tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post115291443880328594..comments2024-03-28T14:04:22.218-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: The Great Nazareth Tire Slashing CaperBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1153182048082554452006-07-17T20:20:00.000-04:002006-07-17T20:20:00.000-04:00This guy seems to know a lot about the new plans a...This guy seems to know a lot about the new plans and when they'll be available. He's obviously getting inside info not provided to some council members.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1153181929531728512006-07-17T20:18:00.000-04:002006-07-17T20:18:00.000-04:00I can bash the police and get away with it because...I can bash the police and get away with it because this is America, where people have the right to criticize their government. This is America, where people have the right to petition their government for redress of grievances. <BR/><BR/>20 to 30 people? Dream on, buddy. There were at least 200 people at the rally, and half that number (at least) filed in to Council chambers on July 10. <BR/><BR/>I have looked at the plans, drawn up as a result of a committee that took official action in violation of the Sunshine Act. The plans will make the park useless for anything other than a game of baseball. When organized teams are playing, the neighborhood kids will be deprived of the use of the rest of the park. And it's dangerous to have a police station in the middle of a neighborhood park where kids will play. And it's a further reduction of parkland. Nazareth has lost 1/3 of its park land in the last 30 years. Now it is proposed to diminish it even more. Brilliant. <BR/><BR/>As far as trash talking the police is concerned, it should be obvious to anyone that they are letting themselves be used, and for good reason. They want a brand new police station with a nice little exercise room. The first incident of slashing occurred before the plans were public knowledge. The second incident may have been the result of running over a nail. And the third incident occurred in Lower Nazareth, and Kokolus stated he had been having problems with some kids in his neighborhood. Yet the cops put 2 and 2 together and came up with 5. <BR/><BR/>As for what I do for a living, you're not "just curious." You're launching into an ad hominem attack. You can't argue the facts without changing them so you decide to attack me. But I'll answer your question because it is common knowledge and I don't hide it. I'm an ex-lawyer who had a drinking problem. That was 21 years ago. <BR/><BR/>Today I made a point to send my blog to a group of Nazareth officials. I can only conclude that you must be one of them. And you're operating in the dark, just like them. And anonymously.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1153180900899701972006-07-17T20:01:00.000-04:002006-07-17T20:01:00.000-04:00Seems to me Mr. O'hare doesn't know too much about...Seems to me Mr. O'hare doesn't know too much about what's going on here. First of all, how can you bash the police the way you do and get away with it....WOW, looks like somebody has a reason to hate the police. FYI....The ballfield will still be there, and the children will have a place to play. The addition, in case you haven't seen the plans is going to run along the Church Street side as well as along the hill of grass. The new plans , downsized should be available soon. I hope that council sticks to their guns this time,and doesn't cave for the 20-30 people coming forward and protesting, afterall I think Nazareth's population is over a few thousand, that would be a whole lot of people to ask for an oppinion. Any other form of government just makes decisions, they do not ask for advice from the people. i have a feeling they will do the right thing here. <BR/> Get a life! Only a has-been would trash talk our police and those who put their life on the lines each day. What is it that you do for a living?? (or did for a living?) Just curiousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1152977493907070322006-07-15T11:31:00.000-04:002006-07-15T11:31:00.000-04:00Just goes to show that even Officer Friendly plays...Just goes to show that even Officer Friendly plays politics on the beat and is better at spin than he (or she) is at catching real criminals.<BR/><BR/>Keller should be arrested for having an unlicensed huge ego!<BR/><BR/>There is not a 13- or 14-year-old kid anywhere on this planet who knows who he is, thinks he's important, or gives a crap about making a political statement.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the Naz Cops should contact Homeland Security... sounds like an Al Qeda plot to me!!!! In fact, I bet there is a Lebanese connection. Oh, wouldn't that be a bonus! A reason to hassle local LEGALS about their friends and relatives in the Middle East!<BR/><BR/>"ALL POINTS BULLETIN: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CHILDREN WEARING TURBANS RIDING BIKES IN THE VICINITY OF NAZARETH! THEY ARE ARMED AND DANGEROUS TERRORISTS! WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THEY ARE CONDUCTING A TIRE JIHAD AGAINST PRESIDENT KELLER, THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1152968444392301322006-07-15T09:00:00.000-04:002006-07-15T09:00:00.000-04:00I just read the account in the Express Times. The ...I just read the account in the Express Times. The police are putting two and two together, and Keller tells us he was a cop for a long time so he knows what's going on.<BR/><BR/>Here's my question for Nazareth law enforcement. They are very quick to point fingers against those who oppose their new building. They do this publicly, alerting both papers. It doesn't matter that they have no evidence to back up trheir accusaTIONS.<BR/><BR/>Why then, were they so silent when a girl was raped inm Nazareth some months ago. I consider a rape a little more serious than one tire puncture on Keller's car. Why did the press have to find out about that by accident?<BR/><BR/>If anyone is playing politics, it is the police.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1152965579789752632006-07-15T08:12:00.000-04:002006-07-15T08:12:00.000-04:00Dear Mama:You remind me of my own dear mother. Bu...Dear Mama:<BR/><BR/>You remind me of my own dear mother. But, unfortunately, today's kids are taught to tell Daddy to hire a lawyer if the teacher gives them a bad grade. And why send a kid to his room today when he's got a big-screen TV, cable, DVD, and Play Station there? Some punishment!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1152960292293909262006-07-15T06:44:00.000-04:002006-07-15T06:44:00.000-04:00I am one of those mothers...and I have one thing t...I am one of those mothers...and I have one thing to say(ok..maybe 2 or 3)to the "boys" interviewed for that story. 'SHAME ON YOU!!,Didn't your Mama teach you to play nice and fair..now up to your room think about what you have done, and don't come down until you can say I am sorry!!!'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1152937820297028242006-07-15T00:30:00.000-04:002006-07-15T00:30:00.000-04:00Well put!Well put!Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1152935696800629012006-07-14T23:54:00.000-04:002006-07-14T23:54:00.000-04:00I just think they are trying to put the focus on t...I just think they are trying to put the focus on tire slashing and off of the real issue. But we aren't forgetting the real issue. Out of the park, within budget, and in the downtown. Three simple and very possible goals. We'll be workin' on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1152925769505511832006-07-14T21:09:00.000-04:002006-07-14T21:09:00.000-04:00Yeah, it really bothers me that police would go al...Yeah, it really bothers me that police would go along with the absurd sauggestion these incidents are related. They say if the law and facts are against you, abuse your opponent. That appears to be the case here. Some Nazareth officials, with the help of a few cops, are trying to start a backlash against Nazareth residents whose main concern is their children's welfare. Paul Kokolus doesn't even live in Nazareth and said he believed his tires were punctured by some kids in his neighborhood who have been giving him trouble. But the cops say the incidents "must" be related. <BR/><BR/>I agree - there is a moral in this story. Thanks for your comments.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1152920097502120532006-07-14T19:34:00.000-04:002006-07-14T19:34:00.000-04:00Bernie,What's he smoking? Don't you know by now t...Bernie,<BR/><BR/>What's he smoking? Don't you know by now that the best drugs NEVER make it to the Evidence Room at the Police Station? I wonder why??<BR/><BR/>That's what happens when kids have nowhere to play and resort to other forms of "recreation." No young punk is smart enough to know an elected official's car from the janitor's car. To him, a car is a car and it happened to be handy when he had his knife out. Maybe there's a moral somewhere in your story....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com