Monday, January 19, 2015

A Capital Campaign Update

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

Larry is now thrilled, not just excited. What a showman, he should be in vaudeville. He's a real song-and-dance man and can undoubtedly perform card tricks on the side.

Wonder if he still advises employers how to circumvent immigration laws to hire foreigners instead of American workers ?

Anonymous said...

Jo Posti isn't so generous behind the scenes.

You reap what you sow, Jo.

Anonymous said...

What kind of moron would trust Posti enough to give her money? She's the one who pushed for the debacle in the first place. No she's going to run around and try to get donations to pay for a project she supported even after being told it wasnt affordable. There's a word for that: stupid. Too bad she can't plagiarize donations.

Lebo Citizens said...

Boy, that was dumb luck that I had Jo Posti on my list of community characters. I thought she was a blast from the past, but Jo keeps on coming back. I hope she is still praying for me.
Elaine

Lebo Citizens said...

11:04 PM, your comment, "Larry is now thrilled, not just excited" made me laugh. I thought the very same thing.

If it weren't for the capital campaign and the high school renovation, our school board directors and superintendent would be forced to focus on education.
Elaine

Anonymous said...

Elaine @ 7:58 AM Walton is surely a blast from a more distant past as well. She was a school board member for some 22 years, always voted for and never questioned inflated budgets, was the darling of teachers. After her school board tenure she hung around, active in the high school creation boondoggle, so called strategic plans and interviewing super candidates (2), voting for Timmy. She has more dollars than sense, and will appeal to past female school board members and commissioners. Check to see if both of her abodes in Lebo are homesteaded.

Anonymous said...

Carol Walton was voted off the board for a reason. Why is she still running things?

Anonymous said...

9:28 AM - the one still for sale they moved from is homesteaded, but no longer their primary residence. The new one they are now living in is not homesteaded, but is now their primary residence. Something not quite right here methinks about compliance with Act 50. I'll bet "thrilled" Larry can explain it all.

Lebo Citizens said...

9:28 AM and 11:39 AM, I was oblivious to local politics at that time. I don't even know what Carol Walton looks like, so would you mind filling in some blanks for me and other Lebo Citizens who are new to this?

Why was she voted off the board? I know that Mrs. Walton was a member of the Master Design Team. Is that group still active?

Interesting about the homesteading. I believe they "downsized" when they moved.
Elaine

Anonymous said...

Why do I get a chill thinking that this scene played out in alot of MTL households.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqSxQrDYsIc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Anonymous said...

Anonymous.
Mt. Lebanon airs edited school board tape
http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_513969.html#axzz3PO5JT6HG

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know the name of the former school board member that lives over in,Sunset Hills on Gypsy? Why was she replaced?

Anonymous said...

6:41, that would be Rene Garson. http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_559147.html

Lebo Citizens said...

OK, now I'm getting the picture. Here is the hyperlink, 7:38 AM. Controversy over mailings keeps Mt. Lebanon board battle alive

I was busy trying to stop the deer culling. I had no idea that all this was going on simultaneously.

Thanks for filling us in about the co-chair of the Capital Campaign. Now I understand what is really going on here.
Elaine

Jeanie said...

It's been a really long time since the crap with Sable went down so why is it still a secret? What really happened? I'm starting to believe that the State needs to set in and do a complete audit. Things just plain stink!

Anonymous said...

It would be interesting to revisit the names associated with the 'Build Our School Now' (BOSN) Committee and the email circulated about Cannon, Stephenson, Wertheim and Bies just before the school board election.

Anonymous said...

Is there a tally available of the dollars that have been sunk into the capital campaign expenses to be compared with the donations accrued thus far? If not, why not end a bad idea. Perhaps this is a circular tunnel with neither light nor an exit.

Anonymous said...

12:01 PM, how about Linfante, Labalm, Papke, Brumfield (who pledged to go door-to-door in his ward to promote the $150 million farce)and the bra salesman on Jefferson to name a few.

Anonymous said...

Don't forget!
"Costs climb for Mt. Lebanon High School renovation" - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

All for a project that was likely to finish below estimates. I'm really, really excited.

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2014/11/13/Costs-climb-for-Mt-Lebanon-High-School-renovation/stories/201411130134

Joseph(ine) Stalin said...

I'm excited. I might have to dust off my fanfare and party hat. Let's all celebrate corruption, fiscal ineptitude and huge tax increases !! Yay! Arent we elite now?

Anonymous said...

Who's the bra sales(person)? Remember we are gender neutral community now... That's sooooooo important!

Anonymous said...

It's bra salesman, 1:12 AM, a highly opinionated, in-your-face male who lived on either Jefferson or Orchard. Claimed to be a sales manager for a major bra manufacturer.

Lebo Citizens said...

I was reminded of this 2009 Blog-Lebo post,
Are School Board Fireworks Comng?
Elaine

Anonymous said...

Carol Walton, funny she was just dug up because she about ran me over a couple of weeks ago to get in front of me at the Customer Service line in Market District.. Bethel Park..I remember years ago at the SB when she would look with distain with her glasses at the bottom of her nose during citizens comments.. She was a little like Ms. Linfante..

Anonymous said...

It is the fifteen comments made in that "Are school board fireworks coming" that are really interesting!

Anonymous said...

Is this part of the reason Walton wasn't re-elected?

http://www.alleghenyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/components/com_policy/uploads/vol4no15.pdf