Above The Law

No one is above the law. How many times have we heard those words and said - yes! This is true and yet only to be disappointed by the very people we elect. An abuse of power is an abuse of power - and it hurts all of us. For the wealthy and especially to the aging who live meager pensions and Social Security. It hardly seems fair when people who should and do know better take advantage of us.

Take the matter of Teresa Stagliano and her husband Albert, while albeit a small infraction, parking directly under the Fire Zone signs in the Collegeville Shopping Center (next to Pizza Stop). After this blog reported this in October 2007, the abuse of Mayor Albert Stagliano and his wife Teresa not just stopped parking in the fire zone but the Mayor sold his Cadillac Sedan Deville in what appears to be an attempt to distance himself from the pictures of that car and the story.

But until this day, Tony Mazzumuto and his son park under that very Fire Zone sign with the blessing of both Teresa Stagliano, the President of Collegeville Council and her husband, Albert Stagliano, Mayor of Collegeville and the overseer of Police Department at the highest level. Now everyone knows that Tony and Al have been the best of friends for many, many years. I guess that has paid off for Tony - I wonder what else?

And then there is the fact that Ms. Stagliano placed her signs out many weeks prior to the '30 day law' (cannot place signs prior to 30 days of the scheduled election). And why not illegal it certainly goes to credability that the only veteran we could find supporting Ms. Stagliano is her husband Albert. The veteran signs are misleading at best and a lie at worst. The position that Ms. Stagliano is running for represents the first step in our judicial process. The person elected for this position must be beyond reproach and Ms. Stagliano, in our opinion (and the record will show) does not meet this criteria.

We could go on but suffice it to say that our opinion is that someone of Ms. Stagliano's character and credentials is not qualified to hold office and certainly not that of a judicial office. Stay tuned to our blog and we will educate you to these facts between now and the election.

Apples for Apples

As we promised, we are going to examine the two Republican candidates who are running for District Justice seat being vacated by Benjamin Crahalla in District 38-1-20. District 38-1-20 is comprised of Trappe Borough, Lower Providence Township, Upper Providence Township (Voting District Oaks), and Collegeville Borough.

On this blog we ask you, the voter, to simply compare the credentials of the resumes above (click on the image to enlarge - use the back button on your browser to return to the blog) for the candidates Terrie Stagliano and Cathleen Kelly Rebar. The choice in our opinion is clear just based on credentials but we believe that after we show you the results of the of our background investigations your choice will be even clearer.

Dumpster Diving

The following story was forwarded to us in an e-mail and the story has been verified.

Yesterday or the day before Terrie and Al (Stagliano) called the Collegeville Police Department to file a complaint that Terrie's political signs were found in the dumpster behind the Collegeville Shopping Center and they wanted the signs processed for prints! The property manager for the Collegeville Shopping Center came on the scene and stated that they did not have permission to put signs there and that the cleaning company is instructed to remove all the signs every night. The cleaning company was there also and told them if they put the signs back up they will be taken down every night. Terrie and Al went 'dumpster diving' attempting to 'fish out' the signs to reuse. Thought you would find this amusing since there were two days worth of trash on top of them from emptying the garbage cans at Collegeville Shopping center every night.

Now this does tell us something - that the King and Queen will do their own dirty work.

Point of View

In my last posting "Queen for Your King" it was conveyed to me that "the Stagliano 'Goon Squad' was none too happy that their 'Queen' was not crowned and made quite a bit of embarrassing noise and a few intimations that nearly got them thrown out of the meeting".

Well in response to that posting I heard from Doug Hager, the Republican Area 4 Leader, wherein Mr. Hager wrote:

"As the Area 4 Leader I wanted to correct some of your comments regarding the endorsement meeting for District Judge in 38-1-20. Terrie Stagliano did come with a large number of friends and family. It is also true that I was contacted by other people who were interested in attending the endorsement meeting including Ray, who asked if friends could attend. At no time did the friends and family of Terrie create any commotion and they were not asked to leave. The meeting went well without any problems and Cathleen Kelly Rebar was overwhelmingly endorsed. It was clear that there was no comparison between Cathleen's credentials and Terrie's. The vast number of Committee members felt Cathleen was the better candidate for District Judge".

I respect Mr. Hager who my sources tell me is "more than an upstanding guy" but also these same sources tell me that they too were at the meeting and perhaps out of the earshot of Mr. Hager the Stagliano's and their friends were none too nice. And based upon the political signs I see one day for Ms. Rebar and the next day are taken or destroyed I can only guess the tactics of the Stagliano Campaign have sunk to the lowest point. No surprise in this behaviour from the Stagliano's - stay tuned.

Queen for Your King

Looks as though Teri Stagliano of Collegeville and her 'Goon Squad' (including the 'King' of Collegeville Al Stagliano but more on her Goon Squad and the contract she has given to the Teamsters Union and the (unnecessary) contract Joe Hastings down at the CTMA/CTJPW) showed up at the Area 4 GOP meeting wherein the GOP overwhelmingly endorsed Cathleen Kelly-Rebar of [the Eagleville section of] Lower Providence over Terri Stagliano of Collegeville to fill Ben Crahalla’s Magisterial District Judge seat. It appears that Cathleen’s experience as a practicing attorney for the past 11 years is what persuaded committee folks to vote for her.

Well the Stagliano 'Goon Squad' was none too happy that their 'Queen' was not crowned and made quite a bit of embarrassing noise and a few intimations that nearly got them thrown out of the meeting. We heard that prior to the meeting Ray Korenkiewicz (Collegeville Republican Committeeman along with his wife Linda - by the way Linda who works in the President's office at Ursinus and Ray (who recently got tossed out at Keyser-Miller Ford) now works in the mail room at Ursinus) called up certain GOP party folks and inquired if they could bring some 'friends' to the Area 4 GOP meeting and were given the OK as long as they did not bring the goon squad - well you guessed it - they did bring the goon squad along with the stooges who they know at the local barber shop.

Now here is the 'rub' ... the sore loser that Ms. Stagalino is it has been reported by numerous e-mails to us that she will do ANYTHING to win - has been campaigning door-to-door and stating that she "is the only one who is qualified for the position since she attended DJ school". Well ... that is not the truth - period! Most folks know that Ms. Rebar (as a practicing attorney with over 11 years experience) is much more qualified candidate for this position than is Ms. Stagliano (whom has no formal education whatsoever). We will present the resumes of Teri Stagliano and Ms. Rebar in our next posting.

Furthermore, we will embark on our largest investigation to date that will show that Collegeville Borough under the leadership of Teri Stagliano (current President along with her Mayor-King-Husband) has been overwhelming compromised and is downright corrupt in ways that only the reader could imagine.

It involves so many parties in and out of Collegeville and over such a long period of time that surely there could be indictments of people you have never heard of. It will involve a large education institution, the local water and sewer, a prominent attorney from Trappe Borough who serves on the board of trustees of this educational institution and many folks whom are employed with this institution (free housing for professors and employees and employment for some whom serve in political positions), the regional sewer authority, and the use of a local police force so large that the only conclusion one can make is that it is here only for the benefit of this educational institution. When we get done 'connecting the dots' you will be amazed.

Standby ... this could be be one sizzling summer ... and a really cool spring!

Hint ... Matt Watson homeless and what car is that at 280??