Keep it up and the FBI will be here Sooner

Did you know that the Allentown Mayor and Council are exempt from following any city travel rules just because they are elected? They do not need to follow the ethics laws, the PA State rules, or the Public Purpose Doctrine that is a constitutional rule that limits how government — including municipalities — may spend public money.

Ethics, conflicts of interest, and financial disclosure laws are state level laws, and they state that the Mayor and Council are not above the rules of the municipality, and they are not able to be exempted from the State ethics laws. 

One of the interesting items that were uncovered from the Human Resources Committee meeting tonight was that our mayor seems to have violated the State Ethics laws may times by accepting travel from vendors who the city has contracts with. Hmmm? 

Frank Kane let that one drop when he said that there is no need to report travel paid by a vendor or outside agency. Are these people for real? I thought I would help you.

They are so inept that they don’t even know they are exposing their own corruption. The PA State Ethics Act states the following:

What Travel Is Not Allowed?

Travel paid by vendors, developers, contractors, or regulated entities

● If the city regulates them, contracts with them, or they seek approval from the city, officials cannot accept travel from them.

Travel paid by lobbyists or principals

● Lobbyists and principals are categorically prohibited from providing travel benefits.

 Travel that creates a conflict of interest

● Any travel that could reasonably be seen as influencing official action violates §1103(a) and §1103(b).

The mayor has accepted travel from contractors. As an example, the city has routinely partnered with Bloomberg and Harvard, and they have paid the mayor’s travel – a clear violation of the ethics laws. #PhiladelphiaFBI

So tonight your clueless council accepted the ruling of the city's solicitors that the mayor is exempt from the rules, yet they were unable to cite where that exemption is coming from, other than a 2001 memo from a prior Solicitor. That tells me that no investigation was carried out, and the clueless legal department once again took the easy path and protected their mayor. The legal department is embarrassing enough but the council accepting that they aren’t able to do anything is worse. The Mayor is not above any of the rules of the city, the code, manuals, policies, etc. The council controls what policies (i.e. the PPM and financial policies) become law.  

The council needs to stop believing the bullshit that this administration is presenting them and start working for the people of this city. Then again, Mota was the sponsor of this bill tonight, and she didn’t even show up. It is a slap in the face time and time again with these people. 

Lastly, why is Mario the HR Director answering a policy that is clearly another Bina Patel area? Is it because Bina never has answers, so they put the HR Director up there? Well, he didn’t seem to know anything and babbled on about nothing related to the issue. 

He probably should not speak again.  

Winner, Winner TUERKey Dinner!!

 

 

Karen Ocasio, the former HR professional who refused to play along with the City of Allentown’s culture of discrimination, retaliation, and backroom intimidation, just delivered a slap to the individuals who have worked so hard to hide the atrocities in the city.

Federal Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. has DENIED the city’s attempt to escape accountability through summary judgment. Let’s be clear about what that means:

The city tried to silence employees. The judge saw through the city’s cheap attempt. A jury trial is now officially on the horizon.

Karen’s allegations are not going away, cannot be brushed aside, and deserve to be heard by a jury who will weigh the evidence.

If the Tuerk administration genuinely believed they were innocent, they wouldn’t be fighting this hard to avoid a trial. Innocent people don’t sprint toward the exit. They don’t beg the court to make the problem disappear.

Karen stood up. The city tried to silence her. The court said not today.

Now the administration must walk into a courtroom, face a jury, and explain why a whistleblower was allegedly punished for telling the truth. Maybe I will takeva front row seat. No more hiding behind the team of city lawyers. This opens up the floodgates to expose alot.

Now more than ever, the Curtis files need to be released. The city has taken the unprecedented move to appeal the Federal Judge’s decision to release the files. WHAT are you afraid of Tuerk? WHAT are you hiding? WHO are you protecting?

The biggest conspiracy right now

 

I spoke about Mr. Aviles last week. You know the outspoken man at the last city council meeting. Aviles posted a pretty powerful facebook post basically saying, he isnt going to stop until he gets the officers name, the video footage and the investigation findings.

So how is the city or more specifically Chief Roca going to respond? Mr. Aviles has done what the Chief and City Council President Crapoli told him to do. He claims he followed the procedures using the Right to Know and act 22.

This just bothers me that an alleged victim of what Aviles calls a hate crime cannot even get the investigation findings. If that doesnt say cover-up, I dont know what does.

I mean how bad would it look for Chief Roca to have one of his officers calling something a "fu$k=ng Fa%%ot" on tv? Then Aviles stated there were six other officers there and he was assaulted.   

My friends who are “in the know” told me that the video is quite clear and Mr. Aviles was being called the homophobic slur he claims. So I believe that definitely happened. What I want to know is, what was the punishment of the officer? Why is APD and the Administration including Council protecting the officer and working to ensure the video never surfaces? I mean once that video surfaces that officer will surely need to be fired. But Chief Transparency wont give Aviles what by law he has too. Why?

How can the public trust the Chief or the officers if they still in 2026 cover-up their mistakes? This is just ridiculous on the Chiefs part.

As for Crapoli, I would bet Aviles shows up again at the next council meeting demanding the results of the investigation. What are you going to do? Tell him "Mr. AVILES" 100 times while he talks over you? Let Affa yell back at him? When she was so out of order. Or will you actually have some info for him? It may not be your place to give him any info on the investigation but you opened your mouth and told him what to do and that you would help him.

I would also like to take a moment to show again how your City Council fails you and how the Tuerk administration lies continuously. 

- The police buyback passed council last week. This basically allows officers to buyback prior police service time and use it towards retirement. So an officer who worked at another department for five years could come to Allentown, work for 15 and buy the other 5 and retire. It’s ironic that this would pass. When all council says is we need to keep our officers, why would they vote to allow officers to leave early? Seems pretty idiotic. The justification for the seemingly failed DROP was we needed to retain officers, so the taxpayers should make them rich via the DROP.

Now a month later the administration is saying we should let them retire earlier without the required 20 full years of service to Allentown? So they can financially burden the pension system for life and beyond when the pension passes to the spouse? And council passes it without question? Someone needs to call out these bullshitting liars. 

Don’t hold your breath that our quarter time councilman will ever stand up for the taxpayers, they are focusing on their free drinks and pizza at the Municipal Golf Course while at council meetings. 

Saturday morning cartoons

I thought my friends in City Hall and my loyal followers would appreciate some memes from the past.  Feel free to post them at your workplace (though you will be targeted) or send them to everyone you know so you can laugh at how pathetic city hall leaders are.