tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post560613854956722060..comments2024-03-28T08:10:10.101-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: McClure Labels GPA a "Rogue Authority," Calls Legal Bills an "Outrage"Bernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-64912836452181805832018-04-24T13:17:03.856-04:002018-04-24T13:17:03.856-04:00It kills me when people demand that I provide info...It kills me when people demand that I provide information that they are too lazy to look up themselves. I have previously written on this very blog that Langen's B.S. is in economics. Try googling his name and you would see this. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-14395678113942540722018-04-24T06:55:43.045-04:002018-04-24T06:55:43.045-04:00BO - By your own words, he is "not an enginee...BO - By your own words, he is "not an engineer and has a Bachelor's degree from Lycoming." Bachelor's in what? Accounting? Marketing? 18th Century British Authors?<br /><br />Even if he were an engineer, is he experienced in bridge design? The Engineer's Code of Ethics prevents someone from practicing in an area that is outside their expertise. <br /><br />Experience as a construction manager does NOT qualify one to check another engineer. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-15298236261000340312018-04-23T08:50:30.861-04:002018-04-23T08:50:30.861-04:00He is not an engineer and has a Bachelor's deg...He is not an engineer and has a Bachelor's degree from lycoming. he doeshave experience asa construction manager for Arcadia, so I believe he is qualified. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-92138236515723929552018-04-23T08:15:59.316-04:002018-04-23T08:15:59.316-04:00Don’t think Langen has an engineering degree, and ...Don’t think Langen has an engineering degree, and heard that he isn’t particularly bright, so, why is he getting paid to oversee a consulting engineer? Doesn’t make any sense. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-82187336992188344482018-04-23T07:53:06.590-04:002018-04-23T07:53:06.590-04:00Just out of curiosity, what qualifies Langen to ch...Just out of curiosity, what qualifies Langen to check the checker for bridge projects? Isn't he a developer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-18602797500639542102018-04-22T19:30:16.093-04:002018-04-22T19:30:16.093-04:00Severson's polling took place at a different t...Severson's polling took place at a different time. Morganelli has already denied, and quite adamantly, that his campaign has had a thing to do with any push polling. It would be contrary to his own self-interest. If you choose to call him a liar, that's on you. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-48691419803717191952018-04-22T18:55:51.322-04:002018-04-22T18:55:51.322-04:00Well Morgaelli's campaign filing confirms his ...Well Morgaelli's campaign filing confirms his responsibility for that push poll earlier, this month regardless of how much he denies it. There is a 4,000 payment to convicted criminal Thomas Severson, for polling. Who is notorious for this type of activity. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-47685922230410464062018-04-21T19:00:30.504-04:002018-04-21T19:00:30.504-04:00Ask Bill White why there is not a League of Men Vo...Ask Bill White why there is not a League of Men Voters !Roy khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248505428855256147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-57164405074031425322018-04-20T21:40:42.150-04:002018-04-20T21:40:42.150-04:00https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-ryan-09372b31https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-ryan-09372b31Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-51131637727931542472018-04-20T21:39:23.800-04:002018-04-20T21:39:23.800-04:00I am enabling comment moderation for the weekend, ...I am enabling comment moderation for the weekend, You can think a sick man named Robert Ryan, who does not even live in the state, but New Jersey, and has some sort of screwed up agenda against a local judge and his family. He has trolled this blog for two years, and is becoming more virulent. He works for KDDI America. His wife left him, and he is drinking himself to death. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-51486168469246471672018-04-20T21:32:15.097-04:002018-04-20T21:32:15.097-04:00In fairness, the county is not really in the bridg...In fairness, the county is not really in the bridge biz. I'm not endorsing P3, but we were doing a shitty job. The number of deficient bridges is cause for concern. It is too soon to say if P3 is an improvement.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-7871890943568730512018-04-20T21:15:16.109-04:002018-04-20T21:15:16.109-04:00The bundling (bungling) of the bridges was a bad i...The bundling (bungling) of the bridges was a bad idea from the get go. This is like contracting for snow removal with a small firm in Easton to do all the roads in the State-an impossible task. What`s wrong with how it was done in the past? Too successful? IF IT works good don`t fix it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-7666157619837537682018-04-20T17:51:06.542-04:002018-04-20T17:51:06.542-04:00Agree Bernie, I think Peg is just getting very old...Agree Bernie, I think Peg is just getting very old. She has always been the representative of the country club. This is her last term I was told. She can do little damage with the current democratic council. Hopefully, they just let her ramble on in peace. Now is not the time for attacking people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-64334114288054476582018-04-20T17:04:04.551-04:002018-04-20T17:04:04.551-04:00The flower of the Lehigh Valley legal establishmen...The flower of the Lehigh Valley legal establishment is a criminal cabal.