It is unfortunate that the crime rate will increase over the summer months because we failed to plan immediately after last summer ended to make available job opportunities for our youth. Very little talk or planning has taken place during the winter months about summer job, intern, training or other work opportunities for our youth.
There are many things our leaders could have done to prevent this annual last minute rush to find jobs for our youth. We have outstanding State elected officials representing this city including John Rafferty and we have not at least to this reader, there has not been meetings with he or our other elected officials and business leaders about work possibilities.
So we will put additional pressures on our over worked police officers to maintain discipline and prevent crimes in our community when we could have planned for the summer of 2012 9 months ago.
Don't blame the children and youth for our poor planning. Don't blame the teachers and don't blame the parents, we have to look to our elected and appointed leaders to be more effective.

Dr. Wesley A. Plummer

Whomever did this article did a fantastic job!!! I do agree that the government should have looked ahead to make jobs available or at least provide free transportation to individuals to work in areas where there are jobs.

John, one possible answer is for every one in the community to recognize that societal ills effects everyone. Agreeing on this point we can have a meaningful meeting with the business leaders, education leaders, community leaders, clergy, parents, elected officials or their designees representing each branch of government, and of course student representatives.
At this 11th hour we have to agree on a targeted group most at risk for idelness and implement the appropriate programs that not only provide fun, games, work and learning. To give an example, if our aim is to provide work but also to prevent delinquent, disruptive, and future dropouts, we should target the middle school age to 10th grade students. If day camp or overnight camps are provided, a work/ training program (receive minimum wages in meaningful jobs) can be implemented as well as tutoring in Math, Sciences and Reading comprehension which seems to cause many of our inner city students to get behind.
We know that government has little to no extra money, therefore the private sector has to make the investment that will prove dividends for everyone in the short and long term survival of our community. There is so much more I can say but this space will not provide adequate dialogue. I will add that the meeting I invision is not a typical do good, feel good meeting. It is led by a proven and effective leader who understands how to inspire activisim and get results.

Wesley A. Plummer, Ed.D.

Very good article Tom! Wesley, what you propose is on track for a long-term, sustainable solution.

What we see in the core neighborhoods are very young, single mothers who are not necessarily from this area. Coming from Philadelphia, Reading, (and points beyond), it has been said that MontCo Voucher Housing encourages them to move into this part of Pottstown that they refer to as "the square." This was told to me by a young man from Philadelphia who was once receiving a voucher for his family. He arrived here only to find that he could not, in good conscious, raise a family in the inadequate housing and drug infested neighborhood.

Summer before last there was talk in the press of drug dealers competing for territory, (the summer of extraordinary violence), it was also said that these young mothers are wooed by the dealers, ultimately providing them with shelter and a base of operation from their subsidized apartments. We've seen this in action. There can be upwards of 4 or 5 young male drug dealers residing with each young woman. Enabled by a system that has no real checks and balances as well as absentee rental property owners who, as long as the rent money flows, do not check up on their properties or develop a relationship with the tenants. The onus becomes that of a community ill equipped to deal with it alone. I contend that dealing with housing issues, expediently, is essential and can make an immediate impact.

Wesley Plummer - Sooooo Boring.

Hey Goldencockroach. Thanks for stating in a public forum the conflict of interest Karen L. is showing. Wonder if you did her any favors when the Council President finds out?

After giving much thought, to this topic, I believe there are three main areas of foucs that leads to reduced crime. First, there must be a strong tax base. This would include homeowners who pay taxes necessary to assist with local budget needs especially in education. This leads to the next need which is good schools because if the city expects new homeowners and typically we are speaking about young and newly married individuals or single upward mobile individuals, many will have children and want to send them to public schools if they are good and provide an quality education.
The third need is a strong, interpersonal and committed public safety department with many of the officers and fire fighters residing in the community of which they are employed. Fourth, you need to have a progressive municipal government that employes individuals who are not relativies or friends but the best qualified to carry out their responsibilities. A cruical person is one who knows how to procure grants to assist the needy and impoverished families in our communities. As the Bible says, "The poor shall be with you always." We have an obligation to take care of the needy but not to produce any.
These are a couple of points that come to mind that will assist in reducing crime.

Dr. Wesley Plummer

All of Facebook is public dear Deb. Karen posted her own sentiments on the Golden Cockroach. I have a feeling that council concurs. As always, you dazzle the Patch readers with your keen wit and astute observations.

Procuring for the needy and impoverished in Pottstown is one thing that the churches and worthy non-profits do well. Asking for a return on investment vis a vis giving some of their time to help raise up the community - not so much. Giving without expectation is a slight to people in need, it fails to address a basic requirement, shared by all human beings, to feel needed, valued for their contributions and to be involved with others, connected to a common cause that is greater than one's self. To give back.

If I could add one thing to your list, Wesley, it would be that the churches and organizations who serve would bring their benefactors into the fold of activities that would strengthen the bonds of our neighborhoods and our community. Working together to keep the streets free of trash/debris, to help keep our kids safe, help an elder with minor home maintenance, in other words to return, in kind, the goodness of a community that does so much to make the lives of the poor better. Whatever that looks like from the vantage point of the churches and other organizations, the poor also need to be given the opportunity to nourish their hearts and souls through acts of kindness and a sense of belonging. Expecting nothing of them is a disservice and limits their ability to aspire for better things.

How bad would Goldencockroach feel her arrogance caused a good person to lose their job?

To all posters: My sentiments on landlords are not from my real work experience that I am jaded. They are from my life experience. I would love a Golden Cockroach in my neighborhood in Lower Pottstgrove. As in Pottstown were I lived for 17 years and my children still live the neighborhoods are scourged by landlords who ride the section 8 bus. They ruin our values, our great manicured areas and places we work so hard to keep nice and then they live in nice homes out of this area. As far as comments go about me and any council person, wha???. If you really knew me, you would know that council does not rule or influence anything I say or do. They are my masters for my job, however not for my mouth or my mind. That is my own. I reserve any comments I make for my experience as living all these years in Pottstown and LP in and around investors who rent to the most unfortunate and lowly of people. The attitude of investor types is that we owe them,, while my character says I owe nothing to someone who already attains alot from the system. I work two and three jobs to attain what I have, I owe inveistors not one darn thing. I live and work with you and if one day the almighty gauntlet comes down from the council and I no longer do well I am a survivor and my brain and my character will lead me on to other things. I will always have my opinion and the character to state it. Have a great day.

You represent the Borough inside and outside of work no matter of your beliefs. It is ashame to hear a Borough of Pottstown employee pubilcally shows bias against landlords. Landlords that have done nothing wrong. It is not a crime to rent to a section 8 family. Are you discriminating against the poor? single parent? those in need? Or are you just discriminating against the unfortuanate and lowly section 8 people as your comments state? It is unfortunate you feel people who are not like you are lowly. Could they be in a bad situation? Could a section 8 tenant be diasbled? I think if you really feel this way you should resign from your position on Monday. Council needs to know REALLY how you feel. Is this the attitude of ALL of the Borough employees? Is there discrimination against landlords that need to be addressed in another $700,000 lawsuit?

Deb Campbell - HenryEvans, It is against the law to rent to anyone, (Section 8 or otherwise), neglect them & your property. It is against the law to rent to anyone who disrupts another's quiet enjoyment of their own property or rental unit. It is unmistakably stupid to rent to drug dealers & other criminals, risking exposure to a multitude of lawsuits, this fact is dismissed by predatory landlords. While renting to sex offenders in a certain distance of schools is a heinous act of ignorance and defiance, also illegal. There are laws on the books and case history to back them up.

Take nothing for granted Deb. Your continued threats of $700,000 lawsuits against the Borough have lost your desired effect of shutting anyone up, isn't that obvious to you?

The revised rental ordinances and enforcement send a clear message that the Borough is pulling in the reigns on slumlords. Is that message too subtle for you Deb? The real shame is not that a Borough employee spoke up but that any Borough employee or elected official would not feel free to state their opinion of the rape and pillage of this community, after all, they are the ones that pick up the pieces and have to smile at people like you every day. On duty, they may be obligated to make heroic efforts to be polite, but it would be a mistake to regard their decorum as approval for the illegal actions that negligent investors have plied in Pottstown. It's clear - we'll "take it on the chin" no more. Wise up.

You will take it on the chin as long as The Western Montgomery Landlord Association is around.

That's a foolish statement Bill J. In essence, you are saying that this organization promotes incompetent rental property management - networking within it's ranks with regards to the "ins and outs" of skirting their legal and financial obligations?

That question is redundant. The answer is evidenced by the conditions of the rental housing and the multitudes of public websites that chronicle landlords liens and mortgage defaults in Montgomery County.

This is an association, then, who's philosophy is out of sync with the changing landscape at both the state and local levels. Be aware, Bill J, that your belligerent assumption that Pottstown is going to "take it on the chin" because you or your affiliates say we will doesn't take into account the strength and determination of this community and the quantative increase of support that we are receiving.

The longevity of The Western Montgomery Landlord Association might well be contingent upon their adaptability and motivation to inspire their membership to meet their highest potential and their obligations.

Golden, Bill and others who have commented on this issue:

The comments demonstrate that we are all concerned about the community in which we live and serve. There has to come a time when we stop blaming each other and look beyond fault and resolve needs. We agree there are problems and we should also agree that sincere people without hidden agendas and protection behavior, can come together and arrive at decisions that benefit every stakeholder. In other words, when and if a "Resove the Problem" meeting is held, each attendee should agree to leave their ego (position, sociol economic status, education, etc.) at the door. We each come in humility regardless of fault to began building effective bridges that breaks down and through barriers.

Thank you for providing the opportunity to share a thought.

Wesley

Wesley,

To give you a little background, the landlords attended a Borough meeting a few years ago about the new rental ordinances. The concerns of the landlords fell on deaf ears. Ever since, the landlords have organized and are stronger than ever. The landlords no longer support Pottstown like the past. No more donations to the fire company, no more help on clean up day to name a couple. We have no reason to help the town because the leaders of the town decided to make decisions on a topic they were not educated in. Since this decision we have seen Pottstown housing prices plummet, landlords selling, few new landlords coming to town, and generally the town going down the tubes. Until the Borough manager is changed and council adopts a new attitude to landlords, we will just sit on the sidelines renting more and more homes to section 8 tenants. Golden cockroach is toxic for the town. There are pending lawsuits which will financially cripple. This day could not come soon enough, but we are ready to fight until we win. Remember the ones with the gold make the rules.

Your thought, Wesley, is well received albeit slightly misdirected. In the comments left here by Bill J., The Bible is about me, Helen J, and Bettylou you are witnessing a complete lack of humility of one, maybe two, Pottstown rental real estate investors. Their motus operandi is to read the posts on the Golden Cockroach Facebook page then comment as sordid aliases, (hundreds of them), beneath articles on the Patch. These comments may or may not relate to anything discussed in the article. They are practicing amateur cyber-bullying.

Again, let me be perfectly clear - there ARE very good landlords in Pottstown who I believe share our concern for the community. There are many many who are sincerely interested in protecting only one thing - their bottom line. These investors don't consider themselves "stakeholders" in our community, more precisely, they are STEAK holders and wish to remain so with no interference from the peanut gallery, (me, you, the borough, the judges, PA state, Section 8 - anyone).

If and when a "Resolve the Problem" meeting is held, you won't see them in attendance because they don't live in Pottstown ... but their egos are smeared on the broken doors of the dangerous rental properties they peddle in our community, both voucher housing & market rentals. Their only "need" is to retain their rental income, unfettered by messy laws, violations or blogs. They don't like the Cockroach for telling the truth and they think you are boring too.

Can you believe the pizza shop is going out of business because they don't care about their bottom line. No small business should care about their bottom line. Let everyone tell the pizza owner how to make pizza and what to charge. Only sell pizza to people that resemble the leaders of the town. No poor, minorities, out of towners, welfare recipients are allowed to buy pizza. The leaders of the town never owned a pizza shop but they are telling every pizza shop how to operate their business. Oh well, another empty business in Pottstown. With all these empty businesses where will you eat. There is hope. An individual who never owned a pizza shop, owes the Borough money, doesn't work, lives in the ghetto, has all the answers. The town is saved. Let's rejoice.

Golden-I love your spunk, but are you or have you been worried for your health. Some of these posters seem to go overboard. I moved to Pottstown 6 months ago
and it seems you have concerns for the town you love. I just got here and I thank you!
ps I have done some work for some of the landlords. Your descriptions about some of them "hits-the-nail-on-the-head"
God Bless you & your work!

Hello David the new guy in town and WELCOME to Pottstown!! My health has never been better, thanks for asking.

I can't take all the credit but I appreciate your acknowledgment and will share your comment with the spunky residents who share their, (unbelievable), stories about living in the vicinity of - or - IN the rental properties that are run down and (mis) managed. You, no doubt, have a few good stories yourself!! Feel free to share your experiences of working with some of the "landlords" on the Golden blog and enjoy this soon-to-be-rainy day! Golden

http://goldencockroach.wordpress.com/

David - ever hear the statement "sucker born every minute". If you really believe Golden Cockroach goal is to help Pottstown before her own self interest, you are a sucker. She purchased a ghetto home and the home's value dropped significantly. She can't sell, she doesn't work,so she complains. Ask her about lawsuits and see if you get the truth. Don't be a sucker like many of the Borough employees.

You're repeating yourself again, Jenni - Deb. Why so preoccupied with the value of my house? I'm not moving so the value is just a number on a piece of paper. This quirky little community and the downtown neighborhoods are my values, and like the commercial says they are "PRICELESS."

How are your values holding up?

