Soooo…when The Oracle AKA Oh Grandpa Please sent me a love note he said (and I quote HIS comment from Nov 4, 2023 10:06 PM) :
You are a disgusting bigoted pig. That because my wonderful wife is of Asian decent. You assume she is a mail order bride and confirm to me the abuse our beautiful Amerasian children will endure for the entirety of thier lifetime from vile, racist garbage like you. The Woodward suicide is a personal issue for me. He was a person I knew who was so severely bullied and mistreated by West Goshen Township leadership he committed suicide. I was emotional about his death, I understand I did a stupid thing. Consequently, I have apologized for my misbehavior. But so far, not only has there been only denial of responsibility from West Goshen officials. But they are now promulgating the BS that “no one could have known what was going on in his head due to problems at home”. In spite of….In his suicide note he wrote, “I can’t stand to sit around waiting to be fired from the job I live my life for”. Clearly establishing he was compelled to commit suicide due to, before any investigation was done, being berated, with threats of being fired, having to return all overtime pay he had recieved and being criminally prosecuted for adhering to a comp time overtime rule, as instructed that had long been established as township policy.
Nice gentleman, right? Typos etc are his, not mine… Can’t imagine why he had to shop out of town for a bride who was not even born when he turned 40, right? And this is the guy who not only deface lawn signs with the word “murderer” but apparently plunked those gun raffle tickets down on tables for this past spring’s primary too? And is on Republican State Committee in PA as well? (Also see what a gem he was during Costello’s time as our Congressman which may make him akin to a geriatric approaching Britney Spears because he seems to oops do things again???):
Anyway… West Goshen how its it he knows more specifics about suicide note of Mr. Woodward and something you never disclosed which is did you really ask employees to return the funds? And this “comp time overtime rule”? Where is it codified and will your prior manager have culpability here? How can he say the is “established” “township policy”? What are you not telling the people and WHY are you stonewalling letting the public see the forensic audit the public paid for? And this policy? Wasn’t there an issue with this during COVID too?
West Goshen, you can provide hours of political entertainment without trying, but I do indeed feel sorry for your residents.
Stay tuned and get your popcorn ready…. West Goshen is creating a public spectacle of itself for being super shady is it not?
I saw a post over the last few days on NextDoor. About a manufacturing company closing. And about a bunch of people who are going to be out of work, possibly near or during the holidays. It gave me pause as these posts always do, because this could be any of us out there.
Even before the onset of COVID, there were people out there talking about downturns in businesses and the way small and midsize companies, and even large companies were treating their employees. I call it the Scrooge factor.
And I spent the bulk of my life in the financial services industry. There were many happy years with wonderful bosses and coworkers, and then they were the bosses who were special, and we will leave it at that.
I remember many many years ago when I was starting out and I worked at then Prudential Securities. I was a sales assistant. A sales assistant falls into the category of support staff in corporate culture, but like operations, a company can’t exist without support staff. That was the year that we were offered a choice of a box of cheap chocolate or a canned ham.
Not to be forgotten were the years that anyone who was not married or didn’t have kids never got first choice of days off during holidays. I called it the spawn factor. It was like you didn’t matter if you were not married and didn’t have kids. It had a definite Scrooge effect in the office.
And then there were other bosses like the one who should have offered employees, health benefits access, no one ever asked the boss to pay for them, but the boss only offered health and retirement benefits to himself. This was the boss that really didn’t care if you had family or not, it was always all about him and quite frankly a lot of the time he was Scrooge, and everyone else was the Bob Cratchit collective.
In case you need a refresher, let me tell you about Bob Cratchit. Bob Cratchit is a fictional character in the Charles Dickens 1843 novel A Christmas Carol. The abused, underpaid clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge, Cratchit came to symbolize the poor working conditions and treatment of employees. And Scrooge? Ebenezer Scrooge was a cold-hearted miser boss who despised Christmas.
I think since COVID started there has been a lot of Bob Cratchiting going around. And definitely a lot of Ebenezer Scrooges.
One of the first things I noticed is when people started working from home, because they really didn’t have much of a choice the concept of business time and family time completely disintegrated, and just became one giant work day. This has continued since then, and most people I speak with who are not self-employed lament the loss of a work life balance, especially because they don’t have a choice because that’s what the corporate honchos want.
This new form of corporate culture for the most part doesn’t care about employees or work life balance, it’s about how the world perceives their power and image, not the actual worker bees who make the magic happen. And actually most self-employed people I know don’t have work-life balance either. They also want to be perceived as a paragon of industrious worker beedom.
