The LuLac Edition #350, Nov. 15th, 2007
PHOTO INDEX: MINORITY LUZERNE COUNTY COMMISSIONER STEVE URBAN AND PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER KATHY BOZINSKI.
STEVE!!!!!!!!!!
Here's the latest missive from Minority Commissioner Steve Urban. Commissioner Stephen A. Urban said he will seek the resignation of county Public Information Officer Kathy Bozinski in January because he believes she spends too much time promoting Commissioner Greg Skrepenak.
Okay, let's get it right up front. I like Steve Urban, I think the guy is a good public servant. He shows up, he makes contact with the people he's governing, he relates to them. I've voted for Steve Urban a number of times and most likely will do so again. But just when you think he's on the mound throwing a few fastballs and some curves like a good minority party commissioner is supposed to do, he jogs all the way down to the bullpen and heaves a ball with no destination in sight. His questioning of the budget deficit as well as some county hiring is admirable but the latest thing about him trying to fire Public Information Officer Kathy Bozinski is right off the wall. He claims Bozinski promotes Greg Skrepenak too much. Well, to be truthful, Skrep has been the only Commissioner around since his partner Todd Vonderheid resigned. Rose Tucker, a fill in till the end of the term has not been that visible. And God forbid if MaryAnne Petrilla was invited to photo ops as a candidate, there'd be screaming and gnashing of teeth all around. Bozinski, a former radio and TV reporter, as well as Faculty member at Luzerne County Community College has taken the job of PIO to new levels. She was quoted in the Washington Post, New York Times and CNN during the 2006 flooding scare. I researched those articles and she was talking about the prepartions the County Civil Defense people made to get the area ready for the flood that never came. Not a word there about the former NFL lineman Skrep. Bozinski has coordinated events for various non profit, ethnic and civic groups at the Courthouse and posted them on the county website. Skrep was in some of the pictures with other county officials but it's not as if she had him dressed in lederhosen for German Pride day or rolling a canoli on his nose for Columbus Day. Bozinski has promoted the county, informed the media, national, local and statewide of events good and bad and has earned her money ten times over. If Urban wanted to focus in on a target, why didn't he say something about former Sunday Independent editor Jim Torbik who was handed a high paying county public relations job a few years back and has essentially disappeared from the face of the earth. Urban should pick his spots a bit better. And picking on Kathy Bozinski is not one of them.
When I was on a committee in 1986 to celebrate the County Bicentennial, we were coming out of a meeting when a newspaper reporter snapped our photos. (This was back when local newspapers actually covered volunteer and community events on a daily basis and didn't shrink them into one big page once every 10 days). Anyway, the committee had its picture snapped and it appeared in the paper. No county commissioners were in the photo because they didn't show up. A few days after the photo appeared, Gene Klein, the County Clerk and defacto PR man back then called me and somberly intoned, "David, the commissioners are very, very low today!" Low? My first thought was someone did something to the Courthouse or one of them died. It turned out that Klein was miffed that we had the photo taken without his guys. In a few days, we had another one taken and put in the paper and the Commissioners were not "so low" anymore. But the point here is that Klein, like Bozinski is now, was an advocate. His job was to make sure people saw his team. And it was easier back then because corporations had not yet taken over the local media empires. Bozinski is an advocate for the county and Greg Skrepenak happens to be the Majority Commissioner. Urban, a guy I like should take up his complaint with Skrepenak and Petrilla and let Kathy Bozinski do her job. If he doesn't, all someone has to do is walk into the Sanitary Bakery in Nanticoke on a crowded Friday and say, "someone's picking on Coach B's kid". (Bozinski's father was Nanticoke Hall of Fame cager coach, the late Syl Bozinski). Urban would never carry Nanticoke again.
SPEAKING OF....