Pottstown clean up day on Saturday. Beautiful day. The Mercury said a few dozen people showed up. Let's say 36 people from a town of 20,000. Let's say there are 600 landlords in Pottstown. Zero participated. You activists and Borough leaders sure know how to bring the community together. You all are failures. When the landlords organize we get 60-85 people on a Thursday night every month. This is organization.

Out of 600 landlords you only get 60-85 people at the landlords organization? Impressive.

Thanks. We think 10% of the total landlords in Pottstown is impressive since less that 1/3 actual have been solicited to join. Just imagine when the other 2/3 are contacted. Watch out. Out of a town of 20,000 you get 6 people (pictures in the Mercury to prove it) to protest on King Street. How depressed are you to constantly lose every battle you wage? What went wrong in your life to be over 50, no job, live in the worst section of town, uneducated, etc, etc? Don't you see 98% of your peers have a better life than you. What do your High School classmates think of your pitiful situation? Do you lie to your family to make yourself feel better?

Still waiting for the story on Willie May. I already have a letter ready to send to him. Speed it up before postage rates increase.

Day, Deb..it's Willie T. Day. You'll have time to scratch out the envelope before the postage increase.

Willie T. Day, owner of 175 N. Evans St., and 554 King St. On May 3, 2012 the borough commenced to put a municipal lien on the King St. property. Tenants say he's not paying his water/sewer/trash bills AND one of his tenants, is a Section 8 pay. Notice has been given prompting a Section 8 inspection...boy will they be surprised, but then again, maybe not.

The cumulative neglect and cavalier comments to his tenant about "gambling" the gov't check 'cause he doesn't really need the money....WOAH fella. I guess that's where the practiced "poker face" comes from whenever the tenants ask for necessary repairs.

Golden- I checked out your blog. Very impressive, I can't imagine the amount of time & effort it took. I hope your neighbors understand your commitment to the town. I good friend of mine is moving to Pottstown from Buffalo & he will buy rentals in Pottstown. I'll tell him of your blog & not to be on it.
BTW-Who is the "person" feuding w/ you? Seems "nutty". Good luck w/ your blog.
Allso I can't post about the bad ones I've encountered, bad for business & I don't want to get sued. People sue over nothing thses days. (I hope you're not an attorney)

Thanks again David!! It does require a good amount of time and effort to research, investigate and write the blog. But when I am contacted by someone who needs help, IT IS SO WORTH THE EFFORT. The person you consider "nutty" is Deb Campbell. She, and her former partner, Doug are defaulting on over $2,000,000 worth of income properties between here and Norristown, (see home page on blog). Additional liens for taxes and municipal fees push that figure even higher.

Deb considers herself the spokeswoman for the Western Montgomery County Landlord Association and slumlords/ladies throughout Pottstown. Because there is so little to defend, she tends to repeat herself about what she perceives to know about me, which is very little, as it turns out.

I understand your reservation about posting. When your friend gets to town, if he does good work and has a responsive management style, I'll feature him on the "Good Guys" to rent from page, (under development). There are very many responsible, working people looking for NICE housing - beyond meeting basic codes requirements. I am not an attorney but I know a very good, very fair legal eagle, should you ever have need of one.

Thanks for your response and words. I'll direct my friend to you when he gets to town. Did you ever hold a class or meeting for landlords or prospective landlords with the hopes of improving the town as a whole for the better?If not you should.
I got to leave for now but I'll check you out later. Have a good day!
ps Deb you must love this weather, it matches your personality.

You know David, classes would be a great idea. MontCo Community College offers Landlord classes. I have encouraged the borough to think about rewarding landlords for getting their certificate. It's working nicely in many other communities. For example: http://www.portlandonline.com/bds/index.cfm?c=31887

I can't put my finger on it at the moment, but there are communities that require rental investors to put up say, $2000.00 security deposit with the municipality. If they take the course they get all but the cost of the Rental license back after 1 year of responsible business operation, (a probationary period), ie: no liens, no cop calls, happy tenants happy neighbors, etc. If they don't want to take the course, the town holds onto that money so they can cover their costs up front, like clean and lien, excessive police services, etc. That way they aren't chasing the deadbeats down, costing even more money, to be paid back for the unnecessary drain on taxpayer resources. When that money runs out, re-evaluate what the landlord has contributed to the community and renew or reject rental licenses based on performance.

As it is now, an alarming number of landlords are also real estate agents, working with the big name agencies. You would think they would have a grip on best business practices - right? Wrong.

The Borough does not have the guts to do anything else against the landlords. $700,000 permit lawsuit pending and other pending lawsuits makes the Borough quiver like a baby. Heads will roll when the $700,000 lawsuit is settled.

Attention, Attention Goldcockroach - Mark Gibson has given up on Pottstown clean up day because of poor turnout. Turnout low just like the King Street protest.

Mr Gibson and others, when will you learn. You have been backing the wrong horse in Pottstown. Instead of backing the poor, uneducated activists why don't you open your ears to the landlords. We told you what was going to happen to the town a few years ago when you didn't listen to us and wrote the rental ordinances. How did we know the town would go down the hill quickly? Because we are educated and can see the writing on the wall. When will the Borough council and Borough Manger swallow their pride and make nice with the landlords? Landlords that own 45% of the properties in Pottstown. Your way isn't working so it might be time to call in new ideas from the largest group of business owners in Pottstown. Is pride going to get in your way? Is Borough Council willing to go down with the ship?

Just curious, what kind of an education does one need to put the screws to the American taxpayers and struggling communities when defaulting on mortgages, taxes and municipal fees for income properties? Or, for that matter, what kind of education is needed to become adept at neglect? It doesn't seem like pride is standing in the way for much of the 45% of rental property owners here, the borough leaders have no need to grovel in the manure.

This admin/council is finally standing up for the abused taxpayer/residents and the battered housing stock, helping to create the potential to revitalize our local economy. That's what pride is all about. Who says their way isn't working? Patience is key.

There was a lot going on in Pottstown last Saturday, so if Mark Gibson wants to give up, (and I doubt that very much), he'll be missed. But maybe some people are just tired of cleaning up after nasty tenants and it's time for the borough to send an even clearer message to slumlords? That's what I call making nice in Pottstown.

Former councils and admin's backed your horse for years, (obviously they didn't notice it was dead), and the legacy they left the current leaders to figure out what to do with the by products of a horse that was allowed to gorge itself up to the end.

I know people in Pottstown who own rental properties. They also live in Pottstown. They have no problem with the borough ordinances. I’ve read them, none of them are unreasonable. The only people that I can see that would have a problem are those people who do not want to be responsible for their property. I would guess that the slumlords, who don’t live in Pottstown, would feel very different if these types of properties were next door to their homes.
To say that the borough should "play nice" with bad landlords is ludicrous. Why should they? Why is the borough wrong for expecting that taxes or water bills to be paid? Why is the borough wrong for thinking that a property should not be trashed? Why is the borough wrong for ousting criminals? “What is the advantage to the borough of playing nice?

Mark Gibson was quoted in the Mercury today saying" With the lack of people coming out to support the clean-up, I am done with these losers. I've seen the light and I realize that Golden Cockroach is a liar a fraud." He was also heard muttering"I wish I'd have listened to Deb, she has the REAL pulse of Pottstown. GC is a loser & a dum dum!"

Off the record Mr Gibson said:"Katie makes up everything & I can't believe Missy H. has a full beard" also:" I can't find a Krimpet or Kandy Kake, Katie has to slow down w/ her eating" Props to the Mercury staff for getting this scoop!

Beat reporter Robin Quivers got a story from "E.G." from the 400 block of King St. said:"Katie aka Golden Cockroach was seen tossing trash in the yard of prominient citizen Mr. Gustave. she then blamed him for having a dirty yard." Shame on you Katie!!!!

Ms Quivers also said that Katie was seen putting butter on the sidewalk of 151 N Washington St with the hopes of stealing the 1-legged bandits wallet when he slipped. Shame on you KATIE!!!!!!!

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!! THIS JUST IN!!!!!!!! Denver News reports:"Katie left town due to making fun of retards!" Gary the retard said "Katie put a $20 dollar bill on the sidewalk w/ a string tied to it, she put it outside my door & pulled it away when I reached for it. I suffered a pulled hamstring & groin when Katie did this. she always did this when it was icy & snowy."

BEWARE KATIE we have insiders all over the USA, we will find out all your dirty secrets!!!!

According to the Pottstown cleaners:" Katie comes in once a month, she washes her clothes but never underpants! Everything but underpants!"
Katie clean your underpants Pottstown has the right to smell clean.

"KF" who works at a super store had this to say:"Katie comes to our store twice weekly & always buys wig cleaner, she says it's not for her but I doubt it."
Sorry to be the reason you pulled your hair out katie.

Katie, it's time for a serious talk to work our problems out. When will you commit to being serious?

Katie is Pottstown biggest JOKE!!!!

Why do you hide your big snout in the sand Katie? Where are you?

Anna C aka katie, please be more creative when commenting. You are boring!

Grow up annac, if you don't have something positive to post; don't post!

Anna C & Golden Cock are the reason Pottstown is in the state its in. All negitive talk & NO positive action! That statement is endorsed by M. Gibson

I do know Mark Gibson and why cause him any further umbrage? He’s just disappointed and a little discouraged. It happens to the best of us… What IS also sad is that I was the only "volunteer", until my friend joined us about an hour into the clean-up, that showed up at the firehouse. We had about 2 dozen of Judge Kropp's "kids" and several police officers that attended the clean-up. I cut out around 11AM to plant some veggies in the Community Garden. So I tried to support both events. I've lived in Pottstown now for 5 years and I've participated 4 of those years. It's absolutely true what Mark said. It's the same people time and time again organizing and contributing to these events and you get worn out. The other problem, Pottstown needs a community calendar so we can better coordinate events. It seems like there are conflicting events each weekend. Not sure who can solve that one…
FYI-There's another event coming up this Sat. at the Washington/Chestnut St. Park starting at 10am. For the past 3 years I have been coordinating a "Garden Party" which is sponsored by Colonial Gardens and Genesis Housing. If anyone can spare the 1.5 hours to help beautify the park, it will be greatly appreciated. If you plan to attend please drop me a line at vivapottstown@hotmail.com.

Best Regards,
Anna Johnson

Thanks for the positive post Anna J, I am sure Katie & Anna C will no where to be found at this event. Anna C aka Katie grow up & be mature about things.

It's funny how Katie & annac never post at the same time. Like the song said 'Things that make you go HMM?"

THIS JUST IN!!!!! OFF THE WIRE!!!!!! According to the Pottstown National Inq. Katie aka AnnaC was spotted buying brief style underpants! We hope this puts the "smelly" rumor to rest! Thanks Katie/AnnaC for caring about Pottstown! Just stay away from the butter katie/annac

We are sorry to report that the briefs were men style underpants. Katie/annac the folks of Pottstown beg you to buy & wear clean underpants. The temps are rising and so does the bad smells of the ghetto. You wonder why landlords stay out of town. All you have to do is take a big sniff!!!!!

According to the homeless fellow on Hanover St.: he heard katie say the following:" I hope Deb or Doug never find out my hidden identity; Anna C. They would never back off me. I also have to remember to slip the cleaner a twenty so he keeps my dirty secret to himself." Also he heard her yap outloud the following:"I wish people would like me, my life is still like it was in High school, all the cool kids goofing on me. Why O Why!"

P-town TMZ will turn Pottstown on its ear w/ this story. Today @ 2pm Katie/annac was spotted w/ a fishing rod by the river. When she took the fishing gear out a new $20 bill was scene at the end of the fishing line. Shame Shame Katie; everyone knows your name. You must stop fishing for retards!

Pottstown needs a NEW mouthpiece. Requirements are as follows:
1. The ability to blame everything bad on landlords.

2. The ability to keep a straight face when doing #1

3. Just sit on your ever expanding butt & complain about everything, but do nothing to fix problems.

Thanks if you think this sounds like you, stop by the hot dog shack at the mall and give your name & number to Geno. Also if you need a loan ask for Bruno.
Thanks for your time.

Word from the tow-truck driver on King st is that Katie/annac was spotted close to road spikes that put holes in the tires of a car that was taking a youngster to his chemo in Phila.When confronted Katie shoved a Kandy Kake into her mouth so she wasn't understood when giving her side of the story.
First smelly underpants, now this!!!! What is going on down in the ghetto.

This can't be confirmed; but according to the guy working on the phone lines Katie was overheard saying:" Daggum it, I thought Deb was driving that mini van."

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!! Pres. hopeful Ron Paul is dropping out of the race. When questioned about this he said:" When I heard Katie was behind me, I thought to myself, If that nut likes me I need to change things up. I did this for my country. I can't sleep at night when I know she is rooting for me."

Please be serious w/ your comments!
Thank you in advance.

We need positivity Katie/annac not people being foolish!!!!! Get w/ the program.

Anna C congrats on your blog, Golden Cockroach.

Has it been a full moon the last few days. I've nerver seen so many nuts! Anna C & Golden Cockroach You guys need to be committed.

Why are you posting together?

This article is about crime in Pottstown. I've noticed a lot of nonsense going on in the 400 block of King ST. I wonder why. Clean the block up katie and quit wasting your time on the computer and pick up trash.

ps From the sound of things you could do everyone a favor & get clean underpants.

TOP STORY!!!!!! can't be confirmed, but according to the UPS guy:"I dropped off a package at Katies door. It was from Fruit-of-the-Loom. I like every other person in town hope it is NEW LADIES underpants!!!!!!!"
Hopefully the town will start to smell better!!!! "This will make this part of my route much eaiser."

