10 Questions For Shari (but everyone else...feel free to answer as well)

Agamemnon

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There are desgined as "yes" or "no" answers. Feel free to explain your answers, but your chops will be busted relentlessly if you don't in fact answer with a "yes" or a "no" first. 1. Do you find it the least bit ironic that the Pilcheskys accuse Chris Doherty of stealing from the pubic, but yet Edith Pilchesky is facing a court date in March for, of all things, stealing from her dead father? 2. Do you honesly believe that Chris Doherty has paid off the Federal Bureau of Investigation? If you answer "yes", do you have any actual proof? 3. Is calling a black man a "n&&@r" and suggesting that he be lynched evil? 4. If elected Mayor one day, do you think that Janet Evans would ever use that office for any personal gain? 5. Do you believe that it's acceptable to threaten someone with bodily harm, provided that you attach the phrase "Politically Speaking" to the threat first? 6. Do you believe that Chris Doherty is personally responsible for the deaths of any city workers? 7. Do you find it ironic that, at the bottom of the DohertyDeceit webpage, it says "no cuffs on free speech", yet Joe Pilchesky routinely deletes postings and bans posters who disagree with him? 8. Do you shop at WalMart? 9. Do you believe that, if Scranton stopped using tax ebatement plans (like KOZ), that it would then be at a competitive disadvantage vs. other Pennsylvania communities? 10. Do you believe that the University of Scranton harms Scranton more than it helps Scranton? __________________ Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.*

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I'm not your play toy Ag, but I'll answer. 1.I can care less about their personal business and in what context do you mean Chris Doherty "steals"? Like a hold up? No. Like legally laundering public money to cronys through no bid contracts, professional services and overpriced contracts for the sole purpose of receiving contributions to his campaign. Yes I believe that. 2. You ever said that Ag? That's right, you did! I said the FBI investigates but does not prosecute. If that makes you believe Doherty paid them off, that's a figment of your imagination. 3. Evil? If someone said it literally? Absolutely! 4. Depends on what you mean by personal gain? Like stealing money for her personal use? No, I don't believe she would or at least I would hope not. Personal gain has many meanings. Examples? 5. That would depend on the thrust of the statement. Is it a veiled threat, then I wouldn't agree with it. Is it an analogy? Fine. If it was a moronic metaphor, who cares. Acceptability would depend on how it's was taken by different individuals or the individual it was aimed at. 6. I don't know. 7. Pilchesky runs that site and can do whatever he wants to do. And Lus here. But for the life of me I don't undestand why someone would shackle themselves by saying they provide free speech. There is no free speech anywhere. On his board, on this board or anywhere. You speak, you sometimes pay the consequences for your words. So I agree he and you should drop the free speech stuff. Free speech is an illusion. 8. No, never, ever. 9. I agree you you there. We would be at a disadvantage. I believe there should be no tax abatement programs anywhere. But while there are programs, they need to be administered properly. The KOZ program should not be limited to political, pay to play friends. I should also be given to new businesses, not current business. To give a building KOZ status and let a current tax paying business move to a new location within the same municipality is not helping anyone. Like most programs, it's twisted to suit someone with the original intentions tossed aside. 10. Yes and no. It does bring much capital into the community. I disagree that every component of the university should be tax free. (Property taxes and profits on Student housing, parking garages, the university store, etc) They have an unfair advantage over private business. I also believe when tax paying properties are absorbed by the U, fair payments in lieu of taxes should be made voluntarily to help with the loss in the tax base, or the law for non profits should be changed to force payments. I believe, financially, the ratio between the good and the harm is tipped a little to the harm side, overall. I think the U can do much more for it's host community like so many other educational institutions, indeed do. Getting into food courts, I think was wrong. A Cafeteria is one thing, but putting commercial businesses within their buidings hurts their surrounding, private, taxpaying merchants. __________________

