The Coatesville police were looking for a large number of kids on bikes tonight. They were alleged to be involved in a robbery tonight on the 1000 block of Walnut St. at about 8:30 pm.
It's summertime in Coatesville.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
“Who would want to move next to someone has 10 dogs in their back yard with feces, you can’t go out and deal with those situations.”
"There’s nobody to complain to, everybody passes the buck.” -Dale Scott
Ms. Scott is addressing the Coatesville City Council at the “Citizen’s Comments” session. Dale Scott is the former Animal Control Officer of the City of Coatesville. She was given an offer by Mr. Walker to come back as a sub-contractor. She said was compelled by contract to refuse.
Ms. Scott said that the Coatesville Police Department has taken calls from Coatesville residents and is telling them to contact the SPCA. The SPCA does not have a contract with the city. They will only come into Coatesville for an “injured animal”.
“Due the large amount of calls because people are telling them to call the SPCA and say it’s injured because the police have no other alternative, there’re not going into Coatesville period. So if there is an animal hit by a car, who’s going to help that animal? Because now Coatesville has cried wolf so many times; who’s going to come out and help them?” What is anybody going to do? Does anyone care?”...
"My issue and the way that I see it; I was let go for political reasons and not budgetary reasons. Which to me, is pretty sad. Because, everybody here should be here for the city. They should not be here for their own political agenda or their self, Everybody here should be here for the city and the City residents. And they’re not.
And I can’t sit here and say, you, you, you; but everybody knows who they are and what they represent."
Ben Bruton of Coatesville had a similar issue with feral cats on his property. He also talked about possible noise from events and kids on dirt bikes.
Listen here:
About the Final Determination of the Pennsylvania Office of Public Records
I gave the report of the Finial Determination of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records to Coatesville City Council Chair Martin Eggleston at the Coatesville City Council Meeting last night. I asked if he had seen it before and he said no. He took the copy and said that he would make copies for all the other Coatesville City Council members.
It is very obvious to me that the sudden interest in public records by the City Administration is because of the finial determination of the Office of Open Records. And, the drop dead date for compliance to the Right to Know Law was June 26, 2009 only 4 days after the Coatesville City Council Meeting.
At the June 22nd Coatesville City Council Meeting I assumed that the Council members all knew about the finial determination of the Office of Open Records. I assumed that all the City Council Members were aware that the Administration was proposing the document shredding and appointment of a designated Open Records Officer because they were compelled to do so by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I was completely wrong on this assumption. I think that I can assume that the Coatesville City Council Members were completely in the dark about it.
Evidently, none of them read the Coatesville Dems Blog.
The finial determination is here:
https://www.dced.state.pa.us/public/oor/fd/2009May/2009-0326_Shea-City_of_Coatesville_FD.pdf
This is me at the meeting:
http://www.box.net/shared/87va1nt2te
I just learned that Kathleen Brady Shea and the Philadelphia Inquirer recently won another final determination of the Office of Open Records. It is not yet on the PA Office of Open Records website.
It is very obvious to me that the sudden interest in public records by the City Administration is because of the finial determination of the Office of Open Records. And, the drop dead date for compliance to the Right to Know Law was June 26, 2009 only 4 days after the Coatesville City Council Meeting.
At the June 22nd Coatesville City Council Meeting I assumed that the Council members all knew about the finial determination of the Office of Open Records. I assumed that all the City Council Members were aware that the Administration was proposing the document shredding and appointment of a designated Open Records Officer because they were compelled to do so by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I was completely wrong on this assumption. I think that I can assume that the Coatesville City Council Members were completely in the dark about it.
Evidently, none of them read the Coatesville Dems Blog.
The finial determination is here:
https://www.dced.state.pa.us/public/oor/fd/2009May/2009-0326_Shea-City_of_Coatesville_FD.pdf
This is me at the meeting:
http://www.box.net/shared/87va1nt2te
I just learned that Kathleen Brady Shea and the Philadelphia Inquirer recently won another final determination of the Office of Open Records. It is not yet on the PA Office of Open Records website.
Monday, July 13, 2009
AGENDA for Tonight's Coatesville City Countil Meeting, July 13, 2009
Part of the AGENDA for the Regular Meeting of the COATESVILLE CITY COUNCIL
Monday, July 13, 2009
The meeting begins at 7:30 pm.
See the entire AGENDA HERE:
http://www.box.net/shared/1j592r1b7a
IS THE PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF OPEN RECORDS RULING IN FAVOR OF MS. KATHLEEN BRADY SHEA OF THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER THE REASON FOR THE SUDDEN INTEREST IN THE "RIGHT TO KNOW LAW. And that the City of Coatesville must take steps to come into "immediate compliance" with The Right to Know Law.
FINAL DETERMINATION
IN THE MATTER OF: :
:
Ms. Kathleen Brady Shea, :
Complainant : Docket No.: AP 2009-0326
:
City of Coatesville, :
Respondent :
https://www.dced.state.pa.us/public/oor/fd/2009May/2009-0326_Shea-City_of_Coatesville_FD.pdf
Council nixes records purge
Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
By JENNIFER MILLER, Staff Writer
http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2009/06/23/news/srv0000005664309.txt
Monday, July 13, 2009
The meeting begins at 7:30 pm.
