tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post3555825981490843649..comments2024-03-19T08:38:54.318-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Lehigh County's Tom Muller to Run For ExecBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-8016460586007980332013-02-15T01:51:06.117-05:002013-02-15T01:51:06.117-05:00BOH, I just love it when you are so righteous dude...BOH, I just love it when you are so righteous dude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-50196266568099102032013-02-09T01:52:16.218-05:002013-02-09T01:52:16.218-05:00Typical country club Republican. He has contempt f...Typical country club Republican. He has contempt for most of the employees, sees them beneath him. He is well known in Lehigh County for his arrogance. I would take Browning or Ott over this prick any day of the week and I'm a Democrat. He is just being pushed to keep the Cunningham croonies in jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-9397812261265315422013-02-08T12:02:28.531-05:002013-02-08T12:02:28.531-05:00If by regular folks you mean people who come on bl...If by regular folks you mean people who come on blogs to smear others anonymously, I share his contempt. I certainly have contempt for you. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-74505997657500271512013-02-08T10:24:29.299-05:002013-02-08T10:24:29.299-05:00Muller drips with contempt for regular folks. Arro...Muller drips with contempt for regular folks. Arrogant and contemptuous toward any open input. Fundamentally opposed to an open collaborative process to his core. A product of a corporate hierarchical model------although his arrogance made him unpopular at Benny & Smith also.<br />In that attitude he no different than his Lehigh County GOP rivals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-60577248426425663022013-02-08T09:19:36.306-05:002013-02-08T09:19:36.306-05:00Tell us more about your leadership at the Lehigh C...Tell us more about your leadership at the Lehigh County Authority, Tom?<br />Care to elaborate on " bitch slapping " people opposed to well drilling along the Little Lehigh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-64768391095750763942013-02-08T03:04:15.949-05:002013-02-08T03:04:15.949-05:00Everry citizen has th eright to file a complaint. ...Everry citizen has th eright to file a complaint. Your complaint will be kept anonymous. You need not worry about O'Hare and his hate blog going after you.<br /><br />The law is clear, crystal clear. the only lawyers opinin that matters are the Fed's. You would be a fool not to file.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-55712717175014904292013-02-08T02:13:30.659-05:002013-02-08T02:13:30.659-05:00" If my fellow Republicans want to take the w...<em>" If my fellow Republicans want to take the word of the Cunningham lawyers, they desrerve what they get."</em><br /><br />The law does not depend on whether an attorney is selected by Woodman or Cunningham. <br /><br />I researched it for an unrelated matter. S.2170 reduces the Hatch Act coverage of state and local government employees to those whose salary is completely paid by federal funds.<br /><br />You're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. But please file a complaint and watch how quickly your ass is handed to you. <br /><br />http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s2170rfh/pdf/BILLS-112s2170rfh.pdf Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-64340684534158219222013-02-08T01:51:11.148-05:002013-02-08T01:51:11.148-05:00Tom is an ass. If the Republicans have a brain th...Tom is an ass. If the Republicans have a brain they will send the challange to the Fed's. It will hold up.<br /><br />This guy is being propped up to keep Cunninghams old hacks in jobs. He was a ereal arrogant prick in the county and everybody knew it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-35259958733112108152013-02-08T01:00:16.678-05:002013-02-08T01:00:16.678-05:00Tom is a good man. Good luck.Tom is a good man. Good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-33018533918664207862013-02-08T00:57:27.467-05:002013-02-08T00:57:27.467-05:00the party doesn't ask you to run you just run....the party doesn't ask you to run you just run. That's what a primary is you twit Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-46823060590840041442013-02-08T00:47:50.363-05:002013-02-08T00:47:50.363-05:00The last post is the perfect commentary to encapsu...The last post is the perfect commentary to encapsulate the essence of the Woodman-Ott wing of what used to be the Republican party.<br /><br />The 2012 amendment clearly states that the only employees precluded from running are employees whose salary is paid IN ITS ENTIRETY by federal funds. County Administrators are just simply not paid 100% by federal funds. They just are not. There is no discussion needed. It is not more involved than that. It is crystal clear.<br /><br />But facts notwithstanding, one crackpot who can't even spell "flagrant" is going to lend his legal expertise on the matter.... and everyone is expected to fall in line with the crazies.<br /><br />Yet another made up problem by the pretend conservatives. It's insulting that we let our party look like a bunch of buffoons.<br /><br />Dean Browning is the real conservative. Let's take our party back this primary season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-65173848284211292692013-02-07T19:39:35.173-05:002013-02-07T19:39:35.173-05:00Clear violation of the Hatch Act. If my fellow Re...Clear violation of the Hatch Act. If my fellow Republicans want to take the word of the Cunningham lawyers, they desrerve what they get. I urge Mr. Woodman to contact the federal attornies officie and give them Mr. Mullers name, his announcement and a "current" not quickly anmnedned copy of his job descrption. They will do the reserach. They will even do it per an anonyomus complaint.<br /><br />Their desicion, not county lawyers, is the only decsision is what counts.<br /><br />No question the Director of Administration is covered under the federal Hatch Act regardless of who pays him it is much more involved than that. This is a flagarent violation. He will either have to witdraw from race or resign immediately.<br /><br />The 2012 amendment soes not apply in this case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-54676536227744406092013-02-07T17:13:22.307-05:002013-02-07T17:13:22.307-05:00Knowing the issues is indeed a qualification and I...Knowing the issues is indeed a qualification and I know the issues.<br /><br />You don't how to sit down with me to tell why it was hard for me to get an appointment ... It's politics ... The big boys think they can't control me and maybe they are right ... But I am fair .<br /><br />Indeed I think out of the box and sometimes thinking outside the box produces the solution.<br /><br />I do not apoligize for my passion for history,travel, the space program, baseball,participating in civic causes, and my faith in Christianity.<br /><br />Any criticism of this is an attempt to bury me and those who engage in that should soul search.<br /><br />Dennis PearsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-31937746970790915822013-02-07T17:00:14.656-05:002013-02-07T17:00:14.656-05:00Anonymous said...