GREAT NEWS FELLOW RESIDENTS!!!!! The goodwill store has donated 17 pair of womens underpants to be distributed in the King st ghetto. Lets hope this helps!

Ok ok you WIN!!!! I am so very sorry to slander & lie abouy you. I wish I was you and had your life. My life stinks. I can't stand my husband(he hates me too) I haven't gotten laid since 2008. I focus on nonsense & i'd like to be your friend. We could go out & meet men, rich ones, landlords. Please stop pointing out all my flaws and be my friend.
Thanks in advance
KJ

I am a fraud. I do what I do cause I am $57,997 upside down in my mortgage.

my hubby is out with his "niece" what should I think?

I have to get this off my chest; I am Anna C. Sorry,
ps M.Hetrick does have a full beard.

I own 7 rentals in Pottstown. In 6 of them I rent to section 8. sorry but I need $ to feed my habits.

I tricked Rosie into leaving me her $413, does that make me bad?

I am hot for Deb Campbell, I even put on clean underpants! Lace ones.

Thanks goodwill, I love having clean underpants!!!!

Deb please don't sue me I can't take another. I am already being sued. I wish I could take back my words!

Wow what happened Golden did you have a change of heart or are you drinking again?

I actually read your posts Golden, I heard from Charlie that your mind is soft. I gather from reading your words that you should get the help you were thinking of getting. Charlie says you need it.

Golden please check yourselk BACK into the "help store" you need it please get the help you need!
ps I have some underpants for you, they're clean & cotten style.

First of All Immature comments are not received by the "normal" person, they are just browsed over and ignored. Furthermore, has it escaped anyone that the "PROBLEM" with Pottstown is it's leadership? The mayor is a die hard supporter of addicts and methodone clinics. Hence, the issues we have today with crime. She is also a "bleeding heart" when it comes to the depressed individual who turns to these vices. I'm no expert by any means, but I have lived in Philadelphia my entire life as well as other parts of our great country. That being said, I have NEVER wanted to escape from a town as badly as I have wanted to escape here. I am qualified as a 1st time homebuyer. I will tell you this, I will NEVER buy a home here and I feel for the people who already did. The police department is rude to its citizens and it doesn't matter if your the victim of the crime or the perp. I respect Golden for what they are doing. I myself rented from DEB before the fire at her High street residence. In my opinion, I gaurantee you the tenants crack pipes lit that place ablaze. She writes her eviction letters on looseleaf paper (true story) as this actually happened to a friend of mine. On the flip side, not ALL renters are bad. Some of the comments made here are slightly slanderous and discriminitory to sec 8 renters. It's embarrassing enough to have to rely on the government for help in the 1st place. Most of you don't deserve the help and you ruin it for those who do......

Jane,

You respect Golden for disliking the poor, elderly and disabled? These are the people who need help. The leadership of Pottstown is very bad but hopefully with Jason Bobst leaving it will improve. Remember Jason Bobst signed a contract with the Borough on his initial employment. If I am not mistaken, that contract stated he needed to live within 5 miles of Pottstown. He didn't abide by the contract. I could never trust him again knowing that he violated the contract. If this contract was violated what else don't we know about?

You respect the Golden Cockroach for protecting the poor, elderly, disabled from awful landlords who take advantage of them for their money, giving them unsafe housing in return and neglecting them. Same with voucher housing.

They are the mini McMansion'ers, at the courtesy of the American taxpayer, that live better than 5 miles out of town in most cases because they don't want their misdeeds to shine in their own communities. They are the defaulters, tax evaders, deadbeats and abusers of police, codes and other municipal services that are doing more harm to Pottstown than a thousand Jason Bobst's, (who, to the contrary, has done much good).

You want a reason to stay and a reason to call Pottstown home? Work with us to rid the community of the slumlords...there is your key. When we've been able to take back our borough, healing the wounds will begin. From the tired old housing to the weary hearts and minds of the Pottstown taxpayers...we can heal and re-build.

You will never take back anything in Pottstown from the landlords. We have the gold so we make the rules. You have nothing except a lien owed to Pottstown

Get rid of the recovery houses (of which we have many) and the methodone clinic, which attracts drug addicts like a bug to a flame and perhaps we can rebuild and heal. The slumlords see these people as instant profit. In fact, they pay they're rent for 6 months or more until they're addicted again and totally shirk their rental payments. This gives the slumlord an instant turn over of the property and again he collects deposits and more rent from the new tennant. It's a revolving door that pads their pockets and OUR administration is allowing this to happen. Does anyone drive the street and go 10 ft without seeing a drug deal or a mentally challenged person? No, I dont think so. In fact most Pottstown residents are not born and raised. They were dumped here by some recovery program or judge. Sad actually. Reports to the police chief by citizens about illegal activity goes un answered, in fact its completely ignored. I believe right about now you should be looking to the citizens to be your eyes and ears on the street. Jason Bobst is not the problem. Its the ideas implemented by the current administation that makes the entire community suffer. Next time we vote, we need to vote out the current and vote in people who will combat our very issues were speaking about here. Strict conditions on parolees who reside in our town. Move the rehabs out ! Are we really making that much revenue from them? In the end theyre costing us money. ENFORCE ALL PROPERTY OWNERS TO CLEAN UP !

Good insights Jane D. I want to know more about how this works. Is somebody, besides the obvious slumlords profiting from allowing this dumping of the addicts here? Who is being paid for this? Who is potentially receiving funds under the table? Why would our police be instructed to turn a blind eye?

Could you drop me a private email ptownadvocates@hotmail.com

I just couldn't sleep at night if I was monkeying around with defaults and bankruptucies, divorce and liens to the tune of millions of $$$$. It's easy to see why you're such a miserable heap of humanity Deb. Maybe you do have a conscious underneath it all?

Guess what Jane and Katy - Keep dreaming. It has been years and you have made no progress. Pottstown just keeps getting worse.

It is comical what you guys write. Move the rehabs. strict conditions on parolees.

Do you whack jobs realize you can't treat people different just because they live in Pottstown? Why don't we run a dictatorship in Pottstown and only allow people who have jobs, don't do drugs, no section 8, never had legal issues, etc live here. This is what Jane and Katy are attempting to do to Pottstown. Discrimination - ever hear this word.

Ever heard of "Exclusionary Zoning" Deb? It's one of the more insidious kinds of discrimination because exclusionary zoning continues to compound the problems of the poor and needy and should be abolished. Racial isolation through zoning fuels inequalities in education, employment, culture, and personal networks, because these aspects are directly tied to location.

It's no accident that you don't have the same proportion of drug addicts, poor and needy in Limerick Deb, if there are any at all. It's by design of your township zoning. Don't be a hypocrite, it's ugly.

Please don't throw down your grimy accusations of discrimination on anyone who lives in Pottstown, you've only your arrogance and snotty demeanor, you've no love lost for the less fortunate Deb. You gave them shelter - at a price. Your altruism extends only as far as the next rent payment. And don't forget that when you point that finger you have four of 'em pointing back at you.

5 year ago the 400 block of King street was a ghetto
Today the 400 block of King Street is a ghetto and war zone
5 years in the future the 400 block of King street will be a ghetto, war zone and 90% section 8.
The people with the gold make the rules.

YOU'RE BORING ME TO DEATH. If you're going to take up space in the blogosphere get a personality Deb. Take your gold and head for them there hills. Are you holding out on your Bankruptcy Attorney? A person filing for Chapter 7 better not have any gold that their debtors don't know about. I don't think you've got any Deb, just a big mouth.

Nice weekend coming. No birds chirping, no wildlife, no picnics on the 400 block of King Street. Only thing that is happening is gun shots and violence. You couldn't sell a home for $10,000 in this ghetto. This has to be in the top 5 worst blocks in all of Montgomery County. This includes Norristown. Only a sucker would buy an owner occupied property on the 400 block of King.

Katie, if what you sat about Deb is EVEN true; I'd still say she has a better life that you. You owe $5000 to the boro and she has $$ and much better looks. Grow up
and stop fighting, your jealousy is easy to see!

Not all renters are innocent. My friend had an older couple in is house & they trashed the place. The old bat who rented caused trouble for the block. She finally croaked & the block is quieter and folks are getting along. This was w/ a month.
NOT ALWAYS THE LANDLORDS!!!!

Yep, but it starts and ends with the landlord. If the "landlord" had been attentive, dropping by once a week to putz around the yard, get to know the woman who lived in his house - GUESS WHAT? That disaster could have been prevented. If the landlord built a lease that spelled out the behaviors that would call for immediate eviction - how smart would that have been?

But then, if the landlord were that conscientious they would also have to be conscientious about safety and repairs. Sometimes they choose to rent to people they know are not going to complain about their living conditions and in return, they turn a blind eye to the destruction plied by their tenants. In the end, they make off with the tenants deposit money and the circle of predatory property management is complete....NEXT!

I don't find a lot of compassion for people who have the ability to do the right things but choose not to. They kind of get what they get - right Deb? But by the same token, the neighbors on that block had to suffer the ills of a bad decision, bad management from that landlord and that just isn't where it's at. When your decisions infringe on the rights of others to quiet enjoyment of their own homes, it's a problem and the buck stops with the landlord.

Vet your prospective tenants well. You have a lot more on the line than meets the eye. Neglectful management is the onus of the landlord.

Deb, you just aren't that $$ or good looking, don't flatter yourself.

Another win for the landlord. Jody Rhoads quits. What a great day. WIN after win. Join the winning side. The landlord side.

Golden cockroach - explain to the readers what immediate eviction is. Ask the judges how many times they were able to use it. Now bury your head in a hole for talking about things you clearly do not understand

B.S. Deb. I saw a landlord throw his tenants out on their rear ends...with NO notice. He had it in their lease, NO LOITERING ON THE STOOP OR IN THE ALLEY. They did it, he threw them out out out. Slumlords don't mind the law in most situations anyway why bother with time consuming evictions?

You'd be wise to keep your smart ass observations to a minimum. Jody's decision to step down has no reflection on people of your ilk = NO WIN FOR SLUMLORDS. Read it and weep. The big stuff is going to hit the fan very soon and you'll be running for cover, Oh, except you've nothing to run from - all of your shady maneuvering is out in the open for everyone to see. You're one sharp cookie alright.

Jason is leaving - Landlords win. Mark Gibson quits the clean up committee - landlords win. Jody quits - landlords win. For many years the landlords have slowly become entrenched in Pottstown. Now the entrenchment is moving at the speed of light. I can't keep up with all the wins. The ones with the gold makes the rules. How is the $700,000 lawsuit going against the Borough? Soon to be another win and the gold from the lawsuit will go to landlords.

I'm still trying to figure out where this $700,000 claim is coming from? If you read the filing, no monetary damage was being sought nor was a claim made for damages? Is that number in your fantasy world Deb?

LOL...soon there will be a big hole in the middle of your "gloat" Deb and the crap that's gonna ooze out will cover you and all of your Western Montgomery County Landlord Club with a thick, greasy coating of humiliation, (acknowledgment for the "thick coating of humiliation" goes to Attorney Marc Randazza, a man who is never short on colorful prose that cut straight to the heart of an issue). Tip-O-The-Hat!

The so-called $700,000 claim is going to look like a miniscule drop in very large bucket so flap away Deb, those lips gotta be good for something.

I apologize to the readers. The $700,000 that I was discussing was reported in june 2011. I re-read the article. It looks like Pottstown was charging over $750,000 A YEAR for 7 YEARS. This is over $5 million. What happens if the Borough needs to pay this back? Katy's yearly taxes will be more than her home is worth. Of course the Borough has insurance.

The Western Montgomery Landlords have deeper pockets than any attorney that would represent you. Game on.

Local developer Frank McLaughlin has filed suit against Pottstown Borough alleging that for the past seven years the borough has been collecting permit fees it was not authorized to issue. The lawsuit estimates that the borough has collected between $750,000 and $1 million per year in permit fees. According to the suit, the borough failed to pass an ordinance re-authorizing Pottstown to issue permits for items such as roof and siding replacements after the Pennsylvania General Assembly adopted changes to the Uniform Construction Code. The suit also charges that local developers and others have been prosecuted by the borough for doing work without certain permits, even though the borough has not re-authorized itself to issue the permits. The lawsuit also alleges that the fire marshal who has conducted reviews and inspections for the borough has never been certified by the state to act in that role.

If you ever wanted proof of what a horrible human being Golden Cockroach aka Katy Jackson is read her facebook page. Look at the house fire today where the 89 year old man is injured. Her only concern is if the house was registered. Who cares. A man might die. She then states the neighbor is abusing the lady that lives with him and they have bedbugs. Katy is evil and those of you who are somewhat friendly with her ask yourself, Do I want to be associated with someone like this?

And a man might die BECAUSE his home may not have been registered or inspected. That's a cryin' shame Deb. Two firefighters lost their lives in a Kensington fire last month. The building had gone neglected by the inspectors AND the owners. That's a cryin' shame Deb. It's a cryin' shame that the house next door is neglected despite repeated attempts to call attention to the illegal furnaces, bed bugs and roaches. That someone there just might die too because of neglect.

You're pathetic.

So are you blaming the landlord or Borough of starting the fire? If you lived in a home that the furnance didn't work wouldn't you move? Did the tenants bring the bedbugs? What is the Borough ordinance on pests? You always blame the landlord. You are a nut with no common sense.

I know where the bedbugs came from, Kateys dirty underpants. Vermin like to be close to other vermin!!!! Please Katey put down the Kandy Kake on put on clean undies.

Rumor on the streets of Pottstown is that all these people all left their positions because of all the calls from Katey(the menace).

Katey left town, I can breath easier.

