tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post243996730469003476..comments2024-03-28T11:05:44.202-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Allentown City Council Candidate Scared Off BallotBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-46468766143758428672013-03-25T03:42:17.245-04:002013-03-25T03:42:17.245-04:00Hello there, new anon / player at bat here. I can&...Hello there, new anon / player at bat here. I can't help but wonder if fellow anons here are actually registered voters? As for Miss Velez, please reconsider your withdraw and run for council anyways, if not mayor. People out here are rooting for you. Speak out. Peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-56665543843755918212013-03-22T10:24:51.461-04:002013-03-22T10:24:51.461-04:00Poresky is a true leader. Will the last person to ...Poresky is a true leader. Will the last person to leave Allentown please turn out the lights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-88240499620473554612013-03-22T06:02:58.917-04:002013-03-22T06:02:58.917-04:00Poresky is a true leader, and Allentown is lucky t...Poresky is a true leader, and Allentown is lucky to have him. He has the courage to stand up to the Mayor, his puppet council and corporate water interests. Thank goodness someone is.<br /><br />Water privatization is a desperate move by a desperate administration. It's too bad that the Mayor couldn't come up with something better than this. Bad for the people, especially the poor, bad for businesses (who use water), bad for the economy. It will be an albatross around the neck of Allentown for many years to come. <br /><br />There is a reason that the suburban communities whose water rates are going up are suing the city. Taxation without representation.<br /><br />People, speak out against this outrage. Support candidates who have the courage to stand up against it. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-25837168664262387792013-03-22T00:01:17.017-04:002013-03-22T00:01:17.017-04:00I'm prepared to believe that she is a nice, we... I'm prepared to believe that she is a nice, well-meaning individual. She was clearly in over her head. She lost the game before the opening buzzer sounded.<br />She would have been eaten up in that snakepit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-44182602920099760792013-03-21T23:40:37.458-04:002013-03-21T23:40:37.458-04:00What is disturbing about this story is that someon...What is disturbing about this story is that someone was able to intimidate her. Not that they tried, but that it worked.<br /><br />She's got to steel herself against this type of sleazy local political tricks. Allentown Dems did not invent them but they should be ashamed that they are using them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-68851381978315783742013-03-21T22:07:25.936-04:002013-03-21T22:07:25.936-04:00Poresky is going to launch a campaign! That should...Poresky is going to launch a campaign! That should be the kiss of death.<br />Could somebody do the humane thing and tell this guy his train has already pulled out of the station.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-22899598779255161732013-03-21T20:55:05.774-04:002013-03-21T20:55:05.774-04:00She's cute. One visit at a local county or ci...She's cute. One visit at a local county or city party meeting and she would have had the local political hacks following over each other to explain the petition process to her and volunteering to collect signatures. If you are going to run for a political party's nomination show up at a meeting or two. You'll meet people who will tell you what the tricks are to running for office as long as you are not insane or as long as their type of insane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-46905653085534796582013-03-21T19:54:38.621-04:002013-03-21T19:54:38.621-04:00and the guilt probably isn't limited to himand the guilt probably isn't limited to him Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-28553880222838968162013-03-21T19:50:51.041-04:002013-03-21T19:50:51.041-04:00Brennan admitted to calling, denied representing t...Brennan admitted to calling, denied representing the party the back peddled and said he couldn't comment? If I read that correctly, that is all I needed to know to verify his guilt. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-62334570551741837842013-03-21T19:04:58.146-04:002013-03-21T19:04:58.146-04:00the real question is who misused democratic party ...the real question is who misused democratic party resources Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-36077748744199539492013-03-21T17:48:12.264-04:002013-03-21T17:48:12.264-04:00So the question remains, are 75 of her singatures ...So the question remains, are 75 of her singatures invalid?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-11227131475024229222013-03-21T17:10:45.533-04:002013-03-21T17:10:45.533-04:00To quote the ever charming Bernie O'Hare ---- ...To quote the ever charming Bernie O'Hare ---- these people " could fuck up a church picnic."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-70074921665063943262013-03-21T16:30:09.758-04:002013-03-21T16:30:09.758-04:00Jeezzz Louizzee -- the anti-water sell off people ...Jeezzz Louizzee -- the anti-water sell off people are a hapless lot. They get it wrong at every juncture. They can't even get the basic procedures correct. A monkey throwing darts at a board would have a better record.