Friday, July 29, 2011

P-G: Spate of identity thefts reported on two streets in Mt. Lebanon

In the first two weeks of July, six residents on two adjacent streets in Mt. Lebanon made identity theft reports to police, said Lt. Aaron Lauth, a spokesman for the police department. Earlier this week, a seventh resident from the same area reported an identity theft.

"This is definitely a spike," Lt. Lauth said. "[Identify thefts] are a normal occurrence. I would say we probably have at least a few a month that are reported to us, but this is definitely a spike in the normal trend."

The seven residents who made reports all lived on either Old Hickory or Elm Spring roads.

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Trib: Mt. Lebanon's 'Beast' will remain, but composting will not

The piles of molding leaves may be gone from Mt. Lebanon's Robb Hollow Park, but "The Beast" shall live on.

The Mt. Lebanon board of commissioners voted 3-1 Monday to formally discontinue composting of the park leaves that municipal crews pick up curbside each fall. Commissioner Joe DeIuliis was opposed. Commissioner Matt Kluck did not vote.

The new law prohibits composting in Robb Hollow Park after leaves have been shredded with the two-story-tall grinder -- called "The Beast" by its manufacturer -- even though the municipality hasn't composted in the park for about two years, said municipal Manager Steve Feller.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Trib: Mt. Lebanon tables action on new stormwater fee

The Mt. Lebanon commissioners tabled action on a new stormwater fee for property owners on Monday night because of problems with posting the full proposal online.

The $8-per-month fee for each 2,400 square feet of impervious surface would go toward repairing and expanding the municipality's 75 miles of storm sewers, with credits for property owners who reduce runoff with rain gardens, barrels or green roofs.

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Friday, July 22, 2011

McKeesport Daily News: Sutek named Mt. Lebanon's police officer of the year

Pete Sutek of Elizabeth Township has been named police officer of the year in Mt. Lebanon.

Sutek, 39, who has worked for that police department for 15 years, received the honor from Mt. Lebanon police Chief Coleman McDonough at a council meeting this week. The married father of three also received a certificate of special Congressional recognition from the U.S. House of Representatives, signed by Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Upper St. Clair.

"I'm not doing anything more than I normally would do as a police officer," said a humble Sutek when asked about the recognition for his work.

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North Hills Patch: West View Elementary School Principal To Take Mt. Lebanon Position

West View Elementary School Principle Marc Thornton is resigning his position to become principal of Jefferson Elementary School in the Mt. Lebanon School District, according to a statement on the North Hills School District website.

Thornton was hired by the Mt. Lebanon School District July 18.

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WTAE: Water Main Break Floods Mt. Lebanon Road

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Trib: Well-known architect seeks public say on Mt. Lebanon renovation

One of Pittsburgh's most accomplished architects is trying to make his mark on Mt. Lebanon's high school renovation project, and he wants the public to help.

Daniel Rothschild, founder and principal of Strip District-based Rothschild Doyno Collaborative and co-designer of projects such as the Fairmont Apartments in Garfield and the Legacy apartments in the Hill District, is trying to get the Mt. Lebanon school board to open up about revisions being made to the $113.27 million high school renovation project.

He has established a blog at lebodesign.net with the hope of generating community pressure to make the redesign process more open to public scrutiny and suggestions.

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P-G: Mt. Lebanon High School project talk on website

Conversation and debate about the planned Mt. Lebanon High School renovation project has been ubiquitous over the past two years.

It has taken place in school board and commission meetings, in town halls, on twhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifo citizen-run blogs, in coffee shops and on sidewalks. Now, as the district struggles to find cost savings to bring the project within its budget, there's a new venue for conversation and debate.

Lebodesign.net is a website recently launched by Mt. Lebanon resident Dan Rothschild to facilitate public input on the Mt. Lebanon High School project.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

School board switches high-school project back to multiple prime contracts (Updated 5)

Update 1, 2011-07-19 16:30: minor edits for clarity.

Update 2, 2011-07-19 18:45: added link to the school district’s mandate-waiver application. (Thanks to David Huston for bringing it to our attention.)

Update 3, 2011-07-19 22:52: School-board president Josephine Posti writes about the switch back to multiple prime contracts.

