Swine Flu Alert For Radnor Township

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Very Important Radnor Township Health Department Has Something To Say About Swine Flu and Bloviatitius

April 27, 2009

CONTACT: Porky Pig
610-688-5600


WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS TO CONTAIN
IMPACT OF SWINE FLU: DAVE BASHORE TO BE QUARINTEENED AND RESTRICTED FROM WRITING ANY FURTHER SELF-AGGRANDIZING TOMES.

RADNOR,PA – The Very Important Health Department is working in conjunction with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to contain the impact of an outbreak of swine flu in Mexico that resulted in the declaration of a national public health emergency in the United States. However, to date, all U.S. cases were “mild” with only one person requiring brief hospitalization. The County Health Department is working to educate the public and health care providers of recommended steps to prepare for potential cases of Swine influenza and Bloviatitius R1 across the area.

At this point we do not have any confirmed cases of swine influenza, but there are reported cases of serious bloviating in the local editorial pages.

We have notified Jerry Springer of a real need for an “on location” show in Radnor Township, and urge him to be watchful for patients with complaining-like delusions who may have been exposed to the new Dave Bashore letter and to immediately inform the Health Department of any suspected cases.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, swine influenza A/H1N1 is a new strain of influenza that has not previously been detected in swine or humans. The virus has also been confirmed in Canada and Mexico. It is still safe to eat pork and pork products, but advised to avoid governmental pork. It is however, also recommended that the population should avoid all further letters authored by Dave Bashore as they will induce serious fits of the “say whats” and giggles.

Swine influenza is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses. Outbreaks of swine flu happen regularly in pigs and overly self important government officials. Before the current outbreak, people rarely got swine flu, and usually only if they were in very close proximity to infected pigs and select government officials. However, during the current outbreak, the virus is able to spread from person-to-person. The Bloviating Strain is caused by an overly exaggerated sense of self-importance mingled with a delusional tendency to blame others for one’s actions as an adult.

There is no vaccine available at this time to combat the “Bashore Affect”, but the swine flu can be treated with certain antiviral drugs. Persons with swine flu are contagious for up to seven days or longer after the onset of illness, so it is important to take the following steps to prevent spreading the virus to others:

Stay home when you are sick to avoid spreading illness to others. Remove swine from office as often as needed until desired affect is achieved.

The CDC is asking that those individuals who have a recent history of delusions at local meetings, those who grow unnaturally upset by healthy airing of dirty political laundry, and those experience the inability to attend meetings to get a reality check.

For more information on Swine Influenza A/H1N1 and Bloviatitius R1 and to counteract The Bashore Affect, please refer to your local blog.

Ok, so it's the last April Fool's Joke for April...but then again, so is this letter:

Bashore: Letter ‘simply is not true’

I feel that I have to respond to the letter in last week’s edition from John Fisher, vice president of the Board of Commissioners, because it simply is not true. In his letter, Mr. Fisher claimed that I “was afforded the opportunity to explain [my] actions in private” and that the “board urged [me] to resign once the facts were clear” and that, “as an at-will employee, [I] was free to resign at any time and [I] did not, which in turn led us [the board] to the alternative provisions for a public process.”

In fact I was never given an opportunity to resign without conditions. The only “opportunity” I received to resign was in a March 4 letter from the township’s special counsel — a week and a half after the board president’s public humiliation of me and their subsequent trashing of me in the press. That letter said that I could resign immediately, pay to the township about $640,000, pay all of the township’s attorney’s fees, and then if there was any money the township owed me following my resignation, that would have to await the results of an independent forensic audit.

In other words, confess and we will allow you to commit professional and financial suicide in private. Don’t confess and your death will be slow, painful and public.

Come on Now, We Already Knew Arlen Was An Ass...

I wasn't going to say anything, I mean after all, what is left to be said at 9 p.m.? That we all knew all along, starting with Holly Maddox's ghost that Arlen Specter was an ass?


But this lends itself to a larger situation: that people are leaving the Republican party in droves because they have morphed into the party of extremists.

Arlen Specter has always looked out for Arlen Specter and that has been and will remain a constant when you dissect him like a science project.




But what I really want to know is when is the Republican Party going to wake the F up? They did it to themselves. The Republicans are being predictably pathetic in response - just read this crap they sent a friend of mine on their e-mail list:

Dear Janet,
hope Arlen Specter's party change outrages you. It should for two reasons:

First--Specter claimed it was philosophical--and pointed his finger of blame at Republicans all over America for his defection to the Democrats. He told us all to go jump in the lake today.

I'm sorry, but I don't believe a word he said.

Arlen Specter committed a purely political and self-serving act today. He simply believes he has a better chance of saving his political hide and his job as a Democrat. He loves the title of Senator more than he loves the party--and the principles--that elected him and nurtured him.

Second--and more importantly--Arlen Specter handed Barack Obama and his band of radical leftists nearly absolute power in the United States Senate. In leaving the Republican Party--and joining the Democrats--he absolutely undercut Republicans' efforts to slow down Obama's radical agenda through the threat of filibuster.

Facing defeat in Pennsylvania's 2010 Republican primary due to his left-wing voting record, and an end to his 30 year career in the U.S. Senate, he has peddled his services--and his vote--to the leftist Obama Democrats who aim to remake America with their leftist plan.

As recently as April 9th, Senator Specter said he would run in the Pennsylvania primary next year as a Republican. Why the sudden change of heart? Clearly, this was an act based on political expediency by a craven politician desperate to keep his Washington power base--not the act of a statesman.

His defection to the Democrat Party puts the Democrats in an almost unstoppable position to pass Obama's destructive agenda of income redistribution, health care nationalization, and a massive expansion of entitlements.

Arlen Specter has put his loyalty to his own political career above his duty to his state and nation.

You and I have a choice. Some will use Specter's defection as an excuse to fold the tent and give up. I believe that you are not one of those people. When Benedict Arnold defected to the British, George Washington didn't fold the tent and give up either.

He grit his teeth more determined than ever to succeed. That's what I'm asking you to do today.

Join me in this fight by making a secure online contribution of $25, $50, $100, $500 or $1,000 right now to build our army of supporters and defeat Democrat candidates like Arlen Specter in next year's elections.

Stand with me. I need your support today.

Sincerely,

Michael Steele
Chairman, Republican National Committee

P.S. Janet, we need to respond to Senator Specter's decision to join President Obama's efforts to change America into a European Welfare State. Please help our Party move forward by making a secure online contribution of $25, $50, $100, $500 or $1,000 to give our Republican leaders & candidates the political muscle they need to resist the Obama-Pelosi-Specter agenda. Thank you.

Is this right out of the Middle Ages or what? Tuppence buys your immortal soul? Bugger off Michael Steele, you are naught but Uncle Tom.

A must read?
2010 Primaries Jolted By Specter's Switch
Republicans And Democrats Reassess In Pennsylvaniaby Louis Jacobson
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Obama/Notre Dame: This is What We Call Being An "UGLY AMERICAN"

Welcome To The United States of Freakmerica



Now this is 100% unmitigated BULLSHIT. The Catholic Church is protesting Obama, President of the United States. Why? Because they are getting one of the greatest honors a college or university can get: a sitting President as Commencement Speaker.

Seriously, even if they disagree with some of his positions, are Catholics in this country completely devoid of intellectual curiousity? What would Jesus do? Probably tell Notre Dame and the freakazoid Catholics and racists and Fox News Channel to show a little respect.

