get out and vote. Stop the corruption and let's get our community back. 

Update April 20, 2017 9:33 AM Watch for these yard signs. They are getting my vote.

Update April 21, 2017 6:53 PM More information, as promised from a RTK.

2017 School Board Candidates Statements of Financial Interests.

This is almost comical

Not too long ago, mtl Magazine was looking for and hired a "content creator." The entire "team" is listed here, which includes SIX photographers. (Why Susan Morgans spends money on stock photography images, is beyond me.) What strikes me as funny is that Facebook articles tend to mirror what is discussed on Lebo Citizens. Every time I write something about Mary Birks and Outreach, magically, an article shows up on Facebook.

It is uncanny. I write something about Mary Birks and bam! something shows up on Facebook. Susan Morgans comes to the rescue. So why do we need a content creator? 

We have Susan Morgans trashing Petco, writing about her trips to wine country, and trolling on this blog. Oh, the money we could save in the Public Information Office.