Update 4, 2011-07-21 10:25: Dirk Taylor, president of Taylor Structural Engineers, Inc., and a member of the Community Advisory Committee that the school board formed to review the high-school plans, has written a public letter to the school board, condemning the recent switch back to multiple primes.

Update 5, 2011-07-25 15:56: Resident and frequent Blog-Lebo contributor Bill Matthews has also written a public letter to the school board, questioning the recent switch back to multiple primes.


Last night, the Mt. Lebanon board of school directors, on the advice of its architects and construction managers, reversed its decision to have a single prime contract for the high-school project.

Recall that a year ago, when the school board settled on a single prime contract, it did so to reduce the “all-in cost” of the project. As single-prime contracting was explained at the time, it would cost more up front but save money in the long run by reducing our exposure to delays, change orders, and legal claims, which are often expensive and have burned Mt. Lebanon in past projects.

At the time of the decision, school director Josephine Posti wrote on her blog, “The School Board and Community Advisory Committee both identified the application for this waiver [which allows single-prime contracting to be used] as a possible cost-savings to the project, and the Board approved application for the waiver in March.” In Section 4 of that application, the school district claims that, “without a waiver, the cost of completion of this project may be significantly and unnecessarily increased.”

So, if we originally chose single-prime contracting for cost savings, why switch to multiple-prime contracting now?

“Cost savings.” Yes, that was the explanation offered by our hired experts last night at the school-board meeting.

School director Elaine Cappucci found that explanation, for what appeared to be a big contradiction, somewhat lacking. “I’m not going to let you off the hook that easily,” she said. She reminded our hired experts that cost savings has always been an important issue, so why, she asked them, did they wait until now to push so hard for the supposed cost savings of multiple prime contracts?

Our experts: “Because [back then] the project was under budget, or within budget. And now we’re struggling to find ways to bring the project within the budget.”

Now we get to the heart of the matter: the budget. What matters to our experts is not so much the project’s actual cost, but the project’s cost on paper, at bid time.

They’re probably looking ahead to the next round of bidding and wondering what’s going to happen to them should those bids, like the first bids, exceed the project’s price cap. As foolish as they looked the first time the bids flopped, if it happens to them again, their reputations are going to take a ringing blow.

So now they’re urging us to switch to multiple-prime contracting to lower the bids. In effect, they’re advising us to buy lower bids by exposing ourselves to the very real possibility of substantially higher “all-in” costs down the line.

How much higher? According to Mrs. Posti’s earlier blog post, “The Master Builder's Association has estimated cost increases of approximately 13% for projects using multiple primes.”

So here’s the question: Does multiple-prime contracting truly hold the greater promise of cost savings, or did the high-school project, once again, just get more expensive?

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Sunday, July 17, 2011

P-G: Mt. Lebanon's Kelly takes his position in MLB history

Don Kelly was stuck in the minor leagues, wondering if it was time to quit baseball.

He had a two-month stint with the Pirates in 2007, but in '08 he was back in the minors, where he already had spent parts of seven years. He and his wife were preparing for the birth of their son, Brett, and he thought briefly about changing careers.

He thought better of it.

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Trib; Mt. Lebanon residents continue to battle 'The Beast'

For three-and-a-half years, neighbors of Mt. Lebanon's Robb Hollow Park have fought "The Beast."

About 30 of them attended a public hearing Tuesday night to decry the noise and exhaust from Mt. Lebanon's two-story grinder, called "The Beast" by its manufacturer, that is used to chop up branches, debris and leaves at the municipal golf course and at the composting yard in the heart of the park.

The Mt. Lebanon board of commissioners considered three bills on Tuesday that would significantly affect how the municipality could use The Beast during curbside leaf pickups each fall. And one commissioner is seeking a deal with a private contractor to do the work somewhere other than in Mt. Lebanon.

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Trib: On The Watch List

Mt. Lebanon's proposed storm water fee. It's raising hackles from those whose properties don't empty into the system and others who say the fee — $8 monthly for most residential properties -- doesn't treat properties of starkly different sizes fairly. Others favor the fee because it forces tax-exempt properties to pay their "fair share." But it is a slippery slope. What's next in Mt. Lebanon, charging for the use of air?