“Presentation
1. Public Records Retention by municipalities in the State of Pennsylvania by Mr. Harry Walker.
2. Six months Finance Report by Mr. Harry Walker
Regular Action Items
1. Receive and consider a Resolution to dispose of certain records of the City of Coatesville in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipal Records Schedules and Procedures for disposition of records adopted by the City Council on April 13, 2009.
2. Receive and consider a Resolution to appoint Tax Collection Committee Delegate and Alternates.
3. Receive and consider a Resolution to formally accept Finial Report and the Recommendations to the City of Coatesville by Fairmont Capital Advisors Inc.”
See the entire AGENDA HERE:
http://www.box.net/shared/1j592r1b7a
IS THE PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF OPEN RECORDS RULING IN FAVOR OF MS. KATHLEEN BRADY SHEA OF THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER THE REASON FOR THE SUDDEN INTEREST IN THE "RIGHT TO KNOW LAW. And that the City of Coatesville must take steps to come into "immediate compliance" with The Right to Know Law.
FINAL DETERMINATION
IN THE MATTER OF: :
:
Ms. Kathleen Brady Shea, :
Complainant : Docket No.: AP 2009-0326
:
City of Coatesville, :
Respondent :
https://www.dced.state.pa.us/public/oor/fd/2009May/2009-0326_Shea-City_of_Coatesville_FD.pdf
Council nixes records purge
Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
By JENNIFER MILLER, Staff Writer
http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2009/06/23/news/srv0000005664309.txt
Missing Campaign Finance Statement
Apparently this 30 day post-primary Campaign Finance Statement is the only Campaign Finance Statement filed by Jarrell Brazzle:
http://www.box.net/shared/nc8c80ofy2
There was no 2nd Friday Campaign Finance Statement as of 10:00 am Monday, July 13, 2009. The fine must be quite a lot by now.
http://www.box.net/shared/nc8c80ofy2
There was no 2nd Friday Campaign Finance Statement as of 10:00 am Monday, July 13, 2009. The fine must be quite a lot by now.
Coatesville Victory Gardens in the News
The Daily Local (dailylocal.com), Serving Chester County, PA
Fresh to you, from Coatesville
City organization draws on its Victory Gardens heritage to provide nutritious food
Monday, July 13, 2009
By JESSICA CORRY, Staff Writer
COATESVILLE — Vegetables are not the only thing growing in the Coatesville Victory Gardens this season.
Among the tomatoes, beans and lettuce of the community plot, gardening knowledge and camaraderie have also sprouted among members of Coatesville Victory Gardens.
Local green thumbs, and a few brown ones, joined forces earlier this year to establish a community garden aimed at providing fresh, organic and nutritious food to city residents.
"I have always been impressed with the CSAs (community-supported agriculture) in downtown Philadelphia and I was interested in trying the same thing here in Coatesville," said Keith Gargus, one of the founding members of the organization.
MORE AT:
http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2009/07/13/news/srv0000005814048.txt
Coatesville Victory Gardens Blog:
http://coatesvillevictorygardens.blogspot.com/
Saturday, July 11, 2009
I wonder if Russell Crowe will play Wendell Potter in the movie about exposing the medical insurance industry?
I saw Bill Moyers Journal with former medical insurance executive Wendell Potter last night. When I was watching The Bill Moyers show scenes from "The Insider" and Russell Crowe playing Dr. Victor DeNoble testifying against his former tobacco company employers kept popping up in my mind.
The business plans of the tobacco industry and the medical insurance industry are very similar. They both sell a product that exploits the people that buy their product. They are both forced to lie in advertising their product and have extreme lobbing to keep their industry as unregulated as possible. And both the tobacco industry and the medical insurance industries real customers that their business model is compelled to satisfy are Wall Street hedge fund brokers.
One very revealing statement by Wendell Potter is that our government run Medicare system has about a 3% overhead or about 97% of the incoming funds are used for patient care. On the other hand medical insurance companies pocket about 20% of incoming funds and use about 80% for patient care. And if that target percentage for patient care slips a little to say 81% they could loose very big on the hedge fund market and their stock price on Wall Street could plummet.
Now the medical insurance industry has it's version of Dr. Victor DeNoble testifying in Congress against the tobacco industry executives. I wonder if Russell Crowe will play Wendell Potter in the movie.
Bill Moyers Journal; watch and listen:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/profile.html
The business plans of the tobacco industry and the medical insurance industry are very similar. They both sell a product that exploits the people that buy their product. They are both forced to lie in advertising their product and have extreme lobbing to keep their industry as unregulated as possible. And both the tobacco industry and the medical insurance industries real customers that their business model is compelled to satisfy are Wall Street hedge fund brokers.
One very revealing statement by Wendell Potter is that our government run Medicare system has about a 3% overhead or about 97% of the incoming funds are used for patient care. On the other hand medical insurance companies pocket about 20% of incoming funds and use about 80% for patient care. And if that target percentage for patient care slips a little to say 81% they could loose very big on the hedge fund market and their stock price on Wall Street could plummet.
Now the medical insurance industry has it's version of Dr. Victor DeNoble testifying in Congress against the tobacco industry executives. I wonder if Russell Crowe will play Wendell Potter in the movie.
Bill Moyers Journal; watch and listen:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/profile.html
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