Primary 2013 - Hampton Township

More of the same in Hampton Township. Three incumbents running for council and no opposition.
 

Council (3)
Republicans -- Cary Montgomery, Peter Russ, Victor Son

Primary 2013 - Franklin Park Borough

Nothing exciting going on in Franklin Park this spring.
 

Mayor
Republican -- Dennis O'Keefe

Council, Ward 1 (1)
Republican -- Jim Hogg

Council, Ward 2 (1)
Republican -- Jane Ann Hopey

Council, Ward 3 (1)
Republican -- Amy Sable

Primary 2013 - Fox Chapel

No contested races in Fox Chapel Borough this spring and unless there is a write-in there won't be any contested races in November either.

Mayor
Republican -- Walter Scott III

Council (4)
Republicans -- Andrew Bennett, Thomas Karet, Harrison Lauer, Kathleen Toole

Primary 2013 - Etna

There is only one contested council race in Etna this spring.

Mayor
Democrat -- Thomas Rengers

Council, Ward 1 (1)
Democrat -- Rudy Milcic Jr.

Council, Ward 2 (2)
Republican -- Edward Burke Jr.
Democrat -- Peter Ramage

Council, Ward 3 (2)
Democrats -- Dave Becki, Dave Farmerie, William O'Dell, Joseph Pfeifer

Primary 2013 - Ben Avon & Ben Avon Heights

No contested races in the Ben Avon or Ben Avon Heights Primaries. Heck, the Ben Avon Heights Council race is 2 short of candidates even willing to get their name on the ballot.

Ben Avon

Mayor
Republican --Robert Barry Jones

Council (4)
Republicans -- Philip Brind'Amour, Brian Tokar, Michael Wrbas, Julian Wynnyckyj
Democrats -- Jennifer Heller Bett, David Holcomb, Richard White

Ben Avon Heights

Mayor
Republican -- Scott Dismukes

Council (4)
Republicans -- Mark Davis, John Isherwood III

Very Disappointed with Jane Orie

The Jane Orie indictment is very disappointing. She is a Republican that I have always voted for and supported. Before she was elected to leadership in the State Senate she always stood up for social issues that I felt other Republicans ignored.

While I believe indictments like these are sensationalized by the press and even the prosecutors, it is hard to ignore the number of staff members that spoke about the political pressure that Jane Orie put on her staff from the top down to the grand jury.

Where there be a Democratic Candidate that mounts a write-in campaign?

First Blog Post

This will be my attempt at the blogging world. While I doubt I will have the time or the passion as many of the bloggers out there, I felt there is a loss of real conversation about local politics in the North Hills of Pittsburgh. While I will at times speak about national and state politics I will do my best to focus on what is going on in Pine, Richland, Ross, West View, Shaler, Hampton, Marshall, Bradford Woods, and Franklin Park. I also plan on blogging about Shaler School District, Hampton School District, Pine-Richland School District, and North Allegheny School District.

Please let me know if there are any issues in your community that need to be addressed because I can't follow all of these governments on my own. I hope that I will be able to encourage the residents in the North Hills to pay more attention to what their local governments are doing everyday.

Most of all I would just like to encourage everyone to vote in EVERY ELECTION. It is sad when the people that control your property taxes are only elected by 20% of the electorate.