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Trib: Mission serving Mt. Lebanon church welcomes Grammy-winning band

Tonight's performance of the celebrated Grammy-winning bluegrass group The Del McCoury Band will make this year's annual week of community outreach projects for the Mt. Lebanon United Presbyterian Church extra special.

The group will play in the church's sanctuary, which seats 1,100. Associate Pastor Steve Aguzzi, who knows McCoury band members and arranged for the 7:30 p.m. concert, noted that they play more often to much larger crowds at musical festivals.

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Trib: Stormwater fee plan steams some Mt. Lebanon residents

Mt. Lebanon residents expressed their concern Tuesday night that a proposed stormwater fee amounted to a "rain tax" that was unfair to the owners of smaller homes.

The Board of Commissioners is proposing a monthly fee that would be dedicated to repairing and expanding the municipality's aging and inadequate storm sewer system. But, the speakers at Tuesday's public hearing said charging all residential property owners an $8-per-month fee would be unfair to those who had fewer runoff-producing roofs, driveways and sidewalks than the 2,400-square-foot measurement that would be used as the standard.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Act 25: a different perspective

Over on her blog, Josephine Posti, school-board president, writes about the recent passage of Senate Bill 330, now Act 25 of 2011.

The legislation, depending on who you ask, is either good or bad. The “good” view is that Act 25 closes loopholes in the “Taxpayer Relief Act” of 2006, loopholes which school districts have been exploiting to increase their spending beyond what is sustainable. The “bad” view is that Act 25 removes important safety valves that allow school districts to function while under financial pressures from sources they cannot control, such as unions and legislated mandates.

Unsurprisingly, Mrs. Posti subscribes to the view that Act 25 is bad, writing, “My immediate reaction concerning how this will effect [sic] education in the Commonwealth is: negatively.”

This view focuses on the short-term, direct effects of the legislation, without giving consideration to long-term, total effects. When you consider the bigger picture, the legislation appears both bad and good: bad at first, but good in the long run. In the short term, yes, it will force spending cuts on many school districts which are unprepared for them, and there will be collateral damage. Some students and parents are going to get hit. That’s bad. In the long term, though, it will force school districts to finally do something, however painful, to reduce their spending growth, which is probably unsustainable. That’s good. Pain now is better than collapse later.

So the question is, Are you willing to take some pain today to avoid disaster tomorrow? If you’re a school director or other elected representative, you have a strong incentive to answer No. That’s because, when things get painful for the community today, who’s going to suffer the public wrath? You are. Immediately and intensely. But years later, when things don’t go wrong, who’s going to remember to say thanks? Nobody. That’s because nobody notices when disasters they weren’t looking for don’t happen. It's perverse: if you do the right thing and then succeed at it, most people will think you made them suffer for nothing. So, if you're an elected representative, choosing the short-term pain for the long-term gain has a strongly negative payoff.

That’s why legislation like Act 25 is necessary. It’s virtually impossible for school directors, the community’s elected representatives, to do what is best for the community in the long term. If they force reform on the community, they’re going to get clobbered. But, if the community forces reform on them, which is what Act 25 makes possible, then reform might actually happen.

If those are the short- and long-term perspectives of the legislation, there are also narrow and wide perspectives. In another part of her post, Mrs. Posti writes the following:
Critics might claim that if local communities support education they’ll support construction, especially when student populations increase, buildings become inadequate, or program needs evolve. The reality is, they don’t... School referendums often fail because the majority of any electorate do not have school-aged children and, when given the choice between raising their taxes or not, they choose not.
That’s the narrow perspective, focusing on how the bill will block school construction because voters almost always say No at these referendums, for what Mrs. Posti suggests are the wrong reasons. The wider perspective, however, takes in that these referendums occur within a democratic society, and when voters reliably say No to something, that’s not a failure of the system: that’s a message from the people, a message that the government is supposed to hear and take seriously.

In this case, what that message is saying is that the way our government runs and pays for public education is something that the public increasingly finds unaffordable. What that message is saying is that it’s time for reform.

But that message, for reasons I’ve explained above, is one that school directors have difficulty acting upon. Further, the reform we need is bigger than Mt. Lebanon. That’s why I can sympathize with school directors who take the short and narrow view of the situation. It’s not like they can do much about the long, wide view, themselves.

