tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post7282278533863935857..comments2024-03-29T06:25:49.797-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: No-Bid Consultant Contracts Appears to Be IllegalBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-48487024838155666622014-03-04T16:14:52.016-05:002014-03-04T16:14:52.016-05:008:14. Thanks for the Hanity sound bites. Do you h...8:14. Thanks for the Hanity sound bites. Do you have any thoughts of your own that you can type?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-39240021744045508642014-03-04T08:17:59.688-05:002014-03-04T08:17:59.688-05:00John Brownpants has set some type of record? Only ...John Brownpants has set some type of record? Only in politics for 5 years, and yet he has become both the worst mayor in Bangor history, and the worst executive in Northampton history.<br /><br />JB desrves some type of award, or turkey!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-84798877427815707282014-03-04T08:14:41.098-05:002014-03-04T08:14:41.098-05:00Let's look at the teabaggers versus the left w...Let's look at the teabaggers versus the left who pitched all of those tents. <br />One side stayed for days in tents harassing the local stores, stinking, crapping on police cars, doing many drugs, have numerous sex partners even rape, needed extra police and left a freakin mess. Mostly singles and some sort of couples or threesomes. <br />The other side who all work spent a day or 2, their days off, left no mess and needed not one extra policeman. The only problem was a physical one that a union thug created. These were adults, couples and families. <br />The first is against the 1% because they are jealous of these who work 2 or 3 jobs to get ahead and care to educate themselves. Their life decisions are mostly better and they want to make life better for their children. They don't blame their parents and then proceed to screw up their own kids. Good enough is good enough. It's family and spouse first not me first. Responsibility is on the person not society. <br />Other then this the 1% is both parties and richer now then before. So who are they really against? It's okay if the left has the money but not the right? This is why no one fair minded can have any patience for them. Not to mention everything else. <br />So yes please consider me a teabagger. They will toast with their tea and you tent people can well, do whatever it is YOU need to do for yourself. Which is pretty much what u do all of the time. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-32363302504376516292014-03-03T21:46:11.702-05:002014-03-03T21:46:11.702-05:00Black is white, left is right, up is down, top is ...Black is white, left is right, up is down, top is bottom. Yes teabaggers we got it...we know you.<br /><br />Haha, now that is funny!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-74040459550920959542014-03-03T21:26:42.914-05:002014-03-03T21:26:42.914-05:00The point was not about Brown. It's about the ...The point was not about Brown. It's about the hateful left who do all of the name calling and labeling. I was explaining that they are what they speak.....I used the comparisons to show that. They call teabaggers(label) hateful (accusation) because they are describing themselves. And so on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-29375695741902173892014-03-03T20:54:44.938-05:002014-03-03T20:54:44.938-05:00I don't believe anyone here has accused Brown ...I don't believe anyone here has accused Brown of being a cheating spouse or a lying girlfriend. During the election, there were many who laid that charge at Callahan. By your logic, they were the cheaters. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-26720890478838593432014-03-03T20:51:49.068-05:002014-03-03T20:51:49.068-05:00My disdain for McClure, or his for me, has nothing...My disdain for McClure, or his for me, has nothing to do with being right or wrong. In your world, if you dislike someone, you must oppose everything that person does, and that is just nonsense. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-91293045069545242442014-03-03T20:50:58.910-05:002014-03-03T20:50:58.910-05:00Brown will be judged on where we end up and later ...Brown will be judged on where we end up and later in his term. It just may be that his beginning is forgotten by everyone except the haters. One thing I learned about the left. What they call you or accuse you of is really what they are and who they are. Much like a cheating spouse who accuses the one who doesn't cheat. Or the lying girlfriend who then thinks of course her boyfriend lies. Or the flirt who accuses her husband of being one. We got it....we know you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-66741259677230084112014-03-03T19:09:35.876-05:002014-03-03T19:09:35.876-05:00Poor Bernie. The new Republicasn don't feed hi...Poor Bernie. The new Republicasn don't feed him his daily Stoffa dose of county gossip and he is angry. Pretty soon he will be telling us McClure and Kraft are wonderful county officials.