Thanksgiving is coming up and the best place to get your pumpkin pie is The Sanitary Bakery in Nanticoke. There was a fundraiser at work and people were leaving the building today with boxes of the Sanitary Pizza. Someone asked where the name came from and legend has it that when the Bakery first started, the awning on the bakery was used to protect the exterior from the coal dust generated by the mines. When the mine workers and their wives came for a treat, the name of the Bakery, The Sanitary, with the protection of that awning, said the place was clean and the food was good. Here's the website from my favorite place in Nanticoke:
http://www.sanitarybakery.com/. When Mrs. LuLac and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary this spring, we got the cake from The Sanitary. A few of my Pittston relatives harrumphed and said, "Had to go all the way to Nanticoke to get a freakin' cake??" After they ate it, they kept their mouth shut.
AND IN D.C.
Taxpayers sometimes complain that the people they elect to offices too often turn out to be nothing more than warm bodies. This week, Dickson City residents didn't even get that much out of four of their seven Borough Council members. Members Barbara Mecca, James Kisel and Stanley Prushinski assembled at the advertised hour for a council meeting, only to find that members Anthony Gallis, Paul Kwiec, Peter Novajosky and Robert Wiltshire were no-shows. Without a quorum, the meeting never started, leaving the borough without a key piece of its tax structure for the coming year. This is an abdication of their responsibilities. There has to be a way to either sanction behavior like this, fine it or penalize it. This is something maybe a State Lawmaker might look investigate to stop this arrogant way of governing.
HAYNABONICS
My good friend Keith Edwards has turned professor in this latest You Tube effort making the rounds on the internet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sMI2jb16eo. Edwards worked with me at Citadel Broadcasting and is now lending his tones to WVIA TV and FM. By the way, The LuLac Political letter has a great "hayna" story about me and Willie Mays in Edition #262, July 10th, 2007.
posted by David Yonki @ 8:06 PM
13 comments
13 Comments:
BREAKING NEWS!!!!!
The Yonk takes the side of a tall woman over a short bald guy. No surprise there.
Yonki, Great idea on the Dickson City matter. Penalize them in some way! They have so much tax revenue from all that Mall money and Route 6 dollars, it is a travesty to see a bunch of morons treat their jobs with so little respect for the people. Hey guys, Mayfield can happen all over again!
Dave, Like you I like Steve Urban and have voted for him everytime he has run for office. I think he has been a great watchdog for the county but just when you think it's safe to hand him the keys to the Escalade, he does something like this. Bozinski, however she does her job is just a functionary. And she far outshines flunkies like Torbik and Paul Maher for Kanjo. But Steve ought to narrow his sights on the guys that have the vote. Your past articles on Crossin and Wideman told me one thing, those guys knew how to play the game. They went after each other's power and let the workers.......especially the good ones....do what they are paid to do...work.
Kay Bo is a waste of taxpayer's money. There are three commish's one of the three can do her job.
I love the tall women too, but her position is a waste of money period.
Your "hayna" story featuring Willie Mays is among the best and well worth going back to check out.
IN RESPONSE
Kay Bo is a waste of taxpayer's money. There are three commish's one of the three can do her job.
I love the tall women too, but her position is a waste of money period.
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TALL. IF SHE WERE THE SIZE OF TATU FROM FANTASY ISLAND I'D DEFEND HER JOB PERFORMANCE. ONE OF THE THREE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DOING THE JOB OF PIO? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THEY'RE SCREAMING ABOUT FAVORTISM NOW, IF ONE OF THE TRIO WERE GIVEN THAT JOB IT WOULD BE A DISASTER. HAVE YOU SEEN THE COUNTY WEB SITE? KEEPING UP WITH A SITE EVERYDAY IS HARD BUT THERE'S GOOD STUFF ON THERE. EVEN IF SHE'S DELEGATING, SHE'S STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. AND STAGING THE EVENTS UNDER THE DOME? FROM ALL ACCOUNTS, MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN FLAWLESS. LOOK, I'VE WORKED IN PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS OF MY WORKING LIFE AND THE ONE THING ABOUT HAVING A JOB LIKE THAT IS EVERYBODY THINKS THEY CAN DO IT. THE PUBLIC RELATIONS FIELD IN LUZERNE COUNTY IS LITTERED WITH DOCTOR'S AND LAWYER'S WIVES AND PEOPLE WITH DEGREES IN EASTERN PHILOSOPHY THAT NEVER WORKED SO HARD IN THEIR LIFE WHEN THEY BECAME A P.R. PERSON. BUT IN FACT, IT IS A SKILLED POSITION WHERE YOU MUST DEAL WITH DIVERSE PERSONALITIES, ISSUES AND FACTS. PLUS, WHEN THE NEWS CONFERENCES ARE OVER, AND THE CAMERA ARE PACKED UP AND THE HEAD HONCHOS HAVE GONE HOME, YOU GET TO CLEAN UP. NOW THAT'S GLAMOUR. AND ONE MORE THING WHILE WE'RE AT IT, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF MR. URBAN EVER APPROACHED MS. BOZINSKI ABOUT A PET PROJECT OF HIS THAT SHE COULD LEND HER MAGIC TO IN HER TENURE AT THE COURTHOUSE. I'LL BET YOU AN ICE COLD TAB AND A HOTDOG THE ANSWER WOULD BE NO.
