The courthouse political machine repeatedly attacks David Landau for his role in the Nether Providence Township. As usual they have the facts wrong.
I served as a Nether Providence Township commissioner from 1994 until 2006 and was president of the board in 1996 when the Democrats took over.
Under my direction, the board requested proposals for various professional services such as solicitors and engineers. We interviewed candidates, both Republican and Democrat, and had a competitive process for choosing the candidates.
David was not part of the hiring process and neither he nor his firm was selected for these jobs. The board strongly believed that good government involves having a competitive process to hire the best-qualified person with the most favorable rate package. We did that.
The township board later hired David to defend the township against a Republican developer who tried to block the preservation of open space. That was also the result of a competitive process.
David spent countless hours, many of them without pay, to help us achieve our goal. The insurance carrier covered the fees, other than the deductible. Through David’s work, the township won the case at trial and on appeal, and now there are two parcels of open space and a Field of Dreams in Nether Providence.
Money Magazine recently named our community the ninth best in the United States, partly due to this parkland. We would not have received that honor without David’s help.
For decades, David has played a positive role in our community. As a lawyer hired by the township to work on this issue of open space, he delivered positive results. He recognized the need to be efficient and cost-effective. I can think of no one who can better serve our county.
The whole time the Democratic Candidates, particularly Landau, have pointed out the rampant and wide-spread cronyism, patronage and nepotism, the ONLY thing the Delco GOP
It was bad enough that Delco GOP's only argument against charges of corruption was that Dems were doing it too at a much smaller scale. Of course, it turns out, that the Dems were awarding contracts in a open bipartisan manner (exactly like the Dems have been advocating) and not engaging in patronage on any scale.
The Delco GOP had one bullet in the chamber and it was a blank. The rest of chambers are empty, like their ideas and their message.
4 comments:
So what's the point?
Evan-
The problem has been that people like Peterson and Biswanger have been spreading this fertilizer about Landau hoping something would grow (weeds).
I guess the Delco GOP wants the weeds so high that they can hide the real issues (and their record) from the voters. Classic distraction.
The explanation by Sara is the most detailed and authoritative to date (i.e. by someone that was actually on the Nether Prov board at the time).
It should act as weed killer.
Apparently there's more than one bullet in the chamber, David.
Yes, let's talk about patronage hiring and cronyism.
Did you know that in the seven municipalities controlled by Democrats, five of them hired the same engineering firm, which happens to be run by a Brookhaven Democrat?
Did you know that all seven of those municipalities have Democratic partisans for solicitors?
Did you know that of those seven municipalities, at least five have active Democrats as Zoning solicitor?
And that two have Democrats as "assistant solicitors"?
This is a preview of what we can expect if the Democrats take over the County.
Pat-
I read the SAME argument on the Spencer blog today. There was an excellent response to it: How many republican towns have solicitors that are registered Democrats???
How many republican towns have Catania or Pennoni as their engineer?
How many of the many assistant county solicitors are democrats?
IN those seven democratic controlled municipalities you cite to, you will find republican engineers, republican managers, republican police chiefs, republican code officials, etc. IN the Delaware County Courthouse and 42 "republican" controlled municipalities, you will find only republican Solicitors, only republican engineers, etc. That does not make republicans bad and democrats. I does say a lot though when dems have republicans as appointed officials, but Repugnants have none, nor do these Repugnants even consider a democrat. It's not about the republicans, its about their repugnant leadership, and their insatiable desire for money and power.
I don't agree with all of Landau's tactics, but he raises a legitimate point that voters should consider. As to the campaign of Innelli and O'Keefe, they seem to be doing as much if not more that Lewis, Cannon and McGarrigle, and Gil's cheapshots are just that. Just because the Repugnants have the labor unions over a barrell and all these businesses and money people beholden to them so they can raise hundreds of thousdands of dollars to keep them in power and have fancy literature and tv ads does not mean they are running harder than anyone.
Pat, how many Dems in Haverford with top township jobs?
Post a Comment