<br /><br />Hypocritical fun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-71531599340590263732014-03-03T15:59:15.296-05:002014-03-03T15:59:15.296-05:00Brown is a train wreck waiting to happen!!!!!Brown is a train wreck waiting to happen!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-43323360313303237922014-03-03T15:51:09.823-05:002014-03-03T15:51:09.823-05:00I agree it's too soon to make an assessment. B...I agree it's too soon to make an assessment. Brown's first two months are marked by failure, so he has nowhere to go but up. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-64800691818743740592014-03-03T15:39:54.246-05:002014-03-03T15:39:54.246-05:00Well here's Obama 5 years in the top job and h...Well here's Obama 5 years in the top job and he has yet to be a leader. 2 months is nothing....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-28308156687734211272014-03-03T15:11:43.955-05:002014-03-03T15:11:43.955-05:00Yes, looks like a missive from TM. Hard to believ...Yes, looks like a missive from TM. Hard to believe she has the gall to call someone else's existence "miserable", OR to criticize their blog. "Sour grapes" is one of her expressions - maybe she eats them, and this accounts for her demeanor. <br /><br />Nothing in her post questions your analysis. Keep up the great work, Bernie.Don Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953010462987938817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-16781340497500908682014-03-03T13:23:21.937-05:002014-03-03T13:23:21.937-05:00The above comment is anonymous, but obviously come...The above comment is anonymous, but obviously comes from Tricia Mezzacappa. I'm sure John Brown is thrilled to have someone in his corner who has twice been convicted of harassment for death threats and cyber bullying. <br /><br />In case you haven't noticed, Brown's missteps have been blog fodder for numerous posts, editorials and Bill White columns. He has failed to lead a council that is dominated by his own party. His first two months in office have been a disaster, and the final proof of that is that he has the backing of a whack job like you.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-44938400305097943652014-03-03T13:16:14.517-05:002014-03-03T13:16:14.517-05:00Sour grapes O'Hare, whose blog was once simila...Sour grapes O'Hare, whose blog was once similar to the giant BP oil spill , that polluted the gulf with toxic material , has been plugged, and shut down, effectively, by a professional executive , elected by the citizens .<br /><br />You are not the County Exec O'Hare, and you dont prioritize what is done, how its done, and when its done. Get used to it. The Stoffa cronyism, and mouth spilling gossip has ended.<br /><br />there is a new professional in town. I hope this Executive finds out who, in the last administration, gave out (without recourse) confidential records, confidential personnel information, and scores of other news "feeds" that were not eligible for public disclosure. When and if he does, those persons should all be fired on the spot. <br /><br />Oil spill plugged and stopped. Move on with your miserable existence. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-60849782804935247692014-03-03T11:15:12.660-05:002014-03-03T11:15:12.660-05:00" Samantha Marcus had this a day before the E...<em>" Samantha Marcus had this a day before the Express and Bernie. So this is not a hit piece by O'Hare."</em><br /><br />She did. I decided to get the opinions of legal experts before posting. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-82311083057463024002014-03-03T11:10:52.125-05:002014-03-03T11:10:52.125-05:00I believe Bernie was late to the show on these con...I believe Bernie was late to the show on these contracts. Samantha Marcus had this a day before the Express and Bernie. So this is not a hit piece by O'Hare.<br /><br />For once the Call scooped the blogger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-23203324982792860572014-03-03T11:04:52.752-05:002014-03-03T11:04:52.752-05:00"Typical hit piece from sour grapes sore lose...<em>"Typical hit piece from sour grapes sore loser who lost his 'in' and his ability to mass illegally obtained information from the former disgrace John Stoffa."</em><br /><br />Rather than arguing with what i said, this anonymous commenter prefers to attack me. Let's assume it's just sour grapes, so where is the substantive argument? I have not seen one. Not one. <br /><br />Incidentally, Brown is the elected Executive and i want him to succeed, not for his sake, but for the sake of the County. We all lose when he fails to follow the law. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-52876817277201463542014-03-03T11:00:14.040-05:002014-03-03T11:00:14.040-05:00"Legal advise is like the weather..wait a whi...