What complete crap. And man this guy on YouTube is right out of Big Love. I say let he who is without sin cast the first stone...and it seems to me the Catholic Church in America still has a pedophile problem, yes?



So I am not sure if Jesus blogs, but these freaks have a website called Notre Dame Scandal .

This is what they say on the site:

Obama Anti-life Record


The pro-abortion resume, courtesy of LifeNews

• Overturning of the Mexico City Policy, which had prohibited U.S. funds from being used to promote or provide abortions overseas

• Working to overturn conscience protections for healthcare workers, forcing them to cooperate in abortion or risk losing their jobs

• Appointing pro-abortion Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who has close ties to late-term abortionist George Tiller, to head the Department of Health and Human Services

• Dedicating federal funds to harvest embryonic stem cells for research at the expense of the most defenseless members of the human family

Are there any pro choice hackers out there? Kill this website. It's evil, just like the people putting it on. CHOICE people, CHOICE. Seriously, this is what they call being an ugly American


BBC: The Obama-Catholic row continues
Justin Webb | 22:31 UK time, Wednesday, 22 April 2009

Sunday 17 May is still D-day in the war between Barack Obama and the Catholic hierachy, with neither side standing down, in fact rather the opposite.

I hope this has nothing to do with it - Notre Dame as the Kent State de nos jours?

But it is a war, and in a war vice-presidents are not the only human beings who convince themselves that special measures are acceptable.

The position of the Catholic Chuch in President Obama's America is going to be one of the fascinating sub-plots to the main story over the next few years. There is a quite brilliant book just out (full disclosure: I know one of the authors) which argues that American religion - or more precisely the American approach to religion, as a set of choices in a spiritual market-place - is being exported successfully around the world.

But the book also makes the point that within the US, the Catholic Church is in many ways a failing institution:

"The Catholic Church has lost more people to other denominations or to no religion at all than any other religious group," it says.

High Society! Former Main Line Society Editor Starts Website

Susan Scovill on The Main Line? Is this like Tales of The Renegade Former Society Editors? Too funny! I'm thinking local print society pages are about to get a run for their money even if this new site doesn't have many bells and whistles.

Sorry...have been trolling about looking for fun and I found it! Most of us were seriously dismayed when the local papers (Main Line Life, Suburban & Wayne Times, Main Line Times) reorganized and many people got shit-canned (sorry to be vulgar, but that is what happened), including two wonderful Society Editors (Joyce Santora, old Main Line Life and Susan Scovill, old Suburban & Wayne Times). What Main Line Divas were left with was the dinosaur, Carol Springer.

I was a fan of the Society Page that used to grace the Suburban & Wayne Times because Susan Scovill took the best photos and always had the best and most consistent page. Susan can also write good copy. Also, if you sent Susan an engagement announcement, you could be sure it would hit ink before the couple was celebrating their golden anniversary. I also liked Main Line Life's page through it's many Society Editors for pretty much the same reasons - even if the copy wasn't as witty. Main Line Times, however? Love the paper, am still wondering where Senior Springer digs up all her crones to be photographed?

So anyway, I found out today completely by accident and not because of anything else that Susan Scovill has started a website - HOW AWESOME!

Her website is "Susan Scovill on The Main Line" and the photos are terrific! I can't wait to go through all of them. The website has a "Submit Event" button for all you social divas out there!

(And to some of you aging Society Gals out there - OMG - better rethink some of those dresses and go more age appropriate - some of you ain't looking so sexy, more like Mama Jugs and Speed or whatever.)

Battle of the Organic Veggies?

Oh my gosh and a disclaimer: NO ONE is allowed to buy organic carrots with which to beat the nanny.

So....The environmentally sensitive Main Line Mommy & Me set are all abuzz (so, when they drive the super monster sized SUVs, how exactly are they environmentally sensistive?)....which organic establishment should they align themselves with and swear allegiance and fealty to? Both new Main Line veggie projects have blogettes - little dueling organics (wonder if they run on solar power or recycled corn oil?):

Greener Partners

Bryn Mawr Farmers' Market
Bringing farm-fresh, locally-produced food to Lower Merion. Taste the difference!

Oh my! One in Radnor versus one in Lower Merion, so is this going to be as competitive as Radnor vs. Lower Merion football? (Hope no one plays any field "pranks", right???)

There has been the air of Main Line Soap Opera surrounding them both.

First- issues mainly surrounding their free use of taxpayer owned land in Radnor Township.

Well, look, let's be fair, The Willows IS owned by Radnor Township and it's not really "community farming" if the community isn't doing the farming - let's get real - it's going to cost upwards of $800+ to buy a produce share (is it worth it? I heard it wasn't?) for the season and a professional farmer hired by Greener Partners is doing the farming. And he/she must like "communal living" so thoughts of more swinging in Radnor immediately come to mind:

Greener Partners is seeking a Farm Manager for a full time position to run a start up 35 member CSA in Delaware County Pennsylvania, 15 miles west of Philadelphia. The farmsite is owned by a nonprofit human services organization that is a leading provider of services for people with special needs of all ages. The farm operation will initially be 5 acres, with capacity to expand and is part of 400+ acres that sits on some of the last undeveloped land of Delaware County. The farm will provide for a CSA, local restaurants, and wholesale and farmers markets.....

Job Requirements:
*The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of farm management experience in diversified organic vegetable production, additional experience in fruit production,
livestock a plus.
*Applicants should have direct management experience with a team of apprentices and
interns.
*Outgoing, engaging, organized, and professional with high standards.
*Enthusiasm for working with board of directors, community volunteers and young
people.
*Disciplined work ethic and passion for ecological responsibility
*Basic computer proficiency required (Word, Excel)
*Confidence in helping develop a farm in its year one start up
*Comfortable with communal living

Experienced applicants only
please send resume and references to...
Amy Johnson
Greener Partners
690 Sugartown Road, Suite 301
Malvern, PA 19355
amy.johnson@greenerpartners.org

(hey Bashore needs a job, right?)

So if you is rich folk, sign up. Iffen you ain't, Bryn Mawr Farmers' Market might be a better choice...again, if it was "community" couldn't we all sign up to hoe a little plot o' land and raise our potatoes gently? (Note I really am not interested in that, but I know people who are)

See:

The Skunk Hollow Community Farm

Skunk Hollow Community Farm Wish List: Cottage & Farm

Skunk Hollow Farm Flyer

Now, the Bryn Mawr Farmers' Market has not been without drama. Media reports of Suburban Square the Mall protesting against it (like oh my God, get real) and some hippie dippie from Arrowroot getting all hot and bothered about it? SO MUCH DRAMA over something that will be SO PLEASANT.

The Bryn Mawr venture is being run by those Farm to City People with the excellent track record in communities around here

Of course the chatter up and down the line is that we will have dueling organic veggies and probably dueling volunteer committees of some sort. Oh gosh, will it be the Jets vs. the Sharks only wearing Lily Pullitzer and Tory Burch?

OMG, get a cocktail and stand on the ready! The Bryn Mawr Market starts May 23rd! No clue when the Willows one starts...guess I would have to pony up $$$ to figger it out?

Honestly tho'? I like the pick out your own produce gig - the tied up with a bow by someone else? Along the lines of processed, pre-packaged, prepared food. Yuck. That's so last season and Trader Joe's....which is probably why I don't shop much at Joe's anymore. They have gone from tons of fab deals to prepared food for the domestically challenged (so why did they need that $25K kitchen makeover, anyway?).