Websters def:

Winner: Deb Campbell

Loser: Katey Cockroach

It's beginning to appear as though Deb Lacava Campbell, deadbeat slumlady, has developed a perverted proclivity toward my underpants. She can't stop talking about them on the Patch. Not only do we have a mortgage defaulting, tax avoiding, Chapter 7 bankruptcy divorcee .... now, she's a PERV too. A bloviating wind bag of luke warm air. A deflated old hag who finds personal satisfaction in discussing my underpants. Leave it alone Deb, you have your own underpants - under the circumstances, be grateful.

I wonder if you call someone a PERV if it is a defamatory term? Maybe Mr Randazza would know. Ha Ha.

Pervert is as a pervert does. What do you call your fascination with my underpants, Deb, normal for you?

What will a court think of defamation on a person who is a respected business person?

Just received call back from attorney. Calling someone a perv without proof is defamation. Today is a great day. What do you think the Judge would think about your comments?

From your lips to God's ear Ms. Deb Lacava Campbell, you've been infatuated with my underpants for weeks, maybe months. It's written here...in public..for EVERYONE to read. You need proof? Your attorney needs proof? It's all right here. Other's in the community have saved every single obsessed comment you have ever made here. Put away your inflatable attorney Deb, you have enough on your meager plate and I guarantee you don't want to go there with me, you'll be chewed up and spit out like a bad jar of peanut butter from a plastic jar.

What do you call a woman who is obsessed with another woman's underpants Deb? A respectable business woman? By what definition would you categorize yourself as "respectable" or even a business woman for that matter? You certainly have an over-inflated opinion of yourself, and in that you stand alone.

What a load of bull puckey.

Referring to someone as a "pervert" is an inherently subjective statement, hence it does not rise to the level of defamation. That being said, a long running trend of quite frankly very creepy references to someone's underwear would certainly be more than enough for a reasonable person to suspect perversion.

You're a sad little person, Deb.

What happens if Deb did not make those comments? What will happen to Golden Cockroach at that point?

Nothing. You are ridiculous. I am interested in hearing more about this local developer Frank though. Where can I learn more about him?

Maybe the local newspaper will do a story about him...McLaughing was it?

Goldencockroach has become quiet counting the few pennies she has remaining. The next court appearance the plantiff won't be so nice.

It's not nice to file erroneous lawsuits, the justice system views these lawsuits as an egregious abuse of the system. Try one on and see for yourself Deb. I'd just as soon be counting your pennies as mine. However, if you are seriously looking for an opportunity to unload your heavy pockets of that dispensable cash you lay caim to then why not pay down a school tax bill? Halt that Chapter 7 bankruptcy and pay your debtors.

Tom, keep your ear to the ground, there is going to be a revelation, in the news, very very soon about one of Deb's True American Heros, the one she's so fond of boasting about incessantly. If you want to see the slumlords duck for cover you're going to love this one. Stay tuned and keep an eye on the Mercury.

...and HERE IT IS !! Just like Santa on X-mas Eve, Evan Brandt delivers a little bag of goodies to all the GOOD boys and girls of Pottstown. Here's your great American Hero Deb, served up on a sliver platter in handcuffs:

"McLaughlin was picked up Tuesday as part of an arrest sweep and arraigned by District Judge Scott Palladino in a temporary setup referred to as a “sally court” in the police garage attached to Borough Hall. After his arraignment, he was led to a sheriff’s prison bus and taken to Montgomery County Corrections Center. Details concerning charges and bail were not available Tuesday night."

http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20120606/NEWS01/120609662/pottstown-landlord-arrested-after-months-of-investigation&pager=full_story

Frank will be able to pay any fines with his portion of the $5,000,000 the class action lawsuit will bring in. In the end the only loser will be the owner occupied home with a $6000 yearly tax bill.

Evan Brandt - In the original story about the permit lawsuit back in June 2011 the article mentioned the Borough collected $750,000- $1million incorrectly for 7 years. Todays story does not mention the 7 years. I think the first story is correct. Clarification?

I hope Santa brought some clean underpants for you Katey. Watch the Tasty Kakes the size keeps getting bigger.
ps Wash these underpants!

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!
Jose at the Wash & Dry found a pair of underpants left behind by Katey; he reports the underpants had "skidmarks" Shame on you Katey; clean-up your act!!!!!

Deb, I hope he brought some for you. I can only imagine you'll need them more than I do after learning of this truly revolting revelation. But of course, in your warped little whirled I suppose Frank really is a hero.

What does Frank M and Katy Jackson have in common? $5000. Frank owes it for water usage and KATY has a Borough of Pottstown lien against her for $5000.

Why don't you be a good little pervert and wash my underpants? How could I deny you the pleasure when, for Jose, it is merely a job?

But for you, Deb....ahhhh the experience could do so much to ease the angst and frustration you must feel as you openly obsess about my underwear I can imagine the rapture in your twisted little face as you fondle my delicate, lacy panties and hold them near. Just the "NESS" of them will surely bring you more joy and rapture than a thousand words can possibly conjure in your imagination.

Don't hold back Deb, you know you want to. I'll pack them neatly in a little tote for you and drop them off at my pleasure.

"Oh sweet mysteries of life at last I've found you......" Madeline Kahn from Young Dr. FRANK enstin (Mel Brooks).

So that's why Crazy Katey has only 1 underpant, she owes $5K to the boro. Bad, Bad Katey!!!

Pay your fair share Katey!

...and I suppose we ought to talk about payment. I'll bill you once a month and donate the proceeds to your school tax debt. Maybe your attorneys will be clamoring for payment too....I'll not forget them, it's good to keep your legal council on your good side.

No thanks, I need my $$ for the table games. If I drop $500, I get a lobster dinner!

I'll be at the Valley Forge casino in 2 hours w/ $3K. Meet me there

Deb, your cleverness knows no bounds, your abundant imagination and prolific prose are on par with the best Chinese "how to" manuals I have ever read!! How do you do it???

Thank you crazy Kate

Let's not forget Katy Jackson owes the Borough of Pottstown $5000.

How nice Deb, did you pick up a little supplemental janitorial job at the casino? That was nice of them. So in 2 hours you can hook up with the tax man at Valley Forge so he can relive you of that $3K you owe? Not a problem, he'll be there.

How shall he find you? He can scour the floor for the euphoric, panty hugging, badly bleached blonde or shall he have you paged?

He can have me paged. If I am on a winning streak he'll have to wait.
ps thats why I keep someone to claim my winnings!

He'll be more than happy to wait while you mop up in the bathroom. By winning streak I guess you mean *BINGO* another dirty toilet to scrub? Another toilet, another dollar.

I suppose he will have to page you as entering the women's rest room to find you would be a little....um...akward. Better scoot along now Deb, you wouldn't want to be late.

Who is this "Deb" you keep referring to; does she have all your underpants?

Wow. Katy Jackson doesn't work but she is making fun of the profession of Janitor. At least a janitor leaves the house and contributes to society. Let's see Katy - you hate section 8 people consisting of minorities, disabled, and poor, rehabbed criminals or substance abuse people, anyone who owns a rental home, now you make fun of people who are janitors to put food on the table for their families. Is there anyone else who feels Katy just hates everyone that doesn't look and act like her?

The writing on the wall reads"Katey is on team Zimmermann"

I love the Wizard, you are smart. Do you do the hot wax trick?

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!! A suitcase was found at the Philly airport. The bag came from Denver. It had 34 pairs of underpants in it, the tag read Katey "the $100 girl" jackson. Go get your underpants Katey. $100, you are cheap, Michelle P gets more.

Oh Bill, I suppose Deb is on her way to the casino? Enter...Billthewizard. That should read: Bill the Lizard and you'll find her at the Valley Forge Casino in what? About 45 minutes? She can pick up her bill then. Read my blog a bit more carefully Bill, it's really only you I enjoy jivin'. Why you hand me so much fodder I almost can't get around to all of it, too bad George Carlin isn't among the living, where are you George when I need you most?

Although I must say, lately, I've been doing my darndest to have a go at as much of it as I can, it's bit like drinking from a fire hose.

That about sums it up for this go round. Except to say, well hello Deb, you got new neighbors. All of the less fortunate you have outlined above are re-locating to a neighborhood near you. MontCo has decided they deserve better, although in terms of role models I have to question their logic in building their new housing next to yours. They could do better, but then you can't have everything.

Too bad, just got word all the underpants were small underpants! Put down the Krimpet Katey!

Deb Deb Deb, now calm down. I promise I'll deliver my undies to your quaking hands sometime this week. For now, down girl, just wait your turn.

Oh that Frank...certainly seems like a pillar of the community. BTW, I think one of the people behind the lawsuit was also behind the fees that are being contested. The other fella, the one that announced the lawsuit to council is...well, Interesting.

Scammers, each and every one some large some small. C'mon Pottstown let's CLEAN HOUSE...this is a really good start.

http://goldencockroach.wordpress.com/all-the-news-and-commentary-thats-fit-to-print/

Frank M will have the last laugh. He will now pay for his admitted misdeeds. In the future he will reap the benefits of a large lawsuit win. With the large lawsuit he will be able to retire far from Pottstown. Good luck Frank. We support you. The ones with the gold make the rules.

The word teamwork. The activists try to hold a protest on King street - 5 people show up. Community clean up day - 2 dozen people show up. One of our own gets a raw deal with the local leaders and police - we come up with $32,300 for bail money, if necessary, in less then 24 hours. This is even with the wealthiest Pottstown investor out of town. He would sure donate an extra $20,000. The ones with the gold make the rules.

B O R I N G. Deb, read a book.

The ones with the knowledge make the rules.

You don't work, you owe the Borough $5000, your uneducated, you live in the ghetto. LOSER is the word that describes Katy Jackson. How can you defend the truth?

oh Y A W N.

Good mornng Katey roach, remember put on the clean underpants & put the dirty ones in the hamper! Have a stink free day Cock!

BREAKING NEWS OFF THE POLICE WIRE: 27 pairs of underpants went missing from the sud shack; Jose said a fatty eating a Krimpet gobbled up every pair her ham hands got a hold off. Where were you Katey roach @ 3am?
Why not use Rosies old underpants, She only needs 1 from now on.

Katy Jackson STILL owes the Borough of Pottstown $5000.00

Wow that is a lot of $$$ to owe. Get a job Cockroach Katey. Those like you who just complain---DO NOTHING PRODUCTIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are lower then real roaches.

Katy aka Goldencockroach is a dirty, filthy lower than a roach. She owe the Borough of Pottstown $5000. Even section 8 tenants do not owe $5000.

Thank you for the REAL FACTS Kim! You are a godsend.
Pottstown thanks you.

Looks like golden "Kookjob" ran and hid. We all know she is not paying down her DEBT! Get w/ it Golden Kookjob, you still have time to do something positive for society. Please give it a shot; it feels great to help others and not OWE $$$$$$ to Pottstown.

I want to thank all the landlords who rallied together to organize the Hookers. Just got word they have followed the plan and are only operating on the 400 block of King street near Washington. Our efforts have led to these working women to concentrate their trade on the worst area of town. This allows our rental properties to run smoothly. Thanks again to all the hard working landlords who are the backbone of Pottstown's economy.

Organizing hookers now, are ya Deb? I guess, by the book that would make you their Pimp? At $20 a session/$10 - your cut, you won't get rich anytime soon but it would be a start on those ginormous school tax liens and modest payment to all of your attorneys...

You? Rental properties Deb - are you holding out on your bankruptcy attorney?

Katy, wondering how much your attorney charged you for your recent court appearance. Might I add, first of many court appearances for you.

Sure, Deb, I'm happy to tell you that his fees were so ridiculously reasonable that I never once had to consider pimping to cover the cost. He's sharp and he loves his chosen areas of expertise. But hey, what would you expect from a rising star who was chosen a PA SuperLawyer?

WHAT IS SUPER LAWYERS, you ask?

"Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement."

Initially the plaintiff, in his defamation lawsuit, may have been a tad bit misguided as he had inadvertently, (I'm sure), filed an erroneous lawsuit. Perhaps he hadn't thought to consult with his own lawyer to define the legal perimeters of defamation? I've no doubt that if he had his attorney could have saved him the filing fees...but nevertheless, I applaud the plaintiff, he was smart enough to understand the ramifications of pursuing the lawsuit, once my attorney explained it to him.

He withdrew the lawsuit - in what proves to be a very smart, (maybe smarter than most in his field), preservation of business and personal assets decision, and he agreed to work with me and the community to improve the quality of the rental properties in his purview. What more can we ask for?

I don't need his money, just his agreement to be conscientious and thoughtful in the work he has chosen -be honest, cheerful, follow the rules...simple things, really.

Are ready for a lesson Deb?

Why don't you mention the Plantiff by name? Why don't you mention his alleged misdeeds?

What do you mean you don't need his money? You need every penny you can get. You live in the WORST section of Pottstown. You don't work. You owe the Borough a $5000 lien. You need money in the worst way. Don't kid yourself. You are poor just like your section 8 neighbors.

I don't need to mention his name, he knows who he is, I know who he is and he's doing the right thing. If he wants to be commended in public he'll talk about it or give me his permission to do so. Otherwise, not important Deb. Obviously you know who it is too, so you won't make mention either? Why not?

C'mon Deb you don't know anything about my financial capability - don't let the screen door of erroneous speculation hit you in the ass-ets. Oh, what assets? A tarnished silver spoon and plastic jar of no name brand p.nut butter - you keep 'em, I think you need them more than me. And NO you cannot have my underwear.

It is clear Katy did not fair well in court. She needs permission to mention the plaintiff's name. I guess she is not allowed to discuss this person anymore. I consider that a loss. The landlords win again and again and again.

