DON’T RENT FROM GLEN OR GARY RUSSELL…
Golden Cockroach has been covering the crazy, stoopit, illegal antics of Glen Russell and his sidekick bro, Gary Russell, for about 3 years. They operate by this simple motto: “Our money is our money...
View ArticleEveryday is like Halloween in the Land of Potts…
Today is Pottstown CARES day. While volunteers make happy chatter cleaning up the streets and sidewalks in Ward I, I am appreciative. I am also struck by the notion that it is not the people who make...
View Article“Hasta la vista, baby” Brian Patrick & Affinity…
TERMINATED…According to the PA Real Estate Commission website, Click Here. This sleaze bag and his real estate rip-off business are NO MORE in Pennsylvania. Word to the wise: DUE DILIGENCE when...
View ArticleA Fundamentally Unjust System
…doesn’t mean we can’t do better in Pottstown. Act 90, 2010 provides powerful new tools to put an end to housing injustice. But unless the law is implemented residents are doomed to remain victims of...
View ArticleOf Mice and (Wo)men…
After the video of the November Pottstown Council meeting was posted on youtube I received a correspondence from a fellow who used to work for Joyce Heuer, doing odds and ends at her rental properties...
View ArticleA Pottstown Chronology – 2014 – the year of crime in review
January 8, 2014 Second suspect arrested in homicide in Pottstown “Daquan Hamilton arrested as 2nd suspect in homicide in Pottstown Khaleef Jones arrested a few days after Dec. 27 shooting death…”...
View Article2015: What Will You Do?
Putting together my last post, a chronology of crime in Pottstown in 2014, was much more difficult than I’d anticipated. It tugged at my heart and filled me with sadness. With the help of a friend,...
View ArticleBetter Landlords, Better City ?
Believe it!! Tonight: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Borough Hall 100 High St. 3rd Floor 7 PM Mark Kubricky will be in town today to present the findings of the initial study which is an inventory of...
View ArticleHarmony and Unity in Pottstown…
That’s a rare sighting in this little borough. If you happen to be among those Pottstownians who aren’t sure they can get behind the Beech St. Lofts project, a couple things to think about: Pottstown...
View ArticleTonight’s THE Night !!! UPDATE…NEW ENDORSEMENT JUST IN…
Tonight at 7PM 100 E. High St. 3rd floor The Council that YOU elected to represent your best interests has a very important decision to make about the future of the old Fecera’s warehouse. Council’s...
View ArticlePA’s Public Nuisance Law, Drug Nuisance Law & Expedited Eviction of Drug...
Laws are made of many ingredients and for many reasons and once they are bonified “laws” do officials, who are tasked with enforcement, have the choice to enforce some and neglect to enforce others,...
View ArticleA Slumlord & A Culinary Arts Instructor: Kenneth Kaufman
In June, 2012 I sponsored a SLUM OPEN HOUSE at 503 King St <click for 1st blog post> I issued personal, email invitations to all of Pottstowns officials and an open invitation to residents so...
View ArticleBet You’re Wondering….
HOW’D THE MEETING GO WITH THE ASSISTANT MONTCO D.A.’S AND THE PPD ON FEB. 16TH? Just dandy. See for yourselves. Here are the videos from Citizens Action Committee for Pottstown, Evan Brandts...
View ArticleReading Craigslist SCAM in Pottstown
Craigslist SCAM I think most of you are savvy enough to detect the big phony bologna in the response that a couple received while looking for a rental home in Pottstown. This morning I was alerted...
View ArticleFREE background checks and pay stubs….WOW what a novel idea
There’s NEVER an excuse for landlords in Pottstown to rent to convicted drug felons or people who cannot evidence a pay stub from a job, SSI or SSD. I have even heard some landlords claim that their...
View ArticleThe things homeowners HOPE WON’T GO BUMP in the night….
433 HIGH ST. / 433 BUTTONWOOD ALLEY (BACKSIDE). THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY LIVES LESS THAN 1 MILE AWAY IN THE COZY ROSEDALE NEIGHBORHOOD. CLEARLY, THE OWNERS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY THE...
View ArticleIf Only Everyone Did Their Jobs Very Well…
We are homeowners, businesses, moms and dads, some of us are public employees, (past and present), and social service providers, we represent churches and other non-profit organizations and you will...
View ArticleEspirit de corps is circling the drain in Pottstown Borough Hall
While Council contemplates the lint in their belly buttons. 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...
View Article#supportthephillies TONIGHT, BE THERE…
In case you’ve just dug out from under an iceberg and none of the fire company merger news has crossed your radar, I’ve included some recent links in this post. Why the rush to merge Pottstown fire...
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