Mayor blames critics, Gazette seeks elbow grease

When a couple of city police officers paid a visit to His Lordship, requesting more beat cops to help combat the NEW lowered crime rate NOW sweeping the city. The King allegedly replied with “blame the critics”. It’s their fault we (the city) can’t afford to hire more cops. If they had allowed me to move forward with the leasing of the parking authority, then we would have the money for more cops.

Who actually believes that one? My guess is he would have squandered the money faster than J.J. could screw up a Mark Twain quote.

Just to be clear: 

• So it’s not the wasteful trips to Las Vegas seeking information on a splash pad (like the one in Scranton, or Clarks Summit) and by the way ours (Vegas style) now broken?
• It likely has nothing to do with all those rental inspections the city DIDN'T do at places like Sherman Hood.
• It’s not the 18,000 gallons of missing gas, over JUST a 2 year period, (likely MUCH, MUCH more that 18,000 gallons)?
• It’s not the $4,000,000.000 see noting ($10,000 per camera) citywide Blindeye system?
• It’s not all those NO BID contracts to your campaign contributor buddies?
• I’m also betting it has nothing to do with paying a slimy little weasel and his shyster brothers law firm hundreds per hour for NOTHING, that caused our financial demise. 

Let’s face it we (the city) are broke, and crime ridden, and there is ONLY ONE person to blame, but there is still something you (your lordship) can do to improve the look of the city without spending a dime. The Independent Gazette points out that “Pride” is just about gone in the city, and with “a shovel, a screwdriver, and with a little elbow grease”  the King could make some improvements without soaking the city.

FACT: unless there is something in it for The King it won’t happen, so if it were election time, or a campaign kickbacker said “I’ve got a screwdriver, and a can of elbow grease. I will do the repairs for a quick Million in lowest bidder contract costs, and then tons of overruns, and I will also drop off white padded envelopes at city hall for you, just to keep you apprised of our progress. Then and only then will these no or low cost fixes actually get fixed.

Photos courtesy of The Wilkes Barre Independent Gazette

Broken @ Kirby Park

Glad to see we're recycling

Wake Up Wilkes Barre

Source:

• Mister Mayor, Clean Up Our City and Restore the Pride

Do noting DA says “Nothing to see here”

According to The Times Leader “DA dismisses security system complaint against Leighton, Murphy”

It would appear that it's OK for Leighton and Murphy to spend OVER $15,000 on their PRIVATE HOME security systems, and NEVER returned them, nor claim them as GIFTS on their income tax.

Now The King working as the Realtor is selling, NOT SOLD, selling the home that STILL contains the $6,500 Torbik system according the Sellers Property Disclosure Statement uploaded to the MLS by Leighton, and signed by both Mr., & Mrs. Murphy on 25 Oct 12

Yet our Dipody Do DA wrote “it was found that when Mr. Murphy terminated his employment with Wilkes-Barre City, he took the appropriate steps in returning the usable components of the alarm system that was installed in his home to Wilkes-Barre City. The system has been personally viewed by my office in order to ensure that it is in the hands of its rightful owner.”

Stefanie are you lying? Or did you just see a box of old camera's and components and assume that must be it, because that's what they (The City Liar's) told you?

Wake Up Salavantis…

Murphy left the administration in early 2010 to start a private consulting business, per news clippings.

Yet October 28, 2011 The Times Leader published “Alarm bill received in error, city says” Author: BILL O’BOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com showed it was still in the home then, and per the Sellers Property Disclosure Statement, It is STILL there NOW, and Leighton may personally profit from the sale of a home that now has an increased value due to the Taxpayer Gifted Security System.

JJ’s Comments translated by WUWB

The purchased was discussed with City Council and approved by the City Controller.

• OK, where will we find those Council minutes?

Mrs. Urban’s complaint is filled with factual inaccuracies. I paid for the removal of the cameras and returned them to the city.

• Mrs. Urban’s complaint said you (JJ the slime) got an upgrade to your home, paid for by the people of Wilkes-Barre, and didn’t claim the GIFT of $6,500 on your taxes. TRUE or FALSE?

As for the removal of the Hawkeye Camera’s they should NEVER have been there!

• Mr. Sorick is misinformed as I paid for the monthly monitoring of the alarm system for years.

• Hum then WHY did Torbik bill the city $29.95 each month? (Click here to see bills) Oh ya I forgot they made “billing errors” for YEARS…. I think NOT!!!

As far as commenting on Mrs. Urban or Mr. Sorick’s comments, a great military leader once told me, “Never argue with an idiot. They will always try to bring you down, and you can never bring them up.

• Just an FYI JJ that quote was Mark Twain’s "Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience"

• And JJ is certainly flush with idiotic experience.

Wake Up Wilkes Barre

Source:

• DA dismisses security system complaint against Leighton, Murphy
• Sellers Property Disclosure Statement
• Torbik bills
• J.J. MURPHY, ICMA-CM report