Another $30,000 Shot in the Stubby!

After a conversation with one of the contractors working on Grant Avenue we learned that instead of filling in the roadbed and paving or even reusing the existing brick, the city is spending an EXTRA $30,000 for a special asphalt compound that "looks like" brick!!! The City manager tells the Daily News that the city is facing hard times yet they spend 30K on fake brick?
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OOPS… We Stand Corrected

In an earlier post we said that the city spent $30,000 on a camera system for the police station. The fact is that the actual cost (as per the Daily News on October 11th) is $37,950. And the system also maintains surveillance in the horribly crime-ridden city park.
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Councilman Elwood Martin was quoted in the paper as saying that the monies came out of a drug forfeiture account and he hopes that the city will be reimbursed by the DA’s office. We hope so too woody because 38 grand could have bought:
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Laptops, with all the necessary software, for all of the police cars, two new police cars, two part-time officers. One full-time officer, new firearms for the entire department, training for a DARE officer in the school, training and material for a juvenile crime prevention officer in the city or even a professional grant writer to find more monies that could be used for the protection of our residents and/or educational and anti-crime programs for their children.
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Seeing is Believing

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How Are They Spending YOUR Money?

If you're a taxpayer, you have the right to know how the city is spending YOUR money. From time to time, we will tell you what absurd decisions are being made and answer the question... Where's the Money?

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DDS has learned that West Mifflin has recently installed a camera system in their police department. Including cameras with sound, the cost was a little over $3,000. In Duquesne, the cost to the taxpayer to install a camera system in the police station that the chief can watch from home exceeded $30,000!

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Ironic that a new camera system has us asking the question "What's wrong with this picture?"

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Now is YOUR Chance!

This Wednesday, October 8th at 7:00 pm is the Duquesne public council meeting and your chance to ask the hard questions. Questions like:

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1.) Why were two officers fired in the Spring when the police department was down in manpower during the juvenile, rock-throwing incidents?

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2.) Why wasn't the mayor's cop buddy fired for moving to Munhall while still employed here?

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3.) Now that the city has been ordered to hire those officers back and give them their backpay, why do the taxpayers have to foot the bill (tens of thousands of dollars) for stubby's arrogance and stupidity?

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4.) Why did the city spend thousands of dollars on a camera system for the police station just so lefty can sit at home and watch his officers?

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This is your chance to put them on the spot! If you are a taxpayer, they owe you alot of answers. Go to the council meeting at City Hall and DEMAND THEM!!!

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