More Whinin' O' The Tierney

Honestly, Mr. Lily White...and politically motivated too....so there is the taping issue, and himself ended up in front o' the judge - now of course His Whininess wants to hire special counsel...politically connected special counsel - the Big Bloviator himself, Bruce Castor ("Isn't that special" Church Lady was heard to murmur from the gallery)

Brian Tierney, if you want to hire a Republican Lawyer, why not hire one with some moxie? Why not hire Vahan H. Gureghian ? What's next, some priest to go to court with you on a daily basis to bless your proceedings? (Oh, I know, I spew blasphemy, but I think God will understand as I think my immortal soul is safer than yours at this point.)

Now in other Brian Tierney news, yesterday the Big Cheezy is calling for changes in anti-trust laws....oh yes, no one serves like the very self serving, true that? Of course he tried to draw some paralell to strip clubs which makes me wonder all the more...

Judge Orders News Creditors to Probe Taping Claim
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 20, 2009
Filed at 10:42 p.m. ET

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A judge told bankrupt Philadelphia Newspapers to focus on its financial reorganization while others investigate claims an investor illegally tape-recorded a sensitive meeting.

The judge Monday appointed unsecured creditors to pursue the company's charge that a senior lender recorded a key financial meeting in November, allegedly souring the pre-bankruptcy negotiations.

''It will keep this from continuing to be one of the sideshows of the negotiations,'' U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jean K. FitzSimon said. ''I want the debtors and the banks to stay focused on the reorganization.''....The judge denied the company's motion to hire former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor and his firm as special counsel. Tierney wants to know whether other meetings were taped and whether any private information was distributed.

The judge instead assigned the task to the committee of unsecured lenders, who argued in court papers that hiring Castor's firm ''would be wasting the precious assets of the estate.''

Philebrity:Brian Tierney Pentagram Of Doom: In Which Our Hero Goes Before A Congressional Subcommittee, Mumbles Something About Craigslist, Barfs Chicken Feathers And Finally Disappears Under His Cape

File under, “Oh, You Sad Fucker”: Bri-Bri went down to Washington, D.C. yesterday to testify before a congressional subcommittee on why the feds should de-regulate the newspaper biz and let batshit millionaires from all over the place blow each other’s money however they want without fear of violating some jerked-off antitrust laws that were made back when Charles Foster Kane was still runnin’ around, lookin’ for that sweet, rosey bud. Fair enough, right? But somewhere in all of this, Tierney’s Tourette’s acted up again and he blurted out the following:

“We need to come up with our version of Craigslist,” he said.

Posted on Wed, Apr. 22, 2009
Inquirer publisher calls for changes in law
By Christopher K. Hepp
Inquirer Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - Brian P. Tierney, publisher of The Inquirer, told a congressional subcommittee yesterday that antitrust laws need to be loosened for newspapers if the industry is to reinvent itself...."I've never seen an industry so fearful of cooperation," Tierney said. "We really need help. We don't need subsidies. We need a little room to move."..."We need to come up with our version of craigslist," he said.

Other testimony, however, suggested that Tierney's position faces strong opposition, including from the U.S. Justice Department....He managed to bring the hearings to a boisterous halt at one point when he stretched to find an analogy for the way online sites use advertising to pay for content that is then offered to viewers free.

It is similar to a "dancing club" that charged $10 a beer while providing dancers to be viewed for free," he said.

Conyers looked at him quizzically for a moment. "Mr. Tierney, are we talking about a gentleman's-type club here?" he asked.

"Yes, Mr. Chairman, I guess we are," Tierney said.

Shhheeeeeet...can't a publisher get a lap dance?

Grey Gardens II

(Check out this slide show from The New York Times and this on Hamptons.com and this in "W" and finally, New York Magazine.)

Ok, pinkie swear, this is my second and last post...don't want y'all to think I live with dozens of cats or whatever. I don't - it's simple - I love exploring the Hamptons and this is a fascinating topic. I love old houses and what can be described as history's mysteries and quirky characters. Anyway, check this out and then think about it...are there really Grey Gardens all over the place? Only the inhabitants and homes disappear from view over time?

The woman who bought Grey Gardens has not a single regret
01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, April 22, 2009
By Sally Quinn
The Washington Post

It was in a cover story in New York magazine that I first became aware of Grey Gardens.

I’ll never forget how appalled I was reading about the Beale women, Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ aunt and first cousin, Big Edie and Little Edie, who are the subject of a currently airing HBO film.

They lived in a dilapidated ruin on Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton, N.Y., filled with raccoons and cats, sewage and garbage, that had been condemned by the sanitation department. There was minimal plumbing and electricity, there were holes in the roof, the gardens were so overgrown they reached the second-story windows and the back wall of the house flapped in the wind.

It was so bad that when brothers Albert and David Maysles came to do the famous 1975 documentary about the house titled Grey Gardens, they had to wear flea collars around their ankles to keep from being bitten.

So you can imagine how excited I was when house-hunting the following summer in the Hamptons and the real-estate agent mentioned Grey Gardens. Of course, buying it was unthinkable. But I was dying to see the inside, fleas or no fleas. I should have realized there might be a problem when the agent refused to go inside with me.....The rooms were beautifully proportioned; it was a happy house. Or could be....Little Edie was there to greet me, full of hope and expectations. She was horrified by all the prospective buyers who wanted to tear down the house and build a new one. She had refused to sell to them. When she saw the look on my face, hers lit up. She began dancing and twirling around the living room, singing, “All it needs is a coat of paint.” She didn’t have to sell me. I was in love.

The real-estate agent was astonished. It was the first time in her life she had tried to discourage anyone from buying a house....The first thing the contractor said was, “It would be a lot cheaper to tear it down and start all over than to restore it.” Unthinkable. Besides, I had promised Little Edie.

Edie left everything behind. The attic was filled literally to the rafters, with broken but beautiful furniture, old wicker, antique tables, boxes of china and silver, trunks full of old letters, handmade lace baby pillows, figurines and crates of old books.

Discovering all these exquisite objects made the prospect of renovating and decorating so easy. It just needed “a coat of paint.”...The first summer was magical. Every day was perfect, with clear blue skies, brilliant sun, soft breezes and the hypnotic sounds of the waves lapping on the beach.

Everything at Grey Gardens seems to be serendipitous. We have had three beautiful weddings there. The weather has always been perfect, the garden exquisite, the butterflies in profusion...We’ve owned the house for many years now, and we’ve had one wonderful summer after another.

But were there more Sally Quinns in this world to see beauty in old houses.

Seriously, there are houses on the Main Line that have and continue to make me wonder. They are their own "Grey Gardens" with tales to tell....La Ronda in Lower Merion is one place which comes to mind and is "au courant" ---and according to media reports has a date with a bulldozer so something unremarkable can replace it. (Pity, that but not surprising since Lower Merion like Radnor has no sense when it comes to what made the area great other then padded bank accounts.)

