I made time Wednesday to stop by the Southmont Borough building to pick up a copy of ordinance 545, which did get reworded in executive session after Monday’s regular meeting.
It will be advertised for public consumption and the process will continue.
Meanwhile, I received various communications today, either by cell phone or email, that Charlie Brown continues to wallow in a pool of self pity. Hope he doesn’t drown.
Charlie was driving very slowly through the alley behind my house yesterday in a truck that as of Monday seemed to lack valid inspection or emissions stickers. I saw him as I was in the process of getting together my wife and granddaughter No. 3 to go out for dinner, since we’d treated Granddaughter No. 2 the night before.
We made it a point to drive by Charlie’s house on our way out to eat, just to pay respects. I was at the wheel of my Mustang convertible, which is duly licensed, insured, inspected and obviously able to be driven.
It turns out, as I learned via screen captures emailed to me Wednesday, Charlie was taking pictures of my house and garage, then posting them on social media, seemingly implying I am violating some current or proposed ordinances.
Of course he doesn’t say that. He’s Mr. Innuendo when he isn’t Mr. Self Pity. He’s also Mr. I’m Not Very Good In Face-To-Face Conversations. Twice with me he’s either declined the opportunity to berate me in person, or in the latter instance stated two falsehoods in a few minutes, indicating he’d been cutting grass since birth and then that he hadn’t known who I was at a prior Southmont Borough Council meeting, yet he’d advised his father not to sit next to me, Sam Ross Jr., before that very same meeting began.
I am particularly amused that he refers to my blog as self-published, like that’s a crime. It is, indeed, self-published, put out by me and I make zero money for it as it has no advertising, membership fees, etc. I did, however, write professionally for others and made a few bucks doing that full-time for 35 years give or take.
I also did some freelance work through the years, for publications ranging from Steelers Game Day programs, various football bowl game programs, MSNBC (the Jerome Bettis Thanksgiving Day head-tails coin flip flap in Detroit) and, most recently, the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat.
No less a person than Charlie Brown has told me I’m a good writer. High praise, indeed.
Speaking of professions, Charlie states often that he’s a truck driver, as in that is his job. He did it again at the Monday meeting. Since he’s all for disclosure, what was the last day, month, or year that Charlie worked as a paid truck driver for a company? What is the name of his current company of employment?
Kindly post that on social media that someone might enlighten me.
I only ask because a prominent plank in Charlie’s pity-me platform is him being poor and picked on because of that. According to talent.com, the median truck driving salary in the U.S. is $62,400 a year. It’s a little higher in Pennsylvania, at $66,431.
If you are a working truck driver and still poor, where’s all the money going, Charlie?
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