Judge Won't Order Probe Of Mt. Lebanon School Board Campaign

A Common Pleas judge today dismissed a petition that alleged filing irregularities and false information about who created and funded campaign post cards and signs in the Mt. Lebanon school board race in November.

Common Pleas President Judge Joseph M. James said the two Mt. Lebanon men who created the Save Mt. Lebanon Schools committee were not accurate record keepers, but that the misinformation in the filings did not rise to the level of being referred to the district attorney's office for a criminal investigation.

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Court Hearing Set On Allegations Against Save Mt. Lebanon Schools Committee

A hearing will be held in Common Pleas Court on May 12 to investigate the bookkeeping and filing irregularities alleged against the Save Mt. Lebanon Schools political action committee in a petition filed last month.

The petition, filed by attorney Joseph Cavrich on behalf of five Mt. Lebanon residents, claims the irregularities in the forms filed with the Allegheny County Elections Division by the Save Mt. Lebanon Schools Committee.

The petition asked for a court-ordered audit of the political action committee, which sent out controversial postcards just before Election Day in November, urging the ousting of incumbents Sue Rose, Carol Walton and Rene Garson. It also posted signs at the polls.

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