Mr. Cuban,
It looks like you are being set up for a donation, if you haven't heard from Mt. Lebanon already. mtl Magazine did a nice piece on you, modern mogul.
Mt. Lebanon has turned into one big fundraiser, Mark. I am sure you are aware of the Taj Mahal going up, otherwise known as Mt. Lebanon High School. I presented almost 4,000 signatures to the Mt. Lebanon School District Board of Directors, asking them to cap the renovation at $75 million. Next time you are in town, drive up Cochran Road and see how that worked out for us 4,000 residents.
Now, the School District has hired someone to head a $6 million campaign, half of it going toward capital projects, and the remaining $3 million for endowments. We haven't heard how that is coming along. Seems as though we are in "The Quiet Phase."
Rumor has it, that the School District is hammering out an unbelievable contract with the teachers' union. Our super superintendent, Dr. "Timmy" Steinhauer will get his yearly increase. I believe last year's increase was 7.5%.
While this is going on, Mark, the Commission has decided to artificially turf Middle and Wildcat Fields on Cedar Blvd. They have decided to steal $750,000 from the unassigned funds and the Municipal Budget and partner with the Sports Advisory Board, who has been charged with raising $250,000. My guess is that your phone number is on their To Call list. Here's the thing, Mark. Three commissioners have gotten together with a few people and have bullied us into paying for this project. No public hearings. No referendums. No transparency whatsoever. It is criminal how this is going down.
Things are so much different now than how it was when you lived here, Mark. Little did I know that when I was in high school, walking past your house to go to work at Thrift Drug on Bower Hill, that I would be writing to you on a blog some day. There was no Internet back then. A blog? Not even in our wildest imaginations.
I am just giving you a heads up, Mark. I enjoy watching your show. I wish our elected officials would think as carefully as "The Sharks" do when it comes to using taxpayers' money. Our commissioners and school board directors should be required to watch Shark Tank. I know I have learned quite a bit.
Elaine Gillen
It looks like you are being set up for a donation, if you haven't heard from Mt. Lebanon already. mtl Magazine did a nice piece on you, modern mogul.
Mt. Lebanon has turned into one big fundraiser, Mark. I am sure you are aware of the Taj Mahal going up, otherwise known as Mt. Lebanon High School. I presented almost 4,000 signatures to the Mt. Lebanon School District Board of Directors, asking them to cap the renovation at $75 million. Next time you are in town, drive up Cochran Road and see how that worked out for us 4,000 residents.
Now, the School District has hired someone to head a $6 million campaign, half of it going toward capital projects, and the remaining $3 million for endowments. We haven't heard how that is coming along. Seems as though we are in "The Quiet Phase."
Rumor has it, that the School District is hammering out an unbelievable contract with the teachers' union. Our super superintendent, Dr. "Timmy" Steinhauer will get his yearly increase. I believe last year's increase was 7.5%.
While this is going on, Mark, the Commission has decided to artificially turf Middle and Wildcat Fields on Cedar Blvd. They have decided to steal $750,000 from the unassigned funds and the Municipal Budget and partner with the Sports Advisory Board, who has been charged with raising $250,000. My guess is that your phone number is on their To Call list. Here's the thing, Mark. Three commissioners have gotten together with a few people and have bullied us into paying for this project. No public hearings. No referendums. No transparency whatsoever. It is criminal how this is going down.
Things are so much different now than how it was when you lived here, Mark. Little did I know that when I was in high school, walking past your house to go to work at Thrift Drug on Bower Hill, that I would be writing to you on a blog some day. There was no Internet back then. A blog? Not even in our wildest imaginations.
I am just giving you a heads up, Mark. I enjoy watching your show. I wish our elected officials would think as carefully as "The Sharks" do when it comes to using taxpayers' money. Our commissioners and school board directors should be required to watch Shark Tank. I know I have learned quite a bit.
Elaine Gillen