Only in your limited and very tiny world Deb, where other "make believe" slumlords come to your defense and Pigs Fly. Bye bye now.

So this is what we learned this week about Golden Cockroach

She got sued and did not fair well. Another win for the landlords
She still owes the Boro $5000
She now has Hookers across the street from her ghetto home
The 400 block of King Street is ranked in top 5 worst blocks in Montgomery County
This will be a loud weekend in the King Street ghetto
All her so called friends are quitting - Jody and Jason

Life is the country is grand.

Herman F you forgot a couple:

She is a fat pig.
Her husband won't touch her unles he is loaded on Wild Turkey
She needs to drive 37 miles out of town before any gyno dr will touch her
No one touches her expect FAILURE

Hey Kooky kate, Thanks for telling all where the hookers are at. Now I know why your hubby was down the street from your house every night this week!!!!

There wouldn't be a need for hookers if you fat pig women of Pottstown would skip a meal once & a while. Take a walk & no it's not your tyroid, you eat too much & don't exercise!!!! If you cared what you looked liked there would be no need for hookers!!!

How does Webster define a Loser? Katy Jackson aka Golden Cockroach. Loser in court. How do we know this? Ask her to publicly name who the plaintiff was in her court case. She avoids this question like the plague. Loser in life. When does a 50 + year old, MARRIED lady live on the worst block in Pottstown? When you make poor life decisions and now you live in the war zone and can't get out. Why can't she get out? She owes the Borough of Pottstown a $5000 lien. What about her home value? She bought the home for a little less than $100,000. In todays market she would be lucky to get $20,000. $15,000 is more likely. Why so low? Worst street in Pottstown, ranked top 5 worst blocks in Montgomery County and no owner occupied people would dare buy a home on this block. Investors are even scared they will get shot by the drug dealers, hookers or gang bangers.What is the conclusion? Katy has wasted her entire life. She has no future. She will eventually live her final days hearing gun shots and violence out of her bedroom window. What can we do to help? Turn the entire 400 block of King street into section 8 housing so this will raise the standards of the block.

BREAKING NEWS

Just got a call - Katy and David Jackson have filed a civil lawsuit against an owner of a property a few doors away on King Street. They are represented by an attorney Adam Green. We are doing research on Mr Green but think he has an office on Broad street in Phila. If the owners of the neighboring home read this, you will be sent information that is currently not public information that you will need. The Walkers will have the support of the Western Montgomery Landlord Association which has more assets than all the Borough employees and activists and any attorneys they can hire combined. The Walkers need to drag this out for years and we will do the rest. The ones with the gold make the rules.

Great last minute conference call today. Thanks to the new members who found us through the Frank article in the Mercury. We have a good plan to move forward in Pottstown. Those who could not make it, the Walkers will be contacted Monday morning. It looks like a top applicant for the Borough Manager job will be landlord friendly. Even council members agree that there were some major mistakes dealing with the landlords in the last 3 years. Finally they admit it. We got the enemies on the run so keep the lines open with the intelligence. We will not discriminate like our enemies discriminate against the poor and needy. Victory to the ones with the Gold.

Wonder who contacts the defendants first. The Sheriff or the Western Montgomery County Landlord Association. What happens if the defendants know they are trying to be served? Avoid service? What does the plantiff do? The Western Montgomery County Landlord Association has too many members, too many eyes on the prize and too much money to lose a battle. Our actions have led to many community leaders to leave, quit and realize they can't beat us!

Finally Goldencockroach has realized she lost.

She won't mention the Plaintiff in the lawsuit she was a defendant

She won't address the recent lawsuit she has against a neighbor.

Landlords win again, again, again.......

Fantastic job wewin

Thanks for all the positive phone calls. We knew good (landlords) would prevail over the evil (goldencockroach). The negative influences in Pottstown (Bobst and Katy) have been defeated. More wins to come in the future. Now let's make money!!!

Thursday theme is - WE SLAYED THE BEAST!

Pass on the word. 6:30 start. We expect 7 new members from the Mercury article. Numbers are growing and we are winning. Special section 8 speaker from Philly.

STOP IT STOP IT PLEASE!!!! Deb leave me alone. This war has now broken my family. I'll stop if you do?

Deb Lacava Campbell now leads in the moron rankings. Congrats, Deb! Just have a look over at http://goldencockroach.wordpress.com/tag/debra-lacava-campbell/

Been served yet?

Moron-- Don't go there, I did and I regret it deeply. Deb will kick your butt. I can't say enough good things about her. If you are wise, you'd do the same thing.

Really? What happened?

Clearly Goldencockroach admits she lost.I think this discussion should end.

I can't believe Golden ended up being a FRAUD. She is no better then church leaders who take $10 from 90 year women on welfare. That group is a disgrace to Pottstown. Yelling at landlords when it's your in-laws owning rental units in CO.
You're awful Golden!

Like everything in life Golden there are good & bad. I've rented from bad landlords & good ones. I worked hard to get away from the bad ones. I didn't have 5 kids from 4 daddys! People who are in a bad position are probably 80% responsible for their place in life. What position are you in Golden?

I'm clearly a fraud I've lost my mind HELP can anyone help me?
HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!

Anyone can tell you are not Deb, you're Kooky Katey. Just stop the nonsense you are a loser. Deal w/ it!!!!

Katey my prescription for you: MOVE!!!!!!!

PS Grandmaster B, call I have a pilot.

katey may have quit, but her underpants are from May 18.

Being a Pottstown landlord I have been following this blog for some time.I would like to congratulate the landlords for uncovering the information that have quieted the activists.How did you find out about the previous lawsuit and the pending lawsuit?? You must know people in high places!

NO I'm a snake I don't know anybody in high places.
"Cause I got friends in low places,
Where the Whiskey drowns,
And the Beer chases my blues away,
But I'll be okay,
Now I'm not big on social graces,
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis,
Oh I got friends,
In low places."

Looks like Goldencockroach posing as Deb has been bitten. Too bad the landlords are too smart for you

You thought it was joke and so you laughed, you laughed when I had said that losing you would make me flip my lid, right? You know you laughed, I heard you laugh, you laughed, you laughed and laughed and then you left, but now you know I'm utterly mad.

And they're coming to take me away Ha Ha
They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
They're coming to take me away ha ha...

What a great turnout last night for the landlords. 77 landlords, 9 new faces. 68 of the landlords own a property in Pottstown. Thanks to the restaurant. Again great food and great service. You have our future business. Thanks to Glen from Philly for showing us the ins and outs of section 8. He has over 150 section 8 properties. Like we discussed, Pottstown is prime to have at least 70% of your rentals as section 8. He committed to come back soon. Everyone have a great weekend and remember we beat the Boro's leaders, the activists and nothing can stand in our way to success.

Wow, I just can't believe how far you are taking this charade. Making up numbers and names? Heck, I tried to get invited to your little party, but nobody contacted me...why do you suppose that is? And for the record, I really do own a section 8 rental property. What do you really hope to accomplish with your imaginary friends? Even if landlords "take over the town" as you are suggesting, you will no longer have any rentals to benefit from, they're all going to be taken from you.

It's really sad Deb. I think you should probably let it go, pick yourself up and find a day job.

I'm not Deb & I was there. nobody would let fat katey in the meeting. We screen our tenants & members. hahahaha fat kate!

hwy97 - prove to us that you own a rental property and you will be invited. Of course we do background checks to make sure the "bad" landlords don't attend. Are you a "bad" landlord?

Helen, Its kooky kate. The one Nathan did an impression of last night.
Clue #1: Nathan w/ the can & string, talking to a Tasty Kake driver.

Our brothers in NYC gained the right to eliminate smoking in their rental units.
Good for them!!! In a Blue state we win!!!! Drop De.d fat kate!!!!

hwy97 don't pay attenton to the comments I am Deb the others are me too but they don't speak for me only I speak for me I can't control the voices in my head I name all of them bad landlords!!!!!!!! You can't join my club because you won't fit into my head. Mental wounds still screaming driving me insane I'm going off the rails on a crazy train and I'm crying out for help pleeeeeaaaaase somebody help me help help me I'm obseesed with Katey it's tearing me apart I can't be alone I want the bad landlords to leave me alone in my private hell but they won't. I'm ugly and mean so they make me say things they make me say things

Thanks for the heads up Deb.

So Helen, it seems as though your background check consists first of assuming everyone that is not "you" must be Kate. It amazes me that your membership roles have grown so dramatically with that being the first step in the initiation process. How would you like me to prove it to you while remaining anonymous? How did the other nine get their invite? Help me, help you. It sounds like a real movement...I've always wanted to be part of something bigger than myself. I'll tell you what, if this is for real, let me know what day is good for you, or whoever wants to verify my landlord status, and we can set up a meet in a nice public place. Or you can just let me know where and when the next meeting is and I will bring my Montco paperwork with me.

All we need is the property address of the rental property. We will do the rest and contact you if we think you are for real. The new members were contacted and verified by members who knew them. Once the article about Frank ran in the Mercury, these people wanted to attend to find out more information about the organization and find out about Goldencockroach. Lawsuits to follow.

Yeah, if I put the address up here, I'll be on the GC hit list by tomorrow morning. I'm still not sure what Frank's situation has to do with any of this. Lawsuits interest me though. What if I dropped a name or two from the section 8 office? The first name of my inspector perhaps? Worst case scenario, don't let me in the meeting without my papers.

Listen, I know Frank, Randy, Scott, Rick, and a bunch of other people that could vouch for me.

Helen - do not be fooled by hwy97.Look at their previous comments.Supply the information, get confirmed or sit at home. If you know people already in the association than it should not be a problem.Don't go through this blog, go through other members.

Yeah, you got me. I had a couple of cocktails and was just having a little fun with you. In some way though I was hoping you would see how ridiculous this charade really is and maybe you would go get yourself some help. There are a lot of good people in this town that have had enough, and the are real. Tootles.

Had enough of what?

Sorry kitten, I assumed you had been paying attention...enough of you!

My late grandmother once gave me a quick lesson on the moon and I am extremely grateful to her for that. It's rather simple but if you listen up, this information may change your life as it has mine. The moon cycles once a month and comes up over the horizon roughly one hour later every day. If the light area is to the left, it is "leaving" but if it is the the right, it is "returning" to full. I remember watching the moon when I lived out in the high desert, and when it would start to reach full at just the right time of the night, it was like a calling to head out into the badlands for a camp out. I miss the moon being that important in my life, and I miss my Grandma too. I miss the simple things even though I have a good life here, and I think the main reason why is because there are just to many people here. There are good people and bad people everywhere, but just like traffic the more you have, the more you run into the ugly side of humanity.

Blah blah blah....I'd bet your granny & even Rosie don't miss you a bit. All you do is rattle on & quote obsecure movies. They are happy to be gone from you!

That's a very cool story Hwy97!!

Deb believes you are me? She's just not as bright as she tells everyone she is eh?
I think the light area on her moon is to the left. She gets her jolly's making fun of dead people - my neighbor and your granny - that's a winner in my book.

It's just hard to imagine what crawled up her a _ _ and died there. No personality, no sense of humor...she's went bankrupt long before she filed for bankruptcy. So, clearly, the Patch is free and she can afford whatever entertainment value she gets out of this, with her limitations, that's like a day at Disney Land to anyone else.

Unfortunately, I believe she does speak for the parasites in Pottstown, and they find her fascinating, intelligent, a respectable representation of their values - which is why the Cockroach lives and prospers. POWER TO THE COCKROACH !!

HWY I bestow you with Honorary Cockroach status POWER TO THE P.TOWN PEOPLE!!!

I've got a free, one way bus ticket to the Badlands just for you Deb. You won't ever have to worry about being bit by a rattler or stung by a scorpion, they are smarter than you are and they know when to leave well enough alone.

Thanks Cockroach, I am flattered.

A Local Lesson in Defamation and the Law...

http://goldencockroach.wordpress.com/lets-talk-trash/

Katie your blah did not include a couple of things:
1. Who brought you to court? You make it sound like your lawyer kicked butt, so I am sure you can name them.
2.You mention Deb; is it her? How do you know she is behind everything.(it sounds you love her; w/o her you have nobody to make "the bad guy".
3.The guy on NPR didn't do you a favor, he SOLD you an lawyer. He made $ off you; dummy!
4.If you had a case that would change things, it would've been pro-bono. You are truly a fool.
ps its funny when you post as hwy97 and answer as GC. Drinking again? I guess we found your vice; but then again everyone in the ghetto drinks too much.

Is Blah the word of the day amongst the voices in your head? It sounds like CG is giving the other party the benefit of the doubt, so why name them. illiterate fish!

Grow up Deb.

Hey loser answer the ?'s You posted you are kooky kate. YOU ARE A FRAUD!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Golden talks tough but only when vodka is on her breath

Blame it on Rosie, she was not as much of a fraud as you!

Answer 1 ?. You pick kate

I'm not Kate Eric,Earl,Fred,bigkitten,Hellen,deb and so on so forth. seriously, seek professional health before it's too late.

Your lack of answers says it ALL. Good night LOSER!!!

Cue the crickets...

Funny how when gold cock is asked a ?, hwy97 shows up. in your older posts hwy97 admits to being gold cock. I guess deb was telling the truth when she calls you uneducated.

Now quote Monty python or say I need to see a doctor. You are a fraud!! That will come out. I swear to you it will. You need attention cause you don't have any.
Say something you think is witty.
I bet gold cock doesn't post til Monday; yea that proves hyw97 isn't kate.
go to bed you drunk!(being a drunk explains why you live on King ST. Go w/ it kate

I did??? well I must have been out of my mind to say I was somebody I wasn't. If that's the case, then my apologies to the real Golden Cockroach, but I think you are mistaken Debra.

