Hometown Utilicom and CCG Consulting Report
CCG Consulting was paid $20,000 to conclude and state what the Borough Council and Mayor Sandy Green wanted to hear, that Hometown Utilicom is viable. Nothing is further from the truth. No Business Plan or Marketing Plan was presented by Mr. Dawson as was agreed upon at the February Council Meeting by Mayor Green and the Borough Council. Mr. Dawson’s report was based on falsified budgets and fraudulent financial reports that he received from the Borough. The only revenue of HU should be the revenue from the subscribers and not include the funds the Borough is moving into HU through so called rentals, services, subsidies and transfers. Mr. Dawson neglected to state that funds moved into HU were included as revenue.
HU has never produced one financial report and Mr. Dawson stated it was well run. He stated the Electric Fund would help finance HU, but he neglected to say residents pay double the rate for electricity than the surrounding area.
It is strange that all my blogger (www.marinoreport.com) comments and supporters of Hometown Utilicom are nameless and do not include any statistics or financial information to support their comments. It is also strange that the Borough Council, Mayor Green, Borough Solicitors Dietrich and Mooney, Auditor Long and Barrell and other Borough employees do not dispute or respond to my statements and comments.
The Borough has not published or included any information on the Borough website of the details and vote of this Special Hometown Utilicom Council Meeting of December 3, 2008.
It is a known fact that the HU Internet System is outdated, over loaded and can not compete with our competitors. The sweetheart deal with Apex has been broken and the Borough should shut down the Hometown Operation immediately. The last time I looked HU was losing about $1 million a year.
I think it is time for the Borough to defend their actions and explain to the Borough Residents the financial status of HU.
Gennaro A. Marino P.E. December 22, 2008
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You Don't represent ME! said...
Marino, once again you are a failure to report information properly. The CCG report does not support your claims nor the current Mayor who demanded the report, and this is why you are attacking the results. The report TOTALLY CONTRADICTS your million dollar loss claims. The Hometown system is saving the community thousands of dollars every month. Just being their as a competitive product to Verizon and Service Electric STOPPED THE BLEEDING other communities are experiencing. Nowhere in Pennsylvania will you find customers paying less for Internet and Television. You are not speaking for me or any other resident enjoying the product and savings, SO GET LOST!. You fail to recognize the value for both the HU and those RESIDENTS NOT ON HU, yes even they have a significant discount because of competition. Both homes are paying almost 1/2 what the surrounding area is paying.
As far technology is concerned, you are too old to appreciate what Kutztown residents have and you have no children or family living with you to have to worry about in-home expenses. You have no clue what is coming to Kutztown in the next few months because you are to ignorant to recognize the progress. I don't see any other community having a reduced priced service for television or internet, do you?
You are attacking something that is having a positive effect on EVERY RESIDENT AND BUSINESS residing in Kutztown, including those that can only afford the lowest cost service. Tell me Marino where can a home purchase television for $22 and Internet for $20 anywhere else except Kutztown?
You will fail because you do not need the reduced prices and you do not need the advanced technology.
I encourage every KUTZTOWN RESIDENT NOT ON THE HU SYSTEM TO JOIN ME and keep the system in place and growing. We have the luxury of no expensive set top boxes for each television, we enjoy paying 1/2 that of the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas yet SE offers the same product to our neighbors at a much higher cost. We enjoy the ability to call for whatever service issue we have and someone answers the phone and from my experience, within a couple of minutes they are at my home.
I stopped by Borough Hall and spoke to Mr Caruso about HU and he told me about HU launching a new product where those homes that cannot afford or do not have an interest in the Internet will have the ability to purchase movies from the Internet and watch them on their Television, no set top needed, no internet service required. He also told me about the HD changes and more importantly he explained to me how we can use our existing televisions and not have to throw them away because HU is configuring their system to handle all types of television formats. This is the new technology available only in Kutztown.
Take the time to stop by to speak to Mr Caruso about HU and the changes they are making. As far as Marino’s comment about the system being outdated he is correct that technology is constantly changing and to keep pace upgrades are required or you cannot receive the newest options available, like watching movies in your home without a required internet connection. As far as his comment that the Internet is overloaded, it is not overloaded as Marino claims either, the Borough has the capability to grow the Internet speed by 100 times its current offering, its all about cost and the ability to purchase more. The more customers, the more requirements, the more the Borough can purchase to grow the Internet Service.
Keep the HU system alive and growing. Marino does not need the system and he speaks as if he is some authority, he is not. The CCG report proved him wrong and once again he can’t handle this because he did not get the answer he was looking for. Shut this guy down and support the HU system by joining if you are not a current customer.
You do not speak for me or a number of other HU supporters so stop pretending to be Abby Hoffman.
February 21, 2009 5:21 AM
shirley weismarket said...
I notice the CCG report speaks in favor of Hometown. I know this report was requested to inform the public. It clearly shows Hometown is good for this or any other community struggling to keep costs low.
Mr Marino will you ever be satisfied?
February 21, 2009 5:25 AM
Jeannie oftensburger said...
Mr Marino: Can you explain to me how the CCG report supports your claims? Sure seems like the opposite to me.
February 21, 2009 5:54 AM
J markspy said...
Hey loser you never did respond to the article about you being kicked off the Weis Market property.
Whats up???????????
February 21, 2009 5:56 AM
Historian said...
Apr. 24--Some Kutztown officials want to hire an attorney to take up the investigation of employee complaints against Mayor Gennaro A. Marino.
"It is a better situation for us not to be the investigator," said Jan M. Crooker, borough council president. "We want to hire an outside attorney to come in and look at the facts."
Four borough employees filed grievances accusing Marino of verbally abusive conduct in 2002, and Kutztown's
February 21, 2009 6:03 AM
Anonymous said...
MARINO, GENNARO A
Age: 79
Corona, NY
Elmont, NY
Floral Park, NY
Kutztown, PA MARINO, MICHAEL A
MARINO, PATRICIA A
MARINO, GERALD SUSAN
FOUND UNDER PUBLIC RECORDS
February 21, 2009 6:05 AM
Anonymous said...
MARINO, MICHAEL A (age 49)
MARINO, PATRICIA A (age 69)
MARINO, GERALD SUSAN (age 47)
Hey Marino, hows come your daughters middle name is GERALD? were you in a state of confusion?
February 21, 2009 6:10 AM
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