But, thanks to Act 25, citizens can do something about it. They can say No at the voting booth and force reform to begin, however painful.

Toward the end of her article, Mrs. Posti issues a challenge:
[If] you can help me understand how these cuts and restrictions are good for education and help school districts prepare kids to compete in a global market, please share your thoughts with me.
It’s easy to meet this challenge: just think long term, just see the wider picture. It’s not about what’s happening to our schools right now; it’s about what’s going to happen to our entire public education system in the coming years. If we don’t find a way to make it affordable, we’re not going to have a public education system.

Act 25 certainly isn’t a solution to the bigger problem, and it certainly isn’t without problems of its own, but it is a step toward much-needed reform. And if our elected representatives have trouble taking the next step on their own, we’ll probably see more legislation like Act 25 to help them along.

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Register-Herald: Ex-WVU LB star in coaching ranks

Chris Haering came all the way from Pueblo, Colo., in the mid-1980s to become one of West Virginia University’s greatest linebackers in history.

Now he’s among the most successful high school head football coaches in western Pennsylvania. Haering will be in his 17th season as the main man at Mt. Lebanon High in suburban Pittsburgh.

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P-G: Garden tour raises funds for Mt. Lebanon Library

It was all about books and blooms at the Mt. Lebanon Library Saturday evening. Putting together a lovely gathering in the library's courtyard garden under pink and green lanterns was party chair Elizabeth Rychcik. The party was a kickoff for Sunday's 21st annual Mt. Lebanon Library Garden Tour, organized by David McKibben, with wife Cecilia.

There was very little wait with the plate thanks to the two bars set up in the library's garden and a bountiful buffet in the adjacent library, giving everyone more time to socialize and sample savories and sweets donated by PapaGallo, Atria's, Mitchell's Fish Market, Bado's, Mmm, Mmm Pizza and Sesame Inn, to name a few.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

New web site LeboDesign.net offers constructive look at the high-school project (Updated)

Updated 2011-07-21 10:45 with links to additional coverage.

Here’s something interesting. Dan Rothschild, president of the architecture and urban-design firm Rothschild Doyno Collaborative, and also a member of the Community Advisory Committee appointed by the school board to review the plans for high-school project in late 2009, has started a blog. Called LeboDesign.net, the blog “is dedicated to increasing public participation and input during the process of redesigning the Mt. Lebanon High School project.”

Already, the blog has several informative posts. If you’re like me and have had trouble making sense of the design and architectural complexities of the high-school renovation, you’ll want to read these posts.

The very first post, for example, puts the school board’s current predicament into perspective:
Our School Board has embarked on a process to substantially alter the design of the high school because of the unfortunate position of having the low bid for the project come in nearly twenty percent over budget. This is a very challenging task. Their process will yield one of three outcomes:
  1. They will find enough items to cut, and the design intent and function of the high school will be acceptable
  2. They will find enough items to cut, and the design intent and function of the high school will not be acceptable
  3. They will not find enough items to cut
The School Board is heavily invested in outcome #1.
But what if option #1 isn’t possible? Or what if the cuts cut too much? These are difficult questions, and considering them, and others like them, is what Mr. Rothschild says LeboDesign.net is all about. The site exists to foster discussion, to encourage collaboration, and to offer the community and the school board options and perspectives that they might not get otherwise:
The purpose of lebodesign.net is to help you play an active role in the redesign process, from the comfort of your own home (or portable electronic device), for this important project that will affect our community for a long time. Another purpose is to assist School Board members in getting more input from their constituents.
Whatever your thoughts on the high-school project, take a look at LeboDesign.net. It’s an interesting, constructive response to the challenges faced by the high-school project.

And, while you’re there, contribute your thoughts.

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Trib: Hospital staff 'a little shaken' by emergency room shooting

An elderly Mt. Lebanon man, who sought treatment in St. Clair Hospital's emergency department and said he felt sick, shot himself to death in a hospital bathroom Friday night, officials said.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office said on Saturday that Milton Levine, 88, of Bower Hill Road died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head.

"The whole thing is tragic, that an 88-year-old man would decide to end his life that way," hospital spokesman Rich Sieber said.

