July 13, 2010 7:06 PM
NAACP Passes Tea Party Racism Resolution
Posted by Brian Montopoli
The NAACP has passed a resolution condemning racism in the Tea Party movement.
The resolution was approved in a vote by more than 2,000 delegates at the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Kansas City.
More at CBS News:
NAACP Passes Tea Party Racism Resolution
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Dr. Tonya Thames Taylor had comments about public relations and a Police Officer of the City of Coatesville.
Dr. Taylor said that there is no brochure about Coatesville available at City Hall that a person interested in the City can take with them.
Dr. Taylor, “Did you know that only forty five percent of the homes in Coatesville, in the greater Coatesville area sell? Forty five percent; ask any real estate agent in the area. Sad, because we have charming homes here in Coatesville… If we’re going to employ a public relations person please work on building up the shattered image of Coatesville as a City that is up and coming not dead and gone.”
Dr. Taylor had more to say, she is going to make a presentation of an issue that is called “Turn it down or pay up”.
Dr. Taylor, “When you are talking about curfew, when you’re talking about looking at the City, look at what the noise in the City does. Or if you’ve ever tried to pray and you hear misogynous music, that’s anti-police, anti-human, anti-American and basically pro crime; it’s very disconcerting.
And lastly I’d like to say this: We have a wonderful police officer. His name is Curt Geiger. He did a fantastic job of protecting the City from some of, well some of its interesting elements. And, this is what I wrote about him; he’s responsive, he is a responsible officer who cares about his job. He basically proactively listens and did his police work. He followed it up. As a college professor and elected official in another capacity, and member of the NAACP and other social networks here I can say that with officers like Officer Geiger in Coatesville; that Coatesville can shed its reputation of sometimes having dispassionate Officers.”
Listen to Dr. Tonya Thames Taylor here:
Tanya Thames Taylor Coatesville PR and Police.mp3
Coatesville Police Chief Julius Canale said the Police Department will purchase two decibel (noise) meters:
Let me know if I spelled any names incorrectly.
Several very well spoken people commented on our curfew at last night’s Coatesville City Council Meeting.
Marie Hess circulated the petition concerning the curfew.
Laurie Root does Guardian Angel patrols in Coatesville
Dr. Tonya Thames Taylor is a Coatesville School Board member
They have some very insightful comments about curfew, parents, children and police in the City of Coatesville. Some of their commentary may be shocking to some people. I think it's on the spot.
Curfew Marie Hess Laurie Root Tanya Thames Taylor.mp3
Sunday, July 11, 2010
It’s safe to go to Coatesville City Council Meetings
Stuff about changing the times of the curfew has come up multiple times for the past several years at Coatesville City Council meetings. We always have had a curfew; only the starting times of the curfew were discussed.
The kids who are picked up by Coatesville Police for violating the curfew are certainly aware of it.
I could be that the reason people who circulated the petition about establishing a curfew in Coatesville were not aware that we already have a curfew is partly because they don’t come to Coatesville City Council meetings. Many Coatesville residents have told me that they have been to a municipal meeting here a few years ago and they will never come to a meeting again.
We need to get the word out that it is safe for ordinary people at Coatesville City Council meetings again.
The days when you had an odd combination people who I believe were white nationalist and or people who supported the drug business in Coatesville dominating the meetings and pushing out and physically threatening ordinary people who came to Coatesville City Council meetings are over.
We need to get the word out that the municipal meetings in Coatesville are about the same as what you would expect in any Chester County municipality. With one exception; the monotonous boredom evident in all municipal meetings is punctuated by outbursts of laughter here at the Coatesville municipal meetings.
You no longer need to face a gauntlet of abusive threatening people waiting outside when you go to your car. Really, those people are long gone.
The kids who are picked up by Coatesville Police for violating the curfew are certainly aware of it.
I could be that the reason people who circulated the petition about establishing a curfew in Coatesville were not aware that we already have a curfew is partly because they don’t come to Coatesville City Council meetings. Many Coatesville residents have told me that they have been to a municipal meeting here a few years ago and they will never come to a meeting again.
We need to get the word out that it is safe for ordinary people at Coatesville City Council meetings again.
The days when you had an odd combination people who I believe were white nationalist and or people who supported the drug business in Coatesville dominating the meetings and pushing out and physically threatening ordinary people who came to Coatesville City Council meetings are over.
We need to get the word out that the municipal meetings in Coatesville are about the same as what you would expect in any Chester County municipality. With one exception; the monotonous boredom evident in all municipal meetings is punctuated by outbursts of laughter here at the Coatesville municipal meetings.
