tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post2224158637737494631..comments2024-03-18T21:53:54.073-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Bethlehem Township's Kangaroo CourtBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-26233452359752832602009-09-23T02:23:19.786-04:002009-09-23T02:23:19.786-04:00Very dumb idea from a dumb administration.Very dumb idea from a dumb administration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-27728612158122144202009-09-18T12:21:26.546-04:002009-09-18T12:21:26.546-04:00The Slate Belt would welcome it! The Majestic buil...The Slate Belt would welcome it! The Majestic building is perfect and empty. NH county will have to build to suit themselves and give up the rental idea. Even if there is no tie to Atiyeh..it looks and smells wrong all the same. I know they want to save money by leasing but this may not be the way to go about it.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-84502019646325408932009-09-17T22:11:52.835-04:002009-09-17T22:11:52.835-04:00The comments at 6:61 & 8:13 are anonymous pers...The comments at 6:61 & 8:13 are anonymous personal attacks, which I do not tolerate on my blog. They are also full of blatant lies. <br /><br />There is no Stoffa-Atiyeh connection. The candidate who Atiyeh financially supported in '05 is Lamont McClure, who opposes the treatment center. In '09, Atiyeh may have supported Stoffa, but it was completely unauthorized. Stoffa refused all contributions. <br /><br />I do not know what Buskirk says privately. I do know that he is a class act who did not deserve the nasty treatment he got from Gary Brienza. I suspect Buskirk would not openly advocate something publicly that he does not also suppport privately. He is now a non-exempt employee, and has much more freedom to say what he thinks, but his testimony last night supported the plan in Bethlehem Tp. <br /><br />As far as the judges are concerned, I can only go by how Jim Onembo presented the situation to a county council committee several months ago, and this was after McFadden had become PJ. He made it clear that the court would prefer a treatment center in the county. Although I think judges have no businesses designing courthouses, I do think they are entitled to great deference when it comes to the handling of prisoners. If I misunderstood Onembo, I'm sure that will eventually be known, but I don't think I misunderstood him.<br /><br />I have no objection to moving the jail and county offices to Nazareth, the geographic center of the county. And that Bethlehem Tp location is essentially in the sticks.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-86139272072198484792009-09-17T22:06:22.759-04:002009-09-17T22:06:22.759-04:00Seriously. Why not in the Slate Belt or some othe...Seriously. Why not in the Slate Belt or some other place in the sticks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-4433596764816081852009-09-17T22:03:57.101-04:002009-09-17T22:03:57.101-04:00Good. Nazareth is a good location. They can lear...Good. Nazareth is a good location. They can learn to play guitar while in the slammer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-69339435168053875312009-09-17T22:00:18.015-04:002009-09-17T22:00:18.015-04:00Major league odor!Major league odor!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-69938275394783032692009-09-17T20:13:38.718-04:002009-09-17T20:13:38.718-04:00The Atiyeh-Stoffa connection has a bit of an odor....The Atiyeh-Stoffa connection has a bit of an odor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-54921927999554763442009-09-17T18:51:54.561-04:002009-09-17T18:51:54.561-04:00Since ohare has become a fluff blog will you get t...Since ohare has become a fluff blog will you get to read this/ who knows?<br /><br />The problem with the Treatment Center is that it is a fraud. Mr. Buskirk has told folks privately that this is a really dumb place to put the Center and it will really be a strain. Why do you think Stoffa schuffled him out. Also I love how the so called West end of Easton expert claims that it is terrible to have a work release facility in that area with the folks walking around and such. Then goes on to say how harmless this Center would be in Bethlehem Twp., make up your mind sparky.<br /><br />This is a deal done for Atiyeh and the company that will run it by Stoffa. Why did atiyeh help big time in Stoffa campaign in 05 and 09.<br /><br />This will quickly morp into an overflow prison were more than treatment will occur. Any type of prisoner will eventually wind up there. They will walk with your kids to the local bus stop. Their friends will case your houses while they drive to pick up and drop off their croonies.<br /><br />Finally, isn't it the height of hypocrisy that ohare will defend the indefensible with Tony Phillips and even deletes non fluff comments yet will allow the total BS about this wonderful facility being sold as something it is not.<br /><br />By the way, the President Judge that was opposed to the deal with Lehigh county is gone. The door is very much open but the stubborness of Stoffa and maybe a few other reasons between him and Atiyh have stopped that dead, stop blaming the courts since that is no longer true and you know it. Another words stop lying ohare. You are a troll on your own blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-80664368098289902862009-09-17T16:00:38.839-04:002009-09-17T16:00:38.839-04:00A victim, I tell you.
