Good Old Boys Alive and Well 8-31-09

Good Old Boys Are Alive and Well August 31, 2009
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
409 West Main Street
Kutztown, Pa 19530
Kutztown Council President Malcolm Eidle
Kutztown Borough Hall

Under your leadership Borough Manager\Treasurer\Right to Know Officer Gabriel Khalife was granted full time employment status at the June 16, 2009 Borough Council Meeting. The minutes of the meeting read, “MR.SNYDER AND MRS. BRAY BOTH VOTED NAY. THERE BEING A MAJORITY IN FAVOR, THE MOTION PASSED”. Why didn’t the minutes state who voted in favor? You Mr. President, Vice President Seyler, Councilman Gangewere and Councilman Schlegel were listed in the Minutes as being at the meeting and I assume you four voted to grant Mr. Khalife full time employment status knowing he has a Borough Vehicle at his disposal and was cited for Drunk Driving during his probation period. Some Borough employees have been fired for less and one recently was reinstated.

I demand you explain to the Borough Residents and Borough Employees why he was never charged or reprimanded by the Borough while he was on probation and why you voted him permanent employment.

I thought there was a Borough Resolution that states any employee of the Borough that receives a DUI shall be terminated?

I guess he will remain a permanent employee as long as he continues to falsify the budget, publish fraudulent reports, alter foreman reports and withholds the financial records of Hometown Utilicom as directed by you and your three Good Old Boys Schlegel, Seyler and Gangewere.

You and your Good Old Boys with our $14 million debt and $21 million Budget are on the verge of bankrupting the Borough. Our electric rate is double that of the surrounding areas and now we will pay water and sewer monthly because you are desperate for revenue. All this is to finance HU which still loses $1 million a year and still does not have a Business Plan as was promised to Mayor Green over a year ago. In fact the Borough does not employ anyone that is capable of producing a Business Plan.

Are the Borough Solicitors still telling you not to answer my letters? I am challenging you, Auditors Long & Barrell and Borough Solicitors Tim Dietrich and Keith Mooney to address my above statements which are all true.

Sincerely,


Gennaro A. Marino P.E.