While Council contemplates the lint in their belly buttons.
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Should You? Heck, ask Dave Woglom, Dave knows the answer.
In the chaotic demise of the Land of Potts, we venture boldy, tip-toeing through the illegal dumps, sliding across the unkempt, icy sidewalks as the rank odors of wet, moldy decay from bank owned / investor owned properties waft through the air and…
WE THINK TAXPAYERS SHOULD HAVE THEIR EYES WIDE OPEN FOR THE POTTSTOWN ADVENTURE THEY NEVER SIGNED UP FOR…
Let a little sunshine in !!!
While public employees espirt de corps circles the drain, under Mark Flanders leadership, our confidence in local government and council’s prowess has already circled, gone down the drain and leaked out the other end into the gutter along with the regular occurrences of raw sewage.
Dave Woglom of the Meyner Center’s presence was felt prior to and on Nov. 13, 2012 when Borough Council annointed Mark Flanders, king for a day – your new Borough Manager.
Dave Woglom had…no…. he STILL has his fingers in the middle of the Pottstown Pie, as we are learning, he’s positioned now as a kind of mentor to Flanders, why?….
Dave Woglom has a long, disreputable history in Quakertown, Pa. YET…he has been chosen, and paid, for his guidance on issues of phenomenal importance to this community.
- THE FIRE COMPANY MERGER, and…
- As we have recently learned, WOGLOM WAS HIRED TO CONDUCT A MANDATORY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE MEETING??
This is a quote from a former public employee:
“THE MEETING WAS ABOUT GETTING ALONG WITH THE BORO MGT. WE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH AN ATTORNEY THAT REPRESENTS BOROS AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU TRY TO SUE THE BORO. THIS WAS ANOTHER MANDATORY MEETING.”
Really Pottstown Council ?? It’s not even a lack of credentials but the kind of credentials that had Quakertown employees running for union cover. Dave Woglom cost their taxpayers $31,000 in pay off <in the end> so Woglom wouldn’t sue Quakertown when their council, (22 years later), caught on to his already very costly modus operandi.
We see some of the same kinds of expditures now in Pottstown too.
TELL US YOU’RE NOT THAT DENSE PTOWN COUNCIL? NO….SHOW US INSTEAD.
What do you say, (do you even know), about the agreements that Pottstown employees were mandated to sign, by the borough manager? Agreements that prohibit them from discussing borough business with council people and residents? And why have they been told they must divulge their romantic interest in co-workers for the borough managers discernment?
Who would even concieve of the idea – let alone clandestinely, (over a weekend), place a GPS tracking device on the clean an lien boro vehicle? Then, rely on the unreliable results TO FIRE THE CLEAN AND LIEN GUYS? Unspeakably slimy. WHO DID IT ???? Dave Wogloms ideas? Yeah that’s the ticket. We’ll blame Dave.
From what I’ve garnered, this whole gps idea is treading on delicate territory from a legal perspective. It would seem advisable to have a policy in place that states the type of information a local government is aiming to glean but….. never never is being sneaky about it recommended. I just don’t think taxpayers can afford a lawsuit apparently, at one time, Flanders didn’t think so either, that’s why he held the employee meeting about why not to sue your employer.
THE COMMUNITY OF CONCERNED TAXPAYERS ARE SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS WITH INCREDULITY On Facebook…
READ ALL THE POSTED ARTICLES ABOUT DAVE WOGLOM AND ASK YOURSELVES, WHY DAVE WOGLOM?
“The sad fact is, under the current “strong manager/weak council” form of government, the borough manager has wide-ranging powers. Perhaps too wide for one person, which is why only eight of the state’s 961 boroughs choose this system. So much is riding on the judgment and ethics of that one person, who is not even elected by the citizens, and not directly answerable to them. Quakertown is a perfect example of the dangers of trusting the wrong man.”
clik>Illusionist David Woglom Makes His Problems Disappear The Free Press June 1, 2006
clik >Council to discuss borough manager
clik>Quakertown official says meeting is result of Woglom’s “slip-ups” Woglom gets severance deal
WOGLOM’S WOES
Quakertown Borough Manager Dave Woglom has come under fire over several matters:
2006: Purchase of approximately $8,000 worth of reflective tape for speed humps, questions raised about use of proper bidding process.
2006: Unaware of loophole in contract with bulk electric supplier, forced to pay 7.1 percent more than expected in 2006 and 4.5 percent more in 2007.
1990s to 2006: Purchase of supplies from companies with ties to two borough council members.
2005: Borough employees attempt to unionize, citing Woglom’s management style as a prime reason. Vote fails 18-to-16, but new push to unionize is under way.
2004: Council agrees to $800,000 settlement with Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority for overcharging authority from 1994 to 2003.
2003 and 2004: Improper award of $30,000 in contracts for borough projects, violating state bidding laws.
22 years in position of Borough Manager for Quakertown to get a clue.
WE DON’T WANT WOGLOM’S WOES TO BECOME OUR WOES!!!!
Consider this: Forbes 15 Ways to Identify Bad Leaders
2. When leaders fail to lead themselves:
A leader who lacks character or integrity will not endure the test of time. It doesn’t matter how intelligent, affable, persuasive, or savvy a person is, if they are prone to rationalizing unethical behavior based upon current or future needs, they will eventually fall prey to their own undoing. Optics over ethics is not a formula for success.
DO NOT CHEAT YOURSELVES OUT OF READING THE ENTIRE 15 WAYS…And rely on your OWN POWERS OF DEDUCTION.
SLAM THE OLD DOOR TIGHT. THAT’S ALL WE ASK. NO…
ONE MORE QUESTION: SINCE TAXPAYERS PAID FOR THAT BULLET PROOF THINGY FOR FLANDERS OFFICE, WHY THE SHAKEDOWN OF BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOW CHARGED AN AMENDED FEE OF 140 BUCKS A YEAR TO HAVE A SECRUITY SYSTEM ON THEIR PROPERTIES?
IN POTTSTOWN, SECURITY IS NOT A LUXURY LIKE….SAY….BULLET PROOF OFFICES…NEW CARS, FANCY WHEELS, IPADS….GPS …. …. ….. EXTENDED VACA TIME….FLEX HOURS….A HANDSOME SALARY….AN ASSISTANT
@@ TOSS US A CRUMB AND SEE HOW APPREICATIVE WE CAN BE @@
