Way Too Little... Way Too Late!!!

http://www.phillyburbs.com/opinions/opinion_details/article/364/2011/february/11/disappointing-decision.html

It’s very apparent to me, that the township not only does NOT have its priorities straight, but has all their cheerleaders ready to aid them when they make an obvious mistake. First, they get themselves $6.5 million dollars in the red, through obvious over-spending, and they purposely close the doors to the budget meeting. During this televised meeting we see Public Safety Director, Fred Harran of the Bensalem Police Department being one of, if not the main offenders in this area.  You see, the B.T.P.D. operates with a budget of approximately $18 to 20 million dollars/year, but I am certain that not all are aware that most of the money pays the salaries of upper echelon cops who have proven themselves completely unworthy of the money they make, out of control overtime, and for useless sheds for motorcycles!!! Then, instead of being fiscally responsible, by cutting back on the overtime, having these upper echelon cops take a pay cut (How about firing a few??), and also start having the police pay towards their own insurance like everyone else, they go and terminate Domestic Violence Services Coordinator, Rosalee Bernadetto-Flemke, as well as the Chief Fire Marshall, a week before Christmas!! Aside from the fact that the firing of the Chief Fire Marshall is a questionable public safety decision, Fred Harran makes a decision to not only fire Ms. Flemke, but to entirely do away with a valuable service: The Domestic Violence Services Department. It’s bad enough that Fred Harran and the township have basically made it apparent, that they could care less about battered women, but when all of a sudden, someone NOW says something about Ms. Flemke losing her job, it happens to be Republican committee-woman, and close personal friend of Joey D, Holly Fitzgerald-Visone!! Who are you trying to fool, Ms. Visone?? Everyone knows how much of an insincere person you truly are, especially in your untruthful and unkind words to Mary Jeffrey while she ran for mayor, Harris Martin, Bryan Allen, and myself. If you truly cared, you would have said something IMMEDIATELY after it happened, not two and a half months later!! One thing is for certain, it makes it very glaringly apparent that Fred Harran, Bensalem Township, and the Bensalem Police Department care NOTHING for women.  All I can say, is that if you are a battered woman, or stalking victim living in Bensalem, don’t count on the Bensalem Police being there to help. They think you’re too expensive to do anything about.

To me, this is nothing but an insult to women EVERYWHERE, and if I were the woman's groups of this area, I would not only say something, but insist that Ms. Flemke get her job back, and/or Fred Harran be FIRED!!!!!