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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

George Speros Maniatty for LC Comm'r?



George Speros Maniatty, Jr, is a self-employed accountant and an Allentown Democratic committeeman who rabidly has supported Charles Dertinger, Sam Bennett and Ed Pawlowski. He's also one of the anonymous trolls who tries to disrupt this and other blogs with misinformation and childish taunts. He was outed here in 2007.

No gentle soul, George attaches himself to virtually every Democratic campaign in the Lehigh Valley, but it always ends up a disaster. When he volunteered for Dertinger's congressional campaign, for example, he had to be pulled off phone duty because he was screaming at people. He also volunteered for Pawlowski's first mayoral run until he was eventually exiled. He's also a notorious job seeker known to get quite irate when Democratic officials refuse to hire him.

Other than Ron Angle, he's the only person who former County Commissioners' Chair Percy Dougherty has ever threatened with ejection from a meeting.

And now, he's an applicant for appointment to Bill Leiner's vacant seat on that very board.

Above, you can see a brief video of Maniatty in action during a public meeting.

Incidentally, his myspace profile tells us he's single and looking.

34 comments:

Anonymous said...

Shhh. He looks so peaceful. Like a big baby.

Anonymous said...

I've known George since we were kids. Although he is highly functional, he has severe mental health issues. Please, reconsider posting a story on him or commenting. I find writing about someone with mental health issues distasteful, without knowing about about their illness. Thank you.

Ron, The NorCo Bulldog said...

Bernie, I did everything I could for you! WTF?! Oopsie.

Bernie O'Hare said...

Anon 2:13,

Assuming you are being honest, I am by no means surprised to learn that Maniatty, like Villa (Anon 5:03), has serious mental health issues. That makes neither of them any the less vicious or destructive.

The fact is that Maniatty, like Villa, has posted some nasty anonymous personal attacks on this as well as other blogs. Those attacks are just as harmful as anything coming from a sane person.

Maniatty is now an applicant for a LC Comm'r vacancy. He has put himself in the public eye. He can accept the consequences of his own conduct.

The post stays.

Anonymous said...

Anon 2:13,

It is sad that the person you describe has been "used" by local Democrats.I know for a fact this isn't the only case.

Scott Armstrong

Anonymous said...

Joe said, I wondered why you were video taping sleeping beauty.

Anonymous said...

Never heard of him. Please tell us more about Candidate Maniatty.

Bernie O'Hare said...

Joe, In December, Allentown resident George Speros Maniatty, Jr., attended a Northampton County Council meeting, where he slept like a baby. After he had been sleeping some time, I decided to videotaped him a clip of it, figuring it might come in handy some day. It did.

Anonymous said...

Yes, apparently it did!

Anonymous said...

Ron Angle must have put him to sleep with his personal attacks and name calling. That or George was bored to sleep by Ron using the spotlight for personal gain.

Anonymous said...

That is incorrect. Now if he had slept thru the budget hearings, that's understandable. zzzzzzzz

Sandra Walters Weiss said...

Highly functional with severe mental health issues.That is an oxymoron if I have ever heard one,and as always Bernie thank you for aiming that camera. But hey,I though you got it on ebay!LOL

Anonymous said...

Gotta' love that video. That's just what we need.

Anonymous said...

Unfair. My wife often makes the same mistake of criticizing me for viewing certain events through my eyelids. Again, unfair.

Anonymous said...

Dear Ms. Weiss,

I will pray for you, that nobody that you hold dear, suffers or will suffer from mental health issues. One can function in society and no one would know that they may have underlying and severe mental health issues. Disabilities, as such, should not be a topic for the political watercooler.

Anonymous said...

Sandra Rodham Weiss is a what she said minus the oxy.

Ever see "A Beautiful Mind"?

Bernie O'Hare said...

d Maniatty for any role. Nothing beautiful about that mind.

Anonymous said...

It is my understanding that George has Aspergers. While I 100% agree with you bernie regarding his behavior, please read on. Here is something I found regarding this illness.

Individuals with Asperger syndrome have trouble recognizing their own emotions and especially expressing them in a proper way. This can cause anger tantrums They have an inability to be emphatic towards others. In order to be emphatic they have to be able to understand the effect their own behavior has on other people. Most of the time those with Aspergers are not aware of the effect their behavior is causing. This makes relationships challenging for them.

I'm no fan of George, but I try to understand that much of his behavior he cannot help.

Anonymous said...

