Congratulations Coach Ruffner!

Mt. Pleasant hires Ruffner as football coach

Tribune-Review - The Mt. Pleasant school board voted Monday to hire Robert "Bo" Ruffner as football coach. He replaces Mark Lyons, who was not rehired after winning three consecutive Keystone Conference titles.

Ruffner, a teacher at Hempfield, was given a two-year contract that was unanimously approved by the board.

"Mt. Pleasant has a great tradition," said Ruffner. "They won two WPIAL titles in the 1980s and a number of conference titles. I'm looking forward to continuing that tradition and starting a new one in Class AA."

Let's Go Pens!

Bring the cup back to Pittsburgh!

Property Tax Relief??????

Here are the numbers regarding the estimated property tax relief for residents of Westmoreland County School Districts (Dollars per household per year) due to gaming revenue. This is obviously not enough and we need to do more to change the way we fund public education to make it better for our children and more affordable for our taxpayers. The state legislators will try to pass the responsibility to the school districts and blame property taxes on overspending. Sorry, but that is ridiculous. That's an easy "gotcha" political answer and accusation. To see some of my ideas regarding property tax reform, click here.

Belle Vernon Area - $170
Burrell - $162
Derry Area - $197
Franklin Regional - $123
Greater Latrobe - $92
Greensburg Salem - $133
Hempfield Area - $87
Jeannette City - $266
Kiski Area - $141
Ligonier Valley - $68
Monessen City - $226
Mount Pleasant - $164
New Kensington-Arnold - $310
Norwin - $93
Penn-Trafford - $135
Southmoreland - $221
Yough - $165

From our family to yours...

Thank you for your support!!!