No matter where you work, you need downtime. You need time with your family, your friends, even just to sit by yourself and watch TV. But now the problem seems to be we all live to work, as in work takes over everything.
And given inflation and the way the economy is —-and you cannot blame it on Bidenomics because this is a political game of kick the can between administrations. This has been going on for decades, if not longer. No political administration is completely blameless when it comes to the economics in this country. And it’s like a giant game of push me / pull you.
But I have to tell you, since Trump came to office the attitude of boss towards employee I feel has changed. You still have wonderful people who care about their employees, but more and more you just have bosses that care about their employees for show ONLY, and the reality is they treat them like shit.
Lately, all I keep hearing about are businesses closing. Businesses across many categories.
Sometimes the people closing the doors of these companies actually care about their employees, which was the case with this post I read on NextDoor. But more often than not, it’s really about what the head honchos can get out of it and how much money they can walk away from. The employees matter not so much.
And when you hear of businesses closing or doing crappy things to employees during the holidays, it really is like the living embodiment of A Christmas Carol. Only there is no Charles Dickens with a modern update to this cautionary tale. And in the real world there are no guaranteed happy endings.
So those are just some random things I’m thinking about as we enter into the holiday season. The holiday season can be very hard on people, financially and emotionally.
Bah humbugs can become Christmas miracles, but only if we as humans work together. And that includes, we need to stop listening to conspiracy theories and get with the facts.
Open house at Loch Aerie on Sunday 10, 2023 1 PM to 4 PM – please bring a non-perishable food item for Chester County Food Bank or a new unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots. Loch Aerie is a very special house and this is so awesome they are doing this! If you haven’t seen her since she was completely head to toe restore, come celebrate the holidays and give back.
I will admit I don’t understand the religion of the Q. I have ordered a few things over the years like a garden hat or a plant I wanted to try. I have darkened the doors of your outlet store in Frazer once in a while, mostly out of curiosity. So I am not a devotee, merely familiar.
But let’s dish a minute, shall we?
That billboard is atrocious and you are still in West Chester and a lot of your on air folks live local so we know unless they live under a rock, people HATE this billboard yet here you are contributing to distracted driving and presenting a danger to nature and migrating birds? This billboard can be seen from space, not just at the intersection of Route 29 and route 30 in East Whiteland Township, Chester County
Then there is your outlet store. First of all, you make enough money that it should look nicer inside for both the customers and more importantly, your employees. The Goodwill store that used to be in the shopping center was better put together and looked nicer than your store..
But there is another problem with your outlet store. And the problem is you don’t do anything about the customers going shopping in your store that park on the sidewalk and in the fire lane. Your customers are not the only guilty ones, the others are the ones going to pick up their bottles at the liquor store.
So since you got your start, and Chester county, one, would hope you would have a little more respect for the residents where you have your outlet store. Some retailers around here have discovered that advertising on giant billboards are bad for business. You have a cult like following, so most likely you won’t have that problem, but there are the optics to be considered.
Just so we are clear, the Democrats did not endorse this candidate. He is a dark money, Klanned, Karenhood candidate.
If you are handed one of these palm cards at a pole that serves the West Chester Area School District please turn it in to the people who are there to watch the polls.
And if you are in the Downingtown Area School District, and you are handed a frisbee for a Klanned, Karenhood candidate named Duanne please also report it.
And to the Save Lionville Station Farm folks, I caution you were throwing the baby out with the bathwater. If you vote in the Klanned Karenhood slate of school board directors, you will regret it for decades to come. I mean you guys don’t like the solicitor for the school district right? Then why give his types a win?
I don’t forget that county commissioner candidate, who always seems to be running for something…. and he hails from West Goshen which should be reason enough NOT to vote for him…
I love pretzel logic the day before Election Day in Chester County. If the sign above is what Republicans actually want why is Trump still a free range flannel mouth?
Or what about certain Republicans of years gone by in Chester County and other PA locales who DID experience amazing falls from grace like….
While chairman of the Republican State Committee of PennsylvaniaAsher was convicted of perjury, racketeering, conspiracy and bribery in connection with a state contract award. He resigned after the conviction and served one year in federal prison.[8][9] The case gained national attention in 1987 when his co-defendant in that case and political ally, Pennsylvania State Treasurer Budd Dwyer, committed suicide on television just before sentencing.
He was elected Attorney General of Pennsylvania in 1988, taking office in 1989. He was re-elected in 1992, but resigned that position in 1995 after being charged with federal racketeering and corruption. He pleaded guilty to mail fraud involving a $20,000.00 campaign contribution[8] and served a year in Federal prison.[3][6][9]
And of course not to be forgotten he who shall not be named out loud from Chester County, Theodore S.A. Rubino. And I am not mentioning this to hurt members of the Rubino family, but this is part of the political history of Chester County. That’s actually germane to this conversation isn’t it?
