tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post3078450750060635896..comments2024-03-28T19:07:23.178-04:00Comments on MOLOVINSKY ON ALLENTOWN: Raining Money On Promise Neighborhoodsmichael molovinskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-76560860633131170152023-02-09T12:09:35.250-05:002023-02-09T12:09:35.250-05:00Santo Napoli is not nor has never been connected t...Santo Napoli is not nor has never been connected to Promise Neighborhood. Jessica Lee Ortiznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-59726847845946089732023-02-06T22:51:24.283-05:002023-02-06T22:51:24.283-05:00 Santo Napoli is on the board and Natalie Santos i... Santo Napoli is on the board and Natalie Santos is employed by Promise neighborhoods to be accurate Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-29068560141532486152023-02-06T20:27:27.599-05:002023-02-06T20:27:27.599-05:00The way our election system is running, I ask myse...The way our election system is running, I ask myself were they "elected" or "selected"? In my short time at the polls, I saw 2 questionable instances happen... if I witnessed 2, how many other instances of questionable actions occurred??? It may have been fine, but it may not have been....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-11403871337432812682023-02-06T14:14:38.823-05:002023-02-06T14:14:38.823-05:00I think it important to add this to Scott’s advice...I think it important to add this to Scott’s advice to Allentown citizens, “Don’t look to the Morning Call for explanation or guidance.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-41848867883447666642023-02-06T13:45:43.475-05:002023-02-06T13:45:43.475-05:00Again, all the politicians who are making these fo...Again, all the politicians who are making these foolish and corrupt choices have been elected and re-elected by the voters of Allentown. Their single criterion for candidate selection is that they are of the same political party as them. Stupid is was stupid does and the result is we all pay dearly. get a clue voters or the abuses will continue and the city will continue to decline.Scott Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08971257783207643697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-29052564580320309102023-02-06T12:12:14.309-05:002023-02-06T12:12:14.309-05:00I’m sorry to read that Wild is in on this. Mr. Bat...I’m sorry to read that Wild is in on this. Mr. Batts, and anyone else who insists on using the prefix Dr. when they mean Phd., outside of academia, is a phony. In the age of George Santos and overblown resumes it’s up to the public to be vigilant, and check, and double check credentials. As they say, people get in trouble when they start believing their own PR. Most leaders of 501c3 organizations get in trouble when they start taking advantage. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-35469230744545415862023-02-06T11:09:28.830-05:002023-02-06T11:09:28.830-05:00But that was the problem. It was deemed that if i...But that was the problem. It was deemed that if in uniform (and maybe if not), they were Allentown police officers. The city could collect reimbursement for their services, but they couldn’t be private contractors in the true sense of the word.<br /><br />So any pay earned and any hours worked went through the city’s payroll system. And if the officers did anything wrong (excessive force, etc) the city was liable for it.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-66500877372134812632023-02-06T09:27:32.451-05:002023-02-06T09:27:32.451-05:00No one questions the additional assailants of Face...No one questions the additional assailants of Faces. Tuerk announced on several occasions the city partnership. I wonder if that deal was negotiated in the Dominican? Faces is a for profit making millions of the non-profit sector. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-14239840536387059682023-02-06T09:25:06.176-05:002023-02-06T09:25:06.176-05:00And now the dearest council women Natalie Santos i...And now the dearest council women Natalie Santos is a proud member of the board for Promise Neighborhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-55223243136436639602023-02-06T09:22:10.586-05:002023-02-06T09:22:10.586-05:00I suppose my little boy world of Allentown growing...I suppose my little boy world of Allentown growing up in the 1960s has changed consideribly now i've reached the curmudgeon part of my life. I remember men like Batts were in Philadelphia back then doing their hustles in Overbrook and Kensington. Now that Allentown is a big grown up city, we have our own. America...... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-73318771665230594572023-02-06T08:29:29.573-05:002023-02-06T08:29:29.573-05:00With so much lying going on in the government and ...With so much lying going on in the government and major news media these days it has become impossible to know with certainty if everything Mr. Batts (and others heading-up various groups) does is on the up and up.<br /><br />Much like the recent Chinese ballon incident, the uproar over the integrity of our elections process, the Covid matter, etc., it’s pretty much pointless to claim something took place, or is real, simply because you heard a third party say it or you found it in print.. Our nation is in a bad way now. Maybe not, but that’s MY view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-41397661795340826232023-02-06T07:47:01.014-05:002023-02-06T07:47:01.014-05:00Police moonlighting and allowed to wear their badg...Police moonlighting and allowed to wear their badge and gun. Yeah...no. Do not believe club owner's should have police splitting their loyalty between making a buck and doing their official duty. Been there, seen that, doesn't work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-15335176856921086302023-02-06T07:26:40.167-05:002023-02-06T07:26:40.167-05:00anon@6:41: Official on duty overtime certainly was...anon@6:41: Official on duty overtime certainly was abused to pad the pensions before retirement. However, I was referring to off duty private moonlighting, which is not overtime, or on the city's dime in anyway. The officers were allowed to wear their uniform and gun.<br /><br />to all anonymous commenters: specific allegations of wrong doing must be signed by verifiable namemichael molovinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-83588046771707778242023-02-06T06:41:45.516-05:002023-02-06T06:41:45.516-05:00“An excellent suggestion was to allow police to mo...“An excellent suggestion was to allow police to moonlight as security in private clubs... that was a common practice many years ago in Allentown.”<br /><br />Hold on a second. Wasn’t that part of the problem that caused the police pension mess? <br /><br />I seem to remember that senior officers were able to boost their pay (and thus their pensions) by loading up on overtime. I believe at least part of that was done through “off-duty” work that still has to be paid through the city’s payroll system. <br /><br />I’d want to understand all that better before we possibly repeat a historically bad decision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-15645668585261592002023-02-06T06:33:33.862-05:002023-02-06T06:33:33.862-05:00Ok BoomerOk BoomerJustan Crediblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-84392785078935650702023-02-06T06:25:13.661-05:002023-02-06T06:25:13.661-05:00Hope they have a provision that requires itemized ...Hope they have a provision that requires itemized reporting and use of the money with actual proof. If not that money will go directly to batts vacations, cars, homes and God knows what. Sad they will do business with an unproven organization who shares the same people in the same photos and videos all the time. It’s obvious this is Batts knew hustle. Scare government and corporations into giving PN money or else we will make a lot of noise. Just pay him and keep him quiet is probably what’s happenings Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-77921739210139499482023-02-06T06:04:14.158-05:002023-02-06T06:04:14.158-05:00Like so much else in our earlier nation, the enfor...Like so much else in our earlier nation, the enforcement and justice systems in America have been made confusing and corrupted. Special interest groups have our politicians and their operatives running scared and unwilling to condemn and address various misbehaviors and system abuses.<br />I would think most police officers would pass on a chance to earn extra bucks after hours trying to keep the peace. In some circumstances, they would find themselves in a risky, no-win predicament. Damned if they do, and damned if they don’t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com