<br />Nothing new here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-41408304046766697602018-04-20T16:02:11.854-04:002018-04-20T16:02:11.854-04:00As I have already noted, the DA is a prosecutor, n...As I have already noted, the DA is a prosecutor, not a persecutor. Now we all know a Congressional race is under way, but I will delete attempts to politicize a serious issue of good government.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-31374216386343377532018-04-20T15:49:26.870-04:002018-04-20T15:49:26.870-04:00Meanwhile our District Attorney is busy while the ...Meanwhile our District Attorney is busy while the taxpayers store is being robbed-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-68675421974620230162018-04-20T13:16:18.666-04:002018-04-20T13:16:18.666-04:00I don't know her at all. I know who people wh...I don't know her at all. I know who people who do, and say she's a lovely person. You've written nice things, and I believe you. My criticism is strictly focused on her job performance. I don't like what I see as her cavalier attitude toward spending tax dollars. It's noteworthy and refreshing to see her called out - especially by another official I believe to be similarly cavalier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-71433195529435949362018-04-20T12:03:07.986-04:002018-04-20T12:03:07.986-04:00I'm a little more concerned about Lushis and L...I'm a little more concerned about Lushis and Langen than about Ferraro. You are clearly motivated by some kind of personal animus. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-33802365162969154362018-04-20T11:34:30.534-04:002018-04-20T11:34:30.534-04:00When a prolific spender is called out by a prolifi...When a prolific spender is called out by a prolific spender for approving prolific spending, that's really something. Peg is Teflon, however. Like Trump, she could commit a terrible act in a public place and Nazareth area voters would canonize her, let alone re-elect her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-80318189931011327932018-04-20T10:38:29.241-04:002018-04-20T10:38:29.241-04:00I agree.I agree.Robert Trotnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125814026822005564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-77530135027300323772018-04-20T10:10:29.381-04:002018-04-20T10:10:29.381-04:00"Peg should resign from the Authority and let...<em>"Peg should resign from the Authority and let someone else take them on"</em><br /><br />I agree she needs to step down, and have said so to her. She said herself last night that, once the P3 project started, the GPA changed and became far more complicated. I think she is probably concerned that what is going on could imperil the project. McClure addressed that last night. He is committed to the P3 and seeing it succeed. He is making the milestone payments to Kriger. I doubt Langen or Lushis will see a dime. He believes that the GPA is getting in the way of that success. He's right. The members of that Board are simply ill-suited to what needs to be a very public and transparent project. Lushis himself is the biggest problem, and wants to morph the GPA into some kind of P3 salesman statewide. The best solution would be for Lushis and the old board to step down. Contrary to what Lushis has asserted, he is the chief problem, followed by Langen. But Peg should run from this. She is very good at many things, and is often a voice of reason. But a different kind of person is needed to deal with Lushis and langen. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-8662128300738466472018-04-20T10:01:35.727-04:002018-04-20T10:01:35.727-04:00The voters cleaning house when the house stinks ca...The voters cleaning house when the house stinks can be a good thing. With all that is coming out about Brown, it probably wouldn't have been known if he were still the Exec.<br />Too bad Pocketbook Peg wasn't swept out with Brown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-27110558244111367962018-04-20T09:54:16.913-04:002018-04-20T09:54:16.913-04:00"And where us our District AtrornAt while the...<em>"And where us our District AtrornAt while the courthouse is being robbed?"</em><br /><br />In case you have not noticed, there is no absence of bad guys out there. I would not make criminal accusations lightly. The DA is a prosecutor,not a persecutor. <br /><br />Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-11005767915351512332018-04-20T09:44:44.707-04:002018-04-20T09:44:44.707-04:00maybe the law firm will hire her maybe the law firm will hire her Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-19481587980309775832018-04-20T09:17:34.042-04:002018-04-20T09:17:34.042-04:00Peg should resign from the Authority and let someo...Peg should resign from the Authority and let someone else take them on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com