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I will answer these questions although they are not intended for me. Agamemnon wrote: There are desgined as "yes" or "no" answers. Feel free to explain your answers, but your chops will be busted relentlessly if you don't in fact answer with a "yes" or a "no" first. 1. Do you find it the least bit ironic that the Pilcheskys accuse Chris Doherty of stealing from the pubic, but yet Edith Pilchesky is facing a court date in March for, of all things, stealing from her dead father? Yes, I do. I think that this makes the Pilcheskys the biggest hypocrites that I ever seen. 2. Do you honesly believe that Chris Doherty has paid off the Federal Bureau of Investigation? If you answer "yes", do you have any actual proof? No, I do not. And I do not believe that Shari or anyone for that matter has proof of this. Shari states that "the FBI investigates but does not prosecute. If that makes you believe Doherty paid them off," Could it not simply mean that there is no evidence of wrong doing and that is why he is not prosecuted? I would think that is more likely the real story ... and not that he paid them off ... There is no evidence of wrong doing. 3. Is calling a black man a "n&&@r" and suggesting that he be lynched evil? I think we all agree on this one it is without a doubt wrong to say these things and it is purely evil to suggest this and say these things.* 4. If elected Mayor one day, do you think that Janet Evans would ever use that office for any personal gain? Yes, all who are elected to any political office use the office for personal gain in one way or another. All who are elected to political office give out jobs to family and friends. This is not something that is only atributed to the Doherty Administration. They have all done it ... and should Janet be elected I am sure she will also do it. 5. Do you believe that it's acceptable to threaten someone with bodily harm, provided that you attach the phrase "Politically Speaking" to the threat first? No, and given Mr. Pilchesky's history of violence ... if I were on the receiving end of one of those threats ... even if it had the words "politically speaking of course" attached I would be very worried. His history speaks for itself. 6. Do you believe that Chris Doherty is personally responsible for the deaths of any city workers? NO 7. Do you find it ironic that, at the bottom of the DohertyDeceit webpage, it says "no cuffs on free speech", yet Joe Pilchesky routinely deletes postings and bans posters who disagree with him? I do find this ironic, and what I find disturbing is this ... he actually will tell someone that they can have their right to free speech back when they fall in line with the DD thinking. Some of us cannot be brainwashed. Shari says that we are the same here ... and in a way maybe we are I do restrict the "free speech" to being truthfull ... I need facts to back up allegations. I will not allow personal attacks on the families of public officials ... but I will let anyone post even if they don't agree with me ... that is not a requirement here. So please Shari don't compare PD with DD ... there is a world of difference and you are the evidence of that ... we don't agree and yet here you are posting your opinions. Enough said on that one. 8. Do you shop at WalMart? Yes I do ... I know that's not the popular thing to say ... but I do shop at Walmart ... I get some great deals there. Sorry but I just can't help myself. 9. Do you believe that, if Scranton stopped using tax ebatement plans (like KOZ), that it would then be at a competitive disadvantage vs. other Pennsylvania communities? No ... KOZ's are very much needed in order to compete with other commuinties for business' and new homeowners ... do I like this program ... NO ... but they are necessary. 10. Do you believe that the University of Scranton harms Scranton more than it helps Scranton? No ... I believe that they have done wonders for the hill section ... although I can see Shari's point ... they could give back more to the community maybe some services they could be providing ... but they have not harmed Scranton. I do not think that we should be laying blame on Chris Doherty for them having non profit status though ... he is not the one who grants status to these organizations ... if you have a problem contact the proper agency and file complaints ... try and change it instead of using it against someone who had nothing to do with thier status. I hope you don't mind that I weighed in on this. __________________ I want everyone to stop and think about one thing ... Joe Pilchesky is not a lawyer ... he's just a guy playing a lawyer on the internet. Please don't trust your legal needs to this man.

sharilewis

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I hope you don't mind that I weighed in on this. Why are we here Lus? We have an inherent interest of picking the brains of others and seeking out their opinions to hopefully better form our opinions on various issues. __________________

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Why are we here Lus? We have an inherent interest of picking the brains of others and seeking out their opinions to hopefully better form our opinions on various issues. correct. with facts, not watercooler speculation and he said, i heard mentality. __________________