Scott: If you are sensitive to George's illness and effectively manage and monitor him, George is bright and can be quite useful, or are you suggesting that the mentally handicapped should not be allowed to interact and be productive members of society?

Anonymous said...

Ass burgers?

Sandra Walters Weiss said...

FYI,I am a card carrying member of NAMI,the National Alliance For the Mentally Ill,I have a sister in Allentown State Hospital,a Hospital that I had to threaten will civil action because she was a danger to herself.I am not sharing this info to qualify myself on the contrary...I just feel that someone who is going to be fiscally responsible for funding etc..SHOULD BE COGNIZANT of what is going on.So am I sympathetic sure but has my opinion changed no,and thanks for the compliment.Seems like we have a problem with assertive women,need some sensitivity training?
So anytime you want to toe to toe about Mental Health issues,I would be more than happy to debate how s up that system is with my "Beautiful Mind"

Anonymous said...

From 2:13 AM and 3:03 PM,
To Ms. Weiss and Mr. O'Hare

I replied to your insensitivity of:

"Highly functional with severe mental health issues.That is an oxymoron if I have ever heard one,and as always Bernie thank you for aiming that camera."

I did not remark with the comment "A Beautiful Mind". That was another poster. I do not attack the messenger.

I am not an apologist to George's behavior. Though I do expect others with common sense not to create political fodder of someone that has a chronic mental health issue and display videos on their blog. You may have the right to do so, but common decency should prevail.

Bernie O'Hare said...

Maniatty has peppered this blog with all sorts of vicious anonymous comments, almost always posted anonymously, attacking other people. When he decides to put himself in the public eye by applying for a position as a county commissioner, his behavior very much becomes an issue.

Anonymous said...

10:07,

Welcome to O'Hare's world, where a decrepit former lawyer who was disbarred for defrauding his clients and an unhinged woman who was arrested at least seventeen times for drugs, forgery, fraud, and theft feel entitled to viciously mock a well-meaning person on the basis of his autism spectrum disorder.

Way to keep it classy, Boonie.

Bernie O'Hare said...

It is my pleasure to show maniatty for what he is. And Ms. Weiss is honest enough to use her own name, which is more than you can say.

Anonymous said...

It appears that Ms. Weiss was "honest" enough to use a plethora of names in her assorted criminal activities, more than a half-dozen different aliases. You two have no reason not to post under your real names now, because you ruined your reputations decades ago.

Even still Boonie, you're attacking a man for being autistic. The behavior you cruelly mock is directly attributable to his disorder and isn't something that he can control. In all likelihood, he isn't even cognizant that he's causing a problem, and yet you feel entitled to viciously insult him on the basis of some innocuous comments you allege that he made in 2007??? Seriously dude, what the fuck is wrong with you?

Bernie O'Hare said...

I have no real idea whether Maniatty suffers any mental illensss. What I do know for sure is that he is a nasty person who has come on this blog anonymously to spew his venom. Now that he is a Comm'r candidate, people should know about him in all his glory.

What's your excuse for being an asshole? Manic depressive? LongDemitis?

Anonymous said...

The right thing to do would have been to wake him up, but that would not make as good of a story.

Bernie O'Hare said...

Dude, If he's gott Assburger or whatever disease you claim he has, he's liable to think I'm a Republican and start choking me.

Anonymous said...

We could only be so lucky.

Sandra Walters Weiss said...

Dear Anon,thank you for sharing and if you get your rocks off by dredging up dirt well in my beautiful mind that puts you at the bottom of the food chain.And Am I surprised no..and morons like you are the reason that I love Bernie for having the chutzpah to post items like this,So come on big boy Quit hiding behind your monitor you obviously have something to hide or you would not be posting anonymously.

Anonymous said...

Ass burgers hehe

Anonymous said...

Every time someone nails Ohare or that fraudbroad Weiss, Ohare claims it is one of three annonymous posters.

More people than that know you are whacked!

Geworge is more of a man than you ever were you sick bastard!

Sandra Walters Weiss said...

Some observations:
Anon:You need to have some history lessons and a course in keyboarding you are so excited you can't type correctly..I do not feel the need to qualify myself and like I said anytime you want to come out of hiding,I would love to toe to toe with you about any issue at all.But me thinks not,I think you are a coward who readily tries to fuel the fire....and viciously attack people.So like I said before,come on with it big boy I know you have some skeletons in that closet!And in my fraudulent,unhinged beautiful mind that still puts you with the bottom feeders.Stay on point......