I do think you need to see someone about your issues.

"Get busy living, or get busy dieing." - Morgan Freeman

I thought you were going to bed.

Ribit!

2 quotes from "Shawshank" It was just on. You just proved my earlier point. You steal words from others. You have none of your own. You are sad.

That was one quote (hold up one finger Debby)...and it's always on. I guess I'm just not smart enough to get your point so..."meow." That's a direct quote from my cat. He thinks you are a bit of a kitten yourself.

Meow!

You called me a "fish" before, when the movie started. That makes 2 bitch.

Now good night; loser!

No, I called you a dumb bass...wait, is really on right now. That's too funny. I'm actually watching the final round of the US open. It's father's day after all.

You know Deb, maybe we got off on the wrong foot. For a woman your age, you are actually quite attractive. What's say we bury the hatchet...maybe over a drink, and who knows? We will surely laugh about all this some day.

You could be like Tim Robbins character, crawling out of the sewer to wind up smelling like a rose.

Baby?

Snookums, if we have any chance we can't just go to bed mad. And you will have to quit calling me Kate...that's just weird.

sigh...OK, I get it we'll talk tomorrow baby. Hit me up.

Wow this story is at a cliffhanger.........Will Golden Cockroach answer the legit questions asked to her; or will she continue to deflect and continue her name calling?
Where oh where did golden cock go?

Golden is living up to her rep. nowhere to be found when she is asked a question she doesn't want to answer.
Come on kate deflect and ignore.

Community Alert: 29 N. Hanover St. Pottstown. Perry Hoagey, owner of record. condones the use of his rental units to house a prostitute and a registered sex offender. The Pottstown Guardian Angels report excessive police services are required at this address, "several of the buildings occupants are or have been institutionalized or incarcerated for one thing or another Everyone deserves a second chance providing their intent is honest, not so here. Police activity is routine at this location as the photos show."

Be sure to check out Perry Hoageys Mini Castle that sits on nearly 17 acres at 3090 Lutheran Road in Gilbertsville. C'MON PERRY HOAGEY SHOW POTTSTOWN THE LOVE and clean up your rental business.

For details See: https://www.facebook.com/golden.cockroach

Hey gold cock, thanks I won $20. RH said you would answer the question. He said you were a stand-up woman, I (of course) said you weren't Thanks for ignoring the legit ?'s that you DID NOT answer! You are the biggest fraud in Montgomery CO.

Raw Sewage and or Mold in your rental home? Is the owner/property manager ignoring your request for repair and remediation? Call the Codes Department IMMEDIATELY and ask for an inspection 610-970-6520 There are health risks associated, especially for young children and elders.

If you feel that conditions exist which affect the habitability of your apartment, you should tell your landlord about the defective condition, in writing, so that he has a reasonable opportunity to repair them. If you have notified your landlord of the defect in writing, but he has failed to make the necessary repairs, you may consider taking the following action:

1. Cancel the lease without paying further rent, but you must vacate or leave the residence;

2. Withhold rent until the defect is repaired; rent money MUST be deposited in a separate savings account at your bank. Call it the RENT MONEY account.

3. Pay only part of the rent owed;

4. Repair the defect yourself and then deduct the cost from your rent. The cost of repairs cannot exceed the amount of monthly rent, and repairs must be necessary to make the residence habitable;

5. Get a court order to try to make the landlord make repairs.

TAKE PHOTO'S OR VIDEO OF THE PROBLEMS they are invaluable if you have to file a lawsuit against the property owner

The basic idea behind the PA Implied Warranty of Habitability is that in exchange for the tenant’s promise to pay rent, the landlord promises to provide a residence fit for human habitation. This warranty or promise is "implied" because it does not have to be in writing.

Drinkable water
Heat (in cold weather)
Working sewer system
Safe, working electrical system
Working smoke detector
A lock for your door
A home not filled with bugs
Safe, sanitary condition of the home structure and outside area

WOW!!!! gold cock, your loser fans see you for what you are:
1.Big mouth
2. Fraud
3. when backed into a corner you pee yourself.

ps don't forget the original ?'s answer them.
You stink kate & you are the biggest fraud ever!hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Keep crushing on landlords, you make me look better.
Your BS reports have made me lots of $$$$$$$$$$.
You have no idea. Thanks Fat kate! hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha

If not you gold cock, where is highway#97?. Please come to the table.

Sorry I just looked at what day it is; gold cock/highway#97 gets drunk Thurs to Sunday. WE"LL see you tomorrow. Good night fat kate/#97.

Sup Snooks?

I was getting worried, but based on your posts I assume you have not taken my advise to get professional help, so I'm still a little worried. I find it hard to believe that you are really as stupi,,,oh never mind.

I missed you katie poo.

Wow kate/#97, you can call me stupid; I don't care. I laugh that you kate/#97 ignore the ?'s that were asked. You are a fraud; we know it and I hope some of your dopey friends see that you don't answer ?'s. Good night FRAUD!

Go to sleep w/ the sound of gun shots and nonsense.. I hear owls & frogs. I feel sorry for you.(not really, frauds get what they deserve)

Hey Katie - ready to get sued again. I copied your facebook page. Perry will get everything. I hope you have documentation of convicted prostitutes at his house. If not, get ready to pay the attorney again. Landlords will win again and again and....

Take over Wewill..... I need to go to bed. I love that D.A. told us about this web site. fat kate looks the fool. This is fun. I love how this dope thinks the group is 1 person. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. you will always lose kate/#97 you are a fat pig & your husband wants nothing to do w/ you. I heard that at the bar along the river; you knoe the white bldg. w/ the stone parking lot. He hates you, but can't leave cause you bought that house. Poor davey, I bought him a drink.
ps your husband hates you fat kate!
pps see you soon Wewill..... could you bring that small camera this next meeting.
tenants need to be watched.
kate....hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahaha your man likes a thin red-head! hahahahahahahahaha

Wewill... I got to tell you how I got "friended" on GC facebook. She is so bling w/ hate it's easy. Just don't be black, rich, smart, and you are in like flint!

Everyone needs to realize that ALL landlords can rent their apartments to ANYONE they wish.

This includes:

criminals, drug addicts, sex offenders, section 8, white, black, male, female, 18 years old, 80 years old, a murderer who did 30 years and just got released, a sex offender who did 10 years and is now on Meghans list, a drug addict that just got out of rehab for the 5th time, a section 8 single mom who doesn't work and has 5 kids, a single man who doesn't work and collects ss checks.

There is NOTHING anyone can do about it. It is the landlords choice. You don't believe me - call fair housing in Glenside.

The landlords in Pottstown goal is to make it a section 8 town. Thats it. Load the King street area with as many section 8 tenants as possible. It's working right Katy.

Wow! Finally, a landlord with the “cojones” to just come right out and say it. I would love to pick your brain a little bit and study your business model. See, over the last few years I have worked hard to develop good relationships with the landlords on my block (500 block Chestnut St.). Some are more receptive then others, but currently I have 5 landlords in my immediate area that I give updates to on their properties if my husband or I should see any non-sense. Non-sense includes, drug deals, fights, warrant sweeps or just plain noise and nuisance complaints at their properties. Of course, we are also obligated to call the police to the residence if we see the more sever infractions, but as a courtesy, I also bring the landlord into the loop.

These police calls made by me and my neighbors have actually helped 2 of the landlords to evict nuisance, deadbeat tenants. So, back to your business model, based on the turnaround I’ve seen in a few of the rentals on my block (I’d like to emphasize, I don’t think all renters or landlords are evil) and speaking with these landlords, the amount of money re-invested time and time again to fix the residence, pay for garbage and furniture removal and down time in between tenants, what does that profit margin look like? Even if you are a gazillionaire, it just doesn’t make good economic sense; I believe the law of diminishing returns may apply here. I’m no Economist, but I am a Scientist and I’m pretty good with numbers and I just envision a lot of red on that balance sheet.

Let’s just say for arguments sake, that you are truly benevolent and have decided to rent to the “criminals, drug addicts, sex offenders..a murderer who did 30 years and just got released, a sex offender who did 10 years and is now on Megan’s list, a drug addict that just got out of rehab for the 5th time ” . Notice I’ve removed the racial and single mother sections, which quite frankly I’m offended that you even associated them in the same category as the base of society afore mentioned. However, perhaps the ex-con (of which I know a few that have turned their lives around), convinces you that they will be stellar tenants and they are working to better their situation. So you give them a chance. In all sincerity, bless you for your kindness.

Based on your previous comments, the spirit in which you rent your properties does not appear to be out of benevolence, instead vindictive seems more applicable. Instead of hiding behind the Fair Housing Act, which clearly states “No one may take any of the following actions based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap”(http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/FHLaws/yourrights). Note, that it does not mention persons with criminal records, sex offenders, child molesters or illicit drug users as a protected group. In fact, HUD clearly states there is no special dispensation for “a person who is a direct threat to the health or safety of others or who currently uses illegal drugs”(see source above). So here’s my issue, if you are purposefully targeting criminals, sexual deviants and illicit drug users, then you are intentionally putting good, hard working, law abiding citizens and their children at risk. If you readily accept their rent and allow tenants to remain in your property while dealing drugs or breaking laws, then you are complicit, and there can be legal ramifications, and not just civil, criminal as well. Choosing tenants is absolutely under your discretion, but don’t use the Fair Housing Act as a scapegoat.

Anna - if you bought at the peak of the market (2004-2007) you are losing your shirt in Pottstown. If you bought between (2000-2003 or 2008) you are doing ok. If you bought before 2000 or 2009 to now you are doing well. This assumes you didnt over pay and know how to run a business. If tenants damage the home and If you don't sue the tenants for every penny you don't know how to run a business. I learned this from the most successful landlord in the area. The goal of the landlord is to wait until housing prices increase and sell at a profit because the tenants pay the mortgage. It is a business that takes time to make real money and you need to at least breakeven until you sell. Many landlords in Pottstown are gazillionaires and do this for tax advantages. They don't care if they make any money.

Very good information Anna!! Homeowners on our block have had reasonably good success communicating directly with the landlords on our block too. Not everyone is happy to hear from us but they generally get with the program.

Keith, question: A landlord can sue the tenants until the cows come home, if you win you will get a judgment saying they owe you the money, nothing more. The court won't force them to make payments or anything like that. When most are unstable and have no jobs how do you ever collect? I don't see how it becomes profitable from that angle?

Keith, I have no reason to doubt that you are a good businessman, I just find this whole dynamic bizarre. Why would any landlord purposely sabotage their earning power by habitually renting to the same caliber of individual. If the major payoff comes after selling your property for a profit, is it really worth the pain in the butt of evictions, renovations and potential lawyer and court costs. Perhaps if it occurred occasionally, but my husband and I have new neighbors every 4-6 months from 3 rental properties on my block. And as far as civil suits, most of the tenants are destitute or barely able to scrape by, how much do you expect to recover? I think the real question is, are the landlords of these properties negligent, apathetic or diabolical?

Keith, who is the most successful landlord in the area? Just curious.

Katie/#97 I have one question.
Why don't you address the questions asked on Sunday?
Fraud fraud fraud fraud!!!!!!!hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I'd like to thank Gustave for all the extras he does for his tenants.
He installed an indoor pool for one of his better tenants.
Gustave you really are one of Pottstowns treasures!!!!!
ps kate there is a tootsie roll in the bottom of the pool, go get it; you fat pig!!!!hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

It appears as though the golden cockroach has invoked executive privilege because they don't believe they have to acknowledge your silly questions. I don't blame them, but I am still not them. People have different ways of communicating...it's just strange that you and all your friends communicate in a similar manner.

"He (Gustave) installed an indoor pool for one of his better tenants"..... so then if he won't so much as make repairs that have been required for years- repairs needed to maintain the safety of those living in this particular dwelling..... to your line of thought, this particular tenant is a worthless piece of crap. Thank you for that (much needed!) assessment.

Actually Goomom, you and I go back further than you think, and I'm a little disappointed that you don't recognized me from your glory days over at pottsmerc.com. Of course I've changed my name since then, but you understand that right? You've been known to change yours a time or two...hundred.

The questions aren't silly you dolt. You won't answer because you CAN'T. We know all about you. Thats why you deflect & ignore. Your executive powers only apply when you lead your pack of losers & welfare recp.
Good night kate/97
ps I'l' wait for your quote to see what is on TV. hahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah..........poor dave I hope to see him at the bar soon.

YOU ARE NOT LISTENING TO ME. I AM NOT KATE, JUST AN HONORARY ROACH, A TITLE BESTOWED ON ME FOR KEEPING YOU BUSY WHILE THE GNOMES STOLE YOUR PATIO FURNITURE, and your tulip bulbs.

I am dNile ;-)

goofball!

What did you say kate?

you stole my gnomes. i knew you are a thief.

Anna - To answer your question - What is better - to wait 3-6 months for "hopefully" the right tenant or take a chance on an average tenant today? It is a tough question in Pottstown with the potential tenants. It is a pain with evictions and rehabbing the units. This is why it is necessary the tenant has a job or receives housing assistance. Some of the Judgments will never be recovered. Others you can attach wages, bank accounts, etc. Some landlords execute the Judgment on cars (even if there are liens), computers, tv. I do not have time for this but there are landlords in Pottstown that have many cars, bikes, tvs etc to pay for these judgments. The landlords who are more knowledgable than I on this subject teach the new landlords. There is also a do not rent list in Pottstown.

