The four-month Harrison impasse “Harrison commissioners fill township boards, with one oddity among the appointments” (Dec. 23, TribLive) is pathetic, as an expired authority board position remains unfilled.
Municipal authorities were created to be independent of political bodies and their undue influence. Nevertheless, the manipulative trio of Chuck Dizard, Gary Meanor and Jamie Nee continues to protect ally Dizard on the Upper Allegheny Valley Joint Sanitary Authority board and in retrospect, Meanor on the Water Authority Board. They’ve reduced this five-commissioner board to a clandestine board of three.
Exiled commissioners Eric Bengel and Jim Erb feel commissioners shouldn’t gorge on publicly accessible appointed positions, which intensified excommunication from the other three.
It’s a phony assertion that the board encourages community involvement. Maybe, when narcissists aren’t wielding veiled selfish control. During two December tie votes, Dizard didn’t vote due to a conflict of interest. However, in March he self-servingly voted to cast the obstructive tie vote to reject his replacement. Oddly, that seven-minute meeting ended abruptly as Meanor, as chairman, called for adjournment and snubbed the routine public comment agenda. As tie votes purposely persist, a successor can’t be named. Two of the four applicants haven’t even had a vote.
It’s unethical, dysfunctional and arrogant politics. If such a minor dilemma can’t be remedied, how do we trust them to lead?
Michael Klein
Harrison