$10 million in debt

Even if you don't vote, it is the money of the people. Many of us, like me, have senior parents in Whitehall. We grew up in Whitehall. We chose Whitehall as adults to raise our families. My son is going to Whitehall Elementary. 

Thus, there are 3 generations of the people of Whitehall who are impacted by the decisions.

The two documents were very telling concerning how Whitehall got into $10 million in debt

1. The minutes from the pool workshop of 2020

https://whitehallboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200817WorkshopMeetingMinutes-Website.pdf  

2. The 75 years of Whitehall Spring-Summer 2023 release

https://whitehallboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023SS-FINAL.pdf

Alarming highlights:

• • Doverdell Storm Sewage debt is still outstanding. A fund was setup yet we are still paying off a 3.3 million dollar debt.

  • Republican incumbent opponent: Bob McKown CPA confessing problems with the Whitehall police pension due to poor accounting practices

  • Admission that we couldn't afford a $6 million dollar pool, trusting Gateway to keep it to $3 million then watching it go back to $6 million.

  • Missing/delayed tax collection from 2020 earned income tax increased rate.

  • Fear that taxes would have to be raised again due to our debts.

  • Democratic incumbent opponent: Glenn Nagy pushing back on surveys or a referendum on the pool

  • The refusal to use state grants to rebuild the pool.

  • Giving Gateway yet again a blank check despite a history of poor performance with re-design and estimating contractor costs of our parks.

With just a little math, $3.3 million + $7.5 million = 10.8 million in debt

Our interest rates are low but that does not quite get is even to $10 million in the hole

This was all a single source bid at the hand of Bob McKown, CPA with his friends at Westbanco. No municipal bonds which tend to have less fees were considered.