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Public Corruption in Chester County, PA

I believe an unlikely mix of alleged drug trafficking related politicos and alleged white nationalist related politicos united to elect the infamous “Bloc of Four” in the abysmal voter turnout election of 2005. During their four year term the drug business was good again and white nationalists used Coatesville as an example on white supremacist websites like “Stormfront”. Strong community organization and support from law enforcement, in particular Chester County District Attorney Joseph W. Carroll has begun to turn our community around. The Chester County drug trafficking that I believe centers on Coatesville continues and I believe we still have public officials in place that profit from the drug sales. But the people here are amazing and continue to work against the odds to make Coatesville a good place to live.

Friday, October 21, 2011

“What is happening in Coatesville needs to stop; what is happening there is the corruption of the city council.”

The title above dates from 2006. It’s Christopher Gerber’s opening statement in the Pre Trial Hearing below. It seems that things don’t change much in Coatesville. It's Déjà vu all over again.

Coatesville lets go 3d city official asking for reform

By Kathleen Brady Shea

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Pre trial hearing

United States district court For the eastern district of Pennsylvania Siana, Bellwoar & McAndrew, llp: civil action

Vs.

City of Coatesville, et al.: No. 06-4512

December 15, 2006

At 11:00 am

Before the honorable Eduardo C. Robreno In Courtroom 11a

As part of his opening statement Christopher Gerber, Esq. made this statement:
“What is happening in Coatesville needs to stop; what is happening there is the corruption of the city council.”

Judge Robreno, “Is this a political?”

Christopher Gerber, “It is a Constitutional issue”.

Taken from Blackberry notes at the hearing by Jim Pitcherella

Mr. Gerber’s opening statement never made it to the newspapers because the Daily Local Reporter was arrived 5 minutes after the hearing began.

Public Corruption

It’s our top priority among criminal investigations—and for good reason.

Public corruption poses a fundamental threat to our national security and way of life. It impacts everything from how well our borders are secured and our neighborhoods protected…to verdicts handed down in courts…to the quality of our roads, schools, and other government services. And it takes a significant toll on our pocketbooks, wasting billions in tax dollars every year.

The FBI is singularly situated to combat this corruption, with the skills and capabilities to run complex undercover operations and surveillance.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Grilling of Coatesville Finance Director and the GL Specialist who suddenly skipped off to India.

A long time city employee, a GL Specialist (General Ledger Specialist) with access to cash and the ability to delete finance files abruptly leaves for India when there is at least $168,000 unaccounted for. Not even a whimper about it from City Hall.

Some Coatesville residents paid their trash bills and other bills in cash and one of the people who took that cash in payment was, you guessed it, the GL Specialist Dharmesh “Raj” Kalaria.

There is nothing from 2 members of the Coatesville City Council but a grilling of the finance director. That same finance director who discovered the missing $168,000 and that same finance director who discovered the delinquent trash bills of 3 city council members and that the city overpaid sick pay and vacation pay to another city council member when he had a part time job with the city.

We all know that whistle blowers usually are fired. Ms. Bjorhus is probably checking her LinkedIn right now. Guess you have to be very careful just who you blow the whistle on in Coatesville.

This is sections of the Finance Report of the City of Coatesville Finance Director Stacy Bjorhus at the Coatesville City Council meeting on Monday September 26, 2011.

Make sure you listen to the recording below. The tone of the voices is important.

MORE AT:

http://coatesvilledems.blogspot.com/2011/09/grilling-of-coatesville-finance.html

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011

Is Coatesville upswing reversing - again?

Coatesville, which has struggled for more than 40 years to recover from the decline of its lucrative steel industry, appears to be repeating a pattern of making progress and then backsliding.

Posted by kathleen brady shea @ 10:35 AM