tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post8747507775388491293..comments2024-03-28T04:58:30.734-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Time For a New NorCo Jail ...and in NazarethBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-20125859429046194242016-09-15T01:27:02.858-04:002016-09-15T01:27:02.858-04:00Haha - good one.Haha - good one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-53880503289310576472016-09-14T18:06:05.021-04:002016-09-14T18:06:05.021-04:00Bernie, I'm maybe breaking my embargo of this ...Bernie, I'm maybe breaking my embargo of this bottom feeding blog to note the broad support shown here for prison expansion in Easton. I'm making Easton great again. I'll build a prison and make Nazareth pay for it.Sal Panto Maybenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-75906520570516161702016-09-14T18:00:59.221-04:002016-09-14T18:00:59.221-04:00The previous poster is absolutely right. The next...The previous poster is absolutely right. The next thing you know, those greedy out-of-towners who work at McDonald's on 3rd Street will pack up and leave. It's time to stop hating on the greatest city on planet Earth.tom18017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-20272266966753164102016-09-14T17:57:31.131-04:002016-09-14T17:57:31.131-04:00The loss of the prison would have a devastating ef...The loss of the prison would have a devastating effect on my commuter tax revenue. Any expansion should happen in Easton.roverfan73noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-61981684818184767712016-09-14T17:00:59.666-04:002016-09-14T17:00:59.666-04:00"If things would run more smoothly by keeping..."If things would run more smoothly by keeping inmates in Easton, the additional construction cost might make it worth it."<br /><br />keep the new wing reibman built for the pre-sentenced population. demolish the rest and move it to nazarethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-49997777951752142632016-09-14T15:57:27.929-04:002016-09-14T15:57:27.929-04:003:42, Nazareth's criminals are in government.3:42, Nazareth's criminals are in government. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-12823036003818827812016-09-14T15:44:00.581-04:002016-09-14T15:44:00.581-04:00@3:33 South of I-78 below Easton near the river. ...@3:33 South of I-78 below Easton near the river. Away from civilized people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-4360027785953184612016-09-14T15:42:42.193-04:002016-09-14T15:42:42.193-04:00Unpopular in Nazereth is an understatement.
Keep ...Unpopular in Nazereth is an understatement.<br /><br />Keep the criminals in Easton where they're from and don't put them here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-38798297858545818862016-09-14T15:33:14.386-04:002016-09-14T15:33:14.386-04:00Definitely not something folks want built in their...Definitely not something folks want built in their back yard or within a couple miles of it...<br /><br />What about on some of the waste lands along 78? Near the landfill by Morgan Hill? Or the brownfields by the Hellertown exit?<br /><br />Scott of NazarethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-40330388012408097542016-09-14T15:03:15.270-04:002016-09-14T15:03:15.270-04:00A jailhouse in a rock quarry? I think I'll wr...A jailhouse in a rock quarry? I think I'll write a song about it - as soon as I get off my shift at 7-11.Elvis A. Presleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-43118548277621481662016-09-14T14:19:04.388-04:002016-09-14T14:19:04.388-04:00"One has to look where the most crimes are be...<em>"One has to look where the most crimes are being committed. "</em><br /><br />Why? I think that would be an irrelevant consideration. I think the county should be guided by cost, and not just the cost of construction, but operational costs thereafter. If things would run more smoothly by keeping inmates in Easton, the additional construction cost might make it worth it. But if Nazareth is cheaper, that's where it should go. In fact, all county operations should be gradually shifted there. It is the geographic center of the county. <br /><br />The notion of sticking the jail in a crime-plagued neighborhood as some form of punishment is un-American. Most of the people in any crime-infested neighborhood are law-abiding citizens, and you want to deprive them of an opportunity to make their lives better. It is a mean-spirited suggestion.<br /><br />I'd like to see most county functions removed from Easton because its campus is too small and county employees are being shackled with an onerous commuter tax. <br /><br />I know it would be unpopular in Nazareth, and has been bitterly opposed in the past. But Nazareth, with a crooked Mayor and a Council that helps fund the gambling operrations at the Legion, has no moral high ground. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-22469132717614454782016-09-14T13:48:50.232-04:002016-09-14T13:48:50.232-04:0012:44 they'll feel like home in it, because th...12:44 they'll feel like home in it, because that's where it isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-2096155522206761842016-09-14T12:44:29.014-04:002016-09-14T12:44:29.014-04:0012:10 then it is already in the right place12:10 then it is already in the right placeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-35145853809789066972016-09-14T12:10:05.198-04:002016-09-14T12:10:05.198-04:00One has to look where the most crimes are being co...One has to look where the most crimes are being committed. Then where the arrested criminals are from.<br /><br />Then put the jail in the worst neighborhood of the center of the cesspool of crime. They deserve to have it there, not in a decent neighborhood.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-51382597160915289102016-09-14T10:05:37.535-04:002016-09-14T10:05:37.535-04:003:47 troll, Why would you build something very exp...3:47 troll, Why would you build something very expensive there when it can be done cheaper elsewhere? If the county gets it out of Easton, that frees up all kinds of room for other departments. However, if the cost of transporting inmates back and forth becomes prohibitive, I could see staying in Easton. <br /><br />This has to be done, but i wonder whether the political will exists. Reassessment needs to take place, too. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-87574856299221104152016-09-14T09:43:56.043-04:002016-09-14T09:43:56.043-04:00Just won't happen. They should go the route of...Just won't happen. They should go the route of Lehigh County and raise the old jail and build on that site. Send the prisoners elsewhere as part of the budget. However they did it in Lehigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-70419477752804146992016-09-14T07:20:40.381-04:002016-09-14T07:20:40.381-04:00Abe Atiyeh will build it.Abe Atiyeh will build it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-48984744629401496042016-09-14T06:44:27.546-04:002016-09-14T06:44:27.546-04:00The jail will go on gracedale land. It is zoned an...The jail will go on gracedale land. It is zoned and allowed to be built thereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-29202782270332306302016-09-14T03:47:17.850-04:002016-09-14T03:47:17.850-04:00There will never be a jail anywhere but where it i...There will never be a jail anywhere but where it is now. People were fooled once with the Stoffa/Atiyah jail in West Easton. I doubt anyone can pull that off again.<br /><br />Might as well plan on site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-66664961450048454982016-09-14T01:02:49.113-04:002016-09-14T01:02:49.113-04:00Maybe Jaindl can build it for the county on the fo...Maybe Jaindl can build it for the county on the former racetrack land. That should be closer to public water and sewer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com