NEWSLETTER # 4
February 26, 2011
It seems strange that after a 2 hour hearing in Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl’s Court of Common Pleas for enforcing the Final Determination of the Office of Open all the Judge’s decision was basically 2 lines.
In one line he granted me un-redacted records which the Borough already agreed to give me at the hearing and I received them before he rendered his decision.
The 2nd line states “the Defendant has turned over everything they have in their possession that is responsive to the Plaintiff’s request”.
After 8 years of the Telecommunications business venture all that was presented at the hearing was the Borough’s Annual Report which is available on the Borough’s website. This Audit was also presented to the Office of Open Records and was taken into consideration in rendering their Final Determination.
The fact is and I stated at the hearing February 8, 2011:
1) The Borough has NEVER published an Audit, Budget or Financial Report on the Telecommunications Business Venture in its 8 years of existence.
2) That Telecommunications loses about $1 million a year.
3) That the Budget is falsified, the financial reports are fraudulent and the Foreman’s reports are altered.
Borough Solicitor Mooney stated go into the Borough’s Audit and sum up the
expenditures and the revenue of Telecom and that is the profit or loss. Judge Schmehl agreed with him. I stated that is not how it is done in private industry and Counselor Mooney stated Municipalities do it differently.
When I stated Telecom loses $1 million a year Mr. Mooney waved a paper in the air and said it was $200,000, but did present any figures.
When I stated the Budget was falsified, the financial reports were fraudulent and the foremen’s reports were altered, there was no response from Solicitor Mooney or Judge Schmehl.
This hearing was for the enforcement of the Office of Open Records decision and not the merits of the request. The Office of Open Records is a duly legislated Agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Judge J.L Schmehl overturned their decision with basically 2 lines.
I am in the process of obtaining the transcripts of the hearing and I promise to pursue this until the records are made public.
Gennaro A Marino P.E.
www.marinoreport.com
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4 comments:
What proof do you have that it's losing 1 million dollars?
Why should you care? you're with Service Electric.
without showing the records that the office of open records plainly opined that they did not, what proof do you have that it ISNT losing 1 million. thats the whole point you idiot.
ever hear the words 'financial transparency'?
To anonymous no. 2. Strange that you have taken to name calling because you find it hard to prove a negative to be a positive. This is typical of Marino worshipers. Also strange is that you and i share the same ist name, don`t you think?
Telecommunications loses about $1 million a year because the total revenue is more than the Borough collects from Telecom subscribers. This means the Borough is moving funds into Telecom illegally and also alters the foremen reports to reduce expenditures. Also Telecom has not been repaying its loan to the Borough. Furthermore the Borough pays some material bills for Telecom. Read the Borough Annual Audit.
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