Improper procedures prevent voter referendum issue from being heard in court
A procedural error by the two people seeking to stop a Fayette County voter referendum on school district administration consolidation prevented the issue from being heard in motions court on Friday morning.
Delinda Young of North Union Township and Rob Frasconi of Uniontown had filed an objection in the prothonotary’s office to a referendum petition filed by state Rep. Timothy Mahoney, D-South Union seeking to ask voters about consolidating the administrations and school boards of Fayette County school districts.
As part of the procedure to have the issue heard in motions court so it can be assigned a hearing date, paperwork must be filed in the court office. However, District Court Administrator Karen M. Kuhn said the office was not given a copy so the issue wasn’t placed on the motions court docket.
Young and Frasconi appeared in Fayette County Court Friday along with legal counsel from Fayette County and state Rep. Timothy Mahoney, D-South Union and the Fayette County Election Bureau, but the issue was not heard.
Judge Ralph C. Warman said he could not hear testimony because the case was not on his docket.
Kuhn said Young and Frasconi were later informed how they could properly prepare the motions court documentation so it could be presented at a later date.
For more details, read Amy Revak’s story in Sunday’s HeraldStandard.com