February 4, 2009
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
409 W. Main St.
Kutztown, Pa 19530
610-683-7977
e-mail kmayor@ptd.net
The Reading Eagle
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Dear Editor,
Thank you for your informative article about the reconfiguration of the elementary schools of the Kutztown Area School District. This change was due to decreased enrollment of students. The reason for this decreased enrollment was the Borough encouraging the increase in Student Housing to increase subscribers for Hometown Utilicom the Borough’s business venture that loses about $1 million a year.
The Borough also made many concessions to home owners and absentee landlords to accommodate Student Housing and drive families out of the Borough. The Borough discouraged housing developments and encouraged Industrial Parks because they produce no students. Another reason for families leaving the Borough is the electric rate which is double the rate paid by the surrounding area. Again the rate is double to pay for Hometown Utilicom. There have been no comments about the reconfiguration from any Borough Council Members. Thank you.
Jerry Marino
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8 comments:
you really need to seek serious help.
funny, just took notice to your email kmayor@ptd.net
kmayor - no one wants to remember those days. You are falsifying and disgracing the current office of the Mayor.
ptd.net - very interesting, this is PROLOG a division of Service Electric.
Let the truth be told, you did take free service while Mayor in the form of discounts to net your bill due payable = .00
I wonder if the foreman is taking advantage of this as well.. NOT FOR LONG!
Stop your crying and whining. As a Kutztown slum lord you know the truth behind the students moving into newer, today style complex’s. The quality of life is beyond the two bedroom over occupant lower standard of living offered by you and the rest of old timer landlords. Complex units like Sacony Commons, APEX Village and the soon to be Village II are in demand across the country. These new, today landlords know the value of upscale living. Slippery Rock University is tearing down the old style student housing units and replacing them with new apartment living units. The reason, encourage more students to attend their University. The demand is forcing the change It’s about time Kutztown got a run for its money. You people have been raping the students for years. Prior to these new living options they had no choice but accept your over pricing sub-level living conditions. You have raked them over the coals by over charging for years. You are complaining and blaming the Borough because you can no longer compete with your mold infested unit, lack of appropriate parking, walls needing painting and floors requiring serious carpet repair. Parking would be a nice addition.
All I can say is, its about time! Maybe now these dilapidated units can be rebuilt and sold as family housing instead of death traps. Instead of writing to the Reading Eagle and crying, fix your rental up to meet the standards required by these students and provided by Sacony and APEX . BriarCliffe, that’s a different story. They will lose through attrition thinking they can hold on without upgrading. Its either lower the rent or invest. Stop blaming everyone else, start blaming yourself.
You can blame hometown all you want Mr Marino but the truth of the matter is, the system is doing eaxtly what it was built for, encourage new business. This is coming in the form of housing complexes and that is hurting you and other slum landlords but for the community and the new facility the hometown system is far more advanced than Service Electric and Comast. You will see more community systems throughout Pennsylvania and the United states come to life as President Obama's stimulus package emerges. Business partnerships with communities and service providers is the new era. Kutztown was far ahead of the rest of the Country
For all interested persons who comment to Jerrys blog. The real reason he is so pissed is because his chances of spying through peepholes at his female students have been reduced by APEX et al. Hey Jerry, whatcha gonna do, watcha gonna do when they come for you?
Hey eye-spy, you have been asked some important questions, why are you failing to respond? You really are not doing yourself any favors continuing to not defend yourself.
Any moron can make unreal claims and create false accusations.
You tried to substantiate your claims by hanging a Borough employee out to dry, boy is that backfiring on both of you.
Bend over Gerry, get use to it, you need to be flexible where your going.
Hey eye-spy, you have been asked some important questions, why are you failing to respond? You really are not doing yourself any favors continuing to not defend yourself.
Any moron can make unreal claims and create false accusations.
You tried to substantiate your claims by hanging a Borough employee out to dry, boy is that backfiring on both of you.
Bend over Gerry, get use to it, you need to be flexible where your going.
Ok, lets see, increased school taxes or consolidate and reorganize schools? Hmmm tough question. Maybe Kutztown demographics should help with this, Kutztown, a College town, Tax Payers primarily senior citizens, college students. Burden of school system primarily on the weaker middle class and the senior citizens.
This really is a no brainer people, do you have any idea how much the cost is to upkeep one school ? I understand for some the inconvenience and possibly a long bus ride, but in the end, schools are going to close. To keep these old buildings maintained at a required level cost an arm and a leg and that is not going to go down.
Around the country Cities have consolidated High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools to create more of a campus environment where all grade levels reside within the same campus. Makes sense, the old days of neighborhood schools is a thing of the past. Continuing to keep schools open that require million dollar renovations is good money wasted.
What do you think would be better, money put into a consolidated environment where it is state of the art and can work for many years to come, or putting todays money into heating, roofing, sewer upgrades instead of in the classroom. I know I would prefer my children attend a school where the classroom and teachers have the right tools to teach rather than invest to add additional heating and air-conditioning to a building that has seen its day.
Set aside personal inconvenience and think long term.
As far Marinos claims, nonsense. There have always been lean years of student enrollments. What is more important is the condition of the current facilities, the busing requirements, cost for additional teachers and facility management personnel.
Lets face it, Kutztown University is a drain on the Borough of Kutztown, the only money or assistance by KU is the money spent by the students at pizza shops and local bars. KU does not do its part to pay police, fire or ambulance services to the Borough. Even the Hometown Telecommunications system is not used by KU and that is a disgrace. Instead of working with Kutztown Borough which could have a significant impact on the current education dilemma, the University chooses to distance itself. If you ever attended a meeting with the KU President or Vice President you will find them to be smiling and nodding like bobble head dolls. Once the meeting is over its business as usual no help what so ever to Kutztown Borough.
Don’t believe this posting by Mr Marino, the problem is one faced by the City of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton and around the country. We need to strengthen our education programs and invest in proper facilities not throw good money into maintenance projects. Our schools and children are our most important asset, we need to ensure their success. Our community has one of the most aggressive Internet services in the Country and we fail to recognize this. Even our own School District does not support this system, what a waste and a real embarrassment. What is the School Board thinking?
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