Here's what he posted as a comment. Since many of you steer clear of them, I decided to republish it here.
I'll do my best to make sure that Allentown's water system is not given away to a private entity. No matter how you look at water privatization the citizens will always lose. Private=Profit. I run a privately owned brewery. I run it to make a profit. The City and Citizens own the water system. Our water system makes BIG profits for the City and Citizens.
Umm. Mr. Mayor, if you would like to ask me AGAIN if you are "stupid and you don't know what you are doing", in this case I say, "YES" you are stupid and what you do know is that what you are trying to do is WRONG for the citizens of Allentown.
If I'm wrong, PROVE IT! The shit financial analysis that was presented to City Council and the citizens was filtered so Council and the citizens would be somehow convinced that privitization was OUR ONLY OPTION. PFM pointed out that "more white space on the graph was good"! WTF? Seriously. No explanation of what was good about it. Why was it good? WAKE UP PEOPLE! They are not lying but they are not showing us the whole picture.
This financial presentation was just like the trash and sludge incinerator presentation. When I asked Scott Shearer why City Council was only given the "safe and best case" incinerator projections they were given, he told ALL OF US that "this was what Mayor Pawlowski asked us to present to Council". No one really looked at the missing data and graphs that I provided.
I'M CALLING BULLISHIT! Just like I did in Council chambers last week at 11pm when, unfortunately, most people had left.
If the Mayor wants us to trust his financial decisions, WE the citizens need proper financial analysis of this proposed leased.
In the end, the City Administration will NEVER be able to show us how selling or leasing the water system is beneficial to the citizens of Allentown.
Also, I don't think I really want to sit on Council until I know that there are more people out there paying attention. Maybe I just don't feel like working with power-crazy Julio. (He is starting to scare me up there as president)
Finally, I'm glad Mr. O'Hare and Molovinsky provide these blogs. I just wish there were less anonymous "trolls", but that's the internet.
If anyone has anything to say, put your name behind your words. Otherwise, your words don't have REAL POWER with people.
I've been highly critical of Fegley, and am taking nothing back. But it's one thing for me to take potshots at Pawlowski from Nazareth. It's quite another to do that when you live in the City and are operating a small business there, as is Fegley.
Perhaps there's hope for Allentown after all.
