Hello Again!

Hey There!

It's good to see that nothing much has changed since my last post. Wilkes-Barre Online is now running a banner pronouncing his independence from political parties. Too bad that doesn't include his being the "bestest buddy" of Lehighton the Mayor. This Wilkes-Barre Online is one for the books. Saying one thing and doing another. Say what you want about this blog but we don't kiss up to the powers that be in Wilkes-Barre but are a source of fairness and calling it as we see it. Can't say the same about Wilkes-Barre Online who can't say enough good things about Leighton The Mayor or his cronies. I guess being the inhouse blogger for the Lehighton political dynasty is a full time job.

Go Wilkes-Barre Online.

Weighing In On Wilkes-Barre Online

"Until recently, I think he’s been overly sanctimonious, continually holier-than-thou, smugly disrespectful and had taken to incendiary rhetoric as if it’s a birthright or something. Point blank, he got himself knee-deep in pursuits that he was ill-suited for. For one, he’s far too thin-skinned."

Folks here we go again with the ongoing hypocritical comments of your friend and mine--Wilkes-Barre Online. The above comment was one of his more recent examples of just how amazingly hypocritical this guy can be. He was talking of Tim Grier, the wannabe politico who has something to say about everything and saying how sanctimonious he is when it seems to me that Wilkes-Barre Online is really talking about himself.

Think of it--Wilkes-Barre Online has never run for public office or even worked on a campaign or even had the guts to do what Tim Grier did by being politically active and yet he sits there with his beer and computer and blabbers on about Grier's faults when he should be looking at his own. I say this to Wilkes-Barre Online--"physician heal thyself." Sir, you have no credibility when it comes to public service. All you do is sit on your haunches and kiss Leighton the Mayor's arse and take cheap shots at people who are active in their community like Tim Grier. Say what you want about Tim Grier but at least he is a "doer" and not some doofus who sits on his buns and drinks beer while tinkering with his computer.

Remember this folks--there are only a few quarterbacks in the NFL playing every week but there are thousands of critics writing about them and Wilkes-Barre Online is just another blabbering yakker.

Leighton Is Ignorant and Arrogant

“I think Tom Leighton is being ignorant and arrogant.” This quote appeared in the Citizens Voice and was spoken by Steve Urban. Truer words have never been spoken.

Now here is a guy, Leighton, who get amazingly good publicity no matter that he is involved in shennanigan after shennanigan--the questionable matter about the Volunteers of America Office on North River Street, the fact that the Parking Garage connected to the Kirby Center is a wreck and a local business office left town because of it, the Card Shop downtown is leaving, etc--and despite all of these fiasco's not one word of criticism is said by the sleepy press.

Scotty Lynett never fails to be a half baked newspaper official and, once again, he drops the ball here by giving Leighton a pass. Of course, this is the same "newspaper power figure" that allowed Cupcake Kadlaboski to publish the sleazy add that smeared a great man like Bob Reilly in his ill fated State Rep race.

Anyway, go Steve Urban in telling it like it is and calling Leighton out for the poor job he is doing. The newspapers won't so you do Steve and keep up the good work.

What about Brian Dunn and James Height!

You'll recall the post I made earlier about these two clowns who serve on the Wilkes-Barre Area School Board--Brian "Idiot" Dunn and James "Witless" Height--who were confronted by fellow Board member Frank Pizella at his swearing in recently. Dunn hid from Pizella during this exchange.

Mr. Pizella raised issues at a recent board meeting and it was also reported in the newspaper as to why there were additional costs on a construction project and did his job as a board member by requesting an inspection.

Are there other projects with over runs? I hope Mr. Pizzella continues to act as a watchdog. Maybe the authorities should examine this matter too.

Local Newspapers Stink!

Again and again we come back to the absolutely pathetic and awful state of our local media, especially the Citizens Voice and Times Leader, which absolutely suck as guardians of the public's best interest. Day after day after day after day they run this now manipulative story of the County Debit Card screw up. Yes, it was only an dumb error in the end and that is all it will turn out to be. But if you'd buy into the clear manipulation and phony proclamations of the newspapers you'd think that Sam Hyder's interest in saucy clubs and dumb debit card idea itself was the worst thing ever to happen in this area. Don't fall for Scotty Lynett's BS or Richard Connor's BS in this case because it's all crap and fake. This is nothing more than a huge screw up and that's it. Ignore the blatant and phony drum beat of coverage here because it's as impactful as the last time you relieved yourself in the bathroom.

