Tenant Notified/Landlord Shut-Down

That’s the way it goes in Wilkes Barre, well unless you’re a buddy, or campaign contributor.

For those of you who still think I’m just being facetious, I have two names for you.

Betsy Summers: Citied, RIGHT after running for mayor, (being the only candidate who truly took the King to task). Oh sure she let folks move into her apt over the weekend (with verbal authorization from an inspector) and when another inspector came on Monday, folks were living there (With NO code violations found, the Apt PASSED).

• Betsy Cited $1,000.00 One Thousand Dollars.

Sherman Hills: Blatantly Violated the Rental Inspection Ordinance for YEARS, while citizens screamed for inspections, complained about lost revenue, and pointed to numerous health code violations.

• Sherman Hills Cited $0.00 ZERO Dollars.

Frank Sorick, president of the Wilkes-Barre Taxpayers Association, said he favors the concept, but expressed concerns about the details and implementation — particularly a provision holding that any notice “given to the agent, property manager or occupant shall be deemed as notice given to the owner,” and that “a claimed lack of knowledge by the owner, property manager or agent” will not stand as defense against closure of a rental unit.

• So in other words, your either knew, or should have known, but in either case, You're Guilty. WOW should like any landlord shut down, could be promoted from District Attorney to Judge.  

City Attorney Bill Vinsko replied that the city wants to “keep the duty on the occupant,”
Yet the ordinance only has consequences for the land owner????

“This is not going to be applied in a vacuum,” Vinsko said. “We’re confident the correct application of this will succeed.”

Hum, I wonder if Mr. Vinsko feels "correct application" of the Rental Ordinance was applied in the cases of Sherman Hill (campaign supporter), and Betsy Summers (Critic)?

Wake Up Wilkes Barre

Source:

• W-B council OKs ‘one-strike’ rental ordinance
• W-B council approves 'one-strike' ordinance

Parking Garages not just for “Parking your Porsche”

Don’t let it be said that Wilkes Barre doesn’t have a nightlife. In fact our King has worked tirelessly to achieve that said nightlife, attracting one bar after another to the downtown. So much so that he has earned the nickname “Downtown Tommy”.  But alas his lordship's work is paying off, at least in our parking structures that is. Lately they’ve seen more action than the Vegas Strip, yet Hawkeye has seen no evil heard no evil.

Just look at a few recent news reports: 

A woman reported she was raped at the bus station while waiting to catch a bus.

• Now I’ve heard of killing time waiting on the bus, but this one takes the cake, and “the woman told police she missed her bus and had to wait an hour for another” this is when this scumbag, (with a well connected family) allegedly came up to her (with a kid in tow), and sexual assulted her, did he make the 4 year old watch??? SICK, SICK, SICK... Click here to read: Wilkes-Barre man facing rape charge

Car stolen from Intermodal, and Hawkeye saw NOTHING...

• Well not exactly true, in all fairness to Hawkeye they did get a good view of the ground???? Click here to read: Intermodal car stolen, new Hawkeye cameras of no assistance

Would be movie goers flee the city never to return. All due to the massive amount of car break-ins in our parking structures.

• Who says there’s nothing to do in Wilkes Barre? Click here to read: Parking garage break-ins trending in Wilkes-Barre

Wake Up Wilkes Barre

Source:

• Wilkes-Barre man facing rape charge
• Parking garage break-ins trending in Wilkes-Barre
• Intermodal car stolen, new Hawkeye cameras of no assistance