Posted on 12/06/2025 2:10:47 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
New records obtained by Spotlight PA show Pennsylvania is planning to spend just shy of $1.1 million in public dollars for security upgrades to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s private family home in the Philadelphia suburbs, including $311,000 for a new security system and nearly $290,000 for landscaping and other groundskeeping.
The upgrades, the Shapiro administration has said, were recommended by Pennsylvania State Police after a middle-of-the-night arson attack earlier this year on the state-owned mansion for the governor some 100 miles away in Harrisburg. Shapiro and his family were asleep inside at the time, but no one was injured.
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since an arsonist almost killed him and his family a security upgrade was needed.
As for the landscape part, i assume this is about clearing shrubs etc for security purposes.
Robbers hide in bushes and nearby trees and both can be fire hazards.
And there was a breach in the hammer detection system. It could recognize a claw hammer but the ball peen profile had been corrupted.
I would assume Shapiro gets to keep the added value to his property even after he leaves office, and that in addition to any kickbacks he might receive from the contractors.
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