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| Rules? What rules? |
This is exactly what John Stoffa and Ross Marcus continuously do. The rules, supposed to apply to all. And which we all play by, are not applicable to them.
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| Yup, it say's right here... ...he must wait a year! |
It turns out folks, according to County Council Solicitor Phil Lauer. Under county code, vendors working with the county must wait a year before hiring a former county employee (like Ross Marcus will be on Sept 6, or 16, 2013). Marcus award contracts to the organization doing the hiring. In this case, that would be the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley (CACLV).
The Express Times has reported that Solicitor Lauer has:
"advised County Council it would be improper to provided Marcus an exemption".
And "We The People" agree. We have to ask: How can anyone see this action as anything less than what it is - A conflict of interest?
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| Are the rules really for all? |
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| Forget the rules, I want profits! |
The answer may be that Macus, denied an employment oppertunity in Luzerne County last October, is now trying to secure for himself another position elsewhere. The position is certainly within the reach of his current position. This is clearly corruption if it happens!
| C'mon John - Give me a break! |
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| I can't give him a Break? Why Not? |
This is certainly a tangled web being weaved. Ross Marcuss should be asked: When it's all said and done Ross, how much pension are you going to receive from the county? Just don't expect an answer!
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Is Samantha Marcus related to Ross Marcus???
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Stoffa, Marcus and the entire Stoffa gang feel they are above the laws. This is Karma. Stoffa and his political pals have stuck it to some really good people and now it is coming back at them.
ReplyDeleteShameful, Stoffa takes everyone down yet he always ends up sitting pretty.
What is The Hairball saying about Marcus? Doubt it will be much because there's no point in sucking up to Marcus only Stoffa.
ReplyDeleteO'Hare has not even mentioned the entire law breaking incident. He hides the facts when it has to do with Stoffa and his cohorts.
ReplyDeleteHopefully county Council does not participate in this blatant abuse of the county law!
ReplyDeleteThey already did. Last thursday they turned a blind eye just like stoffa did.
ReplyDeleteIt is now the job of county council to be informed of any county money going to CACLV.
ReplyDeleteWell if county council allows one nickel to go to CACLV after they hire Marcus. County Council is participating in breaking county law. Just that simple.
ReplyDelete"The night is far spent; the day draws near. Let us cast off deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light."
ReplyDeleteRoss Marcus and John Stoffa knew about immeasurable abuse by Human Services employees but did nothing. Instead they protected abusers like Kathleen Kelly, Ann Kline, Ilisa Sacknoff, and others.
There are hundreds of abused Families isolated, broken and bankrupt because of Marcus and Stoffa’s blush at real corruption under their noses. Consider multi-decade County employee Elizabeth Everett Miller, who gets promoted from CYS Caseworker, to Developmental Programs Supervisor, then becomes in line for a County Directorship: all while running a real estate operation in her County Office, brokering homes for her new husband to employees, renting employees their summer seashore property, and housing clients and provider agency employees in the place where she grew up, for ill-gotten gain.
Consider Ilisa Sacknoff's abuse of Families and Patients at Gracedale. Consider her double-dipping at Developmental Programs, against Stoffa's Ethics Policy. What happened? Marcus rewarded her with a promotion.
There are dozens of former and current employees WHO ARE ALL AFRAID of losing their pensions or jobs, because of the FEAR INSTILLED by people like Kathleen Kelly and presided over by Ross Marcus and John Stoffa.
How do Stoffa and Marcus respond? By getting Marcus an illegal job, at least against the Administrative Code, according to Council Solicitor Phil Lauer. “Under County Code, vendors working with the county must wait a year before hiring a former county employee . . . advised County Council it would be improper to provide Marcus an exemption.”
This illegality is also against the $800,000/year contract with CACLV, Mr. Jennings.
The People of Northampton County do not want to deny Mr. Marcus a livelihood. The People of Northampton County would like to see our elected Councilors make a Resolution about Justice—one of our County’s pillars. We ask that Council introduce and adopt a Resolution affirming Solicitor Lauer’s opinion: that the Marcus job transfer is a violation of the Administrative Code (and a violation of the CACLV contract).
This would not place Council as opposing Ross Marcus’ new job. It would tell the People of the County that Council has taken a stand. There should be no embarrassment that a previous vote of acquiescence was made. There are now more facts for consideration and more time has passed for proper reflection. This Resolution would simply say that that the job appointment, including Stoffa’s employee as Chair of the CACLV for orchestrating it, will go through but is not right, not just.
Ron Shegda, Northampton County Citizen for real Justice, real Mercy
Ross Marcus is now working for a county vendor. Under State and County law, the county should not be paying any money top CACLV for the period of one year.
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Stoffa or our elected County Council obey the law they swore to uphold?
We should ask them. The law is the law, unless you are a person of privilege.
If it is true that Alicia Karner orchestrated this illegal job grab, she should be held accountable.
ReplyDeleteWould someone just ask if the county is still sending CACLV money n violation of the law? If they are, why?
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