Crafton Council Reorganization Meeting 1/4/2010

Crafton Council will reorganize and swear in the newly elected members of council and mayor.

You can read the agenda on the borough website.

A few important items to note in the agenda.

• James Bloom will resign and the floor will be open for nomination. The borough is excepting letters of interest. They have received a few letters and they include; Ed Stewart, Jim Christman, and Angelo Rullo, among others.
• Under the section "Appointments" council will have the power to reappoint REMs as the boroughs official EMS provider even thought Northwest currently provides 24x7 coverage in the borough, unlike REMs.
• Council will make a motion to reopen the 2010 budget. 2 current members of council are looking to cut funding for the Crafton Volunteer Fire Department.

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2010 Predictions

So I'm going to go out on a limb here and make three predictions for next year (wink).

• Prediction 1: Susan O'Connell who lost the mayor's seat last month will be appointed to the vacant seat on council when the newly elected independent Taylor Grapes resigns.
• Prediction 2: Ed Stewart will be appointed to Jim Bloom's vacant council seat.
• Prediction 3: Chief Harold Rost resigns....

This shouldn't be of any great surprise to anyone as this is typical of how the borough is run. You highly intelligent voters in Crafton have yet realize that the people you vote for are at best, incompetent.

So you made a good choice by electing Jim Bloom as Mayor, Susan had clearly failed at the post. However, I'm not sure what the rational was that made you folks elect Taylor Grapes, let alone Tom Phillips whom I don't believe was event registered or had voted prior to this year.

So with that said, the police department will be run more efficiently but the borough, well thats up in the air.

I hope my predictions are wrong, well sort of.....

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Woman Robbed - West Steuben Street

On 12/02/09 a 61 year old woman was robbed at the rear of 262 & 264 West Steuben Street. The woman was walking home on Maxwell Street when she got to the Cul-de-sac she proceeded up the steps behind 262 West Steuben Street. As she entered the second set of steps she was grabbed from behind by her hood and pulled backward then felt an object in her back she believed was a gun. A tall black male with a goatee wearing all dark clothing demanded all her money. She gave the robber her wallet and he pushed her against the building and fled the area on foot towards Maxwell Street. The actor was seen by a passerby running towards the Thornburg Bridge.

Information obtained from Crime Watch Alert email

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Crafton-Ingram Shopping Center Pick Pocket

The pick-pocket at the Crafton/Ingram Shopping Center is active again. On 12/01/09 he lifted a credit card from an elderly woman and used it at the store. Other thefts have been occurring both inside of the stores and in the parking lots. He is described as a black male, mid 30's to early 40's, slender build and his appearance is well kept. He has been targeting unsuspecting elderly victims and routinely makes conversation with his victims and gets very close to the victim prior to picking their pockets. He may be accompanied by a shorter black male, also in his mid to early 40's with a slightly larger build. If anyone has any information or has been a victim, contact 911 immediately.

All information obtained from Crime Watch Alert email

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