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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Letter: Help Save Our Park

The following letter was submitted to us by Mary D'Angelo from Friends of Robb Hollow Park:

We urge you to attend a Public Hearing with Mt. Lebanon’s Commissioners

Tuesday, July 12, at 6:00 p.m.

Municipal Building, 710 Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon, PA

Three proposed new laws regulating leaf waste composting within Mt. Lebanon Parks will be discussed and voted on by the Commissioners.

None of these laws will change leaf pick up.

None of these laws will mean that Mt. Lebanon will stop recycling leaf mulch.

None of the laws will result in higher taxes.

The new laws will restore the use of our parks to their original purpose: recreation.

The recycling dump in the Robb Hollow Park produces noxious odors and an unsafe environment that may affect the public’s health and will affect your property values.

It’s our Park and we have a right to breathe!

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Saturday, July 09, 2011

KDKA: Shooting Sends Officials To St. Clair Hospital

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office was called to St. Clair Hospital in Mount Lebanon after a shooting there Friday night.

According to emergency officials with Allegheny County, someone was shot in a bathroom in the hospital’s emergency room just after 10 p.m.

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Friday, July 08, 2011

Trib: Newest Mt. Lebanon commissioner prodded to serve

Bonnie VanKirk is no stranger to a dais or the boardroom, but her appointment to the Mt. Lebanon Board of Commissioners marks the first time she has held public office.

VanKirk, 65, was appointed to fill the Ward 1 commission seat D. Raja vacated to focus on his run for Allegheny County Executive. In her first-ever campaign in 2007, she ran against Raja for the commission seat and lost, but had spent many years before that on various nonprofit boards and fundraising committees dealing with millions of dollars around the Pittsburgh region.

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Trib: Grocery store competition in Mt. Lebanon grows even more

Developers plan to expand specialty grocery chain The Fresh Market to a busy corner of Washington Road and Connor Road in Mt. Lebanon, bringing more competition and more traffic to the busy Route 19 corridor.

An application for preliminary approval was filed last month with the Mt. Lebanon Planning Board for the Greensboro, N.C.-based chain to demolish the vacant Roth Carpet building and replace it with a 18,000-square foot grocery store, said municipal planner Keith McGill.

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Thursday, July 07, 2011

Trib: Scholarship recipients draw inspiration from former Mt. Lebanon pilot

Lt. Terrence "Terry" Mulkeen, a Mt. Lebanon native, realized his childhood dream when he earned his wings and became a Navy pilot in 1983.

Mulkeen's family and friends realized their worst nightmare when he died at age 32 during a training operation on March 29, 1991, when his F-5E Tiger jet collided midair with a FA-18 Hornet and plunged to the runway at Key West Naval Air Station in Florida.

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The Almanac: Future tennis stars in Lebo

The future Nadals and Williams can be viewed this week at the Mt. Lebanon clay courts as the ITA West Penn Collegiate Clay Court Championships continue.

The event provides a showcase for the rising stars of national and international tennis and brings top ranked junior and collegiate players to the region.

The West Penn Amateur has an illustrious history beginning in 1889 and includes winners such as Lebo's own Gretchen Rush as well as Martha Snowden, Shirley Fry, Joy Liken, Ruth Haude, Kathy Jordan, Bill Tilden, Charles Garland, Eddie Dibbs, Vitas Gerulatis, Peter Fleming and Victor Amaya.

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P-G: 'True Blood' role catapults career of Mt. Lebanon's Joe Manganiello into stratosphere

Joe Manganiello is having more than "his moment"; he's having a whole summer of them.

From GQ, Entertainment Weekly and Muscle & Fitness magazines to HBO's hit vampire series, "True Blood," the Mt. Lebanon native suddenly seems to be everywhere. Last week, he was in New York City, filming a guest spot on USA Network's "White Collar," which stars his old Carnegie Mellon University buddy, Matt Bomer.

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Wednesday, July 06, 2011

The Denis Theatre Foundation celebrates 'The Ultimate Coming Attraction'

The Denis Theatre Foundation celebrated "The Ultimate Coming Attraction" Wednesday evening at the Mount Washington home of Peter Karlovich and Steve Hereforth. The party was a chance to note the progress of the foundation's effort to reopen and rehabilitate the Denis Theatre in Mt. Lebanon.

