tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post7785433816402103288..comments2024-03-29T09:51:12.266-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Mayor Ed's "Pay to Play" Pal of the Week - Nic Zawarski & SonsBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-79160432169099449732008-03-18T21:23:00.000-04:002008-03-18T21:23:00.000-04:00Anon 8:49, This is the typical type of personal at...Anon 8:49, This is the typical type of personal attack that usually follows any criticism of Allentown, but I'll answer your questions. <BR/><BR/>1) In all the years I've known Angle, I've done two title searches for him. The first was for the property where he lives. The other was a property he owned but which had some outstanding issues. I've also done two lien searches when he's purchased a few properties at a sheriff's sale so that the owner could stay there the rest of her life. <BR/><BR/>2) Almost every property Angle buys, he does so on gut feeling. He never gets a search done, except for the examples above. I've seen him buy properties on accident and still make money. <BR/><BR/>3) I do not search for any of the law firms who specialize in foreclosure. I doo not search for the secondary mortgage firms or credit companies. My client base consists of local attorneys and title companies who have been in the business for many years.<BR/><BR/>4) The mortgage crisis has reduced my income to about 40% of its previous level. Those of us who search titles for people who buy or refinance homes have felt the pinch long before anyone. <BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for your concern.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-62813176464296125102008-03-18T20:49:00.000-04:002008-03-18T20:49:00.000-04:00Bernie, do you do title searches for Angle ? How ...Bernie, do you do title searches for Angle ? How long have you been doing it ? Do you do title searches on homes that Angle bought at Sheriff's Sale ? Do you have any problem making money off of the mortgage crisis ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-49296311877634898602008-03-18T14:35:00.000-04:002008-03-18T14:35:00.000-04:00anon 2:09, over 70 verizon workers signed a petit...anon 2:09, over 70 verizon workers signed a petition opposing the sale of the lot. although both ms. weller, director of the Authority and the Mayor met with the verizon workers, ms. weller conceded(feb.26) they still oppose the sale; why wouldn't they????<BR/>your statement "they agree this is a good use of the lot", is the puff propaganda which allows the long term interests of allentown to be compromised.michael molovinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-71252409068766503232008-03-18T14:17:00.000-04:002008-03-18T14:17:00.000-04:00Being poorly dressed does not make you blue collar...<EM>Being poorly dressed does not make you blue collar.</EM><BR/><BR/>Whoah. Not too snobby now, are we? <BR/>What, does A-town have a dress code now, too? <BR/><BR/>And your representation is NOT the way things were presented when the parking authority actually met ... buring the day ... when most blue collar workers are working. <BR/><BR/>Please save your propaganda for the puff blogs.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-10329196271942264162008-03-18T14:09:00.000-04:002008-03-18T14:09:00.000-04:00Being poorly dressed does not make you blue collar...Being poorly dressed does not make you blue collar. Verizon employees are compensated very, very well for the work they do.<BR/><BR/>In reality, the Verizon folks agree this is a good use of the lot. If they disagreed a few of them would have showed up at the public meeting on the subject or their union would have submitted a bid on the lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-43687948943312408682008-03-18T14:04:00.000-04:002008-03-18T14:04:00.000-04:00KOZ remains an issue. Governor Rendell recently de...KOZ remains an issue. Governor Rendell recently declared he intends to seek extensions and expansions. The townies proposed for the insider deal on 7th St are not in a KOZ, but I never said that they were. <BR/><BR/>As far as being worried about "yuppies" moving to A-town from Nazareth, we are no hotbed of "yuppies" here. Most of us have been dead for several years. <BR/><BR/>My fear for A-town is that it is a culture of corruption in which campaign contributors are rewarded with favorable treatment and insider deals at the expense of everyone else, whether they are minority merchant shopkeepers on Hamilton or blue collar Verizon employees.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-59180473710880478412008-03-18T13:18:00.000-04:002008-03-18T13:18:00.000-04:00KOZ is a non-issue for most of these projects, it ...KOZ is a non-issue for most of these projects, it expires in 2 years. It will be one year or less once these things are up and running. Also, the townhomes proposed on 7th are not even in a KOZ.<BR/><BR/>Are you getting worried Bernie that the yuppies might start choosing downtown Allentown instead up your xenophobic enclave?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-46134730093785032622008-03-18T10:35:00.000-04:002008-03-18T10:35:00.000-04:00In allentown KOZ is the gift that keeps on giving....In allentown KOZ is the gift that keeps on giving. There is a large sign on the schoen building indicating financial aid from AEDC . BrewPub received a "loan" from the city's hud funds and cityline received the facade budget for the entire street. the koz's are just the front door, how pawlowski has used the various Authority's in allentown to finance these projects would require a investigative accountant. i doubt if we will ever know the true equity position, if any, of the various "chosen" developers.michael molovinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-48966732653197946832008-03-18T08:48:00.000-04:002008-03-18T08:48:00.000-04:00Good research, Bernie! I was a Pawlowski admirer, ...Good research, Bernie! I was a Pawlowski admirer, but this is the straw that broke the camel's back. Her's a bum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com