THE PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST YOU 'YOUR MAJESTY'

I JUST NOTICED SOME RATHER INTERESTING COMMENTS ON THE PATCH CONCERNING THE MAYOR AND HIS PLANS TO RUN FOR A 6^TH TERM. I FOUND THEM INTERESTING, AND WORTH SHARING TO EVERYONE ON HERE, SO HERE THEY ARE.

joe

12:22 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Whatever happened to when the Casinos got voted in our house taxes would be lowered???????? This year your GREAT mayor also wanted to take away our SMALL check for taxes which was even SMALLER this year. When an official is in office TOO LONG it does not do well for the community. I DID NOT go to school with the mayor..nor do I call him JOE the people that do are the ones that are always singing his praises........GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!

HOW ABOUT THIS ONE FROM ANOTHER CONCERNED CITIZEN:

Mike K

5:34 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Are mayor is a great man and a great mayor. But the only mistake he made was starting up the paid fire company when we have all the vol. firefighters in this township for almost a hundred years. This paid company is costing us Thousands and Hundreds of thousands for the Damaged trucks and. Equipment the law suits. Crashing the trucks but because the drive like animals. One paid fireman was a Volunteer had for Accidents as a Volunteer. And as paid he had three to for Accidents and he is still driving. It's a waste of are tax paying money. Yes they are inspectors to and never get much of that done because they are driving around all day. Get rid of them than you got my vote. Save us money.

SPELLING AND GRAMMAR ASIDE, THIS PERSON HITS THE MARK EXACTLY. DESPITE THE FOLLOWING RESPONSE, THIS PERSON MAKES A VERY VALID POINT.

R Harris

8:32 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Mike first of all you should have taken a basic English class before you commented or used spell check. The information you throw out there is false with little to no data or research to back it up. All the volunteer fire chiefs agree with the need for a paid crew during the daytime hours when the availability of volunteers is low. Bensalem is not the same community it was 20 or 30 years ago. The Police department and EMS have grown in size to keep up with demand for service. Bensalem-township is the 9th. most populated municipality in the state and with that comes an expected level of service by the residents business owners and commuters. So before you throw misinformation out there do so fact checking first.

R HARRIS, APPARENTLY YOU'RE GETTING YOUR INFO FROM THE TOWNSHIP ONLY, AND YOU SHOULD DO SOME FACT CHECKING YOURSELF, BECAUSE IF YOU DID, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THE PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS FOUNDED IN VIOLATION OF TOWNSHIP ORDINANCES, WITH A FRAUDULENTLY FILLED OUT GRANT, AND WHILE THERE IS A NEED FOR A PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT DURING THE DAY, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP DOING THEIR JOBS, NOT GALLIVANTING OFF INTO OTHER TOWNS, INVOLVING THEMSELVES IN INCIDENTS THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS IN. THAT IS WHAT THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE IS FOR! AS FOR THE INCIDENTS MIKE HAS DESCRIBED THEY ARE FACTUAL, AND SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS HAVE INFORMED ME OF THE VERY SAME THING. THERE ARE EVEN MORE INCIDENTS INVOLVING MEMBERS OF THE PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT DF DOING ILLEGAL THINGS, INCLUDING ASSAULT, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, THEFT AND MUCH MORE. THEY JUST DON'T GET PUBLICIZED, BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE THE PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT LOOK WORSE THAN IT ALREADY IS

THEN ANOTHER CONCERNED CITIZEN STATES THIS:

Porter Randolph

10:25 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013

The Mayor has now twice taken money from the township's savings to balance the budget, all the while continuing to send $100 "vote for me" checks to homeowners 30 days before the election. This is wildly irresponsible. I can't imagine how bad an opposing candidate would have to be before I voted for this geriatric fool. It's time for him to hang it up before he destroys the township's finances permanently.

Kevin Brutschea

3:17 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Well, I've lived in Bensalem for over 50 years. What I've seen change is "log-jam" traffic on Street Rd, thanks to all the restaurants, bars, and office buildings. You can't get from I95 to the Turnpike in under 25 mins. All these new businesses were supposed to bring in new taxes, why does Joe have to raid the savings? Taxes haven't gone up? Checked your sewer and water bill lately? Just because we don't own them anymore doesn't mean their price increases aren't taxes. The casino payment is supposed to be $300, why is it now $100? Joe working in cahoots with Council, I say kick them all out.

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SOUND FAMILIAR ANYONE??

HOW ABOUT THIS ONE FROM ANOTHER CONCERNED CITIZEN WHO MORE THAN KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT:

Mr. B

7:01 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013

There are some undesirables both running the show and also getting favoritism from 20 years of elbow rubbing amongst a few characters who appear to be what they aren't, I'm sure.
Familiarity breeds contempt, and for as long as Joe has been Mayor, it seems the same beady-eyed "entourage" has been riding in his parade. He should be man enough to step down and let some fresh blood flow through Bensalem's veins.
I'm not saying he's done a bad job. But all we know is what the wizard shows from behind the curtain, so to speak.
This is not the Magic Kingdom for illegal aliens. I resent seeing them get educated on our dime (maybe why Bensalem's legal citizens get shorted on school budget monies), using food stamps, stealing jobs, committing crimes (of which I personally know of 4 incidents, 2 of my own and many more relayed to me), driving with no license, insurance, registration, inspection...etc. Crammed into apartments 5-10-15 at a time, while an American family gets evicted for one extra person (I know, I worked at a few complexes over the years)
So tell me, what kind of Mayor allows this to ever even happen and continue to fester. Was under your 20 year watch this occurred, Mr. Mayor?
How much does one get for a wink and a nod and turn a blind eye nowadays, anyway?
Third World Nation coming soon?-----what's needed is a Mayor who gives back those who fought and worked hard to make Bensalem the place it is, not those who steal all they can.

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, AND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS JOEY D…..

YOU'RE FIRED!!