Built in 1938, the old movie house has made some powerful new friends through the foundation. Board members and friends gathered to celebrate the addition of four honorary chairs to their board of advisers. Director Rob Marshall, actress Barbara Feldon, artist Burton Morris and actor F. Murray Abraham all agreed to lend their names and star power to help resurrect the Denis.

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P-G: Mt. Lebanon's Wilson settles in at Milwaukee

Josh Wilson seemed to have found a home with the Seattle Mariners last year when the infielder played in a career-high 108 games.

However, after a tumultuous start to the season, Wilson now finds himself with the Milwaukee Brewers. The utility infielder from Mount Lebanon has played in 18 games since the Brewers claimed him off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 25, hitting .227 with two home runs and three RBIs. Wilson has started one game each at second base and shortstop.

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P-G: Mt. Lebanon tour to visit 7 gardens

Seven Mt. Lebanon gardens will be open to visitors during the 21st annual tour from noon to 5 p.m. July 10.

A large garden on St. Clair Drive features mature trees, a waterfall and walkways. A garden on Roycroft Avenue showcases perennials in containers, an arched pergola and a shady backyard garden.

An informal garden on North Meadowcroft Avenue makes use of a sloping lot and perennials. Gardening in side and backyards was the goal of owners at a home on Parkview Drive. More than 130 rose bushes are featured in an English-style garden on Longridge Drive. A less formal, organic garden on Osage Road in Virginia Manor uses sustainable growing practices. A garden on Shadowlawn Avenue belongs to landscape designer Claire Schuchman, co-winner in the large garden category of the PG's Great Gardens Contest in 2008. Filled with shade-loving plants, the garden includes formal beds, a water feature and wooded areas.

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Saturday, July 02, 2011

WPXI: Inspectors Find Dead Mice, Droppings, Cockroaches In Mt. Lebo Restaurant

The Allegheny County Health Department issued a consumer alert for a Mount Lebanon restaurant on Wednesday after inspectors found numerous violations.

According to the report, more than 1,200 mouse droppings were found in the kitchen of the Sichuan House. Inspectors said they were on the floor and shelves where food was stored.

Inspectors said they also found four dead mice on glue traps and about 30 dead cockroaches.

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Friday, July 01, 2011

State budget deal includes property-tax reforms that are likely to affect high-school plans (Updated)

Update 2011-07-01 14:00: It’s now law: Governor Corbett approved SB 300, now Act no. 25. Also, I added links to additional coverage.

Yesterday, Pennsylvania legislators passed Senate Bill 330, “an Act amending [Act 1 of 2006], the Taxpayer Relief Act, further providing for public referendum requirements and for installment payment of school real property taxes.” The bill is expected to be signed into law by Governor Corbett later today. Governor Corbett approved the bill late on Thursday evening.

It’s a big deal because, on Wednesday, the bill was amended to include much of the controversial property-tax reforms of House Bill 1326. These reforms, among other things, would require school districts to seek voter approval before raising property taxes above inflationary rates to pay for school construction. The Philadelphia Inquirer explains:
Though payments on construction debt incurred before Act 1 passed would still be allowed – as would debt for a specific spending project approved by voters – [the bill] would do away with the exemption for school construction.
Why is voter approval of school construction important for property-tax reform? The answer, put in terms Mt. Lebanon residents can immediately understand, comes from James Broussard, chairman of Citizens Against Higher Taxes, who is quoted in the Tribune-Review’s coverage of the legislation:
One of the “real drivers” of increased property taxes is “Taj Mahal school building projects.”
So how is this legislation likely to affect the planned high-school project?

It’s hard to say. The school district has a track record of figuring out how to get what it wants, so who knows what it might be able to squeeze between the new requirements.

But I do think it’s likely that the project’s price tag will be forced downward. I think this for two reasons.

First, a higher-priced project is more likely to require voter approval and also more likely not to get it. Knowing this, the school board must now make sure the project is more in line with voters’ expectations for these frugal times.

Second, this legislation makes it harder for school districts to raise taxes in general. So, if the school district spends too much on the high school, it might not have enough money left over to pay for other things. Raising taxes is no longer an easy solution to such problems. Thus the school board will be forced, in a very public way, to choose between spending its money on bricks and spending its money on education.

Let’s hope the board members choose wisely.

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