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“The problem is already starting, and it’s only going to get worse as the weather gets warmer,” said Oakland’s Mayor Glover. It can be nipped in the bud now if people practice the correct technique and make it a habit. The comments were made as addendum to the Mayor’s Report just prior to adjournment. And what the Mayor was getting at were truly acts of negligence and inconsideration which offend the senses and sensibilities of those living in Oakland and using its streets.

But before consideration of the inconsiderations, cast and context for the evening require setting. On Thursday, April 12, at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Randy Glover, Borough Secretary Flo Brush, and Councilmen Brian Rhone, Dave Dibble, Gary Boughton, Tom Kubus, and Dave Trevarthan, were duly assembled and ready for meeting at Lanesboro Community Center. Only problem was, they were assembled outside the center, rather than inside. Their key holder, Oakland Borough President Ron Beavan, was unable to attend due to a family emergency. As if dispatched by an angel, Todd Glover, Lanesboro’s Borough Council President was driving on Main Street; Mayor Randy Glover approached and made a “key” request. The long and the short of it was that borough council opened their meeting inside at 7:07 p.m. Jack Agler joined the borough attendees previously mentioned within two minutes of start time.

At an unexpected moment County Commissioners tooted the county’s horn by announcing Susquehanna County had been reported to have a distinction to which none of the other counties of the Commonwealth could lay claim. Before that climactic moment Commissioners Alan Hall, Michael Giangrieco, and Mary Ann Warren toiled for nearly six minutes of motions and agenda items at the Wednesday, April 11 meeting in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room.

Kicking off the meeting at 9 a.m. sharp, Chairman Hall asked for a motion to approve the minutes from the March 28 meeting. Commissioner Giangrieco complied; Commissioner Warren seconded; and a meeting attendee interjected objection before the normally robotic approval could be made. County resident Bruce Paskoff noted that there had been no pad and pen made available at either the meeting of March 28 or this day’s meeting. As such, meeting attendees were unable to sign-in to give official testimony at the meeting. Mr. Paskoff requested to know what had become of the previously instituted procedure, and if it was to be reinstated. He noted that the Sunshine Law required governmental bodies to be consistent in their application of the law, “so either we’re going to have it or we’re not.” Commissioner Giangrieco retorted, “Well, that’s what you keep saying, but I don’t necessarily agree with it. I don’t know; we talked about it. I don’t think we need one.” Mr. Paskoff asked commissioners to vote on it. Commissioners were in unanimous agreement - in declining to take any such vote. The minutes were approved without further ado, and commissioners moved on.

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