What the Voice did to Bob Reilly's State Rep campaign was despicable. How could they have allowed that awful ad to run the day before the primary when it was a deliberate effort to smear a good man like Bob Reilly by none other the Cupcake Kadluboski. Of course, neither the Voice nor the protector of our virtue here in the Valley--Wilkes-Barre Online--had a word to say about this mess. They should have because this shady effort of Cupcake's influenced an election result.

Frank Pizzella Takes On James Height With Dunn Hiding

At the swearing in ceremonies for newly minted Wilkes-Barre Area School Director, Frank Pizzella, a rukus broke out when Pizzella confronted Wilkes-Barre Area School Director, James Height, about the watchdog efforts of Pizzella on the activities of Board leaders Height and Brian Dunn. A shocked and stunned Height stood their as Pizzella confronted Height with Brian Dunn hiding from this ugly scene. Height said little as he was tongue lashed by Pizzella and soon after the rebuke got out of there as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile, the antics of Brian Dunn continue. There has been no word as to how Mrs. Dunn can possibly be employed by the Wilkes-Barre Area School District and the Wilkes-Barre Voc Tech without her work hours conflicting. Of course, Brian Dunn sits on both Board of Directors. Lucky us that this idiot is our representative on the direction of our educational process.

It seems, as usual, the Citizens Voice and Times Leader continue their pathetic do-nothing efforts by not addressing the Brian Dunn matter. They are too busy seeing how many saucy bars Sam Hyder has been to with the county credit card rather than doing their job to protect the public from Brian Dunn's hijinks.

We also see our crusading District Attorney soon to be judge asking for an investigation into the saucy debit card fiasco of Luzerne County. I guess Lupas is perfectly fine with Brian Dunn. He has nothing to say about Dunn getting his wife a "consultantship" at the Wilkes-Barre Voc Tech that seems to conflict with the hours of her regualar job at the Wilkes-Barre School District. Nope, our District Attorney is busy checking out the saucy use of the County debit cards.

Well, a hapless DJ and an equally hapless local press are all good news for Brian Dunn in this matter.

By the way, what exactly is Peter Halesy of the Wilkes-Barre Voc Tech and Dr. Namey of the Wilkes-Barre School District going to do to see that Mrs. Dunn is not getting paid for the same hours at the Voc-Tech and the School District?

The Brian Dunn Emails!

I got several emails from friends on recent postings about this character, Brian Dunn.

I get the impression Dunn really has ignited some interest in his activities based on these emails.

I myself knew nothing of his getting his wife a job as a "consultant" at the Wilkes-Barre Voc Tech at the same time she is employed at the Wilkes-Barre School District. I've asked in past postings how the two school officials--Dr. Namey of the Wilkes-Barre School District and Mr. Halesy of the Wilkes-Barre Voc Tech--would account for Mrs. Dunn's hours so that they would not overlap in her duo employment.

This is a valid question and a fair one--if you have two jobs at two local school organizations and they both mainly have people working in the day then how is Mrs. Dunn going to accomplish her putting in time at both the W-B School District and the Wilkes-Barre Voc Tech without being paid for the same hours at both locales?

Also, how can Dr. Namey of the Wilkes-Barre School District and Mr. Halesy of the Wilkes-Barre Voc Tech supervise Mrs. Dunn to see that she isn't being paid for working the same hours at the same time at both employers? This seems tricky to me to accomplish but if Mrs Dunn works Saturdays then this seems to be one way it can be achieved.

The "consultantship" of Mrs. Dunn at the Wilkes-Barre Voc Tech and her employment at the Wilkes-Barre School District are demanding of both media and public attention to see that the public is best being served. It is important that the soft and sleepy media start focusing on this matter as thousands of public dollars are involved.