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On 3/28/2023 at 1:35 PM, redmill said:

Were Sandy Twp. offices visited last week by the Pa. AG`s officials , rumor has they were.??.....i ....!!...any connection to this story ?

The Township secretary took a better job with the DuBois School District as the executive secretary to the Assistant Superintendent. 

51 minutes ago, pennstater said:

Was there a point to the meeting then?  Did they address anything about it?  I would think they woulD address steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again and process changes. 
How do we oust all of em?

34 minutes ago, MaitakiHunter said:

Run for city council;
and/or other positions;
and
VOTE THEM OUT!
Its the only way.

Three of them are running unopposed this spring:  Bernardo, Gabriel and Walsh. I guess someone could wage a write in campaign.  

2 hours ago, block said:

Who will be attending tonights council meeting?

I will be there.

2 hours ago, Illiterate said:

Legally, might be the only thing they can do.  They probaly can't fire someone until allegations are proven without the possibility of legal repercussions in case he is cleared of all charges.

The City manager can be fired at anytime. There could be clauses in his contract that he would be owed a certain amount of money to get rid of him.  It would be cheaper for the council just to keep paying him then fire him for just cause once  he  is found guilty.

2 hours ago, block said:

Another question?  So he's now on a paid leave of absence, that's a joke in itself.  So if he's found guilty, because oh that's right he's innocent until proven otherwise, we pay him for some time off?  And if found guilty does he have to pay that back to the city?  

These are excellent questions for city residents to ask at  Monday's council meeting. 

1 hour ago, Pompeii said:

Doesn't the city SANDYVILLE, have a nice ring to it?  Sorry DuBois, you're out of money and Sandy Township is taking things over. 

When the vote happens in 2025 the voters will have the choice to elect a all Sandy Township City council if they so desire.

2 hours ago, block said:

And yet he still is working?  That's a slap in the face to the citizens of DuBois.  How does the state go about taking over? 

I will ask my contact at the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development since they have been providing much of the funding for Consolidation and I am sure they want to protect their investment in the new City once consolidation occurs in 2026

2 hours ago, sunflake said:

Puts a pall over consolidation and fund raising effort for fire department.  Are these funds intact?

 

Maybe a temporary state takeover of the City of DuBois is needed because it appears that there was a systematic failure by all in power.

15 minutes ago, block said:

Maybe someone can answer?  Will he be able  to work as City Manager until his actual hearing?  What process would be appropriate to remove him from his position?  Rumor is he worked today to me that's a joke!

If he was the Sandy Township manager, the charges would have resulted in his immediate termination. The affidavit of probable cause shows a serious lack of internal accounting at the city.

Upcoming meetings of the  DuBois City Council that area residents should attend:

1 hour ago, buschpounder said:

Is this an actual shot at Dubois camera building?  Are there always 3 people sitting there watching the cameras?

 

PennDot center

Camera command center located around the tunnels underneath Brady St. While it was being built one of the nearby building started to collapse and was quickly demolished. 

DuBois City I T director Matt Johnson  recently scouted out future camera  locations with the Sandy Township police department. 

4 hours ago, rich00 said:

Many generations and many stories about adventures at the Tunnel. What is the chance of getting this project on the agenda of the DuBois-Sandy Consolidation Committee?

There is a survey being planned seeking recreational ideas from DuBois - Sandy residents.You can submit what you would like to be developed.  Should be ready in a few months.

Biden had said COVID is a, "pandemic of the unvaccinated"    

He would have been fine if he had gotten 7 more booster shots. Says Faucci

7 hours ago, lavender said:

Not going to be in any hurry to get on one of those. I'm also not keen on driving across the Arizona desert or touring the Alaskan bush in an electric vehicle. I don't care to be roasted, frozen or fall 30,000 feet because a battery goes dead. I never met a battery that could be trusted. 

These planes still use jet fuel. They are hybrids.

 https://www.aviationtoday.com/2021/07/20/electric-cessna-grand-caravan-development-fly-2024/

The company that operates flights at the DuBois Airport will begin to change out their aircrafts to electric.

Southern Airways and Surf Air Mobility Agree to Merge

No immediate changes expected to current Southern operations, but electrification of the Southern fleet to be accelerated.

https://www.aviationpros.com/airlines/press-release/21268397/southern-airways-southern-airways-and-surf-air-mobility-agree-to-merge

CDC says to wear a mask outdoors will protect you from ticks.