<br />The mayor must be laughing his butt off.<br />Unfreaking real!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-87114532726060069982013-03-21T16:03:34.132-04:002013-03-21T16:03:34.132-04:00Sounds like a lot of hearsay to me. Sounds like a lot of hearsay to me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-19145000911075031982013-03-21T15:32:08.845-04:002013-03-21T15:32:08.845-04:00Brennan doesn't need back-talking minorities a...Brennan doesn't need back-talking minorities and nosey bloggers sullying his shimmering reputation. These aren't your father's Dems. Unless your father was a party machine racist who likes his Hispanics half-witted and unable to speak the language. Hope and change, y'all! But in a fleabagger paradise like Allentown, it's hard for them to tell the mud from their own shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-47440296886473772002013-03-21T15:29:23.738-04:002013-03-21T15:29:23.738-04:00At the end of the day whether Miss Velez was conta...At the end of the day whether Miss Velez was contacted by Attorney Brennan, another candidate, or private citizen you must ask yourself did she have 100 legitimate Registered Democrats that signed her petition and is her residency clearly established in the City of Allentown? If the answer is "No" to either question then she was in violation of the rules and laws the govern how things are to be handled in the City of Allentown.Am I wrong? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-48119562992392094112013-03-21T14:48:11.969-04:002013-03-21T14:48:11.969-04:00" Look VERY carefully at who you currently ha..." Look VERY carefully at who you currently have representing you on City Council. Do they have clean and positive intentions for the people of Allentown or for another public figure, or even for their own political career advancement? You can decide."<br /><br />With all due respect, you're running for office in our city with one foot in the door and one foot out. Whose interests are you looking out for Ms. Velez? I'm not so sure.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-50495604801602336872013-03-21T14:22:42.170-04:002013-03-21T14:22:42.170-04:00Kim could always pull a Lou Hershman and get more ...Kim could always pull a Lou Hershman and get more than one hundred Republicans to write her name in. If they are going to go vote in the Ott/Browning kerfluffle, they might as well write in her name for City Council. It is only 8 letters, that's almost as many fingers as the average Republican Caveman or woman has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-44519446208342219662013-03-21T14:06:30.416-04:002013-03-21T14:06:30.416-04:00Take advice from Mr. Poresky and your candidacy is...Take advice from Mr. Poresky and your candidacy is surely doomed.<br />Another small defeat for the people trying to stop privatization. Damn shame. What gives over there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-17737911067945587462013-03-21T14:05:54.114-04:002013-03-21T14:05:54.114-04:00Take advice from Mr. Poresky and your candidacy is...Take advice from Mr. Poresky and your candidacy is surely doomed.<br />Another small defeat for the people trying to stop privatization. Damn shame. What gives over there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-90481179046861764832013-03-21T13:59:13.172-04:002013-03-21T13:59:13.172-04:00He admitted calling, denied saying he was calling ...He admitted calling, denied saying he was calling on behalf of the LC Dem Party and then decided he can't comment. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-41080558131456404852013-03-21T13:57:31.868-04:002013-03-21T13:57:31.868-04:00You mean to tell me that Brennan owned up to it, b...You mean to tell me that Brennan owned up to it, but changed his mind in mid conversation? Not too bright?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-79255998825788648832013-03-21T13:40:20.922-04:002013-03-21T13:40:20.922-04:00Look, there's only one team in town and not ev...Look, there's only one team in town and not everybody gets to play for the team. Hell, you needn't even be elected to get on the team. This is not Little League with a participation requirement. It's varsity with tryouts and cuts. This is your party, Kim. Ain't it great?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-68972812755577643252013-03-21T13:14:20.084-04:002013-03-21T13:14:20.084-04:00I don't know the difficulties, but would it be...I don't know the difficulties, but would it be possible for Ms. Velez to run as an independent? I know I would vote for the "Against the Water Lease Scam" party candidate.Resident of Allentownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-20224475627113271882013-03-21T12:59:47.550-04:002013-03-21T12:59:47.550-04:00Interesting enough, back in March of 2010 Brennan ...Interesting enough, back in March of 2010 Brennan successfully represented Horton when his residencey was challenged. I suspect the transcript of defense and Judge Fuedales decision would be an interesting read. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com