<em>"Legal advise is like the weather..wait a while and you will get an opinion you like. I'm not buying what Kraft is selling but will let more educated people sort it out. JB needs to get it right and then council will follow his lead. Still treading water but he has the ability to lead by example. Lots of work remains.."</em>'<br /><br />Just what are you smoking? Seriously! Two months have come and gone and he has failed to exhibit any leadership at all. Instead he proposed a cabinet position he had to pull bc it created a conflict of interest, followed by a ridiculous no-bid contract fir something that should be done by a finance director. Now he thumbs his nose at both the HRC and Admin Code with no-bid contracts for another JB, i.e. JB Reilly. <br /><br />As for legal advise changing with the weather, this depends on the lawyer. The good ones don't blow with the wind. I have opinions from three legal scholars on county law. They all agree. These contracts violated the Admin. Code.One adds that they violate the Admin. Code and HRC. <br /><br />Vic Scomillio is a good lawyer and was a good pick for Solicitor. i don't quarrel with that. But he is reading the procurement sections of the Admin. Code improperly,in my view. He has no previous experience at any kind of county law, and is going to get some things wrong at first. <br />Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-40070751330937320752014-03-03T10:36:47.156-05:002014-03-03T10:36:47.156-05:00This is one of my haters, who chooses to attack me...This is one of my haters, who chooses to attack me instead of respond to the argument. As I understand it, the MC and ET are being called liberal rags while I've got no convictions at all.<br /><br />Here's the problem. If the papers are losing circulation bc they are too liberal, then why would I as an attention seeking whore make an argument incorrectly characterized by the anonymous coward as liberal? That makes no sense, but<br />these idiots never do. They just roll around on the floor, foaming at the mouth. <br />Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-7472965428909257592014-03-03T09:55:57.496-05:002014-03-03T09:55:57.496-05:00The Morning Call and Express-Times are obvious ant...The Morning Call and Express-Times are obvious anti-conservative media outlets that hide the truth, twist facts, sensationalize non issue stories , to suit their extreme liberal agendas.<br /><br />They are on Board with O'Hare, who at any given moment, swings from tea party conservative, to extreme liberal, based upon who is giving him the attention he craves so much, and never received as a child. <br /><br />For O'Hare, its all about attention seeking, for the media, its a democratic, left wing socialist nation, who will spin stories irresponsibly, with no regard for facts or truth at all. Circulation going, going, gone. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-28999347961523945862014-03-03T09:34:08.371-05:002014-03-03T09:34:08.371-05:00Anon 9:13 you can try to blame Bernie on John Brow...Anon 9:13 you can try to blame Bernie on John Brown screw ups but what about the MCall and Express. Are they just driving Bernies agenda too? Maybe it is a big conspiracy involving the liberal media controlled by OHare. They are all basically hitting Brown for the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-24541011160828213852014-03-03T09:28:51.002-05:002014-03-03T09:28:51.002-05:00if by professional you mean a consultant junkie. ...if by professional you mean a consultant junkie. Brown was "hired" to do a job based on his professed business experience which we never got any specifics on. He had no record at all and the county, and yes enough angry suppossed Ds who had an axe to grind,against Callahan, voted for him. Now we get what we deserve. Incompetancy! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-38800887241143328742014-03-03T09:28:46.030-05:002014-03-03T09:28:46.030-05:00Scomillio stock drops another 200 points. Poor fi...Scomillio stock drops another 200 points. Poor first quarter results. Arrogance and ignorance = tax payer losses by any measure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-62076336818675487862014-03-03T09:13:13.182-05:002014-03-03T09:13:13.182-05:00Typical hit piece from sour grapes sore loser who ...Typical hit piece from sour grapes sore loser who lost his "in" and his ability to mass illegally obtained information from the former disgrace John Stoffa. <br /><br />Surely, your re-bound emotional vigilantism aimed at John Brown, stems from you being cut off from all the goodies and gossip that flowed daily from the mouth of former Stoffa cronies. <br /><br />Wake up, stop being so childish, liebelous, and downright wrong. Whats good for the goose is never good for the gander when you're not getting your arse powdered with attention, instant info, and confidential records. <br /><br />The County is now in the hands of a professional, and after 3 months on the job, you want him recalled. Your hypocrisy is loud and clear, idiot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com