Ziccarelli hopes to challenge Peck for Westmoreland County DA
Peck seeking 7th term as District Attorney Share Updated: 10:00 AM EST Feb 13, 2021
Peck seeking 7th term as District Attorney Share Updated: 10:00 AM EST Feb 13, 2021
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Show Transcript ZICARELLI, WHO HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF PECK. WESTMORELAND BUREAU REPORTER JIM MADALINSKY WITH MORE ON THE RACE JIM: FOUR YEARS AGO WESTMORELAND , COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN PECK WAS ELECTED TO HIS SIXTH TERM. HE RAN UNOPPOSED. THAT WON’T BE THE CASE THIS YEAR AS A NEW CHALLENGER HAS EMERGED CALLING FOR MAJOR CHANGES TO THE OFFICE. JOHN PECK HAS SPENT NEARLY 40 YEARS WORKING INSIDE THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. HE WAS APPOINTED DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN 1994 AND HAS HELD THE POSITION EVER SINCE. IT’S EASY TO SAY I’M TOUGH ON CRIME IT’S EASY TO SAY I’M , AGAINST CRIME, BUT IT’S ANOTHER THING TO TURN THOSE WORDS INTO ACTION AND APPEAR ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE I
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The Burrell School District plans to appeal a Westmoreland County assessment ruling that reduced the real estate tax assessment of Siemens Industry Inc. With the lower assessment, the school district stands to lose $53,000 this year.
The tax challenge adds to another legal action Burrell, along with Upper Burrell Township, are pursuing to prevent a substantial loss of tax revenue from Arconic Inc., the largest land owner in Upper Burrell. Siemens’ main operations site is at the Westmoreland Business and Research Park, and the Arconic Technology Center is off of Route 780.
School districts spend a lot of time trying to make the money match the mission.
Administrators and school boards haggle endlessly, moving the pieces in a puzzle that will provide children with the best education possible within the framework of the available finances. An amazing arts program would be fantastic, but the money is needed for reading. Advanced Placement classes would be great, but the basics are what the tests measure. Small class size is ideal, and a new computer lab would be valuable, but the core needs are always prioritized.
They have to be, because a school district’s budget is like a senior citizen’s pension. Its edges are fixed by the parameters of its tax base. It can’t expand the borders. It can’t create more land or more taxpayers.
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Burrell School District and Upper Burrell plan to fight a real estate assessment appeal filed in a Westmoreland County court by Arconic Inc. that could reduce tax revenue to the school district by almost $500,000 annually. “We plan to fight this vigorously,” said Anthony Giglio, an attorney with Andrews &