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Ah I see you did decide to play along Shari. Very good. As you noted, this is all about getting better informend and gaining perspective. It's also, in my mind, about standing up to a bully (Pilchesky) and not giving him a pass on the bad that he does, simply becuse once in a blue moon he actually gets something right. Anyway, here are my answers to my own questions: 1. Yes, I find it extremely ironic that they throw epitaphs like "cook" and "thief" while at the same time there are no doubt other members of the late Mr Conrad's family who are saying the same thing about Edith Pilchesky. Does this matter? Yes it does, because if we've learned anything over the past few years in government and business, it's that you must hold the "heros" the same level of scrutiny as the "villians". Remember those good guys at "Enron"? How about former AG Gonzales, who it appears may have broken the law himself. 2. No, although anyone can to go Shari's original posting on this topic and see what he wrote himwself. Having gand conspiracies involving big things like the FBI is a tool that's useful in rationalizing thoughts and behaviors. You see that dirtbag Anti employ this kind of strategy all the time. "Super heros need super villians" is what I once said here to describe how Pilchesky & toadies view Doherty. Pilchesky wants to be a "Super Hero", so of course he is going to do all he can to embellish Chris Doherty. The fact is this: There has never been any...zero...evidence of any...zero...investigation by the FBI with regards to the Administration of Chris Doherty. A reasonable person would believe that is the case NOT becasue they are being "paid off", but rather because there simply hasn't been a crime committed. Now lest you think that no one would care about a Mayor like Doherty anyway, you may first want to ring up Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez. 3. Yes, and you (Shari) know that Joe Pilchesky litterally, actually said both things. You're not dumb, so acting like you are unaware of what he said is unbecoming of you. Now Pilchesky is a racist scum-bag, but at least he is honest about his racist feelings. The REAL SHAME at DD lies in the dozens of posters who continue to support that moron after he did that. By the way, the "lynching" post was only about a month ago Shari, so we are not talking ancient history here. 4. Yes, I think that most politicians use their office for some reason of personal gain. Janet Evans used her office as a School Director to gain a full time teaching position, so it's very logical to assume that she would use the Mayor's office for gain as well. That isn't a reason in and of itself for me not to vote for her; the reason why I'd never vote for her is simple: she's a hypocrit. The Evans thread at PD is filled with examples of her hypocrisy. 5. No. Whenever Pilchesky uses his tag-line "Politically Speaking", he's simply trying to be cute with this threats. I know you don't always look at the details Shari, but you really should read what he writes from time to time, over and above the "Doherty evil" stuff. 6. No, but Joe Pilchesky has claimed that Doherty was the direct cause of a suicide and several DD posters implied that he was the cause of the death last year of a member of the SFD. 7. Yes. Nice (failing) attempt at a dodge though Shari when it comes to Pilchesky and company. You are correct in that there is no such thing as an absolute right to Free Speech in this country. However, that's not the point of the question, which is that Pilchesky claims an abolute right to free speech....but just for himself. You see, the "no cuffs" comment really means "no cuffs on Joe's Free Speech". Are we better here at PD? Yes. Unlike Joe, Lus actually follows the posting rules and equally enforces them. 8. No...I try not to, and when I do it's only when they have something I need which I can't get anywhere else. I brought this question up because I wanted to see how deep your union support goes. Personally I don't like unions, I will never be a member of one, and I think that by and large they have the potential to do more harm than good. That said, I think that every worker should have the opportunity to hear the benefits of unionization, and every company should have to honestly look at their treatement of employees and face the consquences of that poor treatment via the need for a union. Becasue of what I just wrote, I find WalMart's anti-union tactics disgusting. 9. Yes, and believe it or not, I agree 100% with what you wrote. I find it interesting that at DD you get people railing against KOZ all the time, but in true DD fashion, they are shooting their verbal arrows at the wrong target. The problem isn't the KOZ Act...it's how the Act is implemented. Now in some smaller towns (like Scranton, at least in some respects), it may be unavailable to completely eliminate connects between Administrations and KOZ recipients, but that said, there should be stronger controls/reviews in place to make sure that it really is the public that is benefiting in the long run...after all, it's the public's money. 10. No. I think the University has a very positive influence on the community, however I don't think they come anywhere near the potential greater good that they could add to the area. For example, I'd like to see more community outreach on the part of student groups. I'd also like to see the University play a more active role in helping government run more efficiently; Doherty has been slammed for hiring outside consultants...well sometime you need an outside perspective in order to look at your problems in new and different ways. Put anther way, Scranton has always been rife with "becuase we've always done it that way" thinking, which I can tell you is never a good thing. However, the University is full of academics who probably could help fill that need for outside perspective...without the high consultant cost. Regarding taxes: as long as any revenue generated by university activities are funnelled back into the cost of operations, I'm fine with them not paying taxes. Side Note: Colleges (including where I graduated...which wasn't the UofS) are adding food courts with commerical tentants. It's being done as a way to generate revenue for the schools. In that respect I think it's a good thing; anything that keeps college costs down is positive, and I say that with some significant experience. __________________ Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.

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1. They will have there day in court, I just wish the Doherty's would sue them for libel and put that entire web site to bed. 2. No one pays off the FBI, where do these fantisy island wannabes thenk we are in USSR? If your not happy with the way our Government is run, either Move, get elected and change it or just keep complaining and do nothing but get laughed at. 3. Yes very evil and mean, and if you think it goes unpunnished then ask Kelly Tilghman from the Golf Channel. 4. She would fall into the same political category as everyone else, and as soon as she didn't take care of her cronys, they would turn on her too. Didn't she become a teacher after being on the school board.. I believe that should answer your question. 5. A threat is a trhreat no matter what language or terms it is spoken. 6. No,not even remotely. 7. That is the biggest joke. I posted 2 times and was Pro Doherty, then next day I was notified that I was baned, what a real control of free speech.. 8. Me along with most everyone else shops there,, what am I missing. Is there something wrong with shopping at Walmart and saving money ? 9. Koz's are a way of life get with it. 10. No, just go and check on their properties, they maintain them, keep them nice, and make the neighborhood look respectable, anyone that can remember the 60's, and 70's wil agree. __________________ Just when you thought it was safe to open your mind......