The poor, helpless criminal...A victim, I tell you.<br /><br />The poor, helpless criminals are just victims, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-19519119746962093442009-09-17T15:59:37.091-04:002009-09-17T15:59:37.091-04:00Aytieh is victim of discrimination!Aytieh is victim of discrimination!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-82565298984492752722009-09-17T15:56:55.302-04:002009-09-17T15:56:55.302-04:00NorCo MOW may be "officially neutral" on...NorCo MOW may be "officially neutral" on the subject, but it is obvious that fear of the treatment center speculated by Anon 7:59 does not exist within that organization. They are more concerned about truck traffic than minimum-security prisoners across the street. Those inmates on work-release currently leave the Community Corrections Center every day to go to work. They walk through the densely-populated neighborhoods that surround the prison, rides busses to work, work alongside senior citizens and others on jobs in the communities and return to the CCC every night without threatening ANYONE. I'll repeat that this nonsense about scaring off MOW volunteers is a red herring and just another lame NIMBY tactic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-44585900030047654342009-09-17T15:22:23.667-04:002009-09-17T15:22:23.667-04:00McHale doesn't give a crap anymore about the t...McHale doesn't give a crap anymore about the treatment center or where it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-45636385581739824532009-09-17T15:22:05.253-04:002009-09-17T15:22:05.253-04:00Why does everything have to be in Easton? Why is ...Why does everything have to be in Easton? Why is Bethlehem Township so sacred that they can't have a treatment center next to their ticky tacky imitation colonial cracker jack box mcmansions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-31983190938326854612009-09-17T15:22:04.187-04:002009-09-17T15:22:04.187-04:00Why does everything have to be in Easton? Why is ...Why does everything have to be in Easton? Why is Bethlehem Township so sacred that they can't have a treatment center next to their ticky tacky imitation colonial cracker jack box mcmansions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-13362262825247950932009-09-17T14:40:28.317-04:002009-09-17T14:40:28.317-04:00Anon 7:59, I'm going to try to remain calm her...Anon 7:59, I'm going to try to remain calm here. Give me a friggin' break. We in the West Ward bear the burden of your criminals in an ever-expanding jail with a 70% recidivism rate right in the very heart of our neighborhood, which is the most densely populated neighborhood in Easton, and you can't bear to have a rehab facility next to MOW and a doctor's office in an industrial park on the outskirts of town? Have you no shame? Has Bethlehem no shame? <br /><br />If you'll notice on the interactive crime blotter map of the Morning Call on line, there is as much crime or more in Bethlehem and Allentown these days as there is in Easton. So you are more than content to let us house your criminals, but are too good to house some people who are trying to turn their lives around and REDUCE the demand side of this supply-and-demand drug trade?<br /><br />Take a good look in the mirror and ask yourself if you're being fair to fight this. Ask yourself if you're part of the problem (a NIMBY) or part of the solution (communities coming together and sharing the responsibility to solve our region's crime problem).noel joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771648864731469389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-5889012915352177162009-09-17T13:43:52.270-04:002009-09-17T13:43:52.270-04:002PM
Re: 10:09 post
Thank you Bernie for taking t...2PM<br />Re: 10:09 post <br /><br />Thank you Bernie for taking the time to speak with executive director and informing us<br />of her organization's stand on this issue, hardly an "in favor of" stand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-62792369026132541772009-09-17T13:18:45.612-04:002009-09-17T13:18:45.612-04:00If Atiyeh had run his scheme through OBMACORN, reh...If Atiyeh had run his scheme through OBMACORN, rehabbing prisoners would be the least of the community's problems. They'd have set him up with a nice Guatemalan pedophile prostitution ring, complete with documentation, tax abatements, and tickets to the next DNC convention! <br /><br />Hell, our own Senator Bob Casey supports underage prostitution efforts (apparently as a way to create "green" jobs)! <br /><br />Community organizing is a high calling - and a lot of fun.Apparently Another Racistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-78329905216025307092009-09-17T13:12:36.850-04:002009-09-17T13:12:36.850-04:00I just spoke to Joanne Neno, exec Director of MOW....I just spoke to Joanne Neno, exec Director of MOW. She tells me MOW is officially neutral w/ respect to the treatment and work release center. Their sole concern is traffic. There is a lot of tractor trailer traffic along Brodhead Rd, and the concern is that poses a danger to volunteers. In addition, she thinks Fritch should be widened.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-10430338617486290272009-09-17T12:25:54.059-04:002009-09-17T12:25:54.059-04:00Turkish model from Midnight Express?