God! Are you still drinking TAB? Where the hell do you find it? Do you get it from the Coca Cola elves who sell it on the black market? TAB? No one drinks that **** (edited) anymore. Love your blog but you continue to be so, I can't even come up with a word for it, stodgy!!!! TAB! For Chris sakes, don't tell me you still use Pepsodent!!!!
Your "tall" Komotion Date from Duryea
Where can I get Tab? I've been dyin for one.
As Ralph Kramden used to say, "a mere bag of shells". A minority commish trying to fire a PR person? This time the Lac is way before the Lu.
How comforting it must be to AJ Munchak to know that he is 59 votes more popular than the most despised man in Lackawanna County!
Things to be thankful for in Lackawanna County this Thanksgiving: No More Cordaro and very little if any Munchak.
Looks like the County Chief of Staff will have to go back to being a bartender.
What will become of Bob and AJ’s personal Warden?
And what about Paul Sorvino who cant find anyone dumb enough to give him the other $500,000 he needs to finish his first movie. I guess the new majority will be responsible for Scranton not becoming Hollywood East!
And the Yankees wont be able to relocate the parent club to Scranton as had been discussed in secret meetings because
Bobby wont be around to complete the deal.
“the Horror…the Horror…”
IN RESPONSE
I can't even come up with a word for it, stodgy!!!! TAB! For Chris sakes, don't tell me you still use Pepsodent!!!!
THE PHRASE I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS "SET IN HIS WAYS" OR "LOYAL" OR TO PUT IT CRUDELY WHICH I'M SURE YOU WILL, "OLD FART". AND YES I'M STILL USING THE PEPSODENT. TWICE A DAY.
Where can I get Tab? I've been dyin for one.
THE LAST PLACE I GOT MINE WAS SUNSHINE MARKET. I ONLY DRINK ONE A DAY SO 24 CANS IS QUITE ENOUGH. AND NO, I FOUND IT ON MY OWN WITHOUT A MOONLIGHTING COUNTY EMPLOYEE TELLING ME WHERE IT WAS.
Kathy Bozinski can work anywhere in the USA, but she stayed in Luzerne County where she was born and raised.
She is an asset to this county, and did not deserve Urban's ugly rant.
He is a small man trying to make a big name for himself and find a political job for his wife.
Give it a rest, Steve your fangs are showing.
I work in the courhouse, and K Bo is a waste of taxpayers money. She does nothing but count chairs when there is a flag raising or some other event happening. She is the MOST disliked person in the entire courthouse. Let the commissioners speak for themselves. They do NOT need her to do it for them. Perhaps if Skrepenak knew how to speak without putting his huge foot in his mouth he wouldn't need her.
I, too, work in the courthouse. The earliest I've ever seen K Bo arrive to work is 10:30. She takes an early lunch, returns around 2:00. Have you ever seen her office? She has a flat screen TV, couch, and the rest of the furnishings would make your head spin knowing YOU, a taxpayer, footed the bill. I don't know her exact salary, but I do know it's a minimum of $60,000 and probably more. We, the pion employees, refer to her as Commissioner Bozinski. Enough is enough! They all have to go!!
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