tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post2999293671814466939..comments2024-03-29T11:00:07.881-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Lehigh Conference of Churches Sends Homeless Into BlizzardBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-28494409684538504132016-01-27T21:19:57.372-05:002016-01-27T21:19:57.372-05:00Ira left for France. He might be reprehensible but...Ira left for France. He might be reprehensible but he's no fool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-24774725811449845372016-01-26T16:47:44.114-05:002016-01-26T16:47:44.114-05:00While I appreciate the compliment, it is undeserve...While I appreciate the compliment, it is undeserved. The persons who blew the whistle are in Zion Church, and this was quickly pounced on by many good people. I must say that Allentown City Council was very quick to jump on this as well. I merely passed along the story. If anything, I can be criticized for not getting the viewpoint of the Conference of Churches. But in the past, when I tried to contact Felch, I was ignored.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-40502491708143017132016-01-26T15:30:14.147-05:002016-01-26T15:30:14.147-05:00Bernie O'Hare scoops the dailies again - MCall...Bernie O'Hare scoops the dailies again - MCall just published this story by Assad, 3 days after you. Great work! You get a major award - accolades from an anonymous person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-27713884375665293442016-01-26T01:45:56.410-05:002016-01-26T01:45:56.410-05:00Bill has no moral obligation, so to speak, to cove...Bill has no moral obligation, so to speak, to cover every moral outrage that infuriates us. I myself don't like being told that I should be writing about this or that. I'll write about what I want to write about, and so should he. Otherwise, it comes out all wrong. Someone slammed me for not writing about the Traci Barnes lawsuit, even though i have nothing to add to what Peter Hall wrote in his thorough story. I once slammed Bill for not covering local news more, but that's unfair of me. Many of those who read him and like him do so precisely bc of those other stories. Many people are concerned about the commute into the city and marking a spot, so his blog is topical. But i disagree completely with his conclusions. First, when there is snow on the ground, the mistake most people make is to drive too fast. Yet there is Bill, complaining about someone who was driving too slowly for him. That's wrong. Second, as annoying as it is to have your spot taken, it does impede plow trucks making a second or third pass. Third, Bullfeathers? Who the hell says that?<br /><br /> Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-48345846949163867492016-01-26T01:19:25.373-05:002016-01-26T01:19:25.373-05:00Bill White is writing about the moral imperatives ...Bill White is writing about the moral imperatives of not parking in a spot someone else dug out during a blizzard. Is he writing about what is going on with the shelter, or about the moral imperatives of not letting homeless people freeze to death?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-61424183330889524032016-01-25T16:23:52.215-05:002016-01-25T16:23:52.215-05:00it was just a year or two ago that the news droppe...it was just a year or two ago that the news dropped of hundreds of thousands of dollars being stolen by Conference staff from homeless or otherwise impoverished people. there were no check and balances in place to prevent one rouge employee (if that's truly all it was...hmmm) from stealing from clients that the Conference was supposed to be protecting. That employee is gone, but has the culture changed? If so, has it changed for the better? Or has it gone from lax to authoritarian, with no room for collaboration with the community, with volunteers, and no flexibility to do something that Jesus very clear demand be done. Sad. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-25398359283634930282016-01-25T06:36:40.554-05:002016-01-25T06:36:40.554-05:00$25K from the city. LCCC return the money and go ...$25K from the city. LCCC return the money and go away. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-58150858759556978572016-01-25T06:31:34.197-05:002016-01-25T06:31:34.197-05:00Rich Fegley said...
Who was in charge? LCCC
The L...Rich Fegley said...<br />Who was in charge? LCCC<br /><br />The Lehigh County Conference of Churches<br /><br />Did they do what Jesus would do?<br /><br />I'm serious. Did they do what Jesus would do?<br /><br />6:21 PM<br /><br />Mr. Fegley,<br />Read you comments a lot. You seem an unofficial Allentown leader Many people<br />are shy or afraid to speak at city hall for any number of reasons including loss of job. Wouldn't you speak out against this Warming Shelter contract being awarded to LCCC and insist it is resubmitted. LCCC does not deserve this project. They have turned into an unattractive entity. LCCC is decades old and like many organizations that once were grand, may have slipped in focus and good deeds. For example, the rent assistance program someone above wrote about is a situation others have also endured. Beg for the money. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-45676508755412932622016-01-25T04:13:26.494-05:002016-01-25T04:13:26.494-05:009:24: yes, it is a great idea to use public spaces...9:24: yes, it is a great idea to use public spaces whenever possible. They do this in NYC on Code Blue situations and it works. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-56877631394045686972016-01-24T23:49:33.225-05:002016-01-24T23:49:33.225-05:00WHAT KIND OF SCUMBAGS WOULD PUT HOMELESS PEOPLE OU...WHAT KIND OF SCUMBAGS WOULD PUT HOMELESS PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREET DURING A BLIZZARD?<br /><br />THE NEED TO STOP ALL DONATION MONIES AND CONVENE A GRAND JURY. TO THE MAN WHO HEADS THIS ORGANIZATION THAT DID THAT TO THOSE HUMAN BEINGS MAY YOU ROT IN HELL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-28842110808558793042016-01-24T22:34:22.811-05:002016-01-24T22:34:22.811-05:00@9:24 Why not ? @9:24 Why not ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-66883964976842125752016-01-24T21:24:49.699-05:002016-01-24T21:24:49.699-05:00Jamie Kelton said "I don't know why the P...Jamie Kelton said "I don't know why the PPL Arena is not open at night as a homeless shelter". It was built with public money. <br />Using your logic, city hall, the public libraries, public schools, the DMV, and other govt entities should be opened up to the homeless? I would love for city hall to be used for the homeless. Fantastic logic to say the least. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-34893881660122297942016-01-24T21:20:06.769-05:002016-01-24T21:20:06.769-05:00Disgusting to say the least. More wasted cash, gar...Disgusting to say the least. More wasted cash, garbage tax exemptions and deals cut with a corrupt city govt. And people wonder why this scam didn't work out. These so called leaders, and I use that term loosely, could careless about Christ and or helping the homeless. <br />BTW, this happens more than people know. It just isn't reported. In fact it happens on a national level when political, trade and other conventions come to town. The cities of St Louis , Denver, LA, San Francisco is famous for this slight of hand. <br />I traveled to these cities many times for business and once the "convention" hits the town, the local homeless people are rounded up and whisked off top the out lying parts of their cities, away from the convention goers, with a food coupon , a movie ticket coupon and some were even given hair cut coupons. When the big conventions are not in these towns, it is business as usual for the homeless, mentally ill and other people who are in need of obvious assistance, including our beloved Vets. This is very disturbing. Follow the money. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-14618058968082135212016-01-24T20:45:10.885-05:002016-01-24T20:45:10.885-05:00I deserve no thanks. I am merely passing on inform...I deserve no thanks. I am merely passing on information supplied to me by some of those involved. I agree with the reader who says this blindsided the City. They were not expecting this organization to be that bad and to make no contingency plans. Felch and Faro both should resign. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-11573957597830059492016-01-24T20:41:25.556-05:002016-01-24T20:41:25.556-05:00i hope everyone does more than just complain about...i hope everyone does more than just complain about this heartless act. thanks Bernie for making this public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-91764442485062783912016-01-24T20:38:43.104-05:002016-01-24T20:38:43.104-05:00"Why didn't the mayor open city hall as e...<br />"Why didn't the mayor open city hall as emergency shelter? The first floor easily is secured and could accommodate at least one hundred with first floor rest rooms too."<br /><br />This is a good question. Some cities do things like this. For its part, as the Commission to End Chronic Homelessness was crumbling in on itself, people acting in good faith from the community, from City Hall, and other organizations worked hard to make this year's shelter happen. The City doesn't run the shelter, the Conference of Churches does. I'm quite certain the stakeholders at City and around the planning table when all of this came together would never have believed then that what transpired yesterday would ever be allowed to happen on the watch of the organization trusted to lead the shelter. But it did.<br /><br />I believe there are people at City who are desperate to do the right thing. I think this blindsided many of them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-69410962659840408962016-01-24T20:34:30.362-05:002016-01-24T20:34:30.362-05:00"Jack Felch is an ordained preacher..."
..."Jack Felch is an ordained preacher..."<br /><br />he's an ordained elder in the PCUSA, which, sadly, doesn't mean very much. the PCUSA is supposed to be somewhat progressive, but...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-34092316947373047092016-01-24T20:32:40.999-05:002016-01-24T20:32:40.999-05:00" if this staff worked in an animal shelter a..." if this staff worked in an animal shelter and pushed dogs out in Saturday's weather surely to die, wouldn't they be charged with cruelty?"<br /><br />wow. great question. Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-26587226838567767722016-01-24T20:30:41.033-05:002016-01-24T20:30:41.033-05:00that is where the Conference of Churches is runnin...that is where the Conference of Churches is running a shelter, and with $25K from the City to do it. But they made NO PLANS for this blizzard after promising contingencies in planning sessions with stakeholders for emergency scenarios. So, they sent 30 people out into a blizzard yesterday morning. This is not Christianity. This is not Jesus. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-61430737426233280612016-01-24T19:04:06.651-05:002016-01-24T19:04:06.651-05:00Mr. Fegley you and jamie must have caught on qwick...Mr. Fegley you and jamie must have caught on qwick¿!($ It is all public monies filtered down from the top through different channels and fictisious local netWORKS put to print¿!($<br />Many years ago I volenteered my time before tthe Koroley experiance babbysitting homless women with innocent indigent children at Dubbs Church under the rev brown and marleen mertz¿!($ After watching them go on trips to the lands of god with the same sick shit stew here at home¿!($<br />My work is now a new challenge of there Z and there DAMM 3rd world nation creation¿!($ <br />No sigNUTure needed the hashtag as they call it says it all 10/4 da and out¿!($Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-9197655308425380902016-01-24T18:54:39.185-05:002016-01-24T18:54:39.185-05:00"In my area, the storm hit about 8 hours earl...<em>"In my area, the storm hit about 8 hours early, and it probably did there also. They should have made emergency plans to keep it open. Idiots. "</em><br /><br />Especially since they knew this was coming. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-75965972612398468022016-01-24T18:53:30.550-05:002016-01-24T18:53:30.550-05:00"For many years the Lehigh Conference of Chur...<em>"For many years the Lehigh Conference of Churches was directed by ordained ministers but now it appears a businessman is in charge."</em><br /><br />Jack Felch is an ordained preacher and has a Ph.D. in Hypocrisy. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-47014269732685759882016-01-24T18:42:33.585-05:002016-01-24T18:42:33.585-05:00Jamie Kelton said...
I don't know why the PPL ... Jamie Kelton said...<br />I don't know why the PPL Arena is not open at night as a homeless shelter. <br /><br /><br />An excellent suggestion! Many cities do open their sports arenas to the public during emergencies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-60566038387780504952016-01-24T18:36:29.592-05:002016-01-24T18:36:29.592-05:00Thirty inches of snow fell in Allentown. Possibly ...Thirty inches of snow fell in Allentown. Possibly an all-time record.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-63509486896082475462016-01-24T18:35:21.492-05:002016-01-24T18:35:21.492-05:00For many years the Lehigh Conference of Churches w...For many years the Lehigh Conference of Churches was directed by ordained ministers but now it appears a businessman is in charge. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com