Goldencockroach - the courts will allow the landlord to attach wages (assuming they have a job). Judgments never go away if they are renewed every 5 years at the Montco court house. Interest can be charged on the judgment. Attorney fees can be charged after the judgment or before judgment if lease states this

Keith does that mean a deadbeat tenant can't rent or buy until they remedy their debt?
I found this in Webeters:
Tenant; one who rents, a loser who has a drinking/ drug issue.
a person who gets taken advantage of by Gold cockroach(because she LIES)

Keith, can you bring your Amphi-car to our meeting? The one in Aug. would be great. We can play poker for it.(haha) I don't have the $ for it if I lose.
I'd love to see it in person. Hope all is well.
RH was right this place is funny. kate/97 is a hoot. A bigger loser than even Todd B. said she was. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!
It's been reported that the "No Tell Motel" has bedbugs. 8pm 6/21/2012
This just in: Katie aka fat kate, gold cock, loud mouth....... has bedbugs.
You must ask yourself...... the chicken or the egg!!!!?????!!!!!!!
What are you up to kate? Poor dave

OK, I give up. This is beyond pointless.

Keith, these dopes don't listen or read.(or probably stand up-right) I thank you for your info on how to destroy the deadbeat tenants. Also thanks for telling me how to "avoid" collectors. I pay enough, make the losers who live in Pottstown do the "heavy lifting" in paying taxes.
Hey gold cock/97 you lose now, you lose forever. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Thanks for paying my bill!!!!!!!!
I make $$$$ & you pay for it. You hear sirens, I hear owls! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I bet you'd buy a time machine.

oh no!!!!!

Gold cock promotes kid touchers. Look at her facebook. Bad kate/#97; go eat a Krimpet.

Sorry your fellings are hurt kate/97. You are the biggest fraud ever!

Ok, ok I am a fraud. I stink.

Hey Debbie! How did the first creditor's meeting in your bankruptcy case go on wednsday? I see you've declared that you have no assets available for unsecured creditors.

Either you're hiding assets, or you're broke. Either way, I wouldn't be tossing accusations of fraud around if I were you. Pot.... Kettle.....

Did anyone consider forwarding this thread to the trustee? Quickly scanning the comments further up, she acknowledges gambling $3000 in cash and taking someone along that collects for her if she wins. Stunningly Stupid actor.

The lawyer for any creditor can subpoena her IP address, it could be worth the effort. I.P. addresses can be traced to a specific Internet service provider, and with a subpoena, the Internet provider can be forced to identify which of their customers was assigned a particular I.P. address at a particular time. Internet users need to understand what sort of information could be disclosed about them in response to a legal action or government request, anonymous or not.

That is how the recording industry has been identifying and suing people who use file sharing programs.

Go ahead Deb. lie away, thats what folks close to me do. Everyone lies! What would they do w/ the $ give it to the police(look at comments about cop w/ meth), says it all. Spend Deb spend.

techgeek - how do you know deb really said she was gambling? No where does it say Deb was gambling. It is assumed by a the dumb idiot Goldencockroach that deb was gambling. Where is the proof? Are you that stupid to believe a court would issue a subpoena for an anonomyous blog post. Show me how smart you are. Get a court to issue a subpoena on this blog to go after Deb. You are dumb like the rest of them.

What happens if it is not Deb? What legal hot water would people who post on this blog or an attorney who would issue the subpoena? You can think what you wish, but your detective skills suck!

All this she said; he said; it's all nonsense. I have turned my $ into 14 times the anount I had before. Just helping the working man. They get 3 times their amount, while I make 17 times my original amount. I like prison. If you are smart you can always make $ if not; YOU MAKE ME $$$$$, so thanks anyway.No one cares about me, what "they" say I owe.

Hey GC, get a knock at your door lately by the Constable? How come the defendants were not served?

Today is another great day for the Pottstown Landlords. The loud mouth Katy Jackson, Goldencockroach, is attempting to sue her neighbors. The long arm of the Pottstown Landlords and their connections in high places allowed the landlords to find out of this pending action. Thanks fellow landlords for informing me of this situation. Why is today a great day? They were unable to serve the defendants. Yes, eventually the defendants will get served but until this happens it creates frustration for the loud mouth. The landlords will always win because there are too many landlords and we have the gold!! All for one, one for all.

Big news pertaining to Goldencockroach coming soon.

On behalf of the Pottstown Landlords who are unable to be too involved in the towns issues, we would like to thank the Western Montco Landlord Association. You guys are great and have done wonders putting the towns bullies in their place. I am happy to see Jason go because he was too green in many issues. Thanks also to Affinity for taking a stand against Kate Jackson. Hopefully first of many court decisions in favor of the small business owner. Cheers.

Another victory for the landlords of Pottstown. Our actions have forced Goldencockroach to remove her blog posts. We are now controlling what she writes. Got to love it. Keep up the good work landlords. We are now controlling so many aspects of her life.

Another event gone wrong for Katy Jackson. Even in her white outfit, straw hat and clip board did not provide enough to make her "open house" successful. I truely hope the owner of the property files a lawsuit against you. The landlords have beaten you to the punch on every occasion. The ones with the gold make the rules

We just found out one of the local landlords videotaped the Goldencockroach openhouse. 5 people showed up the entire 1 1/2 hours. They will be providing the property owner with a copy to help get trepass warrants for Katy and the other 4. 5 people is a failure. What else did you expect?

Deb there was a total of 4 folks there.(if you count a hooker & guy running from the cops) That isn't a failure its Cockroach success!!!!!!!!!!! I just wish someone in council showed up, but I'll keep pushing my cause.(what else do I have to do)

Don't fall for cheap imitations, there's only one P.town Golden Cockroach.

It is infuriating to fathom conditions at 501/503 King St. & the complicit inaction of the borough codes department.

YEARS of abuse & neglect by Owner, Kenneth Kaufman. The story of the inexorable dangerous codes violations, insects, mold, rusted appliances & pure filth will be told, while the most innocent victims, the children of renters are caught, unaware, in a destructive web of deceit and incompetence.

An unsuspecting mother & three children are the latest victims of a broken system, that is tasked to protect her from parasites like Kenneth Kaufman.

THIS FAMILY IS RECENTLY LEFT HOMELESS after moving their household into the 1st floor apt. at 501 King St. and being chewed alive by insects & a BED BUG infestation. She's fled for safety, leaving everything behind. Is that why Kenneth got a Judge to put up a sign threatening that she can't go back in to retrieve her belongings? He's playing the system like a fiddle for his OWN PERSONAL GAIN. People who live nearby came to tell about the horrors this man has plied in Pottstown, they came to warn people not to rent from him.

If you want to know what kind of human being places money & personal gain before the welfare of children, ask Deb Campbell, she DEFENDS predators like Kenneth Kaufman, and she earns the fetid disgust people here feel for her.

http://goldencockroach.wordpress.com/all-the-news-and-commentary-thats-fit-to-print/

Golden cockroach is goldencockroach is goldencockroach. In a moment of clarity, goldencockroach doesn't want to take responsible for her words. Don't be fooled by this fool.

Wonder how she will defend trespassing claims? Wonder if Evan will keep his job after promoting trespassing and a possible violent situation. His manager will find out shortly.

Do you think no more than 5 people attended because they realize they were trespassing?

I now realize because Goldencockroach is so smart that no tenant ever desroyed a home, disconnected a smoke detector, or put a hole in a wall. Goldencockroach what would Pottstown do without an uneducated, poor, no job, ghetto living loser like you?

http://goldencockroach.wordpress.com/open-house-you-are-invited-to-see-the-living-conditions-inside-a-slum-rental/

Ken Kaufman i am sorry. YOU MADE THE IMPROVMENTS. I thank you!

i want to thank the 2 others who were at my side yesterday. We will change Pottstown!!!! (too bad only 1 at a time)
ps Deb I am leaving Dave, who is your attorney?

Deb Campbell,

What you have written here, in the miles of comments, is among the most insanely idiotic streams of unconsciousness I've ever read.

At no point in your rambling, incoherent responses have you even come close to anything that even remotely resembles rational thought.

Everyone who has read this thread is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul.

...and Katy Jackson is still poor, uneducated, no job, lives in the ghetto, owes the Borough of Pottstown $5000 lien and attempts to file lawsuits against her neighbors.

Out of all the comments pro-landlord and anti-landlord no one discusses the tenants.How many people are crammed into a 1 bedroom or 2 bedroom apartment without the landlord's knowledge?Do the tenants cause the damage which cause the unit to not meet the codes standards?If a unit passes codes and the smoke alarms work, how can a landlord be held reponsible for a tenant dismantling a smoke alarm?If the landlord tries to rent a below standard, stinky, smelly unit, can't the tenants refuse to move in?Please discuss the tenants!

It's amazing after this weekends failed self promotion of Katy Jackson how many people have turned against her. Chalk up another victory for the landlords. Select Boro council members and codes employees will be invited to the next landlord meeting. I am glad we are now able to join forced against the Evil Katy.

Goldencockroach and zipdee are the same person. When Goldcockroach want to attack people she knows she uses the name zipdee. Why oh why would anyone listen to an uneducated, poor, person from the ghetto. Is your self esteem that low that you need to follow the hate that Katy pukes? She hates anyone on section 8. This includes the elderly and disabled. She hates the Boro leaders. She hates the boro workers. She has Pottstown business owners. She hates people that have jobs.Unless you are unemployed, and not getting financial assistance she hates you. Welcome to the world of King street hate. Jason, are you on this hate filled bus? Speak up. You're gone soon because you couldn't take the heat.

Katy - forget the fireworks, you are used to gunshots. You live in the worst area of Pottstown. What do you expect, you're not in Limerick. Isn't Karma great. You are stuck in your own waste and can't move. Everyday I hear the birds I smile. Every night the dark skies and no noise I smile. I smile because I am a success but also smile because I know what you are experiencing hell each and everyday. You have no way out. Not today, not tomorrow, never. The truth hurts

Katy is on the jealousy trip again. Maybe in 10 years when your 80 year old you can move. Wonder if the sounds of gunshots pushes her over the edge and makes her rage and jealousy increase? Her blood pressure must be sky high. The truth is No one cares about her. No one!

I won't address your remarks on this topic, but I am on fire on other topics!
-Golden Cockroach

Chris Rhoads is a dummy, Enough said.

Lisa; you are correct. I'm friends w/ Chris just cause I get discounts on doughnuts!
-Golden Cockroach "Watch out for the Roach"

I love the powdered sugar ones the best!
-Golden Cockroach "Watch out for the Roach"

The same goes for Roy Rants, he's the biggest bozo the town has seen. He doesn't read the Patch so he'll never know I think he's a dope! Don't tell!
-Golden Cockroach "Watch out for the Roach"

I have a secret to tell Pottstown. We just found out of an underground club.
Katy's Hate Club. Still trying to find out details. We know that you must hate the disabled, elderly and less fortunate - an example would be people on section 8. Boro employees in non leadership positions can't join, if you are employed you can't join, if you own a business you can't join, if you are on section 8 assistance you can't join.

Are Jason, Dan or Joe members? we don't know. If you hate like Katy hates I bet you are already a member of this underground group. There is so much prejudice around so are the leaders involved in this prejudice? Come clean Jason, Dan and Joe. Are you members. The Pottstown community deserves the truth.

I hate you, shut-up. This is a non-story. You don't mant to be put on our hate list!
-Golden Cockroach "Watch out for the Roach"

Hey Jody Rhoads - You're a quitter. Stop talking. We will tell you when you can speak.

I wasn't going to get involved in this "discussion", however blaming each other fixes nothing!
Name calling does even less to solve anything. For once why can't we come together and come up with some kind of solution? People today are just too damn selfish and want to blame everyone else for theirs' and others problems. So stop the name calling and insults and come up with something positive. This is how this nation got where it is today. A me me me society, lets show the politicians we are better than that and come together!!!
United we stand, divided we fall! So stand up and do something good for your community, volunteer to help somewhere, do something for someone other than yourself.
Help your neighbor, help a stranger, step up and take the town back! We've had some issues in my part of town in recent months, certain people stood up to the punks, and guess what, their gone. We keep an eye on each other, try it some time.
Happy 4th of July!!

There is someone posting as "Golden Cockroach"; I am the only "Golden Cockroach". Whoever you are stop the nonsense, you are driving me crazy. My friends are worried about me, you need to stop. To my friends don't worry about me.
ps I think the phoney is C. Rhoads! If it is; I'll unfriend you on facebook!

Thanks to a couple of Borough council members and the Borough employees who have agreed to meet with the landlords. I am sure this meeting will be productive. The prejudice and hate of some members of the community needs to be stopped. There is still room for you Jason, we won't bite.

Jason-----You Quit!!!!!!!!! The Cockroach say YOU stink!!!!!!!!!! Thanks 4 nothing Jason B!!!!!
-Golden Cockroach "Watch 4 the Roach"!!!!!!!!

Jon Pru..man---------You were watching my kids today! Why are they late getting home!!!!!!!!!! Are you friends with Scott Z!? You guys should say you charge more than $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ I want my kids 2 have their vigin..y!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You guys must luv Sandu>>Y Poor joe pa

jON p & Scooter please go to the corner up the st. The guy who drove the blue F-150 was happy. you should be too!!!!!!!!!

WATCH out West Norriton - Jason Bobst will be your next Borough Manager.

Here are a few items you should know and Jason we know you read this so feel free to respond and correct any errors.