Page 4  DuBois HISTORY

  Meantime many lumber camps operated in the forests where crews cut and
stocked logs splash-dams aided in creating temporary flood stages in the
streams for floating the logs to the millsite where they were rapidly converted
into huge piles of sawed boards and bill-stuff, box-shooks, ship-spars and
shingles, constantly being sent to markets by rail.

     To get over the near half-mile of low lying beaver dam, to the homes now
being built on higher ground on either side of it, slabs from the mill were
used to lay a kind of corduroy, or mud-bridge later to be called the 'plank
road',—now the tree-lined 'boulevard.'

     Very soon after the mill began to operate, it was found that coal veins
of 5 ft. to 6 ft. thickness lay in the strata west of town, of easy access to
the railroad. Development began by erection of tipple and siding, and within
three years a considerable trade was added to that of the lumber, and DuBois
became a live and growing town, so that with the year 1880 a bank and a
newspaper were established. Hotels and boarding houses sprang up on Long and
Courtney streets. A Methodist church was built on Booth street, a Catholic
church on State street ,a grist-mill on Long and a schoolhouse where the City
Hall now stands. While the postoffice was on. Long street side of the town, the
Main street section developed toward the coal mines so that for many years
there was a dual town known as the East or DuBois side, to distinguish it from
the older or `Rumbarger' side. Rivalry existed for a long time between the two
sections ,coal miners and their families for Rumbarger, and mill-men and
woodsmen for the DuBois side. Both sides were about equally noted for
pugilistic capacity and the frequent encounters in bar-rooms and picnics and on
the streets later resulted in fixing to the Rumbarger section, the appella-
tion of 'Bloody First' ward. Donegal Hill, as another title to that section,

http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/history/dubois-history.txt

11 minutes ago, Harvey Mungaknuts said:

Wonder what happened to the murals that were on the side of the building

Maybe moved to a giant underground storage facility at Boyers, Pa?

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/10/28/iron-mountain-storage-facility-expanding/

1 hour ago, Titan said:

Good point about the WalMart opening year.  But after reading your post I seem to remember McDonalds being open at that location before the opening of WalMart.

In my Bell of Pa phone book from 1992 Mc Donalds is listed with the Liberty Blvd address

In the 93 book their address is Rt 255

No Walmart listed in 92 but it is listed in 93

1 hour ago, Titan said:

I'm going to guess it was around 1990 to 1991 that they moved.  I'm real curious to learn the exact date.

Crusin' McDonalds to the library over and over was the thing.  Those were truly great times.

The Walmart site opened in 1993 so my guess would be McDonald`s moved  that year or 1994

Red Lobster opened in 1995 

1 hour ago, BigT said:

Do think the cause and effect of this tragedy will ever make the national news?

No. Most waste industry deaths are caused by the collecting process.

 https://waste-management-world.com/a/swana-data-shows-3-deaths-per-week-last-month-in-solid-waste-industry

28 minutes ago, DRNeil said:

Well unfortunatly this company has built up a pretty good monopoly in our region from buying out other companies and getting local governments to require residents to use their services. I often wonder how it comes about that places which once allowed people to pick their own trash company came to decide that Advanced should be the required company.  Now they are raising rates for many 20% or more.  This company's customer service is the pits having spent several hours a week or so ago trying to reach them by phone at several different numbers. Their practice of picking up trash at night  while I can see some advantages to it it also involves risks to the workers who, when I have seen them do not have reflective vests on, which places them in danger from traffic, (also required by OSHA). This could be just employees not wearing what they should but if the employer was serious about safety they would be wearing it. Some years ago I worked for a company that was providing services to government agencies and saw them providing many gifts to local officals that encouraged them to give the company business. So I am bit leery of deals like advanced is getting but a company with a poor safety record places not only their workers but also others at risk 

Many municipalities are having one company perform trash services because of mandated laws that became too expensive for the local government to provide.

There were also many other job related deaths in Pennsylvania in 2017.

https://www.osha.gov/dep/fatcat/dep_fatcat.html

I have had many variety of birds at my feeder. Going through about a quart of bird food  a day.