Loyalty is nice but can be misguided. Part One

“Now, Auntie”, you say, “How can loyalty be misguided?”

Well, Dear Nieces and Nephews, it most certainly can be misguided when it has the purpose of providing jobs for your friends on the taxpayer’s dime (especially if the person is unqualified or not as qualified as they should be.)

Auntie will share with you today the stories of two families in favor with our County Executive, but don’t worry, there’s more to come!

Let’s take a look at some of the hiring activity of our County Executive, who thunders through the county government in a less than elegant fashion, our own "Stevie Thunder"

The Pascocello Family:

We have Dain Pascocello, (nephew of the OAS Bill Pascocello)) as spokesman for the County Executive’s office. Dain does have experience as not only a spokesman, but also in the “Blame Game”, as evidenced by the statement below, sources cited:

"Dain Pascocello, a spokesman for US Rep. Tim Murphy, R- Upper St. Clair, said the congressman is aware of the frustration felt by the families."Had the Senate bothered to take up the House-passed Defense appropriations bill providing funding for the commissary and not let it languish for 10 weeks, this situation could have been completely avoided and the commissary could have remained open, "Mr. Pascocello said." As it stands now, Congressman Murphy shares the frustration of local military families and veterans and is committed to working towards a resolution. He urges the Senate to take up all of the spending bills the House has sent over this past week and past months to get this country back up and running again. "In another shutdown-related development affecting the military, Gov. Tom Corbett wrote to US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel asking for the country's furloughed National Guard military technicians to be put back to work, including 1,000 in Pennsylvania. Jonathan D. Silver: jsilver@post-gazette.com, 412-263-1962 or on Twitter@jsilverpg.Copyright: ___ (c) 2013 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at. post-gazette.com

(This statement was also posted in CHINESE at: miniddy.pixnet.net/blog/archives/201310/10)

We hope that Dain does not find the daily commute to Orange County too long.



  Bill Pascocello
 

And then, there is Uncle Bill, William Pascocello of OAS. He almost succeeded in running Valley View to the ground after more than 10 years of receiving $750k/annum for himself and 2 others. AND he had first dibs (called “the right of first refusal”) to buy Valley View. AND He had other interesting arrangements, see diagram below:

 

 

Valley View bosses and their connections to the pension and benefit funds of the Greater New York 1199 SEIU,

 a private sector union. Illustration by Heather Mormile; The Photo News Sep 13, 2012 story by JOSHUA ROSENAU

Is it possible, that some type of affiliation exists between our county executive and Mr. Pascocello?

Maybe we need a new chart.