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It will be official at 3 pm. Tara Zrinski will be sworn in as NorCo's new Executive today. In addition, incoming County Council members Dave Holland, Jason Boulette, Theresa Fadem and Nadeem Qayyum will also take the oath. Judge Jeremy Clark and Magisterial District Judge Robert Kemmerer will also be installed.
After the ceremony, NorCo Council will convene for its annual reorganization meeting, during which a President, VP and Council Solicitor will be elected.
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Congratulations to Ms. Zirisnki. However, she will have a tough time fulfilling her duties as th new county executive and also a part of the McClure campaign machine. Her indicative's will be instructions that help McClure.
ReplyDeleteKraft will be President of council; it has already been arranged. He will be sure that the new council does as they were instructed.
It is a shame they are not allowed to be independent. For example, the Dixie Fiasco is a done deal.
Ken Kraft, the fiscal conservative and champion of the working man, is supporting the Dixie TIF to build luxury housing that the working man can't afford? No way!
DeleteWho are you to make your statements like this, You know it will be LVH as president and Tom Giovanni as Vp
DeleteWhich County, NorCo or Lehigh, elected the bigger narcissist?
DeleteI’m guessing that between Allentown and the new county executive Lehigh County is going to suffer more.
Champion of what working man??? Not the county employees!!!! Remember the employees are a bunch of cry babies crying about losing their wives to cancer or having to be home with a special need kid...you mean that man???
DeleteNorthampton and Lehigh Counties are going to be two shit shows. As Mayor Ed Koch once said, you voted for this, now suffer.
DeleteEnter the clown car.
ReplyDeleteNew blood. Hopefully better results.
ReplyDeleteNarcissistic personality on the ascendancy.
DeleteHold on to your hats.
How long before Tara is campaigning for the next position?
Apparently the behind the scenes decisions at pubs in Hellertown are still on. Pre council voting to decide if Kraft or LVH will be pres may already be done. This group will either do what they are told or face pushback from the senior Wolfpack members. It would be refreshing to have independent thinkers
DeleteFor a change.
@11:42 am... Lori sorry you were not invited to get together in Hellertown. Truth is you just aren't that fun to hang out with.
DeleteNow boarding @ 7th & Walnut: Norco Express train to Chaos; Courtroom One....
ReplyDeleteWill Nadeem the Dream be sworn in on a Koran? Inshallah!
ReplyDeleteWhat's the problem with that? I would presume that the Quran would be more meaningful to someone who is Muslim, and I would want him to swear on something that means something to him.
Delete@Mustafa-What a shitty racist thing to say! I guess you only respect the book from YOUR religion??
DeleteCome the Calafate everyone will be sworn in with the Koran.
DeleteIs there one leader amongst those five elected? One of them can't even speak English. There is a rumor floating around the Government Center that the non speaking Councilmember has asked for an interpreter. Is that true? Is his wife really the nut job on Easton's City Council? Please tell me this isn't true.
ReplyDeleteWhy can’t elected officials speak whatever language they are comfortable with?
DeleteYou sound like a racist.
Why!!! Because they are an elected official of the United States of America. Live here speak the language here, as a taxpayer and natural resident of this country I should be able to understand what elected officials are saying and not going through an interpreter….
DeleteLOL! elected as a representative of the people in America but you can't speak English? How do even understand the agenda? The meeting minutes? Contracts? I can't believer there is someone out there actually this dumb.................
DeleteI will most definitely be there for this freak show. I want to see Nadeem raise his hand and swear allegiance to the USA and swear to uphold the Constitution. Is his wife going to hold the "BIBLE" or some other book? Will he have his interpreter with him? Can he really speak and understand the English Language? I hope he does well and most of this gossip is baloney but seeing what his wife did in Easton I'm not so sure. Lucky for us we have great leaders on Council to guide him. Bernie, do you know? Can the man speak English well enough to do his job as a Council Person?
ReplyDeleteI do not generally attend swearing-in ceremonies. It is nothing personal. I just hate large groups. I do it when I have to do it but dislike it.
DeleteI have spoken to him a few times and do not believe he speaks English well at all and do not think he understands the language well. I know others who have a different view.
