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2012 in Review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 26,000 views in 2012....
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Now is the Winter of Our Discontent…
Taxpayers flee and many who remain look for a way out… The good citizens of Pottstown teeter on the edge of their “winter of discontent.” Residents and businesses bear the harsh realities of the...
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Where’s My $5,000 Check from Frank McLaughlin?
I’ve decided that I want a $5,000 check from Frank too. I’ve got big plans for that $$$$ to help my neighbors install adequate lighting around their properties so they will feel safer. Frank owes...
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You Don’t Have to Have Teflon Ethics, (but it helps)…
It’s certain if you have lived in, or near, Pottstown for any length of time and you were around this neck of the woods back in the 80’s, late 90’s – up to the present – that there’s a lot that you...
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Bobbleheads, More Popular Than Ever…
There are a gazillion and one places on the net to purchase custom bobbleheads, created from a photo of yourself, a friend, family member or @@@@ your favorite Pottstown council person. As...
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Existential Propositions
“Some things just fall in your lap just when you need them” Mercury News 3/4/13 Who says Pottstown needs help with grants, promotion, and a wider audience? Apparently, that was the conclusion of the...
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Brian Patrick, Affinity Property Management, Let’s Talk Trash…
Friday, March 16th - Kristy forwarded the email conversations between her family (tenants) of 546 Beech St., Brian Patrick and Angela Bender-Lancaster, Administrative Assistant for Affinity. It...
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Round & Round We Go On The Carousel of Food Stamp Fraud…
55 High St., AGAIN an address at which the very same fraudulent activity was discovered in 2011. The owner of the bodega in 2011, was Rafi Alamgir. He was caught with $10,000+ in fraudulent food...
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Michelle Borzick Fry is Fired…
The news isn’t main stream yet but… Michelle Borzick Fry was let go from her job as Pottstown Zoning Work Leader, after a 9 week paid hiatus. It’s the least that could be expected. Still, it’s a...
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Hail to the Chief…
Pottstown, April 4, 2013: The Mercury reports that the installation of Captain Drumheller Pottstown PD, as our new Chief is all but a done deal. Council will vote on Monday night 7PM Borough Hall...
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Pottstown – Daddy’s Rollin’ In The Dough With Money to Spare…
Everybody’s been touting the “balanced budget” in Pottstown that was the legacy left to us by former borough manager, Jason Bobst, but for how long? At the rate the boys have been spending, it’s going...
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“Corruption is authority plus monopoly minus transparency.” – Unknown
Is it just because its Springtime and people are outside more often? Or, is it something more ominous … as folks mumble beneath their breath, “these are the worst conditions I’ve ever seen...
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The Tale of Two Pottstown Property Owners and A Failed System…
The first story is the plight of a family, Tammy and Phil, who carefully chronicled their experiences of the out-of-control renters that resided in the twin attached to their own home. In her own...
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Local Government: The REAL Reason The Borough Is Called Potts-town..
It has been one heck of a poopy news week in Potts-town. Here’s a re-cap: Public barred from joint Pottstown, Pottsgrove sewer meeting Borough Manager, Mark Flanders told a reporter “adios amigo”, (in...
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XXX-Rated No Further Commentary…
*** This email was sent to Golden Cockroach’s attorney, Jordan Rushie, yesterday – May 1, 2013. Jordan, She has gone too far....
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Brian Patrick, Lori Patrick, Warren Patrick AFFINITY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
HEADQUARTERED IN POTTSTOWN, PA. Here is a consolidated sample of comments that have been posted beneath the numerous blog posts on the Golden Cockroach. Affinity Property Management – Pottstown, Pa....
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716 N. Adams Street: A Continuing, Sorry Pottstown Saga…
Bullshit Meter is Off the Dial… It remains a mystery to many of us who have witnessed the conditions in the rental house at 716 Adams St., that with exception of a return phone call, (4 days after...
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Brian Patrick – Affinity Property Management UPDATE:
I received this email from a property owner who contracted with Affinity. Like many of you, they have not received a dime of the deposit or rent money paid to Brian Patrick. They are very concerned...
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Your VOTE Counts – May 21st Pottstown Primaries…
“There’s a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged.” Sean Penn From Pay-to-Play politics in Pottstown, (google Remington, Vernick & Beach),...
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Dear Rental Owner, You’ve Just Been Screwed…
The Following Email was forwarded to the Cockroach from a property owner who was under contract for management services with Affinity Property Management/Brian Patrick: Affinity Property Management has...
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