The Wit and Wisdom of Sensei Michael Hudak

Bethlehem Township has a great staff and Manager, but has perhaps the most dysfunctional Board in the Lehigh Valley. This is due in some measure to tea party nut Pat Breslin, who has skipped meetings for no apparent reason while going onto wingnut radio to complain about fellow Commissioners. He plans to challenge Congressman Matt Cartwright and is trying to raise his profile from campaign sign thief, which is what he back in the day. He now goes to church a lot and makes speeches. And during Board meetings, it's "I motion" this and "I motion" that. As wacky as Breslin may be, and he is, the sensai of senselessness is clearly Michael Hudak. For years, I have watched him demean residents and just last week, witnessed him acting like a grade school kid during a Planning Commission meeting. He has issues.

Before the primary, Hudak took to Facebook to explain why each of the three incumbent Commissioners need to be removed. Voters felt otherwise, but his attacks on the three are pretty vicious. I don't see how any of them can work with someone that mean-spirited. Marty Zawarski confronted Hudak about these attacks yesterday, and he as as arrogant as ever.

The good news is that he is considering resigning from the Board. He really should. Below are some highlights of Hudak's wit and wisdom.

Hudak on Marty Zawarski

-His campaigne is AGAIN financed by Abe Atyieh. his close friend and the developer that is trying to get approval to build a PRISON in bethlehem township.
- he is intent on supporting his own agenda NOT whats best for the taxpayers. He told me he believes that the people who voted for him did so because they want him to think FOR THEM !!!
He is suppose to REPRESENT the taxpayers not himself.
-He resently sent out a computer generated letter making all kinds of false claims. lets hit on them.
In the fourth paragraph of the form letter he claims to have voted "NO to this development". Well Martin still dosen't get it !
This was NOT a vote to approve this development[Madison Farms]. It was a vote to send it to PLANNING and ZONING to look at the feasibility of such a development and then reporting those findings back to the BOC for discussion and vote. Had Mr Zawarski had the experience needed to be a commissionerhe would have realized this.
Further, to claim that Paul Wiess voted " in favor of allowing the developer to move forward" is just an outright LIE, not the truth !
Fifth paragraph, Zawarski voted NO because first, he has a personal dislike for this developer and second because Abe Atyieh was pissed at getting his development turned down so Zawarski voted NO. The upsetting thing here is that the board of commissioners could NOT VOTE NO without opening ourselves up for a no win lawsuit and costing the taxpayers millions. This was a by-right use with the developer meeting all the requirements. Again if Zawarski had the knowledge to be a commissioner he would have kn own this. Even after our solicitor told him we could not legally turn it down he STILL voted no. His friend Atyieh immediately filed a lawsuit against Bethlehem Township.
sixth paragraph, I was the one who came up with a fair reduction in fees and both Zawarski and Weiss voted in favor of it, so more truth not spin.
Also, the street light "scam" that he and Atyieh keep bringing up is no where Near truthful. He felt this lie worked good for him last time so they'll use it again. THERE WAS NO SCAM. Zawarski has absolutely no first hand knowledge of this so he CANNOT speak intelligently about it. The TRUTH, Weiss did not hand over a blank check. The TOWNSHIP treasure, our financial advisors, our banks loan officers and our solicctor all signed off on it. The Board of commisssioners does not make these kind of deals without them being researched by our investigators first.
Since this group had NEVER stolen from any of the other 20 municipalities they performed this service for there was NO REASON to think they would steal from us. We were the first !
Consequently, The board of commissioners at that time pursued criminal and civil action and was successful. We have recouped money and these people are jailed. So thats the TRUTH, not the spin.
Last paragraph, NOBODY is destrying Green Pond !!!
we are talking about the cornfield across the street. The township hired a independet enviromental consultant to advise us on this very matter. This whole Save green pond is actually a N.I.M.B.I. issue not an enviromental one and THATS THE TRUTH.
In closing on Zawarski, His latest mailer claims he has 30 years balancing budgets and making payroll. Well the TRUTH is the Commissioners do not "Make payroll" this is a budgeted Item and we do not "Balance the budget" that is done bu the Township manager and our Financial department ! it is only presented to us after the fact for review and vote, and thats the TRUTH. What Zawarski is spewing is just spin and deception.
I will Not endorse one Candidate over the other but I will say that Township taxpayers will be well represented well by either
PAUL WEISS or ROBERT BIRK
Please get out there and vote, Thanks