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24 (AP) — A Federal grand jury has indicted Theodore S.A. Rubino, chairman of the Chester County Republican Party, on an extortion charge, according to the United States Attorney’s office. Mr. Rubino; 66 years old, was charged yesterday with extorting $6,400 from an architectural concern in connection with a renovation project at Memorial Hospital in West Chester.
These are trying times for Pennsylvania Republicans. They had a very bad midterm election last year, losing four U.S. House seats and doing poorly in Senate and gubernatorial races. Right now, they’re looking down the barrel of 2020 polls that show native son Joe Biden trouncing Donald Trump in the Keystone State despite the president’s heavy dependence on a win there.
At least they’ll now get some new blood in the party leadership thanks to a sexting scandal that has swallowed up state party chairman Val DiGiorgio. Last fall, he allegedly initiated a flirtatious and then sexually explicit Facebook Messenger dialogue with a Republican candidate for Philadelphia City Council, Irina Goldstein, which lasted until this February, when she terminated the communications. She ultimately decided to turn over the whole stack of messages to the Philadelphia Inquirer, including a type of photo DiGiorgio sent of himself that is known by the technical term dick pic. A day later, DiGiorgio resigned. The Inquirersummarized the revelations:
Irina Goldstein says she didn’t immediately recognize the man who sent her a Facebook friend request in October, after she had commented on a group photo that included him …
“I’m running for City Council,” she messaged him, when she realized who he was. “Next time you’re in Philly, I’d be honored to buy you coffee.”
That began a barrage of messages over two days, Goldstein said, that swung from her seeking his advice and support to flirtation and then sexually charged exchanges that included DiGiorgio sending her a photo of an erect penis.
by Angela Couloumbis, Staff Writer, Liz Navratil, and Chris Brennan Updated 1:40 p.m. ET Published Jun. 25, 2019, 12:53 p.m. ET
And by the way, for what it’s worth, it took two to tango with what happened to DiGiorgio. I’m not justifying the behavior because it’s gross. But in that last article I have posted an excerpt from I actually remember at the time, finding his words interesting about being in and around politics. About it being soul sucking. It is soul sucking. And if you can’t play the game you’re out and that’s both parties. Which, of course, begs the question of why hasn’t the game been changed yet?
And there are plenty of Democrats from all over the state who have faced similar issues as these four Republicans I pointed out.
People, my point is throughout history BOTH parties have had filthy, unclean hands. And that dear readers, is the inconvenient truth to the BS.
That sign I opened with has been showing up at Republican events. These photos were publicly posted on Facebook recently.
But the day before election day is the perfect time to remind people that saying Democrats are 100% responsible for Danelo Cavalcante escaping is as ludicrous and ridiculous as that incorrect assertion that Chester County was a sanctuary county when it was under Republican control. Here is an article from 2017 , or the LAST time that urban legend was debunked:
Now, once again, don’t let truth get in the way of delusions, and this whole issue surfaced again during the whole Danelo Cavalcante of it all. It was brought to you by the same people who were sending out emails about Josh Maxwell recently.
But if we’re going to talk about Chester County prison again and put the event in email equivalents to robocalls and put it on lawn signs, then you have to be factual and accurate. And the truth of the matter is there’s a lot of blame to go around and the greatest irony of all is the pattern of problems for this prison in our county started while the county was under completeRepublican control.
This is why it is so important for people to do research and even important to learn the political history of where they live and political process. Sadly a great regional example of the politics of extremism are ruining this country is right here in Chester County.
What Chester County needs is a return to balance, not a continuation of whichever political party gets all the toys wins.
If we all want to play the political blame game, we will be here for years. The Republican Party in Chester County is not going to exist on revisionist history because why? Easy, past is prologue.
But fair is fair and if we are going to point, the finger, you need to point it at the Democrats as well, because they haven’t learned yet that past is prologue. If the Democrats in Chester County don’t right their own ship, they are doomed to repeat the same mistakes of the people they took over power from.
So tomorrow, when you go to the polls, don’t be afraid to cross party lines for better candidates. Don’t be afraid to have a balance of power. Don’t be afraid to mix up the ticket. Just make sure you understand who your candidates are and what your candidates are about before you vote for them.
And above all else stop letting extremism groups meddle in our politics. And if you talk smack politics on social media but can’t get off your lazy asses to go vote tomorrow, then people get the government they deserve. Which leads me to the next paragraph which is a BUT study.
