September 25, 2008
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
409 W. Main St.
Kutztown, Pa 19530
Kutztown Borough Solicitor
Mr. T. Dietrich Esq.
Barley Snyder
Kutztown Borough Hall
45 Railroad St.
Kutztown, Pa 19530
Kutztown Borough Solicitor Dietrich,
It has come to my attention that you are advising the Borough Council, Mayor Green and Borough Employees not to respond to my letters which means they can not defend the Borough or address my accusations that the Borough Budget is falsified, the Borough publishes fraudulent reports and there are no Audits or Budgets available to the public. Recently the 2007 Audit was placed at the Borough desk but it is incomplete.
I think this is an admission by you that the Borough is guilty of all the accusations and charges I have stated and you are a part of it. I think you are illegally encouraging the Borough to withhold all financial books and records that are unfavorable to Hometown Utilicom which loses about $1 million a year, and then you advise Borough representatives not to respond to my letters. I think you are overstepping your responsibilities and are out of order by doing so. Your responsibility is to advise the Borough about the legalities of matters, remain neutral, and not make policies.
At the September 16, 2008 Council Meeting which you attended especially to act on my appeal of my Right to Know Request. Of course you were in favor of denying the appeal and then advising me that I can take my appeal to Court which will help line the coffers of Barley Snyder. What is your objection to making public the status of the $1.3 million loan and Business Plan for Hometown Utilicom which was voted on at the March 2008 Council Meeting which was 6 months ago? The vote stated that the loan would remain untouched until a Business Plan was completed. Again the question is where is the loan and the Business Plan after 6 months? This information should have been published periodically in the past and not have to be requested under the Right to Know Law. This is a no win situation for the Borough. If the Court rules in favor of the Borough, and the Borough is not required to produce the information, the whole world will know the Borough is withholding financial information. And if the Court forces the Borough to produce the information, again every one will know the Borough is not forthcoming with financial records of Hometown Utilicom. Either way the Borough will be embarrassed.
Why are you so afraid to produce the information on HU? And why are you afraid to have the Borough produce the Audits and Budgets for 2006 and 2007 as per the Borough Code? And why are you afraid to have any one respond to my letters?
I expect an answer to this letter and I also expect to receive information about the status of the $1.3 million loan and the status of the HU Business Plan because going to Court will be an embarrassment to the Borough.
Sincerely,
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
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5 comments:
as if to add insult to injury, hometown is struggling
to provide the level of service which they promise
customers.
The level of service stinks. Half the time, a good number of channels have no signal. I never had that problem with the "other guys".
Maybe you should consider switching to the "other guys". Wait a minute, at one time we had the "other guys" that totally sucked. People like Bob and annonymous shoud contact Mayor Green, Kevin Snyder and Dr. Brendan Strasser. Their efforts to detroy the Hometown system for "personal goals" has caused a slow decay in Hometown Services and Products.
Did you know they stopped all Hometown efforts to increase bandwidth, add more channels?
Put the blame where it belongs, ignorant elected officials.
Frank
Hey Jerry ... You still haven`t shown proof of your AF service Honorable discharge, or your college degree. Why?
anti-marino reporter said...
Mr. Marino again is misstating the facts. He is confusing owner with provider and again, embarrassing himself by creating misleading and false claims.
The fact is, APEX is in Maxatawny Township, so how can Kutztown or HU have a sweetheart deal as described. Next Marino claims Kutztown is providing electricity, again, how can Kutztown provide electricity in Maxatawny Township? Next Marino claims third parties cannot get information, then how is it Mr Marino has a copy of the contract? Oh, that's right, The borough must follow PA law and under the Open Records Act, the contract is a Public Document and provided to Mr Marino when he made his request.
The rest of his letter is nothing but a crock of "dung". The business relations of APEX purchasing the complex is no one’s business except APEX and the seller. Mr Marino is obviously an envious person of those that are successful and the APEX developers are professional developers.
As far as the rest, seek out the truth yourself. The County has records of all transactions regarding APEX and the previous owners.
The Water / Sewer arrangement with APEX, Maxatawny, and Kutztown is separate and distinct from the HU agreement to provide services.
Nothing but smoke again Gennaro, you need to do better than this. Obviously reading contracts is not one of your strong points.
October 13, 2008 12:08 PM
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