tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post116913346744236948..comments2024-03-28T21:38:40.389-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Express Times Editor Joe Owens: Don't Peg Me, You Bloghead!Bernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1169398429767004742007-01-21T11:53:00.000-05:002007-01-21T11:53:00.000-05:00Bernie,When I read Owens' blog, for the first time...Bernie,<BR/><BR/>When I read Owens' blog, for the first time, and saw his reference to "bloghead," I immediately intuited he was describing you.<BR/><BR/>And I had to laugh when at his insidious comparison of you to Rodney King and his famous quote, "Why can't we all just get along?," to paraphrase.<BR/><BR/>And there I had to take Joe's blog seriously, and agree with him:<BR/><BR/>Please stop trying to "get along" with politicians like Wayne Grube who wsaste taxpayer dollars on follies like the Route 512 road to Wal-Mart/Lowes/WM/GCS Landfill in the Slate Belt - <BR/><BR/>And the Commerce Center Boulevard in South Bethlehem traversing the 126 acres of BethWorks and culminating in a cul-de-sac at the parcel purchased by Majestic Realty of Los Angeles, owner of the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas Nevada - in a deal negotiated by Bethlehem City Council President J. Michael Schweder and T.J. Rooney, former state assemblyman representing Northam;pton and Lehigh counties and, presumably, still chair of Pennsylvania's Democratic Party Committee.<BR/><BR/>Now that he's no longer a state representative, presumably, Rooney will join former state senator Joe Uliani in Harrisburg as a lobbyist for Big Business and Big labor - but most certainly not for the lowly taxpayer.<BR/><BR/>Also, are you aware that Schweder, the president of AT&T in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey is also a lobbyist - registered as such in NJ but not in PA, which, unlike its neighboring state, has no lobbyist registration law?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1169349374105174222007-01-20T22:16:00.000-05:002007-01-20T22:16:00.000-05:00LST, Joe's got a fairly good sense of humor. He wa...LST, Joe's got a fairly good sense of humor. He was joking. You can't take this stuff too seriously.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1169339765362033962007-01-20T19:36:00.000-05:002007-01-20T19:36:00.000-05:00Hey Joe, get over yourself.Hey Joe, get over yourself.LSTresidentPIAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363453610874838651noreply@blogger.com