Tube City Almanac

May 04, 2010

News' Editorial Lauded

(Commentary/Editorial)

Click to enlargeI have occasionally made fun of some of the editorials that the Daily News picks up from its parent newspaper. Those editorials have been known to be somewhat ... er, strident.

But I've also noted that the locally written editorials about the McKeesport area are often quite good, and that Daily News' editorial page is worth your time for that reason.

Monday's editorial page was no exception.

The unsigned editorial titled "Worth the $5,500" concerns the release --- over the objections of the West Mifflin Area School Board --- of an independent investigation into former school Superintendent Patrick Risha. Risha also served as superintendent in the South Allegheny and McKeesport districts.

The report, obtained by the Post-Gazette under the terms of a "Right-to-Know" request, concludes that Risha ordered school district employees to perform personal work for him, his son and West Mifflin school director Albert Graham.

The News' editorial isn't online, but it's hard-hitting and deserves wider distribution, so I am forced to scan it in and violate all sorts of copyrights.

Take time to read it, and especially the last sentence: "With this report, Grant Street prosecutors may have a field day."

Mr. Zappala? When you're done with Ms. Orie, you have urgent business to attend to in the Mon Valley, and I'm not talking about the new regional courthouse in the Third Ward.

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