SOUR
9:24 AM
My comment was...Anonymous said... <br />SOUR<br /> <br />9:24 AM<br /> <br />My comment was more reflective then sour ... It's seems I can't reflect disappointment ... If I go the other direction I am an intruder.<br /><br />Those who attended City Council and Lehigh County Commissioners know that I am knowledgeable on issues.<br /><br />Those who attend my neighborhood meetings know this too.<br /><br />The fact is I had a commitment to serve and would have done well.<br /><br />Maybe some other day I'll go back into the fray and maybe then the door would be finally open for my full participation ... Yes indeed I can still speak out on issues but it does make a difference when you have a seat at a table.<br /><br />Dennis PearsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-78074473955935699142013-02-07T13:33:10.149-05:002013-02-07T13:33:10.149-05:00The Hatch Act has been amended and this is complet...The Hatch Act has been amended and this is completely proper. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-70906737239806485562013-02-07T13:04:39.790-05:002013-02-07T13:04:39.790-05:00Is anyone going to sit with Dennis and explain the...Is anyone going to sit with Dennis and explain the way it works on earth? His outer space views won't get him appointed to anything.<br /><br /> By the way the words "outer space" do not mean phyisical space. but his views outside the realm of conventional thinking.<br /><br />Attending lots of council meetings is not a qualification for office. There are several people who live just to be distractions at city/county meetings. They attend and think they are an active part of the process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-83973483044162596972013-02-07T12:17:48.869-05:002013-02-07T12:17:48.869-05:00Give the tea party a break...they've been preo...Give the tea party a break...they've been preoccupied sending money back to the fedsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-30315216444231913902013-02-07T11:32:13.647-05:002013-02-07T11:32:13.647-05:00The send back vote was just a political trick to m...The send back vote was just a political trick to make Cunningham look bad,Browning wouldn't play ball so the team punished him for disobedience. If the 16% tax hike wasn't necessary the team could have tried to undo it after. Did they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-58847455983923421842013-02-07T11:05:48.797-05:002013-02-07T11:05:48.797-05:00Let's see - Ott ran in 2011 saying the 16% inc...Let's see - Ott ran in 2011 saying the 16% increase was unnecessary and that he had a plan to immediately roll it back once he was elected. Did Ott propose a 16% tax cut with this year's budget? If he did I must have missed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-33155529913218754682013-02-07T09:31:17.406-05:002013-02-07T09:31:17.406-05:00Tom is part of the reason air-travelers drive by A...Tom is part of the reason air-travelers drive by ABE on their way to less expensive flights from EWR and PHL. I'll be doing so tomorrow AM to catch an early PM flight from PHL. Even with turnpike toll and parking, I'm saving $320.<br /><br />Tom's zany airport economics have served EWR and PHL very well. Not so much, ABE.<br /><br />Let's put in charge of more things to screw up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-32466546204982906042013-02-07T09:27:02.826-05:002013-02-07T09:27:02.826-05:00Browning = 16% TAX INCREASE.
Muller = Browning.
...Browning = 16% TAX INCREASE.<br /><br />Muller = Browning.<br /><br />Tax. Tax. Spend. Spend.<br /><br />Thanks for playing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-16902280150681590382013-02-07T09:26:19.489-05:002013-02-07T09:26:19.489-05:00I wonder if Tom(in his words) will continue to &qu...I wonder if Tom(in his words) will continue to "Bitchslap the tree huggers"? This is how he talked when he was pushing for 2 huge new wells on the banks of the Little Lehigh Creek in Lower Macungie. Oh yeah, he was also on the board of Lehigh County Authority, which is creating it's own fiefdom of bureaucratic largess. He represents the worst of big government policies.Rob Hamillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-67878406401000334692013-02-07T09:24:34.812-05:002013-02-07T09:24:34.812-05:00SOURSOURAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-31891973006174386102013-02-07T08:37:47.905-05:002013-02-07T08:37:47.905-05:00Tom I wish you luck ... Should you win I would hav...Tom I wish you luck ... Should you win I would have enjoyed working with you as County Commissioner District 3 ... But it appears that David Jones wants to remain County Commissoner which is a change in his attitude of about a year ago.<br /><br />Although I do want to be a County Commissioner I will not challenge an incumbent. <br /><br />If the Democratic Party leadership had any interest in my candidacy they would have contacted me to be at that announcement.<br /><br />Dennis Pearson<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-6258124178156505222013-02-07T08:21:56.324-05:002013-02-07T08:21:56.324-05:00@ Anon 6:48 & 8:02 -- It is not a Hatch Act pr...@ Anon 6:48 & 8:02 -- It is not a Hatch Act problem, but if it was the reform team returned all the Federal Money so with no Federal Money there would be no problem.<br /><br />As for conflict of interest how about reform team member Vic Mazziotti who resigned to run (when he ran you had to under the Hatch Act). Then once elected Ken Mohr who is helping with Luzerne County's transition to Home Rule Government had him put in as interim budget director.<br /><br />Stoffa's buddy taking care of a Stoffa crony. Gotta love it.<br /><br />Really the reform team is not about reform if it involves them directly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com