As an aside, this is what is said by historians on La Ronda:

Another fine estate was La Ronda , the home of Percival E. Foerderer, which had consisted of 233 acres when Wayne MacVeagh purchased it from John Y. Crawford, a farmer, in 1881. Then named Brookfield Farm, it was bordered by Conshohocken State and Spring Mill Roads, and Morris Avenue, an irregular line defining its southern border. MacVeagh, mentioned above as a lawyer with the Pennsylvania Railroad, was well known for his humorous writings. He became attorney general of the United States under President Garfield. He was also minister to Turkey and ambassador to Italy. Even when elsewhere, he regarded Brookfield Farm as his home until his death in 1917.
See J.S. Cornell & Son "Early Years"
Percival Foerderer had owned a Mediterranean type home on Merion Avenue in Merion and chose Addison Mizner, a Palm Beach architect, to design La Ronda in the same style. Replacing Brookfield Farm, the house was built on a steel frame instead of the usual concrete. ....Completed in 1929, it has a pinkish tone and Italianate square and round towers with crenelated turrets of fortress like design. Particularly designed gardens, especially the natural woody area at the stream, enhance the fine home. Of its fifty-one rooms, twenty-one are bedrooms....Between Foerderer's death and 1981, his Gladwyne estate was almost constantly in the headlines. He had sold it to Villanova University in 1969 for $2.9 million, to be used as an investment by the university. Later prospective purchasers of the tract included the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company, for a planned residential development of 403 single homes; the Foerderer Tract Committee spearheaded by Edwin K. Daly, for single homes; Lower Merion Township, for a possible golf course or school; Montgomery County, for future park land or other uses - each proposal for varying amounts of land on varying terms. The house, La Ronda, was sold to Arthur Gallagher in 1972, but foreclosure followed.

Investigations of Edwin Daly's involvement led to one hundred civil suits against him, as well as charges of conspiracy and perjury. Once the heir to the Horn and Hardart fortune, he lost all his property and was disbarred from practicing law.
In December 1974 Sandra Schultz Newman, a Narberth attorney, was appointed receiver for Daly's personal possessions, and in August 1977 she was made liquidating receiver. The final owners were Nicholas Martel and Harold Davis of Realty Engineering Company of Wayne....

Does anyone out there know of "Grey Gardens"? Do tell...do tell...

HBO's "Grey Gardens" - Watch it

Grey Gardens is amazing - HBO did a wonderful job and Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange are a real tour de force.

Grey Gardens is a very sad tale. It's not just about when the trust fund runs out, mother darling, it's much more. Very sad and very poignant. Change the Hamptons for around here, and mmmm, mmmm, mmmmm if you have spent any amount of time on the Main Line, we've had our share....including the rotting houses with rotting relatives inside. One house came to mind, but I shan't mention it.


Grey Gardens is a gem. Watch it.

I have watched it twice now. Am currently on the hunt for the original documentary.



There is a Grey Gardens blog for all sorts of cool info: Grey Gardens News
Everything that touches Grey Gardens, Edith Bouvier Beale, and her daughter Edie

Don't forget to check out GreyGardensCollections.com

A Return to Grey Gardens
There are still secrets left to tell about Little Edie Beale, including her diary.
By Gail Sheehy Published Oct 29, 2006

When autumn riptides break free and sculpt a deranged shoreline out of the beaches of East Hampton, I often recall one of my last conversations with Little Edie Beale. I imagine seeing her again, the prisoner of Grey Gardens, freed by the postseason to appear in her black net bathing suit, perhaps perform an antic little dance, then streak down from the dunes trailing a long silk scarf and plunge into the embrace of waves. I loved her spirit....I first met the Beale ladies and went on to write the first story about them for this magazine, "The Secret of Grey Gardens." It was the summer of 1971. My family had rented a place across the street from what my then-7-year-old daughter called the Witch House....From then on, I was invited into the private world of the Beale ladies, two outcasts of a wealthy and famously dysfunctional branch of the Kennedy dynasty—the Bouvier-Beales—who were being hounded by county health officials threatening to evict them. When Little Edie led me through the decaying house that summer, it was a chilling version of Jackie’s famous White House tour. The wood floors of this once-proud mansion were lumped and crusty with old cat feces; the roof punctured with raccoon holes. Mother remained upstairs, summoning the services of her daughter by banging her cane on the floor and calling out in full operatic tremolo: "EeeDIE! Where is my champagne cocktail?"

Little Edie would then perform her secret act of subversion, spooning out cat food and shaping it into a proper mound, garnished with a twist of lemon. She winked at me. "Mother’s pâté."

The Secret of Grey Gardens
“…It was not clear after the mess hit the papers who put whom up to what. But three forces conspired against the ladies of Grey Gardens: Village Fathers, a few neighbors, and closest kin…”
By Gail Sheehy

From the January 10, 1972 issue of New York Magazine

This is a tale of wealth and rebellion in one American Gothic family. It begins and ends at the juncture of Lily Pond Lane—the new Gold Coast—and West End Road, which is a dead end. There, in total seclusion, live two women, twelve cats, and occasional raccoons who drop through the roof of a house like no other in East Hampton. Ropes of bittersweet hang from its frail shoulders. A pair of twisted catalpa trees guard its occupants, but nothing is safe for long from invasion by the bureaucrats and Babbitts. Least of all a mother and daughter of unconventional tastes who long ago turned their backs on public opinion.

The seeds of their tale go back to 1915 when the family first discovered, beyond “dressy” Southampton, a “simple” summer resort composed of saltbox houses and village greens. The sea was still tucked then behind great cushions of sand dunes. Behind them potato fields stretched in white-tufted rows clear to the horizon like a natural Nettle Creek bedspread. Right from the start, East Hampton provided a refuge for the family’s scandals and divorces and all manner of idiosyncrasies common to those of high breeding....The Social Spectator described an era which will never be again. The family’s homes are gone now, all but one. And the family itself, after 300 years, has slipped back into the abominable middle class. All except a few. One became the most celebrated woman in the world, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Two others never gave a damn about all that. They rebelled against the Maidstone, shunned garden parties to pursue the artistic life. Now, passed over by history, they are left to the wreck of their house....Contemporary East Hampton is caught up in a war of land values. It is no longer a refuge for artists and eccen-trics. The dropouts at the foot of the lane do not conform to the new values exhibited by “beach houses” with elevators. Their lives are remote from the Friday afternoon helicopters which ferry high-powered businessmen out from the city and drop them into pastel sports cars on D. Blinken’s lawn.

Carrie Prejean & Sarah Palin Seperated at Birth?

Seriously this has nothing to do with a higher moral ground or not being politically correct...unless you count sucking up to the Rush Limbaughs in this country?

Is Carrie Prejean Sarah Palin's long lost sister from another mother or somethin'? Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-dooo Twilight Zone Twit Alert! Notice anything familiar?

How about the scary similarities in fake facial expressions? The Barbie Doll worthy vacant expressions (or is that Botox?)? The bobble-headed remarks?

Seriously, how about that Carrie Prejean? So homophobic and so plastic at the same time. Why, she's the blond answer to Sarah Palin (Sarah is firin' up that private plane right now to brang that gal to Alaska to hang fer a spell, eh?)

I wonder about folks who are so super public homophobic. Are they in the closet? I mean seriously, who does gay marriage hurt? How about no one. It's not going to affect my world if gays can marry and actually, if you want to get right down to it, gay couples I have known throughout my life have had BETTER relationships than most hetero couples I know.

This country is beginning to sicken me. All the freaks beating the drum because an African American is President....and now back to this? What's next? Trying to have forced national religion? Damn it all, just shut up all of you and I would be happy with universal health care!

Well I am sure all the super conservatives are whacking off to Carrie....But show some empathy kids, it's not easy being brainless...just ask Sarah Palin...

