Luzerne County Corruption

I would love to tell you that I'm shocked by the revelation of jurist imprudence but alas, that isn't possible. This scandal will not end with just two judges going to prison.

The question I want the media to start asking is; If participant 1 was willing to pay $2.6 million for a contract that guaranteed $1.3 million in placements per year, how much was he or did he pay for the county to sign a $58 million lease for a facility the county could have owned for $9 million? If he did pay for that, who did he pay? I know that answer is completely evident. I wrote before about county employees that were making $42,000 per year joining golf clubs that cost $18k to join and had dues of $4+k per year and wondered how they could afford it. I also wondered how someone making $42k per year could afford a $650,000. home in Wilkes-Barre. Perhaps we will get the answers to these questions.

The Democrat Party has had a stranglehold on virtually all of the public offices in Luzerne County for as long as I can remember. I think that will change come May if the government comes forward with more indictments before then. Care to guess why? You got it in one. Each and every person that is going to go down is either an elected democrat or was appointed by an elected democrat.

The Bush-Effect that galvanized so many people to vote for democrats disheartened me. Perhaps we will see the same type of backlash against the dems here when their massive corruption is finally exposed.

Luzerne County, Home of the Despot

Can anyone actually believe the friggin unmitigated gall of the powers that be in the courthouse? It isn't just the commissioners but the judges too. What must Guesto have on all of them that they are willing to committ political suicide by giving him another job? Judge Ciavarella, say goodbye to being a judge. You will not be able to "skooch" your way out when it comes time for retention.

I rarely agree with anything Corbett has to say but I sincerely hope he keeps his word and continues to hammer these politicians. They say people in this county have a coal cracker mentality. I say it is time to prove them wrong. I say we vote out all incumbent county seats. I say the new administration goes through every employee's file. If they got their job through connections, so sad, too bad, you're fired!!! It is time to stop the corruption. It is time to stop the cronyism. It is time to elect leaders that not only listen to the people but actually follow the will of the people. If the new crop follows this current crop, boom, out they go. I say we repeat the process until we get good leadership in all county offices. By good, I mean moral, ethical, and honest. I think a provision of law needs to put in place that we can impeach any county officeholder and have them removed!! I think the law should state that they be replaced by the people voting not appointed by a shitheel governor.