Pardon Us While We Spill Your Kool-Aid

Here's an example of a answer to a question, posed by Gael Coffin, and supposedly sent to all registered Republicans.

Well, except Mr. Najarian.

Would you support hiring a certified public accounting firm to audit Lynn Township’s books?

Mike Dietrich: For every year except 2007 & 2008, the locally elected auditors have handled the audit, without ever a question from the state. The former auditors use the same standard report forms, as supplied by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). The cost of the elected auditors has averaged $1,363.54 per year for the 4 previous years of audit. In 2007 and 2008, two different CPA firms were used for the audit, at a cost of $8,800 and $10,000 respectively, with an even higher projected cost for 2009. Unless someone can point out where the former elected auditors failed, why should Lynn Township pay over $10,000 per year to have a CPA firm perform the audit, when they cannot know the township as well as the locally elected auditors? I am not against hiring a CPA firm every 5 to 8 years as an additional check on how the local auditors are doing; however, the cost of doing so precludes using them on a more regular basis.

"Unless someone can point out where the former elected auditors failed, why should Lynn Township pay over $10,000 per year to have a CPA firm perform the audit, when they cannot know the township as well as the locally elected auditors?"

Wow! like stealing candy from a baby!!!

1. Donald Christ and his Ethics Act Violations?

2. Another sitting Supervisor and his Ethic Act Violations?

3. The tax payers funds spent for this 2005 537 Plan?

4. Donald Christs aka. Director of Operations, failure to comply with the Department of Transportation's Publication 9 Liquid Fuel Tax Fund?

5. $15,000 spent on Kermit's secrete AARC Ordinance?

6. Did the Elected Auditors ever ask if Mr. Christ had anything to do with this?

7. Did the auditors ever undercover the darkness in the parks new electric panel being removed and replaced with the current three phase service that is said to be insufficient. Pay to Play, Baby!

8. How bout Kermit's in-kind service to the Mike Dietrich Campaign? Kermit using his BOS Chairmanship to stop Mel Charles from walking her dog in the park, so Mike could "get out the vote" during the Pow Wow. Oh My!

Damn those security cameras.

Best we stop?

That said, we did a little independent auditing on Mike Dietrich's campaign finance statements and found what could be a few deficiencies.

1. No mention of in-kind contribution from Kermit Delong for the "Meet The Candidate" night he claims to have held.

2. No mention of in-kind contribution from the Lynn Township Sewer Authority, for allowing Donald Christ to use their facilities for Donald's work on the campaign.
a. Political consultant.
b. Get out the vote effort.

Damn those phone records.

Perhaps rescinding the report may be in order for Chairman Baer will sing like a bird when faced with a $15,000 fine and seven years in jail. Not?


In closing, we like to commend Auditor Irvin Hamm, for the professionalism he shown during Lynn Townships metamorphosis from a township rife with ethics issues and questions as to the quality of the record-keeping, to the standards Mr. Najarians trying to put forth currently.

Hot For Teacher

No need for Ecks commentary. Follow the links.

North Penn High math teacher charged with having sex with student


Web site


Lyrics


Oh what the hell.
Humming must be good for the vocal cords!!! Oh my.

The Bigger Issue

"With township matters often decided by a 2-1 vote with Supervisors Dave Najarian and Kermit DeLong aligned on opposite sides, the November election will likely determine the balance of power for the next two years." NWP

With that in mind,

Kermit 204 votes.

Najarian 298 votes.

Coming soon to Lynn Township, GOOD GOVERNMENT!!!

2009 Lynn Township Primary Election

The Eckville Press unofficial results are in. The people have spoken. They knew our agenda.

And the Eckville Press unofficial results are,

Brian Dietrich 218

Michael Dietrich 204

So the people of Lynn Township are BASICALLY saying,

"ENOUGH ALREADY WITH THIS BULLSHIT, WE DESERVE BETTER from our elected officals.


UPDATE: North Whitehall voters set Terry Stoudt packing.

I didn't know not acceptable!!!

The Chico Card

Oh My!

Previously we at Eckville Press opined on the "Committee to elect Michael Dietrich" campaign letter.

We agreed in part with the committee that all voters should be informed about the candidates before casting their decisive vote.

We followed up with a small homework assignment, a small task.

We further stated, ETHICS, OPEN GOVERNMENT, HONESTY, and FISCAL PRUDENCE were imperative.

Little did we know at the time of our posting, a second letter awaited in the mail box.

Who could of seen this coming?

After the first committee letter was DE BUNK here, all the committee could do was pull out the "Chico Card",

"I am a victim of a conspiracy to make me look bad",

"Its all the fault of the concerned citizens",

"Its Najarians fault",

"The voting machines wont work here its to cold",(oops that was the VIP process)

"Najarian is ripping off the voting machines"(oops again that was the auditors).

Best we quit.

In closing we feel the first letter was deceitful and an insult to the constituency.

The second letter, the pathetic cry of defeat!!!

Respectfully,
Eckville Press

"Let's Get Mikey"

Since receiving the campaign letter from the "Committee to elect Michael Dietrich",
we were reminiscent of a pre dated television commercial where two older brothers trick their younger, unsuspecting, less-informed brother into trying a new cereal.

The campaign letters closing paragraph speaks volume, and states in full,

"As the political process plays out leading up to the May 19th primary, please learn as much as you can about all the candidates. Find out who they are, what they stand for, and what agendas they may be representing. The future of our township requires citizens that are concerned and knowledgeable about the issues."

For which we concur.

Each and every voter should take this task upon themselves as such to conclude in their own un-bias opinion as to the future of Lynn Township.

The nomination petitions are available at the Lehigh County Government Center for your viewing.

"I didn't know" is not acceptable!!!

The Northwestern Press (no affiliation with Eckville Press) was very clear in their May 14 2009 edition when the wrote in part,

"With township matters often decided by a 2-1 vote with Supervisors Dave Najarian and Kermit DeLong aligned on opposite sides, the November election will likely determine the balance of power for the next two years."

That said, now is the time for Lynn Townships voting Republicans to RESCIND the bad choice they made in the 2007 primary election.

The 2008/2009 Township meeting minutes can be found here.

The campaign signs are firmly planted along the landscape, take note with who the candidates are aligned.

Do the constituents need more of this?

Or perhaps now that Kermit and Tom agree the township may have to affirm the decision of the sewer authority, (when ever that comes to be?) the constituency would like their tax dollars spent like this.

We at Eckville Press feel the most important issues in this current election are not so much about the AARC rezoning, the sewer plant expansion, or all the finger pointing, but the more important issues; ETHICS, OPEN GOVERNMENT, HONESTY, AND FISCAL PRUDENCE!!!

With those four issues in place, all the other bullshit plaguing Lynn Township will fix themselves.

In closing we will state, if a picture is worth a thousand words, then Eckville Press appropriate response to the "Committee to elect Michael Dietrich" letter can be found here.(Move the cursor over the picture for our full statement.)

Respectfully Submitted,
Eckville Press