BBC News: Gay marriage row at Miss USA show

The runner-up at the Miss USA beauty pageant says her outspoken opposition to gay marriage cost her first place in the competition.

During the televised event, Carrie Prejean - Miss California - said she believed that "a marriage should be between a man and a woman".

She had been asked for her views on the subject by one of the judges, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.

"It did cost me my crown," said Ms Prejean, after the competition...."We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage," said Ms Prejean, in a section of the show that has become a popular clip on YouTube.

"I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman," she continued.

April 21st, 2009
Miss California vs. Perez Hilton = Marriage debate
by: Alex Dobuzinskis



However, Perez needs to tone it down a tad...he kicked her ass...she's stupid...she's a dumb and dumber version of Sarah Palin. She'll get a Fox News TV show now, so her job is done...and so is this post....say, Carrie, why don't you apply for a job in Radnor Township so John Osborne can watch you in the gym?

"They're Out To Get Me" Tierney Whined. (Of Course They Are)

Brian Tierney, ego maniacal Paper Killer and Spin Czar now looks to be completely neurotic as well? How are those New Clothes workin' fo' ya', Emperor?

"They're out to git me" - apparently he's been taped in meetings with creditors? Could it be because he's a lying sack of shit? Probably. He's a spin doctor, wouldn't you try to record conversations too if he owed you buckets of moola? After all look at the money the Emperor asked all to contribute towards his new clothes?

YES Brian, your creditors are probably indeed out to get you because you wasted their money, correct? So now you want to blow smoke up everyone's asses and pretend to be all outraged over things being secretly taped in Pennsylvania? Smooth move Ex lax, but gotta ask? Ever recorded anything Tierney? Ever used a Nanny cam or other surveillance equipment with sound in your home or offices?

Well Brian, better go Sopranos now - only meet people outside or with loud music playing in the background....yes, Brian, they are all out to getcha. It's all part of the evil plan to cut their losses - the "Tierney Takedown", right? Because you are so freaking lily white in all of this? Give me a break. Confession in church won't absolve you of your sins, will it?

Final Note? I find it SO amusing that this issue got so much ink in the painfully thin Sunday Inquirer...Seriously? At this point, Biran Tierney is as embarrassing to the entire Philadelphia area as Dave Bashore is to Radnor, isn't he? What's next? Swinging?

Posted: Tuesday, 14 April 2009 3:51PM
Phila. Newspaper CEO Demands Investigation Into Secret Tapings
by KYW's Michelle Durham

The head of Philadelphia's two daily newspapers is alleging that one of the creditors helping to restructure the struggling papers secretly recorded a sensitive meeting late last year.

Now, Inquirer and Daily News CEO Brian Tierney (in file photo above) wants to know if it happened more than once -- and he's taking his case to court.

Tierney says he first observed the taping at a November 2008 meeting:

"One of the folks from CIT Financial... I saw that he had a secret tape recorder going on behind his notebook. And I said, 'Is that a tape recorder?' And he said, 'Excuse me?' And I said, 'Right there -- is that a tape recorder? That's illegal in Pennsylvania.' "

Tierney says he took the matter to CIT's lawyers, and after what Tierney catergorizes as a "threatening exchange" CIT submitted a letter stating that taping occurred only once and that the tape was subsequently destroyed

Posted on Sun, Apr. 19, 2009
Publisher: Taping sank debt talks
By Jeff Gelles
Inquirer Staff Writer

The already contentious legal standoff between Philadelphia Newspapers L.L.C. and its creditors took a new turn Friday...In a filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Philadelphia, the publisher of The Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com contended that its trust was betrayed and its effort to restructure its debts poisoned....The company seeks to hire the law firm Elliott, Greenleaf & Siedzikowski P.C., of Blue Bell, to investigate the taping....The parties will be in Bankruptcy Court tomorrow before Judge Jean K. FitzSimon for a hearing on the hiring of special counsel.

An attorney for a group of secured lenders, whose loans to the company are secured by a claim on its assets, already has dismissed the idea.

In court papers filed on behalf of a set of lenders that calls itself the "Steering Group," Fred Hodara called the proposed inquiry "a fishing expedition." He said the company wanted to investigate "unsupported and imaginary speculation" that some of the key lenders sought retribution against Brian P. Tierney, the chief executive officer of the company.

Hodara could not be reached for comment yesterday. Brad Patelli, an executive of Angelo, Gordon & Co., a primary lender with one of the largest claims, did not respond to messages left on his phone.

Beware The Craig's List Killer

Man oh man. A web based serial killer?



Almost as bad? The Match.com wife beater from Pennsyltucky - bet the up country D.A. lets the guy off with a slap on the wrist to do it again. Men who abuse women are among the lowest of the low. I don't care if statistics often show they were products of abuse - evil is evil.

Hey Sarah Palin! My Body, My Choice.

Oh yes, Caribou Barbie life IS precious - but live your OWN, not MINE!

Hey Sarah Palin? My body, my choice. There you go again spouting off on how tough it was...blah, blah, blah. Hmmmm? What do I hear in this that makes any amount of sense? Not your fake praying, but the fact that you, as a woman, decided the choice best for you, so why can't you allow the rest of the U.S. female population that same courtesy?

Ok all you right to lifers, come at me. Tell me how I am going to burn in hell. That's your opinion. I am not saying I ever had an abortion, I am saying I want my choices to be my own always when it comes to my body.

So here's the latest from Governor White Trash and what an asshole she is and glad she got smacked in Alaska a bit this week:

AP Palin stands against abortion during Ind. speech
By KEN KUSMER – 16 hours ago

Palin stands against abortion during Ind. speech
By KEN KUSMER – 16 hours ago

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaking at anti-abortion group's dinner, criticized President Barack Obama for supporting abortion rights and challenged the idea that unplanned pregnancies are a nuisance that can be solved by abortion.

Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, spoke to an overflow crowd organizers said numbered 3,000 at the Vanderburgh County Right to Life banquet Thursday night.

Some in the crowd wore white "Palin 2012" T-shirts. Earlier, GOP National Chairman Michael Steele described her as one of the party's standard bearers, though he said it was too early to judge what her standing would be in three years.

Palin said the challenges she faced during her pregnancy with her son Trig, who was born with Down syndrome, gave her an opportunity to live out her anti-abortion beliefs...She asked the crowd to keep working for the "culture of life" in America.

"Life is ordained, life is precious," she said.

MSNBC: GOP WATCH: PALIN HITS OBAMA

Shannyn Moore
Posted April 16, 2009 | 11:02 PM Palin Loses the War

Sarah Palin just suffered a massive defeat. For the first time in Alaska history, an appointed attorney general has been rejected. With a bipartisan vote of 35 NOs to 23 YEAs, the Alaska joint House and Senate voted down W.A.R. (Wayne Anthony Ross).

Palin is not a graceful loser. Think lumberjacks performing Swan Lake.

When an legislative aide made copies of an Anchorage Daily News article last week that reported the governor would be going to Indiana to give a speech at an anti-choice event during the last week of the session, the governor personally confronted and scolded him. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle blasted her for leaving Juneau at such a critical time. Stimulus money, the budget, critical bills, legislation the governor herself was pushing, as well as the confirmation vote on her appointment of W.A.R. for attorney general were on the table this week.

Susan Boyle's Dream...And She Is Lovely Just The Way She Is...

Seriously, doesn't she just look like a lovely person?