Yes, there is a BUT…and that sadly is if past is indeed prologue there will not be big voter turnout because of the people who think off year election cycles don’t matter except they do because these are the elections that affect where we call home.
So let’s review: a man who worked for West Goshen killed himself recently. First we find out that the widow is suing the township and then there were political signs defaced – only Democrat candidates with the word “Murderer.” And the West Goshen Republican Committee then issued an edict from on high (or down low?) and if you recall I wondered about how coincidental it all was?
Then guy resigns as committeeman and I remark I was surprised the guy had time due to his busy TikTok account and You Tube with his wifey – and PS they say she was mail order/correspondence bride NOT ME.
So yeah all sorts of people have been talking about this TikTok phenomenon etc right? But oh no, knee jerk guy sends me a love note this morning like my name is really Al Gore and I created the Internet and all it’s problems:
So I am a disgusting, bigoted pig? You have a low opinion of women who are not subservient to you I suppose? Biggest problem with your assertion as to my character is I never said one thing about your wife’s nationality or referenced it in a derogatory manner. Nor would I. I actually don’t think that. I just hope she’s always treated well.
But since you opened the door to this conversation, YOU and SHE have created a public figure status vis-à-vis the two TikTok accounts and the You Tube account and whatever other platforms she is using. What blows my mind other than that video where you/she discuss how you met…is the 40 + year age gap. All I kept thinking of was that Sex & The City episode where Samantha dates an old man…
But YOU put it out there and there are SO many videos and apparently there are plenty of TikTok users who have said quite a lot aboot your 40+ year age difference. Allow me to summarize: it’s not just May/December it’s May/December in different centuries , isn’t it? And since you made it public, it’s creepy A.F.
So that is not just my opinion and others all over social media like Just the Facts Please on Facebook have commented on your umm life you’ve made public on social media platforms, but he’s a man so you don’t call him a disgusting, bigoted pig, etc do you? Mysoginidc much, grandpa?
One of my male friends describes you as derf.
In case you are suffering a memory lapse, y’all said right on TikTok how you met ⬇️
So let’s also go to the West Goshen portion of your comments. Because you actually disclosed something that West Goshen had not disclosed and you claim in your comments that they made the gentleman that killed himself pay back his overtime?
So EXACTLY HOW DO YOU KNOW ?
And if you know where this squirrel time comp time overtime “rule” whatever is codified as in written down please do share because West Goshen taxpayers have been paying for this right? So your comment/rant on this blog indicates you have inside information? How do you have inside knowledge?
And also important is if you knew this man was mentally fragile and that he had been bullied etc. on the job in this municipality why are you only saying something now? If you really cared about the man, why didn’t you do something about it at the time?
Once again, so we’re all clear here, I never knew this guy who sent me the vile love note existed on this planet until he started scribbling on campaign signs the word “murderer.” And even then I didn’t know who he actually was until the police announced who he was and then I was inundated with messages from people in West Goshen.
And ALL of this crazy social media stuff is PUBLIC, so why isn’t he getting nasty with all of TikTok etc? I sure as shit didn’t discover any of this information, people his own community and the Internet have been talking about it for quite a while, apparently. Anyone who knows me knows that TikTok’s not really my jam, so I pay very little attention to it normally.
I am still wondering why exactly is any of this myfault? The answer of course is it is not, but I am a woman still younger than he is, but closer to his age range that thinks this is all a little odd.
And me, expressing that opinion with all this public stuff on the Internet they put there is not illegal. And I have not said one word about his wife’s nationality. So her nationality is perhaps his hang up? She’s a beautiful girl, but she should be out clubbing, going to college, shopping with her girlfriends, having age appropriate fun, not catering to a senior citizen in training.
Good Lord, West Goshen. What do you people put in the water over? Did something escape from the sewage treatment plant and infect the residents or what?
Just another day in the unending soap opera mostly political called As The Chester County turns.
Maybe good old West Goshen Paul, who sends me love notes should also watch Hallmark movies. It might improve his disposition. If not, he can continue to dance on TikTok.
I am sure that this politician is blaming everyone but himself here. And I honestly don’t know who the creator of this is but they have kept me giggling.
Thank you fearless lampooner. These would make great signs for Election Day 🤣 but I don’t think it’s allowed? And gosh Pick-Your-Title-Bressi and you thought I was the biggest thorn in your side mocking your Goodfellas attire at casual picnics?
In the end dude, no matter what you claim your motivation was, you CHOSE to become a politician. You are reaping what you have sown. A lot of voters are sheeple, but not all. And the Philadelphia Inquirer is hardly fake news, right?