You no longer need to face a gauntlet of abusive threatening people waiting outside when you go to your car. Really, those people are long gone.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
There has been a change in the related crack trials of Coatesville Codes Officer John Tinson and State Rep. Tim Hennessey’s office manager Lisa Johnson.
Christian J. Hoey, Esq. is still representing John Tinson
In Lisa Johnson’s case a Motion to Compel Discovery was made by her attorney Tomas Bellwoar Jr. Esq. yesterday July 6, 2010.
As of today Lisa Johnson now has a defense team composed of Thomas Gerald Bellwoar Jr., Esq. AND Mr. Evan Kelly, Esq.
I think the Johnson trial is starting to resemble the O. J. Simpson trial. Well, OK I guess O. J. had more attorneys. The thing is we know that O.J. had the money to pay his attorneys. Where is the money to pay Johnson’s attorneys coming from?
It's on page 5 of the Docket Sheet below:
http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/CPReport.aspx?docketNumber=CP-15-CR-0000111-2010
Sunday, July 4, 2010
“The Ben Franklin Project” is happening at the Daily Local News
I think the realization that the news of protests from Iran came from cell phones was a turning point in journalism. At one point and still now the real news from Iran has been transmitted by Twitter posts, written photographed and video recorded on cell phones. It was an eye opener to journalists when the movers and shakers in the journalist industry were ordinary people broadcasting from cell phones in Tehran. See Twitterjournalism
Maybe news “papers” is the wrong term. Newspapers costs of publishing and distributing along with diminished print advertising are making it an endangered part of the journalistic industry. Here is another major “cost” in newsprint, the time between an event and the time a customer can read it in newsprint. TV has a similar time problem. Internet news can bring live news as it happens from anywhere people can go. And anyone with a story to tell can be a journalist.
The Ben Franklin Project may be another of many new turning points in journalism. It’s happening at all of the Journal Register Company’s newspapers.
See the Daily Local News “Ben Franklin Project” here:
Our local newspaper is making news among journalists. See this post by Journalism Professor at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and writer of “What Would Google Do” Jeff Jarvis:
BuzzMachine Independence day for newspapers
New video recording capability added by camera and lens makers to professional still cameras almost as an afterthought have revolutionized not just the photojournalist profession but have also been zapped up by Hollywood film producers like George Lucas and used Lucasfilm’s “Red Tails”. The last episode of “House” was video recorded entirely on a professional still/video single lens reflex cameras designed to be used by photojournalists.
A new kind of on the spot journalism is emerging with the speed of Titter posts and new tools for journalists and photojournalists. Still and motion picture photojournalism are and have combined. Journalists have written directed and photographed and video recorded their own stories.
Battle for Hearts and Minds-A Documentary on the War in Afghanistan by Danfung Dennis was filmed by that new kind of photojournalist, filmmaker, writer and director. "Battle for Hearts and Minds" was produced using Canon 5D Mark II DSLR, exactly the same camera that you can walk into a “Best Buy” and buy off the shelf.
Maybe printed news is an endangered medium but what’s replacing it is exciting.
Wild West Whiteland
Something was missed in the Daily Local News article about township buildings. They are township buildings in two rural townships and one in a heavily populated suburban area with residential, commercial, light and heavy industrial development. West Marlborough is rural. Pocopson is rural with a twist of Federal, State and County tax supported residents. There is something about a new public works garage in West Goshen Township.
If West Whiteland Township tried West Marlborough or Pocopson Township management style the township residents and businesses would have been bulldozed by developers. It would be “Wild West Whiteland” for developers to "shoot up the town" and take anything they want.
West Marlborough Township and Pocopson Township elected officials and township staff basically have nothing to do apart from pot hole filling and so there is no reason for a staff and maybe sometimes no reason besides a social get together to even have a township meeting. No reason for a staff or a township building right now. Things could change if a large landowner in one of those townships decides to sell to an international developer or large regional developer. Maybe they are ready for the onslaught of developer’s lawyers that would descend on their townships. More likely they are not ready.
Pennsylvania’s Municipalities Planning Code was written in part with “assistance” from real estate developers lobbyists, but it does have protections for ordinary citizens. The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code is a confusing labyrinth to navigate. Just remember that large developers bring experienced Municipalities Planning Code "navigators" with law degrees. My advice for Pocopson and West Marlborough Township supervisors or for that matter any Pennsylvania municipal officer is to keep current on the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
Daily Local News Saturday, July 04, 2010
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