Last week the Morning Call gave Promise Neighborhoods another Easy Pass. Two paid employees conducted a survey on neighborhood violence. Only five men participated, and they were paid with gift cards to fill out the forms.
It is painful that our tax dollars are being used to provide grants for such things. It is painful that our local paper found it news worthy enough to have fourteen photos about it. The men were photographed from the left, then the right, collectively and then individually. One photo showed just a man's hands with a pencil.
This blog gives no easy passes. The only stories about Promise Neighborhoods that are interesting is that there was another shooting this past weekend, and that Hasshan Batts is stepping down with little explanation. Now, that might be a back story worth a paper's time!
photocredit:The Morning Call
Honestly, I have no idea what this organztion does other than siphon tax money into its pockets for the enrichment of Hasshan Batts, or whoever is the head of the organization now.
ReplyDeleteBrett - As usual, no benchmarks were given by City Hall to measure the effectiveness of Promise Neighborhoods for the money they received.
DeleteThey are supposedly an intermediary between “the community” and the police, but my suspicion is that their real value to city politicians comes from helping to turn out crowds to city-sponsored events and intimidating those who dare to question the party line.
I believe MM has documented at least one such incident in a prior post.
The last I knew was that your attorney was the 'intermediary' between an individual and law enforcement.
DeleteOr in the new woke era, people need someone else ?
This is nothing but a sham hustle which the taxpayers is on the hook for, thanks to our mayor.
Democrat elected officials have convinced their voters that the police are the problem. They’ve also convinced their voters that in order to access police services, they have to use a middle man. And they can only hope that the middle man (who doesn’t have to meet police standards) doesn’t out them to the very criminals that they’re trying to report and get help with.
DeleteThe result? Inner city minority neighborhoods have suffered with increasing lawlessness. Meanwhile, the rich white elites in the party pick up the phone, dial direct, and get a police response quickly when needed.
Two systems then exist, one that works and one that’s guaranteed to fail. Results vary, predominantly by skin color.
I guess that’s “equity” in the eyes of democrats.
Promise Neighborhoods is an absolute farce. The Morning Call did it’s readers a service by running that piece with the accompanying photos highlighting exactly how bogus the entire organization really is.
ReplyDeleteI’m glad to see this pathetic group exposed yet again as a fraud.
Another corrupt Tuerk backed organization? It can’t be possible.
ReplyDeleteMayor Tuerk pushes all the wrong organizations and people. If re-elected his second term will show his true colors. Promise neighborhood, Ripple and all those programs that dont seem to help, except for the leaders who line their pockets.
DeleteI also don’t understand what specifically this group does to justify so much money being thrown at it. Of course, I also don’t understand what purpose the Morning Call has anymore, nor the real reason behind all the deceptions it publishes daily. Purely, hardcore Liberal propaganda to my eyes.
ReplyDeleteBatts was/is a problem. Self-promoting, but at what? I see no evidence that Promise Neighborhood has influenced the outcome of any situation in downtown Allentown. Have they actively prevented any violent act? No, they show up afterward. They actively fundraise. Ironically they seem to have a location away from the residential neighborhoods they supposedly serve. 501c3s are tricky organizations. They can be great or they can be a front for an ambitious director to help himself to grants and public money. And the Lehigh Valley is full of 501c3 organizations. Some do real work, others service themselves.
ReplyDeleteYou describe exactly what DOGE (Elon Musk) was charged with doing. Uncovering waste, fraud, and abuse, and boy, did they ever find that with the USAID scams and so-called non-profits. Unfortunately, much of that money was filtering down to politicians and their campaigns. No wonder our Congress was up in arms over the whole thing!
DeleteThe Pool Trust, 💯% Ed Meehan, can waste it’s money any way it’s director wants.
DeleteThis is the latest Form 990 I could find:
ReplyDeletehttps://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/464977927/202411369349312086/full
It's a couple of years old, but he received a little less than $140K to run an organization with a budget of about $2M. There was an additional line item of a little under 500K for "other" salaries, but i didn't find how many employees are in the outfit.
It's a shame the moderator didn't make the cut for the Parknership, they just scored $300,000 from the Trexler Trust for "operating expenses". I'm sure the money will be used for expenses anticipated by the general.
ReplyDeleteanon@3:40: I've stopped complaining about that exclusion. So far they have just been funding the park department's existing agenda. They hear my recommendations, and I'm feel to critique :)
DeleteIt was never going to happen. Mayor Matt detests MM.
DeleteAdministrative costs and not a blade of grass cut let alone the weed walls. Just maybe another biased study as to the water filtration of those weed walls.
DeleteRead between the lines. The Trexler Trust is concerned about the decline of the Parks, but, wisely, doesn’t trust the Turek administration to a competent or responsible steward.
ReplyDeleteThe director of the Trust is an exceptionally intelligent person who seems to have lost her bearings since the TT capitulated to the Pawlowski administration.
It’s a very sad situation.
The Trexler Trust gave money to Ripple Communities which hopes to open another homeless drop in center just blocks away from West Park. If Ripple gets the second drop in center at 16th and Chew what does anyone think will happen to West Park? That's right, it too will become a homeless drop in center/homeless loitering area/ drug and alcohol consuming station. Already West Park has never looked shabbier, the fools on the Trexler Trust are facilitating the destruction of the parks.
DeleteWest Park looks absolutely horrid these days. When I was going to Allen, once in a while I'd walk thru West Park to admire it, even tho' my house was in the opposite direction. We used to head to the Parkway for the same reasons... now there is NO reason to go there, as is there no reason to come into Allentown. If you don't get blasted by loud stereos or fart can mufflers, you take your life in your hands at most intersections where stop lights/signs are routinely ignored.
ReplyDeleteWhere are our police??? Sad to say that the police witness many of these infractions and ignore them... same with the parking authority... there was a vehicle parked during street cleaning near my house... NO ticket issued!!!! This city is so hungry for money, yet many infractions are ignored. We could be in the black. drop taxes and improve the quality of life. Try doing those things in Bethlehem and see what happens!