glenncashuric wrote:

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Jewish, too, which explains even more as to why he's not going to tackle any tough issues.

Is this really necessary? 

I'm shocked you're asking.  Let's cut to the chase.  First, the Times for years had Lynn Shedlock sniffing through everyone's underwear drawar until she got sick of the smell and bailed. Not even Borys wanted to pick up where she left off. Then, it was Stacy Brown's turn, but he couldn't deliver a balanced colloquy on political entrenchment if his black ass depended on it.  Now, we have Burton, a narrow-minded Jewish reporter with a sweet-toothed pedigree in nurturing systematic sympathy for establishment agendas?  Seriously?  Isn't he just perfect to chase a custom-made political rabbit in a long distance race? What's necessary is for Burton to be journalistically declawed. The little twit has been undermining the truth for over a month now. His articles will now be monitored closely, as we did to Brown, until he was removed.

I don't even understand how you got from Point A to Point B here. 

Point A, the political assassination, was Fanucci's and Burton's idea. They can stick it up their asses, which is where it is right now.  They didn't anticipate the lawsuit card, (because they're stupid). Point B is simply role reversal. Burton went from looking through his sights at his target to being looked at though someone else's sights and he's the target, all in one quick move. 

You're letting a legitimate discussion about political favoritism and possible illegality fall victim to homophobia, bigotry, and anti-semitism. 

Maybe it was legitimate to you, not to me. The illegality of it is on the record, where it stays. It falls victim to nothing. As indicated above, the not-so-clever perpetrators became the victims within hours of their scheme being hatched.  Times' articles of past now come to roost in this lawsuit. The pattern has been established. In essence, they chased me until I caught them.  Regarding Burton being gay, it's an issue. I gave him the opportunity to deny it in yet another email. He declined to comment. Translated, in my humble opinion, he's gay, which is fine. Not an issue for me on the preferences radar. But, even you have to admit, it's been repeatedly discussed how Doherty supports gay pride, which is also fine. He pushes Creative Class lifestyles. However, let's all agree that Burton would be inclined to support the mayor's creative class agendas.  That makes him prejudicial and unfair as a reporter, which is basically what has shown through in this incident. 

You brought an important issue to light, the people threatened by the exposure fought back, and you now claim that you can demonstrate (a) the taxes are in dispute and (b) the newspaper story (and thus, Ms. Fanucci) was incorrect.  As issues go, this is sufficient.

Not hardly. (a) I'm not the homeowner.  (b) Even if I was, why was I targeted?  Fancucci's 'hypocricy' claims are outrageous, at best. You know, I lived with my father for the last two years of his life. He was late 80s and needed daily help. I offered to stay with him because I was free to do so. I didn't pay those taxes, either. Why not say I'm responsible for paying your taxes. This is my wife's home. She can throw me out tomorrow. Have I contributed to paying taxes here? Yes. Obligated? No.

You were correct in that this is your all-or-nothing year.  Even you have to admit that if Mrs. Evans achieves her realistic goal of a council supermajority, this board as it exists enters a period of borrowed time until the council shifts and transparency returns in some form.  If she fails, you can simply pull the plug the day after the primary.

DD is Scranton's only hope for transparancy. If this light ever goes out, regardless of who is calling the plays, we're screwed. Besides, the surrounding communities are slowly realizing that I can help. See Pilchesky/Van Fleet vs. Covington. We shut those thieves right down up there. It only took two injunctions. 99% of the corruption was eliminate for the filing fee of $109.00 and a little court savvy. Can't beat that price. You want in? 

Trying to "out" a 24-year-old reporter not only makes me more sympathetic to Mr. Burton, but also throws you off kilter. 

Burton has now been "outed" as a journalistic puppet. That's first and foremost. I doubt anyone cares if he's straight or gay. I don't, but knowing clears the way to understanding any sympathy Burton has for the mayor's gay affiliations. Doherty has his share of gay contributors. Like any group, they have their agenda and rightfully so, which means they have to protect it. That's respectable. They protect it by paying for the protection. They hardly invented it.

I'm not off kilter at all. I took complete and total control of the entire situation by intercepting the long bomb and running it back the other way for the score. Better luck next time.

Ms. Fanucci did pay some of her outstanding fines this week, after all.  It must have mattered more than the newspaper was willing to admit.

The Fanucci parking tickets, in themselves, mean nothing. However, collectively, she did bring attention to all those other politicos who owe a ton.  I'm too busy to do the Parking Ticketgate, but I hear some others are not.

GC

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