Allentown councilwoman Ce-Ce Gerlach proposes that Allentown spend $100thousand to hire a consultant to study the good work of credible messengers. Credible messengers assign a convicted felon to mentor a young boy so that he doesn't become a future felon, or so goes the scam. In my day they had Big Brothers. A Big Brother was a successful person who could act like a role model for a young person, how square is that?
I believe that Allentown would be better off with credible councilpersons, who wouldn't even think about wasting city money on such nonsense. I personally don't think that credible messengers is good work. But I know that spending money on such, instead of another police officer, is bad governing.
Candida Affa has announced that she is running for another term on city council. On one hand, I appreciate that she has institutional knowledge of Allentown, but there's another side that would trouble me. She mentions that it's a new administration, and that she wants to be part of the accomplishments....that's the problem. In the Pawlowski regime, she stayed loyal, too loyal, until they took him away in cuffs. City Council is supposed to be a check and balance on the administration, not a rubber stamp. I wrote a few sentences ago that it would trouble me...In another time with a more responsible council. However, in this time, when we're considering credible messengers, Affa is comparatively a conservative... Hopefully she'll be re-elected.In the photo above, I'm addressing city council in person...That's something I no longer do.
So reelect bad so worse doesn't get into office? The truth is worse is already there and the next to be elected by the city voters will make our worst the less bad.
ReplyDeleteAddressing council is a waste of time, had been since Ed took over. There have been a series of earnest people who in the meantime made honest attempts at reason but they too in time realised the pointlessness of it. Most of those causing trouble down there presently seem to be using the forum for grandstanding and self promotion rather than real change.
ReplyDeleteOn Friday night, why didn’t Hassan Batts stop the person who was assaulting another and who then shot at police when they arrived to stop the assault?
ReplyDeleteMaybe our credible council people could publish Batts’ cell number so victims could call Batts as they get assaulted downtown.
That way, Gerlach’s study could be funded with the savings from closing the 911 call center and having people call Batts directly.
Council is already part way to a credible councilpersons program (emphasis on “part”).
ReplyDeleteThat’s because every time I read about proposals like this from City Council, my first reaction is “that’s *#@€*<# INcredible!”
anon@11:11: Links do not work in comments at Blogger, unless they're inserted into the html code for links. Furthermore, I discourage the use of links in comments.
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