posted by Mike Madison at 8:08 AM /
Congratulations to the winners of Mt. Lebanon's elections yesterday:
It appears that Mark Hart, Alan Silhol, Dan Remely, and Josephine Posti were elected to the School Board, and it appears that John Daley defeated Ty Ely to earn the Ward 2 seat on the Mt. Lebanon Commission. At least, those are the unofficial results reported in this morning's news and on the Allegheny County website.
Getting elected, of course, is the easy part. Now you have to govern. Rest assured that while the citizens of Mt. Lebanon who voted for you will have your back, you have a lot of skeptics. And even your supporters will be watching more closely than ever to make sure that you're holding up the taxpayers' end of the bargain. For our new School Board members: No mucking around in staffing minutiae. Let the professional educators get all the children of the District the education they deserve. From the Board, we want some real fiscal accountability.
For all of you who promised more transparency in School Board and municipal operations and decision-making -- which is to say, all of you -- this blog will remain open both for your efforts to communicate with the town, and for taxpayers' efforts to communicate with you. You're all welcome here.
It appears that Mark Hart, Alan Silhol, Dan Remely, and Josephine Posti were elected to the School Board, and it appears that John Daley defeated Ty Ely to earn the Ward 2 seat on the Mt. Lebanon Commission. At least, those are the unofficial results reported in this morning's news and on the Allegheny County website.
Getting elected, of course, is the easy part. Now you have to govern. Rest assured that while the citizens of Mt. Lebanon who voted for you will have your back, you have a lot of skeptics. And even your supporters will be watching more closely than ever to make sure that you're holding up the taxpayers' end of the bargain. For our new School Board members: No mucking around in staffing minutiae. Let the professional educators get all the children of the District the education they deserve. From the Board, we want some real fiscal accountability.
For all of you who promised more transparency in School Board and municipal operations and decision-making -- which is to say, all of you -- this blog will remain open both for your efforts to communicate with the town, and for taxpayers' efforts to communicate with you. You're all welcome here.
2 Comments:
I think that we all hope that the four new members of the school board can begin to bring fiscal responsibility to the district. They also need to make sure that we have an administration that is capable of getting "the children of the District the education the deserve." Rmember that we elected 4 new board members, and, at least initially they will be in the minority, so give them some time. It is also incumbent of all of us to communicate with them, through this site or through the District site, and let them know what we expect, what they are doing right and wrong, and to make constructive suggestions about district policies. Community interest, between the primary and the election, dropped drastically. If this community wants change it is up to all of us to participate.
Thanks, Chaz and Joe. Chaz, I'd be happy to talk with you about your concerns. My email address is joposti-at-yahoo.com. I hope you, Joe and the rest of the community take the time to let us know how you feel about what's happening in the District so that we can serve you well.
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