Anyway, this nice Scottish lady is making big news over her unbelievably terrific performance on a Brit talent show, right? Voice of an angel tied up in an every woman's package? Is that so unusual? Well I guess in the superficial world we live in, yes.

And actually that's too bad.



When it comes to superior superficiality, no one does better than the Main Line and Philadelphia. We are plastic city - from the faces juiced full of whatever, the augmentation processes, and the personalities.

Man, even when you're not Estate Born, you pretend to be. I just can't respect that.

Look at the society pages in the magazines and newspapers? What do you see? Who do you no longer see?

Take for example that plastic shiny faced babe from Gladwyne who is in the society pages again this week? She's always in for Baldwin and other crap? She is hard to miss - always virtually the same pose seated/standing, same tilt to head, same smile? I know she thinks she's the cat's pajamas, but man every time I look at her two thoughts spring to mind: Bride of Chuckie or a Bratz Doll.

Yet by our standards that is pretty.

Or look at the wives of plastic surgeons locally? Y'all married to Dr. Frankenstein with gold card? There is one who appears from time to time in the society pages quite frequently - I actually feel bad for her and wonder, does she realize her one eye does this weird thing and part of her face looks like she has Bell's palsy?

Next who come to mind are those who have been helicoptered their whole lives by their equally witchy and social climbingly ambitious mamas. I can think of two immediately. Both married cheater-shlubs. One stayed, one appears to have 86'd her cheater-schlub and appears to have bolted and gone underground. Is it so worth it that you stay with these men? You look and act freakin' lemon sucking miserable, ladies. And truly, it's OK not to pretend.

What about the older babes, those who aspire to Grande Dame status of yore? Talk about mean girls! Snippy seniors looking a bit ridiculous at this point. Listen housewives, the sun is setting - could ya' move along gracefully and not attempt these silly cottage industries where you pretend to design things? By all means, take those crafting classes at Michael's and A.C. Moore, but seriously? Stop trying to make us buy the crap, OK?

Next the Main Line Cougar Class. Oh yes indeedy, they are out there. And man they are vicious. Look out if you get in their way...it gets pretty funny when they aspire to the same age group dating pool as some of their children!

Yet these women are the women in this area aspire to be like who? Desperate Housewives? Real Housewives of NYC? The society ladies in Town & Country? I think women around here should look at that Susan Boyle. They could learn a thing or two.

None of us know Susan Boyle, but she appears to be a very kind soul. And would anyone around here even give her a second look if they saw her on the street or at a party?

Nope.

Why?

Because we are all too superficial. People have forgotten how to be nice, or are immediately suspect of niceness. And some days it is hard to be nice. Which is why I suggest yoga, blogging, long walks, gardening,the powerful effects of a good book, and other "me" time. Take back your lives, ladies. Look to more simple things. Enjoy the pleasure of the company of others not because of what they can do for you, or you for them - but because you like them. And if you don't like some of the company you keep, come on now, just walk away. You don't need a string band to accompany you, just do it. And pick some new people to interact with outside your circle of frenemies.

Frenemies are out. Real is in. And that? That is what Susan Boyle can teach us. Yet, all the news is what can we do to change HER? Oh should we give her a makeover? Blah, blah, blah.

British singing sensation Susan Boyle 'gobsmacked' by fame - now, does she need a makeover?
BY Lauren Johnston
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Updated Friday, April 17th 2009, 10:25 AM

The world is smitten with British sensation Susan Boyle – and though her appearance has been described as "dowdy" and prompted calls for a makeover – fans want the powerful singer to know they love her just the way she is.

Boyle told CNN this morning that she's overwhelmed by her sudden notoriety....."I wouldn't want to change myself too much because that would really make things a bit false," she said Friday in an interview with CNN. "I want to receive people as the real me, a real person." ...At least two members of the show's judging panel have said they judged Boyle on her looks when she first appeared on stage before them. Based on the somewhat disheveled state of her baggy dress and wild hair – they admitted they didn't expect much.....Boyle lives alone with her cat Pebbles in Scotland and for years was a caregiver for her mother, until she passed away in recent years. She is unemployed and went on the show to sing as a tribute to her mother.

If Susan Boyle wants a couple of salon days, I am all for it, but who is the world to judge? Here we have media reports of in essence, "you can't judge a book by it's cover", and out of the other side of media's mouth is "let's change the cover".

Susan Boyle, I think you are lovely, just the way you are. Whatever you do, do it for yourself. Not for this world of overimproved,superficial, unhappy human beings.


CNN: Unlikely sensation says attention 'hasn't changed me one little bit'

Despite becoming a worldwide Internet singing sensation, Susan Boyle insists she's still the same humble girl next door.

"It hasn't changed me one little bit," Boyle told CNN in an interview at her home. "I keep my feet firmly planted on the ground, because you have to."

The 47-year-old shocked and inspired the audience, judges and Web watchers after she powered through "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical "Les Miserables" on the TV show "Britain's Got Talent."

A clip of Boyle's performance had more than 11 million views on YouTube by Thursday, and the world's media have beaten a path to her door in Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland.

Her performance seems to have given "I Dreamed a Dream," a new life of its own. The song shot up to 39 on the iTunes chart of top downloaded songs by Thursday night.

Swinging on The Main Line?

...Hmmm, I guess they do not mean from the tree in the back yard, huh? So, this came up the other night in Radnor? At the commissioners meeting? In "Act 69" of Bashore v. Osborne? (In case the link doesn't work try over here) And now Main Line Magazine is WRITING about this (see pages 26/27)? Who knew? How did Osborne know? I mean I am not particularly naive, but am I like the last to know about swapsies with the JM Bolderocks next door and the Swingertons across the street? So how would beard dude KNOW or know what to look for? (Kinda super creepy, huh?)

Holy condom Catwoman! Seriously, isn't this as funny as well...women beating nannies with bags of organic carrots? WHO the hell knew that the uptight Main Line had closet sexual adventurers?

(Seriously, you can't whisper naughty words in polite company, yet on the side, they are SWINGING? My oh my, and here they thought anonymous bloggers were risqué? Hey now....)

Hmmmm...Main Line Magazine sure is keeping up with the Main Liners...here is their website: MAINLINE

Oh my goodness. Too funny. A little googling found:

philadelphiamainlineswingers@yahoogroups.com

And for high "ick" factor...OMG:

Delaware Valley Synergy has a WEBSITE - eeewwww - and they say:

Delaware Valley Synergy (DVS) is a Social Club supporting Open Relationships in the greater Philadelphia region. It's an organization in which people may explore alternatives to traditional monogamy in a warm, supportive, humanistic atmosphere.

Serving Lifestylers in southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and northeast Maryland, this non-profit, member run organization has been one of the best kept secrets in the area for over three decades.

Many of our members are swingers, but we're not a swing club. Many are Nudists, but we're not a nudist organization. Some members are polyamorous, but we're not a poly group. Newcomers have found DVS to be just the environment they were looking for to make "friends, first," and explore this open lifestyle at a "safe" and non-threatening pace. Whereas long-standing members have found our group to be the core of their very best friends in life!

Hmmmmm....no snarkiness here, but seriously? This sounds like a free passport to an STD..ummmm...all giggles aside...YUCK. This is as bad as Main Line women who go through bad divorces and decide to date women for a while only they really aren't lesbians just bored and temporarily angry at men....not my cup of tea......

Maybe they Should Have Left The BMW on Campus?

