BillyC

Very good points. I had to read it twice to make sure i understood it but still not sure i'm understanding her thinking. Is she looking out for the best interests of the city (like she's supposed to] or is she in so deep with Squirm trying to get a casino into her hotel that she's scrambling now? She says she is not a criminal lawyer but rather a civil lawyer (and probably couldn't win a case anywhere other than Clearfield County} but she better have a criminal lawyer on retainer. Like i said after the council meeting when she made her infamous statement (you don't get to ask questions you get to make comments} she just needed time to come up with some fancy mumbo jumbo bullshit lawyer type of reply.

Do you mean Gabriel? How do you turn down a subpoena?

The city council and the solicitor want to give everyone the impression that they have no idea what's going on either.

Interesting thought. Hmmm.

Just got home from tonight's city council meeting. I had heard what i'm going to say earlier today. A question was asked by a person giving the council notice that there is knowledge that the city of DuBois has paid almost 250K to Herms attorneys for his defense so far. Naturally the council would not reply because it needs to be asked in a different manner. Called the right to know. See what happens next.

The Gypsy still doesn't think anything is wrong. And she feels slighted she wasn't asked to testify in front of the grand jury.

I believe the reporter travels and specializes in various city government wrong doings and scandals.

Are you serious? For real? And that is why individuals (the state investigators) are put into a position to find the truth no matter what they may find out. Did anyone in this area think that Herm was actually making (and spending) that much money as he was spending LEGALLY?.

It's going to cost us taxpayers a lot of money to keep this going. His attorneys are not cheap. Yet there Herm was at the country club last night. Probably visiting with our city attorney. Just has no remorse over this.

Herma and Scarnati and the Varischettis have already profited from this

Just wondering why the payment would go into that particular Herm account. Good question for me to ask at the next council meeting.

And those people are just so stupid that they will believe whatever they're told to believe.

60 grand a year divided by how many customers. I'm sure there are lots of people that struggle to pay with it added on to the water bill.

That certainly brings up a good point. ALL contracts that we are bound by since he was in office should be re analyzed by someone. ( i was going to say council but you sure can't trust them now)

Sure is nice that he's probably being paid for with City of DuBois money.

Well it was actually 5 PM yesterday. Still. The picture i have shows them by themselves.

A half an hour ago at the softball field there was Herm and our newest interim acting city manager together. Maybe doing some plotting?

The Punsxy Spirit paper has the council meeting pretty well nailed from last night. That in itself is a shame that Punxsy has the article from DuBois. So i guess the people that live in St Marys and Brookville need to read the Courier first to get their local news. Why in the world the Courier has nothing in it is beyond me because they had a reporter there last night.

Another point mentioned last night was that it was known for several days that the indictments were coming down so why did the council agree to extend his contract earlier in the week. The charges weren't going to magically go away. That is one of the questions i'll ask at the next council meeting since that should be enough of a "timely" manner for them to have formed an answer.

Well i just got back from the council meeting. Fairly large crowd. A few people spoke and just wanted to know how the council can sit there and say there is no money missing. Well where is it at then. One person asked strongly for them all to just simply resign. Another person then mentioned the watershed area and monies being taken out of there and then wondering just how safe is our water supply. The council said at the beginning there would be no replies given but rather they would consider what was being asked and then respond in a "timely" manner. Whatever that means. Then for the funny part. This woman spoke in Herms defense and wanted people to realize that all is not as it seems to money stolen. SHE is the same woman that was involved in some large money stealing out of the Pulaski club about 20 years ago. A lot of people didn't realize that. What a looney hypocrite.

I personally would not want her to defend me. His attorney is Bill Shaw (as he needs a local attorney) but his heavy hitters are a firm out of Pittsburgh. Also i'm pretty sure that after his initial arraignment his trail will take place in a federal court somewhere.

Of which there should be quite a large turnout. I am planning on attending.

And an ex fire chief.

Well. There are probably a lot of people out there that are feeling their sphincter getting tight. Just imagine if the Clintons somehow received some political donations.