Budget Buzz

MJM says in his weekly rant:

"The “new” Board is an obvious change that you can believe in.  June 30th will tell the tale when a final budget is adopted."

Our sources tell us that EHS is going to have 34 teachers approved to staff the building.  That is more teachers that Kittanning Junior High School, which has more students than EHS will have.  Also, sources tell us that the budget for 2010-2011 is slated to increase 3.2 million next year and the cost to reopen EHS is 3.6 million. Very interesting.

Right now, our sources are pretty good, but we want to show you proof.  Once we have our Right To Know information, we will publish it for all to see.

The Markilinski Vote

We keep hearing, from certain people, how Markilinski won by a landslide.  It's kind of hard to do that when you are the only one running.  You are, in essence, the winner AND the loser.  It is also an opportunity to get 100% of the vote.  This, however, was not the case for Markilinski.

Wendy Buzzard, Director of Elections for Armstrong County provided us with these figures.

There are 3,087 registered voters in Region 9

Number of people who voted in the Nov. 2009 election for Region 9 - Manor Twp. and Manorville Borough

Manor Twp	North	338
	South 1	241
	South 2	288
Total Manor Twp		867
Manorville Borough		91
Grand Total		958

958 total voters in Manor Twp and Manorville Boro who voted in the November 2009 election.


Number of voters that voted for School Director

Manor Twp.	North	265
	South 1	172
	South 2	204
Total Manor Twp.		641
Manorville Borough		67
Grand Total		708

708 is the number of Manor Twp and Manorville Boro voters that voted for School Director


Votes for Markilinski

Manor Township	North	257
	South 1	166
	South 2	197
Total Manor Township		620
Manorville Borough		66
Grand Total		686

686 Votes for Markilinski

SUMMARY

250 didn't vote for anyone for School Director, they chose to exercise their right to under vote.

22 people voted for a write in.


26% DID NOT VOTE FOR ANYONE

2% voted for a write in

72% voted for Markilinski

Of Markilinski's votes, 49 were for straight Republican party and 38 were straight Democrat party.  We consider these votes "freebies" since they weren't a direct vote for him, he only got those votes because he was registered for both parties.

Yes, he won.  By a landslide, we don't think so.  For someone who should have gotten 100% of the vote, he only got 62.5% DIRECT votes.

Markilinski Writes to Secretary of Education

Mr. Markilinski is trying to enlist the Secretary of Education in his war against Lenape Vo-Tech.  Please notice that he used Ford City Ambulance's fax machine.  Again, 501(c)3 getting involved in activism.

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