Pitcher Park was not supposed to start any work on this project until they raised 1/2 the needed funds for the entire project (which was estimated between $500,000-$800,000). They jumped the gun and paid Grindline to come to Dormont to start the design process before they had raised barely any money. When it was brought to Council's attention in May 2011 that the group was not supposed to be engaging in any design meetings until they had raised 1/2 the funds, we were told by former council president Lusardi that Pitcher Park could do whatever they wanted with their money. The Borough has no financial obligation to this group.

Gee... thanks Mary Pitcher. Please stay away from our community.

thank goodness she is someone else's problem now - and that her terrible 'store'is not an actual open business. go look at those tennis courts b/c the paint is chipping already since they didn't use the right type of paint to begin with which dormont will now have to fix. didn't they use volunteers for all their work anyway? how much is a couple cans of paint. don't you need designs anyhow. what a crock, dormont doesnt owe her a thing.

The Uniform Commercial Code covers the conduct of this business, and Pitcher Memorial Park proceeded in good faith based on the MOU. Under the doctrine of estoppel, the boro cannot state that the MOU was invalid as an affirmative defense. Pay the lady. The fact that none of the principles is still a boro representative is immaterial.

You people are unbelievable! Mary Pat Pitcher offered Dormont something and all Dormont did was string her along then kicked her to the curb. She (Pitcher Park) should be reimbursed every penny the borough required her to spend.

Those tennis courts on Memorial were in such disrepair when they were redone. And that was all volunteer labor and materials. So instead of the borough having to spend money to do what was done, it will cost them significantly less in paint. And how mush would you like to bet they do nothing! And I'd also bet the tennis courts on Banksville get painted at least every other year.

They volunteered to fix the tennis courts, and they want the boro to pay for it.....NONSENSE!

The patch reported volunteer efforts. (I tried linking the articles, but the comment gets rejected)

Nevermind, just found them in the que. I've restored your comments, Joseph.

Am I the only one here that remembers when council told the teenagers get out of here we are building a fire department where you play? Hey COUNCIL since you don't wanna give these people there money back can you use it for the teenagers like it was intended for (youth) . We have a paid recreation director for who? What? Hey how much does the borough charge an hour a kid to use the gym? Why did the weekly basketball pickup games leave and goto the elementary school? I as a tax paying resident can't figure out why we want to keep their money. I just want to know what the recreation director is here to do?

Ed M - click the link in the third bullet point in this article to find that document.

This is nuts! Mary pat absolutely should be reimbursed for what happened here in Dormont. If she doesn't I hope she sues this towns balls off. For anyone who thinks reimbursement is ridiculous... You have some serious moral issues. Dormont should take responsibility for the bs they put this group through.

Jenny you and Ed M seem to be painting all council representatives with the same brush on here. The first council that dealt with this was dealing with this issue in its infancy. Based on feedback from residents we as a council did not approve this project to move forward. We are, after all, representatives of the tax payers and as such need to listen and vote accordingly. This would have been the time to look elsewhere for an alternative. A year later with some self-serving campaign deals in place Pitcher Park got their fourth vote and with it began the unfair promises and back-room deals that were neither fair to Mrs. Pitcher or the residents of Dormont. She WAS strung along by a few councilwomen one of whom would ultimately change her vote and turn her back on Mrs. Pitcher because she never really was on board with Mrs. Pitcher she just wanted a seat on council bad enough to play with this woman's emotions. There is enough blame on this issue to fill Dormont Pool some of it IS with the Pitcher Park people for not looking at alternatives earlier but a majority of it lays at the feet of those who were either giving this woman false hope or worse using her for personal/political gain. I wish Pitcher Park well in Carnegie, they have the room for this project and it seems like a win/win for Mrs. Pitcher.

This is a dedicated group led by Ms. Pitcher and I'm glad to see the skatepark will have a home in Carnegie. Here's to hoping it's a huge success, to hell with Dormont, it's a borough FILLED to the brim with corruption on so many levels (and that's just the stuff we, the public, are informed on). This woman lost her sons and tried in vain to build something to remember them by, something youths from the community her sons grew up in could use, yet these people just tried shooting her down at every turn. I saw 5 or 6 middle school aged kids skateboarding down the sidewalk on West Liberty near Potomac yesterday...enjoy it, kids of Dormont...you'll never get a safer place to ride because your hobbies and interests don't gel with those calling the shots on council.