Delete@8:51 What do you care which religious book is there to put your hand on? I am atheist so none of them are important to me and I could care less what book is important to you.
DeleteYou sound pretty racist to me!
At least half of the country is racist fascist or leaning Nazi. Haven’t you been reading Lehigh Valley Ramblings?
DeleteAtheist @9:06
DeleteSince when does bias rooted in religion have anything to do with “race”?
You seem pretty dull witted to me.
@9:24 And 10:01 It is racist/xenophobic rhetoric because it uses stereotypes and suspicion tied to ethnicity, religion, and nationality. If you use racist rhetoric then maybe you should look real hard in the mirror!
DeleteSince when is religion a race thing?
DeleteDo tell.
I’m Roman Catholic, does that make me Italian? If I’m Italian am I white?
DeleteHow about if I am Irish?
Are there non-white Italians?
What about the “Black Irish”?
Inquiring minds want to know more about religion as race.
Do tell.
What “race” is oriented toward the Bible?
DeleteHow about the 9:06 Atheist calling the kettle black. What a dipstick. You're putting your hand on a Bible. Koran. or any other religious book and swearing an oath and allegiance to uphold the laws of the United States and that makes someone a racist. You're living walking proof that they're not all locked up. Dipstick.
ReplyDelete@9:42
DeleteThere is a bull market in dip sticks.
Understanding the English language should not be a prerequisite for holding local office.
ReplyDeleteYour an ass
DeleteBut it is. Dumbass.
DeleteIt’s high time that people who speak little or no English have representation in County Government.
DeleteWho is the next director of corrections??? The one there abruptly left. Got to read his parting words.
ReplyDeletego back to your cell Crawley
DeleteIf you're gonna put someone's name out there at least spell it correctly!
DeleteWell the JOB JUMPER is now in charge. Hilarious!! She "did well" in the Controller job ONLY because she had a staff that covered for her and told her how to do the job. Aided by McClure. She is a joke.
ReplyDeleteBOH knows that Tara is a joke but he has to curry favor now.
DeleteSurely you can be sympathetic to his predicament.
A joke that kicked your ass Tom.
DeleteThe people love Tara. She’s one of us!
DeleteYeah, there is no accounting for an ignorant electorate.
DeleteCancel all TIFs and acknowledge the land that is now Wilson Borough was stolen from the Leni Lenape. The land should be seized and given back to the First Peoples from whom it was taken. Give Easton 10 days to remove that horrible Columbus statue. This should done before any plastic straw ban. It's time to go full Tara. Bite me Panto. You live on stolen land as well.
ReplyDeleteShe is a legend.
ReplyDeleteShe is a Divinity School graduate.
She’s already saved her people from plastic straws.
She’s the master of the public demonstration.
She lives to serve.
What percent of NorCo prisoners speak Spanish as their primary language?
ReplyDeleteOn an unrelated note (since I have not seen it posted elsewhere), it appears that both Senior Deputy DAs (who were transplants from Lehigh County) have left the Northampton County DA's office. They have been replaced by two new transplants from Lehigh County. In other news, former Lehigh County Senior Deputy District Attorney Nico Baratta now works for Ray Lahoud's firm.
ReplyDeleteLehigh County is waaaay progressive.
DeleteWell, now we will see how little TZ understands about actually “managing” a diverse county and each of its fiefdoms, including Gracedale. Give her two meetings before she creates her first breach of protocol.
ReplyDeletePrayers for Norco are all I have to offer. Gracedale cited again in November, Bernie. This time for staffing. Maybe send David Holland to investigate.
ReplyDeleteWill she be replacing rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism like her hero Mandami?
ReplyDelete2:28 pm: I have been waiting two years for an update on the dysfunctional DA’s office, but the OT debacle was it. I realize this Bernie’s blog and he chooses to write what he wishes, but ignoring a huge (important) part of county government makes me think his contacts left or everything is copacetic.
ReplyDeleteHow's Lance doing?
DeleteDid you see Crazy Kelly Keegan nominate Lamont to be county solicitor? LOL! Is there a second? Crickets! That’s some funny shit right there………….
ReplyDeleteNorthampton County is screwed with her in charge, she's as wild and wacky as they come but hey, ya'll reap what you sow!
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