Kilgore, Allwein, and conflicts of interest

Of the 30 or so BOro Council meeting minutes that I have read--NOT ONE VOTE BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS BEEN CAST THAT OPPOSES ALLWEIN or Kilgore. NOT ONE. So, why do we even have 5 council seats?

Allwein and two of these lackies are up for "reelection" this Nov 3. All I can say is that if my neighbors don't get some b@lls and vote in three write-in candidates instead of these guys, at least I will still have a full-time job exercising my 1A right to investigate and publish criticism of every little hypocrisy and failure of these public figures' moves. Come Nov 4, if Allwein is still on the Council, his representation of us, as an elected official whose ONLY purpose is to protect OUR health, safety, and welfare, is going to get a lot harder...and A LOT MORE PUBLIC.

As it is now, I have uncovered some serious conflict of interest issues (see last post). The post describes that Kilgore, our solicitor, is also representing "oppposing" municipalities in addition to us on this EIT issue. To give more flesh to the impunity with which Allwein and Kilgore conduct themselves, Kilgore also is Allwein's personal representative in Allwein's real estate transactions involving land in MOUNT GRETNA! How good of a deal do you think Allwein got in the transaction when the other party is looking at his Boro Council President AND the Boro City Solicitor in this private land deal?

Really, there aren't any other lawyers for Allwein to use? Why even go there unless you just don't give a crap about your constituents and the appearance of impropriety? And, how was Kilgore paid--did Allwein and Kilgore give any reassurances to their constituents that Kilgore was paid with Allwein's own money?

Oh, right, Allwein's money basically all comes from the business that he owns and operates in the MG Boro for which the MG Boro taxpayers fund the infrastructure, parking, and sewer and water for anyway. We MGB taxpayers recently funded thousands of dollars to resod our parks' grassy areas because the BORO COUNCIL allows visitors (mostly visitors to Allwein's business) to park on the grass instead of on the paved areas and this season was really too wet to allow that sort of thing.

Not only did WE incur that expense, but our budget also includes paying for the parking temps that are hired each summer to help pack more "outsiders" and their cars in to OUR parks (note that I did not say into our parking lot) so that they can spend more money at Allwein's eatery while the theater is having a show. The irony of that is that when I counted the total number of hours that either the theater or the Jiggershop pack the parking lot all summer long, I found that its the Jiggershop that puts the greatest demand on our parking spaces--BY FAR. I also found that, although the Boro charges the theater huge amounts of money to somewhat offset the cost of the parking freaks, the Jiggershop--our BORO Council president's business, is NOT PAYING ANYTHING NEAR THE AMOUNTS CHARGED TO THE THEATER--OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS NOT PAYING HIS FAIR SHARE.

Mount Gretna Borough is not a commercial zone, its not a business center, and its not an industrial park. Its a homeowners' association. Let me say that again. Mt. Gretna Borough is a homeowner's association. The Borough itself was created by the homeowner's association, and was delegated the administrative and management oversight of the associations' public ways. The association still retains the ultimate responsibility for these areas. This fact was reiterated by Kilgore himself at the last Boro meeting and memorialized in a recent story published in the LDN. (See story at http://www.ldnews.com/ci_13425943?source=most_viewed) Therefore, this homeowner's association should have never let a business owner in this association take over and devastatingly change the character and purpose of this association.

Its time for us to have elected officials that view us as a collection of homeowner's again.

Its time for us to have elected officials that will protect OUR quality of life in this community.