Hudak on Tom Nolan

Moving on to Tom Nolan, 1st Ward.
If anyone has ever flip-flopped on his position just to get votes its Tom Nolan.
For 10 years Nolan has adamantly opposed building a bathroom in the north forty complex. Now, only after the issue has come up in a election year, HIS election year is he all in favor of spending over a quarter million dollars,350 thousand to be exact, on building one. and why, because the bulldogs represent a lot of voters in his ward, POLITICS plain and simple !!!
Further Nolan has close ties with OUTSIDE organizations who have been looking to take over the Housenick Park for their own use and dictating the same to all Bethlehem township taxpayers.
He deceives the public to help further the agendas of his friends.
not long ago he deliberately hid the formation and his involvement in a group set to take Housenick park away from the township taxpayers and put it in the hands of a fringe group with NO connection to Bethlehem township what so ever! His plan was uncovered just in time to save this from happening. As it turns out one of the principals involved in this plot was kicked off another tax exempt organization for unethical financial dealings.
i have served along Nolan for over ten years and it is without doubt that Tom Nolan is only concerned with Tom Nolan.
He claims to be proudest of the community center yet this is only one of his biggest screw-ups.
He was on the board when the community center was constructed. He voted to allow substandard products and workmanship and voted to ban our own building inspectors from setting foot on the site. Because of this the township is now looking at spending over TWO MILLION DOLLARS on repairs on a building that is only 9 years old ! Where was the over-site !!
Why was he not looking out for the taxpayers ?
Nolan likes to preface every comment with "being an engineer".
Well the TRUTH is he is an ELECTRICAL engineer with a BA from Scranton U.
He has ZERO education in Civil, Structural, Architectural, Geotechnical and Environmental engineering yet he always claims to be the professional because he is “an engineer.”
Well the TRUTH is there is absolutley NO cross-over between electrical engineering and any of the above. Electrical is a single discipline so to make the staement "I'm an Engineer" is bullshit and the community center debacle proves just that ! A 1st year architectual engineering student would have picked up on all the mistakes made there long before we took possesion of the building!
Tom has twice been removed as president from the board of commissioners after serving less than 90 days. Why, because he lacks the ability to represent anyone but himself ! Not what you want in a commissioner.
Arthur Murphy is a financial wizard and during his past service has accounted for every penny that passed through the township coffers, something we need and something Nolan just does not have the training or ability to do. I can attest to this as I have served with both of them.
Nolans only real reason for his 18 yrs on the board is that he was first appointed to finish another commissioners term, then won election by just 1 vote. Then ran twice unopposed and finally his competition was Abe Atyieh's wife
I truly believe that had he had one serious opponent in the past he would not be sitting on the board now.
Well the time has come to bring a new view and a fresh face to that ward. While there is no democrat running there are TWO excellent candidates to vote for. Arthur Murphy and Wayne Buller. Either one of which I feel will serve the 1st ward and township as a whole extremely well.
1st Ward, as I will not support one candidate over the other vote:
ARTHUR MURPHY or WAYNE BULLER

Hudak on Phil Barnard

OK moving on, Phil Barnard another candidate without the knowledge or experience to be a commissioner.
Phil Barnard, Another close friend of wanabe Prison builder Abe Atyieh ! Jogging partner, sons in sports together and his campaign financed by Abe Atyieh as well.
He comes to meetings unprepared and ask questions that he would know the answers to if he would just read the information provided for him weeks before the meetings. He can not vote on his own and the record will show he is merely a yes man for Tom Nolan. However Nolan votes so goes Barnard. After over 2 YEARS in office he ask during a public meeting if the purchase orders were something we need to pay or if they were something we were hoping to buy in the future. What the Hell have you been voting on for the past 2 YEARS !!! Clearly had no clue of municipal government and still does NOT. He was bullied into tanking the hire of the new township manager by his good friend. When he was caught and the facts came out that if he moved forward that he would be Personally liable for that he changed his tune. Theres not much more to say because there is not much action to comment on, just waits for Nolan and then votes that way. Township needs someone in this position of power who is not afraid to make the HARD decisions, the RIGHT decisions no matter how unpopular they may be or how many kids in bulldog shirts are sitting in the galley.
Again while not supporting one candidate over the other The Bethlehem township taxpayers of the 3rd Ward would be well served by:
KIM JENKINS or FRAN BLATZ
Please get out and vote, Thanks