First, planning commission secretary and mother of ex-Supervisor Gretchen Gannon Pettit was shown the door when it was discovered her minutes were "twice baked".
Nest, landowner Ricky Gower took leave of township meetings, once the hijinx surrounding the 2014 ordinance amendment was exposed.
Ms. Gannon Pettit, having not run for re-election in the wake of the unsettling discovery that "Nestle is in town", had the door slam into her behind on January 4, when Joann Bush was seated.
Then, planning commission Solicitor Dan Lyons was relieved of his duties in mid-January, after allowing Nestle to show up unannounced and present to the planning commission.
Ms. Gannon Pettit put the Kunkletown Pub up for sale about a month ago, which is pretty odd timing.
This morning, at an "emergency" meeting of the Eldred Township Board of Supervisors, Sharon Solt did what was inevitable, and graciously resigned... At a non-regular board meeting when hardly anyone was there. No - check your calendar - this isn't April Fools. This is all too real. There are rumors floating around of an investigation into payroll peculiarities - it isn't known if this is true. If so it may have been the straw that broke Old Ironsides' back.
A resident reports that recently Solt stated "If I had any idea that the water extraction project would come with those wellhead restrictions, I would not have passed it!" Maybe you should have checked the ordinance before making changes to it.
Here are some quotes we haven't heard:
"As Secretary, if I had any idea the BOS had to vote to authorize an amendment, I would have brought that up. That may have been covered at a PSATS convention while BeachGal was sipping a martini in the pool."
"As Secretary, if I had any idea that the BOS had to vote to advertise an amendment, I would have brought that up!"
"As Secretary, if I knew that Robert's Rules of Order say that minutes are supposed to reflect what happened at a meeting, and not what I wanted to say happened - that would have made a big difference. Huge."
"When it was brought to my attention in early 2015 that the ordinance had been improperly passed, and that it appeared funny business was involved, I should have seconded one of Ms. Clausen's two motions to overturn it. Instead, I sat on my hands and now Eldred Township and its residents are paying dearly. I guess I screwed up." Um. Yes.
"If I had any idea that Mr. Fareri hadn't reviewed the water extraction amendment, that would have changed my position."*
*Records recently obtained indicate that not only is there no record the county planning commission reviewed the amendment, but there is no record that CJER Solicitor Fareri did either. In 2014, CJER Solicitor Fareri was solely responsible for reviewing amendments at the regional planning level. CJER did not bother even meeting in April 2014 to consider the water extraction amendment, prior to its adoption on May 1, 2014. A post showing Mr. Fareri's billing for the March to May 2014 timeframe will be linked to once it is completed.
Nest, landowner Ricky Gower took leave of township meetings, once the hijinx surrounding the 2014 ordinance amendment was exposed.
Ms. Gannon Pettit, having not run for re-election in the wake of the unsettling discovery that "Nestle is in town", had the door slam into her behind on January 4, when Joann Bush was seated.
Then, planning commission Solicitor Dan Lyons was relieved of his duties in mid-January, after allowing Nestle to show up unannounced and present to the planning commission.
Ms. Gannon Pettit put the Kunkletown Pub up for sale about a month ago, which is pretty odd timing.
This morning, at an "emergency" meeting of the Eldred Township Board of Supervisors, Sharon Solt did what was inevitable, and graciously resigned... At a non-regular board meeting when hardly anyone was there. No - check your calendar - this isn't April Fools. This is all too real. There are rumors floating around of an investigation into payroll peculiarities - it isn't known if this is true. If so it may have been the straw that broke Old Ironsides' back.
A resident reports that recently Solt stated "If I had any idea that the water extraction project would come with those wellhead restrictions, I would not have passed it!" Maybe you should have checked the ordinance before making changes to it.
Here are some quotes we haven't heard:
"As Secretary, if I had any idea the BOS had to vote to authorize an amendment, I would have brought that up. That may have been covered at a PSATS convention while BeachGal was sipping a martini in the pool."
"As Secretary, if I had any idea that the BOS had to vote to advertise an amendment, I would have brought that up!"
"As Secretary, if I knew that Robert's Rules of Order say that minutes are supposed to reflect what happened at a meeting, and not what I wanted to say happened - that would have made a big difference. Huge."
"When it was brought to my attention in early 2015 that the ordinance had been improperly passed, and that it appeared funny business was involved, I should have seconded one of Ms. Clausen's two motions to overturn it. Instead, I sat on my hands and now Eldred Township and its residents are paying dearly. I guess I screwed up." Um. Yes.
"If I had any idea that Mr. Fareri hadn't reviewed the water extraction amendment, that would have changed my position."*
*Records recently obtained indicate that not only is there no record the county planning commission reviewed the amendment, but there is no record that CJER Solicitor Fareri did either. In 2014, CJER Solicitor Fareri was solely responsible for reviewing amendments at the regional planning level. CJER did not bother even meeting in April 2014 to consider the water extraction amendment, prior to its adoption on May 1, 2014. A post showing Mr. Fareri's billing for the March to May 2014 timeframe will be linked to once it is completed.