Philbrity: From The Desk Of Kelly Conaboy: In Cold(ish) Blood: The Burglary of Lincoln Financial Field
KELLY CONABOY REPORTING, WITH APOLOGIES TO TRUMAN CAPOTE



So? Was Linc Break In a 'Nova Fraternity Prank?

This thing I just saw on the news - the Villanova dumbasses who went shopping at the Linc? Is it a fraternity prank? Sounds like it. Of course the other issue this raises is how come it's so easy to break into the Linc? So the news had some Villanova statement...which struck me as amusing, because it was like "well if they did it, it's very disappointing"

IF? Didn't they get caught red handed?

ABC/WPVI 5 charged in Linc break-inWednesday, April 15, 2009 | 5:19 PM

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - April 15, 2009 (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police have charged five Villanova University students in connection with an early morning break-in at Lincoln Financial Field.....Police say the group was exiting the stadium when stopped by police and taken into custody.
The suspects in custody are all college students, 18 and 19-years-old from Villanova University....All five are charged with Criminal Conspriracy, Burglary, Criminal Trespass, Theft by Unlawful Taking, Receiving Stolen Property, Institutional Vandalism, and Possessing an Instrument of Crime.

Villanova University is conducting an internal investigation

Hmmmm, wonder if (a) any of these upstanding young men are sons of alumni? (b)How many daddies are scrambling for lawyers? (c) Any of these upstanding young men ever been in trouble before?

Fox:Police Arrest 5 In
Break-In At The Linc

Rain poured down upon Radnor Township, an area of Delaware County lying along what is known to locals as the “Main Line.” Just northwest of Philadelphia, the brooding sky imposed a menacing atmosphere on the affluent town. Residents went about their generally harmless routines: finishing their meals, compromising over what to DVR and what to watch now, tucking in their children. The night, really, was as any other. That is unless you include, as one must, Villanova University....It was then that five young male students decided, overcome by the silence, to break the static night and venture out to do something for which they had been preparing since the first get-to-know-you barbeque and pong event in mid-September.

Return of the Undead: Toomey Announces Candidacy For US Senate PA

Oh goody. Return of the Super Crazy. Can't wait. Maybe he'll really make my day and get caught having an affair with Sarah Palin. (You betcha' that would be good fun!)

Posted on Wed, Apr. 15, 2009
Toomey announces GOP senate bid
By Thomas Fitzgerald
Inquirer Staff Writer

Conservative Pat Toomey, a former Lehigh Valley congressman, this morning announced he is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in the 2010 election.

In a videotaped message on his new campaign website (www.ToomeyForSenate.com), Toomey says the nation is at a "crossroads" between a greatly expanding federal government and the direction of more economic freedom.

The move sets up a much-anticipated rematch with moderate Sen. Arlen Specter (R., Pa.) who earned a fifth term in 2004 after defeating a challenge from Toomey by about 17,000 votes out of more than 1 million cast. Their race will feature a key debate among Republicans: Did their party lose power because it stopped appealing to moderates, or because it was not true to conservative principles?

Hmmmm..let's see...I think the Republicans lost because they think women like Sarah Palin are delightful...I think Republicans lost because they are ignorant chauvinistic asses out of touch with the way the real world exists...I think the Republicans lost when they let the religious loonies back into the fold - after all they kept them in check when George II was running the first time, let them come out a bit when George II was running the second time and then let it all hang out when McCain ran. I say the Republican party has done it to themselves. They need to go back towards the center; become grounded...Toomey again means no one is listening yet.

See crazy live on Moonies For Senate

Stop The "First Dog" Madness!

This will hopefully be my SOLE post on the "First Dog" bullshit. Because THAT is what it is. BULLSHIT

Every damn time a president picks a dog, the breed becomes exploited, in-bred, Disney-fied.

Dogs are not a new pair of shoes to be discarded when the fashions change. They offer us love and companionship and a loyalty not seen in humans.

Obama in a sense has a rescue dog since this dog was a turn back to a breeder, so leave him alone. More importantly, leave the BREED alone.

Don't pick dog breed because a U.S. President did - and Portuguese Water Dogs while lovely are high energy. And they do not need to turn into the next doggy predicament - remember when 101 Dalmatians came out again?

If you want a dog, RESCUE one. Try Francisvale, ASPCA,Morris, SPCA, Main Line Animal Rescue, pure breed rescue, whatever. But if you get a dog, get one for the right reasons.

Now please, America, leave those girls to their puppy.

Obamas criticised for breaking promise of adopting dog from shelter

Portuguese water dogs: Ten things you didn't know about Barack Obama's new pet/With the adoption of Bo, the Obamas have made the Portuguese water dog the most talked-about canine in America and beyond. Get better acquainted with the Portuguese water dog - or Portie - with this list of 10 interesting facts about the breed

Owners fear puppy mills will exploit Obama's pet
Portuguese water dog moves into White House
By Valerie Berenyi, Calgary HeraldApril 14, 2009

OBAMA DOG PICTURE: Bo Moves Into White House

"Team Radnor" Says Buh-Bye To Bashore

PREFACE:Oh MY, Oh MY, Oh MY....blue blazers...lawyers....former commissioners...missing commissioners...former talking head of Radnor Township still as obnoxious as ever...fake Main Line version of Locust Valley Lockjaw...high suburban drama at it's best! Savor the YouTubes, they are keepers...love the old dude asking themn to reflect on a pre-prepared statement that has been floating out there for what, over a week? And OMG someone even dragged poor Harry Kalas into their comments! Now to an extent I agree letting all this hang out isn't the most pleasant thing, but given the secrecy factor that has led to some of these predicaments currently, did the current board leadership have any choice? And the Bashore supporters who cry foul, what about your boy's statement last night? Is this a case of 2 wrongs make a right? What a scene...what a scene...I still do not understand how Bashore did not know right from wrong? If he loved where he worked, why didn't he do things the right way? That Bruce Bikin guy spoke very well....


Well, suffice it to say there was a whole lotta whining going on last night in Radnor Township. Bashore in his arrogance, was his own worst enemy. Now I am sure his "statement" which had the fine ring of All My Children to it (Dave was playing Erica Kane in a budget wardrobe)is a prelude to an I-Need-To-Retire Lawsuit, but it was high soap opera drama at it's best.

This man opens with a greeting to "Team Radnor". (Yeah! Go Team!) So Dave goes into this speechifying passing the buck so much, you could almost see the halo. I say almost because blaming dead people like that former Manager Crofford and whatever veiled aspersions were thrown at the dead commissioner, Ann Michelle Higgins was just nose wrinkling distasteful, wasn't it? And as for the commissioners should have been watching him, yes that is unfortunately true, but political office in Radnor for the majority is just some fluff thing to add to a puffed up resume, isn't it? And unfortunately (or fortunately depending upon your political persuasion) it speaks volumes as to the Republican Party of Radnor, doesn't it? Yep, the grand old party might be better dressed in Radnor, but is it still the same old slimy Delco tradition? So what is the Radnor head's name? Mimi something? Mebbe Mimi should retire and stick to playing bridge and antiquing?

And speaking of tradition, what about Ms. Paolino? Why was she absent yet again? Why doesn't she step down? Seriously why is she in office?

But Bashore didn't just play "we blame dead people" did he? He threatened suit and went the full paranoia on Osborne, who sounds like an even bigger freak doesn't he? maybe the commissioners should not stop with Bashore? Maybe they should go further and get rid of other staff? Are there also commissioners who should be brought up in front of an ethics board to carefully examine once and for all if they were complicit and to what degree?