That would N...Turkish model from Midnight Express?<br /><br />That would NOT be the Progressive, Liberal way.<br /><br />Grow up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-61120851728699427522009-09-17T12:03:20.973-04:002009-09-17T12:03:20.973-04:00Bernie: As always, I appreciate your humor. Enjoy...Bernie: As always, I appreciate your humor. Enjoy the rest of the day. JRSJsletvoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490856096182945288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-12938838135792048712009-09-17T11:57:06.511-04:002009-09-17T11:57:06.511-04:00Jennifer, I may be living there some day so I want...Jennifer, I may be living there some day so I want it to be nice.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-89305655003553778142009-09-17T11:53:02.344-04:002009-09-17T11:53:02.344-04:00Hi Bernie: Thank you again for your additional com...Hi Bernie: Thank you again for your additional comments, and I see that you also raised some questions to me. Unfortunately, it would be inappropriate for me to discuss the merits of the matter outside of the actual zoning hearing. But I respect your right to have and voice your opinions. ...I am thinking of getting contacts. JRSJsletvoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490856096182945288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-65205610022557727092009-09-17T11:42:51.233-04:002009-09-17T11:42:51.233-04:00Hi Jen! They are very snazzy glasses, but I think ...Hi Jen! They are very snazzy glasses, but I think they cracked last night. Why did you nearly hurl at the notion of seeing one of <em>those</em> people? Would it be that bad? When you talk about what is appropriate, is it appropriate for a fellow member of a quasi judicial body to slam the desk and throw papers around, as Brienza did last night? Was it appropriate for him to have tried to embarrass Todd Buskirk as he did, based solely on his misinterpretation of news accounts? <br /><br />You've been remanded. Your job is to impose reasonable restrictions based on <em>your</em> concerns. I think all you did last night is establish that you are a biased body unwilling to follow the law. I realize the very notion of a work release and treatment center is repugnant to many people in bethlehem Tp, but the law provides no basis for you to deny a special exception simply bc it is unpopular. <br /><br />Buskirk told you very clearly last night about the security. Only Szy seemed interested in actually addressing the issue. Buskirk presented competent evidence that it would be safe and secure. That has not been rebutted by the Township.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-23340546668572945292009-09-17T11:23:39.601-04:002009-09-17T11:23:39.601-04:00Bernie,
Thank you for taking the time to look into...Bernie,<br />Thank you for taking the time to look into this.<br />If Attieyh bought that land and it was zoned for prison "use,"<br />it will be difficult to deny a variance once it goes to court and go to court, it will, as few Valley residents enjoy court more than Abe. Just ask ZHBs everywere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-85164858353746189092009-09-17T11:22:06.410-04:002009-09-17T11:22:06.410-04:00Hi Bernie. Jen Sletvold here. Thank you for your c...Hi Bernie. Jen Sletvold here. Thank you for your comments. I don't like my glasses, but I am losing my eyesight in my middle age, which is rather scary. I got cheap glasses off the rack and they are gold, not pink. I am not a fan of pink. My glasses are pretty scratched up which is why sometimes, I can't see even with them on, and so I perch them on the end of my nose. Have a good day.Jsletvoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490856096182945288noreply@blogger.com