If you listen to Bashore's statement you will be struck with not only how he has never done wrong, that he accuses Osborne of accusing him of being a swinger (truly, you don't look that exciting), that he invented Radnor single handed, and what else? You be the judge. Listen to the YouTubes. And don't forget to listen to part 2 the regular meeting - there are some giggles to be had there as well...who knew public access could be so very entertaining?

But back to Bashore's paranoia on this Osborne cat - if Osborne is so bad, why did he, a MAN, allow himself to be basically bullied? And as for Bashore's supporters - ok they are entitled to their opinions, but people, when are you going to see all this for what it is? You all look so stiff in your traditional spring blazers...And former commissioner Dave Cannon showed up too....that was kinda interesting....he was always fun to listen to.Oh yeah Bashore, if this is your legacy, sure you want to be so proud? Previous commissioners coming back, salacious comments in a letter? Pick up your ball and go home little boy. Your day is done. Should Osborne be next? Perhaps, let's see what happens.As for those who complained about "procedure", those supporters of Bashore seem to be ignoring Bashore's own part in the soap opera of it all?

Tonight On The "Real" Housewives of Radnor Township...

Will Housewife Dave resign? Or will he sing like a tweety bird and wring his hands over poor mean Osborne? Will he dime out fellow housewives (a/k/a the commissioners) and sell his story to the tabloids? Will any commissioner housewives stay home? Will commissioners tell tales to cover their own asses? In like two hours we'll know! Should we have the Great American Pub turn the meeting on like it is a big game and we'll play Radnor drinking games at the bar? Should we all go in person? Watch at home? What? What? What?

Tonight's the night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A G E N D A
Public Meeting Monday
Board of Commissioners April 13, 2009
Radnor Township 6:00 p.m.
2. Resolution 2009-19 re: Manager Removal

A G E N D A
Public Meeting Monday
Board of Commissioners April 13, 2009
Radnor Township 7:00 p.m.
Pay attention to 2 things:
1. Certificate of Appropriateness re: MC McMichael to construct
a new single family dwelling at 215 W. Wayne Avenue (Yo, that's the house destroyer dressed as Mary Poppins chick)
2. Set public hearing re: off premises signs (Ummm code word for BILLBOARDS - so NOT Main Line!)

I just don't know...my head is spinning....pay attention to all the bills to be paid like:


But $435 in Flag Football equipment? What's the Phillies deposit? $2900 in U.S. Open Tickets? WOW! Taxpayers get REAL treats in Radnor! Ummm any procedures in there? Facelifts? Botox?

Mmmmm, mmmm good! That's what this meeting is going to be...mmmm, mmmm, mmmm, media good!

See y'all later, hear?

"justsnarky" in Media Demand? What Fabulosity!

Now seriously, who knew I was so widely read? How cute! Anyway, got this comment to the blog:

This is completely unrelated to anything except your hilarious and yes, snarky, blog. I LOVE IT. It's about my favorite thing. So much so, that I'd like to write a profile on you for Main Line Today Magazine's Best of the Main Line issue.

We can have some fun with it. I'm guessing that you'd like to remain anonymous. Disguises are always good as are dimly lit parking garages (alas, there aren't any in Wayne). If you're game to talk via email, via the phone or in person, we can figure out the rules. Here is my contact information:

Sara Robins
sara_robins@mindspring.com

Sara,
I am floored and amused all at the same time. But here is how this works: who I am is who I choose to be, and while I have a fab collection of hats and sunglasses, I am just a virtually available gal at this point. I thank the good lord there aren't any dimly lit parking garages in Wayne just yet, but give some idiot time! ( I hear valet parking didn't work so well , and apprently if I wanted to store uncle's vintage car, I might be able to? But I digress)

Anyway, how this works is if you want me just the way I am, this is how it's done: you leave me questions you want answered on a comment to the blog and I will answer you on the blog.

If I am among the best of the best, this should be no problemo. If it is, I understand, but those are the rules.

xoxo justsnarky

"Real" Housewives of Radnor Township

Yeah, Bashore confuses me too....wants his "good name" back, yet is turning Radnor into a Bravo TV reality show - Real Housewives of Radnor Township.


Main Line Suburban Life > News
Bashore maintains innocence; Says board humiliated him, twisted documents
Published: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 By Sam Strike

Suspended Radnor Township manager Dave Bashore maintains that he had the power to dole out lump sum bonuses to himself and his employees throughout his tenure, but says that it was an "error of judgment" not to expressly inform boards about the payments or the policies behind them.

In a 19-page document submitted to the township April 6 and obtained by Main Line Suburban Life, Bashore responds to all of the charges leveled against him by the township's Board of Commissioners. Bashore told Main Line Suburban Life that he also plans on making an oral statement at a special meeting scheduled for Monday at 6 p.m.

In the response document Bashore also states that he neither falsified records nor misrepresented his pay to the board, as it avers, but said about the latter that he was guilty of failing to realize how certain documents "would be twisted and used against me."

Oh can't you just hear the itty bitty violins of pity? Because we all know Bashore is a child who knew no boundaries, right? Was he in it alone? Doubtful.

How much do you want Dollar Dave? What is your magic "Go Away" dollar amount?

(But while you are getting to that magic dollar figure...please make uit super delightfully entertaining...take them ALL down, not just Osborne....)

Real Housewives of NJ: "You from Joisey? Which Exit ?"

Seriously, they need to close all roads in and out of New Jersey to make sure these women NEVER get out OTB (Over The Bridge).

Ok, let's just get it over with: watched the sneak peek of Real Housewives of New Jersey, and well....ummmmm...they are every bad Yo-Tony-Franky-Rocco-Moose-Over-The-Bridge-Big-Haired negative stereotype of why people think most of New Jersey is an armpit, and the majority of the women ever so tacky.Bravo really captures the essence of pure Tacky. These women will shame the Garden State. They should be put to sleep and out of our misery. This group of housewives will be for watching in the middle of the night when you can't sleep and that is about it. These are the Divas of Dumb Ass...and the clothes? UGH. The houses? UGH.

At least when you watch the Real Housewives of NYC, it's fun to look at - the clothes, cars, houses, apartments. These women from Jersey? Oh, it's just painful to watch The Sopranos come to life. The tacky-o-meter is off the charts with these women...the only thing that could possibly be worse is "The Real Housewives of The Main Line".
Snap Judgment: The Real Housewives of New Jersey
Pamela Sitt, Apr 08, 2009

After getting a preview of The Real Housewives of New Jersey Tuesday night on Bravo, May 12 can't come fast enough! We break down the cast, from most to least likeable:

Caroline: The redheaded mama hen of the group is an "old-school" housewife who rules her large Italian family with an iron hand....Reminds us of: Jill and Bethenny from Real Housewives of New York and Jeana from Real Housewives of Orange County

Teresa: Addicted to shopping and spending money...wants a boob job. Married to Joe, a beefy guy who works in construction and says things like, "Fuhgeddaboudit." ...Reminds us of: Ramona from Real Housewives New York City and Gretchen from Real Housewives of Orange County......Dina: The token blonde of the group is chummy with her tween daughter and obsessed with material things. She can be bossy and goes into "bitch mode,".....Jacqueline: Las Vegas transplant who married into a Jersey family....Danielle: This "love me or hate me" firecracker was engaged 19 times before getting married and is now divorced with two kids. Boasts that she got her black American Express card before Madonna...