There are approximately 20,000 residents in Pottstown, 4000-5000 residential properties, 44% rental properties, 15-20% unemployment, downtown businesses are empty, crime is high, and taxes for a $75,000 pottstown home are the same as a $200,000 home in Limerick. So needless to say there are a lot of issues.
In todays Mercury Newspaper Jason doesn't address unemployment, crime, lack of business. He addresses a problem but a very small problem. Blight. 50 total homes are on the blight list. 50 of 5000. Can you say 1%. Unemployment 15% - Not addresses. Taxes affect 100% of residents- not addressed. Probably 25% of High streets stores unoccupied - not addressed. 44% rental properties - Jason has no repore with the landlords/investors.

He would rather cater to loud mouth activists that equal about 1/2 of 1 % of the total Pottstown residents.
Is he a smart man? you decide. He is your problem in August. In our opinion he failed the residents of Pottstown.

Deb if you are out there, you won. I've quit posting public on my facebook. No one will see GC.com w/o my F/B. I will get you back. You may have won the war, but I may win a battle!!!!!
-Golden Cockroach"leave me alone"

Don't make fun of my too much. I did find 15 or so folks I've unfriended. They are gone & I am ready to take over Pottsown!!!!!! You may have gold, but I have gold bud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where I come from, that makes me the winner!!!!

http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20090101/NEWS01/301019988/devastating-blaze-takes-its-toll-on-high-street

http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20100228/FINANCE01/302289988/property-managers-look-to-the-future-after-a-devastating-fire

This is how we "thank" the Pottstown taxpayers.

http://goldencockroach.wordpress.com/

Sorry Katy, you should tell Golden cock, that she lost to the Landlord Assoc. Her FB page is private and her views to GC blog have dropped 87%. hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. You lost again, I guess you have gotten used to losing. Poor you GC!

Great job Joshua O. It is time to get the ball rolling on your lawsuit. We have all the information you and your attorney need. Remember Golden Cockroach's Katy Jackson was already sued by Affinity Properties. The information the Western Montgomery Landlord Association has for you will help your case. Watch your mailbox and there will be information for your attorney to contact a Pottstown attorney who represents many landlords. Maybe you and other landlords could get 6 or 7 cases going at once against Katy. I'm excited!!!!!!

"On July 3, 2012, defendant, Joshua Owheya, filed for protection under Chapter 13 of the United States Bankruptcy Code."
(http://webapp.montcopa.org/PSI/Viewer/Detail.aspx?id=8838815&entity=Docket)

WINNING!

On May 22, 2012, Bank of America initiated foreclosure proceedings against Joshua and Gretchen Owheya for their property at 556 Walnut Street in Pottstown, amount due? Nearly $80,000.
(http://webapp.montcopa.org/PSI/Viewer/Detail.aspx?id=8754776&entity=Docket)

WINNING!!

On July 25, 2012, Doug and Debra Campbell's properties at 538 and 540 High Street in Pottstown were auctioned off at a Sheriff's sale for costs.
(http://webapp.montcopa.org/sherreal/salelist.asp?saledate=07/25/2012)

WINNING!!

Deb LaCava Campbell: "I am now with Springer Reality"
(https://www.facebook.com/deb.lacavacampbell?sk=wall)

So, would that be the trailer park episode? Or the angry old hag episode?

Go get'em Joshua. We are all behind you, but who is Deb?

The best part is you can say anything you want about any landlord. Katy, the truth is: you're poor, you're uneducated, you live in the ghetto - worst section of Pottstown, you owe the Boro $5000, you are suing your neighbor, you don't have a paying job, etc, etc,

So you find fault in a landlord, a working person, a risk taker, a person that is producing money that is spent in the town. And you offer no benefit for the town.

You are lower than a McDonalds worker. You are lower than a garbage man. You are lower than the worst renter because they don't owe the Boro money. If you sold your home now you would be short around $50,000 because you made such a poor investment. You must hate your husband for agreeing to move to the ghetto.

We know the truth hurts but the truth is the truth

"The lien represents a grant awarded to owners through the Homeowner Initiative Grant Program. The lien is not as a result of Owners' default or failure to pay any amount due the Pottstown Borough" So.... in other words, you are, once again, full of crap.

(http://webapp.montcopa.org/PSI/Viewer/Detail.aspx?id=8511989&entity=Docket)

See, the difference is that the Campbells, just like the other "winning" landlords, actually DO owe HUGE sums of money to every neighborhood in which they do business.

"We know the truth hurts but the truth is the truth."

PAY YOUR BILLS DEADBEAT SLUMLORDS!

How is anyone full of crap? Katy owes a lien of $5000 to the Borough of Pottstown. Nobody ever said why Katy Jackson owes this money. The fact is Katy owes the money. Once again, the landlords win because our sources know everything that is going on.

Hey Katy dispute the other "truths" stated in the message July 27 at 10:09pm. You have an open forum. If you don't all the readers will realize the real Katy.

Wow. I thought Katy talked "junk" but now I see she does. This isn't right. DC I got your im. I'll give you access. KJ is nuts. Goog luck.

I heard from katys MD, that she has split personality disorder. if you see highway97 that is her. Be nice, she is unstable; I mean nuts.....stay away.

Are you really still at this??? Well at least you found work...good for you.

Katy is still at this. Can you believe it. I don't think she found work. Do tell if she has a job. I wonder if it is unskilled labor.

Katy/hgy97, now that I'm in the dirt I see what these people are saying about your blog. From my vantage point I see now that you are a loon, you used me to write a story about how you loved & helped me. You did nothing to help me and you wrote you were my hero.
I hope for you that you wake up & do the right thing. Get a job & quit trampling on the rights of landlords & people who do buiness w/ them.

Bye Katy, I hope not to see you soon.
Rosie

Western Montgomery County Landlords are meeting this Thurs at 6:00pm. Usual location. Last minute addition : One of the realtors in the group was able to secure a Norristown attorney who is recently in the news. You will be pleasantly surprised by the section 8 update. All good news for the landlords. The plans have worked great in 2012 and only positive outcomes to follow. So far 52 RSVP.

Is this the REAL Larry Legend?

I thought Katy left w/ her lover; Kim B. (not the Miami Dolphins Linebacker)

BTW. Katy leave the Tasky Kakes alone; you are a fat pig. David says he is glad you got rid of the blue Ford F-150. Less of a wait for him to score at the Cat House.

Katy/Golden Cockroach----I walked by the G. Angels DoJo today. The kids were chanting: Roses are red, violets are blue......I lost 5 hoagies, they are in Katys poo.
Please stop you fat pig...

Word on the street, Fat Katy was seen on the corner of High & Hanover. She had on thigh-high boots, fish nets, push-up b.., and salami. I knew she took my sandwich.
Shame on you Fat Katy.

Fat Katy, you are so dumb. I am a 5th grader. We all make fun of you.
Please don't steal my lunchbox.

Katy Jackson aka golden cockroach, aka starlet santori; is a fraud. she has been seen at the bar in douglasville, above the Hess and before the old Charleys. Thank god she is not dancing!!!!!! Only eating. Please stop Fat Katy; Thanksgiving is coming up.

I guess there is no moderation here so it's alright to say "Beotch, you need help." It's laughable that you think you can make it in real estate at this point, in this part of PA. Your crazy antics have lit fire to all your bridges. By the way, I'm still not Katy dip stick, and I feel certain that you will someday rue the day you talked bad about my grandma...sicko!

Sorry Fat katy, I heard about JPotts, I hope he didn't fall out of the closet. I know scooter & Putzman did. You must have "Lucky Charms" for breakfast. You know the "Rainbow"

Don't tell Putzman's "girl" aka beard.

Katy/hgy97 is a quitter!!!!!!!!

Hey katy/hyw97 did you see that Larry Legend talked about us!!!!! Larry Legend is the best!!!!!!! I think he beat Hulk Hogan & the Iron Sheik, but lost to Randy Macho Man Savage in Tampa FL.

The Macho Man eats @ Wendys!!!! He eats Frostys.

Hey Katy you guys have something in common..
HYW/97 I don't forget you.....his grammy is worm food too!!!!!!!

Hey Mr. Legend, where are you going to be in Pottstown? I'd love to get an autograph. You were the best!

If you are a landlord just come to the Thursday meeting. If you are not a landlord I will be at Boro Hall on Thursday at 11:00am

Thanks Mr. Legend. If I knew you were going to these meetings I'd have been there from the start.
For laughs I'll bring my "pin the Tasky Kake on the big fat cockroach" board. Fun for all!!!!
Also, I heard the guy who owes the rest. gives great deals to landlords anytime when they visit his establishment. Great guy.

Hey Katy/hyw97 how about a steel cage match. Just you & I. I need 3 weeks to prepare, by preparing I mean gain 43lbs so we are at an even weight.
You can dress like a dirty fat bug.

Hello Katy, I am a landlord in this group. We don't all dislike you, I'd like to extend an Olive branch to you. Would you be interested in coming to one of our meetings?
You could speak to those of us who want to improve Pottstown. It may be a way to help w/ your cause & help the tenants in town who need it.

Thanks for reading.
R.H.

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Thank you Sarah for the reminder and I would personally like to apologize to all but one person for my recent comments. It's just hard for me to understand what the motivation behind some of these mean and outright totally disrespectful comments really is. Honestly, the best thing for me to do is to unsubscribe to these comments so I can regain some sanity, but before I do...Randy, I can't speak for the cockroach, but I would welcome the opportunity to attend one of your meetings. No matter what you might have heard, I really am a local landlord and not the Golden Cockroach. What would be the harm in letting me attend anyway?

Hyy97 - I guess the feeling is if you were a local landlord you would support other landlords not Katy. No matter what you think of the comments by people other than Katy on this blog, the bias views of Katy should not be supported by any small business owner. She attempts to ruin these small business owners and also careers of realtors. What do you think one of motivating factors that drove Jason away from Pottstown? Katy is disliked and not respected by the Borough employees and town leaders. She disrespects them in a public forum when they are just trying to earn a living to feed their families. Anyone who is a supporter of Katy is an enemy of the small business owners. By people on this site exposing her antics allows the Borough employees, leaders and citizens realize the truth. She can kick and scream all she wants, but the truth is the truth. Pottstown rentals are growing by leaps and bounds. Section 8 is growing. Foreclosures are happening with no new buyers. The towns real estate values keep going lower. All of this and you hook your wagon to Katy attacking landlords instead of trying to help the town in a positive way. By the way, Katy's actions hurt the town, hurt the local government and destroyed housing values on her block. Katy, you should know there was a intersted buyer w/ money to rehab the apts for sale at Washington and King. They stopped the discussion with the realtor because they didnt want to deal with you. Now you still have an eyesore

Ok, so I guess I should have known that you were just another sock puppet in Deb's nightly show for her cats. I was hoping otherwise, but I guess the "olive branch" was just another way of...what is your agenda again? I don't think it is too far of a stretch to think that decent and honest landlords (such as myself) would want to work with GC and the borough. That is why I thought you extended the olive branch in the first place, right? As far as Jason Bobst is concerned, I think I know him a little better than you do and you are dead wrong. Sure, the situation may have been a motivating factor, but his actions clearly showed which side he was on...very clearly if fact.

I feel fairly confident that your "top secret" meetings are not happening anywhere, on any Thursday, but if they are, they are in a public place, so why not disclose their location? I promise to behave myself and keep an open mind.

Sorry Randy, I thought that was you that responded, but now I see it was Gary. If the offer still stands, I look forward to meeting with you. By the way, I don't believe my wagon is hitched to anyone yet. I was attacked, and I just responded.

There are many decent and honest landlords who belong to our association and others that don't who would never work with Golden Cockroach. The negative energy she emits is the reason her life at 55 +/- is horrible. Because Jason made a poor choice he and others were publicly exposed. This has led to resignations as we all know too well. You can believe whatever you wish about us. Do you really think in a town with 45% rental properties there is no organized group? Although not everyone owns in Pottstown, the majority own at least a few units in Pottstown. If you want to be the lone landlord that sides on the side of evil, feel free. We don't need you and you won't be missed.

The bottom line is there will be more lawsuits against Goldencockroach and her defense team will eventually get frustrated with her antics. When the day is over and we all go to bed, I know I hear complete silence. I wake to the birds. If I lived in the ghetto I would go to bed fearing for my life and wake up hoping I survive the next day. So whatever you or others do or say at least I know I live in a peaceful place, have a job, have an education and not have bias against the elderly, poor and disabled. Sometimes you should do a little research of whom you support.

We're excited about the recent legal correspondence from landlord attorney's against Golden Cockroach. If you have been discussed on her blog or facebook page you will soon receive information in the mail. It will open your eyes and provide you with case law to share with your attorney. Thanks for the support.

"Gina Lynn"

No attorney who wishes to retain their license to practice law would EVER EVEN CONSIDER doing what you just stated.

You are full of it. You, or your alter egos, have posted this threat before, and still no action. Wonder why?

Maybe Frank "freewater" McLaughlin's class action attorney could help you. Oh, wait, that whole fiasco has ended with a resounding judicial smack down. Seems to me that the landlords for whom you claim to speak have lots of legal experience in losing cases. Wonder why?

I have been trying to sell my house in the east end. I bought another house and can't afford 2 mortgages. I am going to rent the Pottstown house, but I don't know what to do. I don't want to get grief just because I will be a landlord. Need some pointers.

Michael - You could have the most beautiful property in perfect shape but if the tenant doesn't have the rent money they will fabricate a story that you are a slumlord. They will damage your home and blame you. They will call Goldencockroach and without any proof you will be called a slumlord. Goldencockroach is the judge and jury of Pottstown. Unless you want to give your home away (sell it for $10,000) you have little chance of selling it. The investors with any money are buying outside Pottstown and no homeowner who can afford a home would buy in Pottstown. The towns leaders and people like Goldencockroach have ruined the town but they are to naive to realize it. Your only hope is to rent to a section 8 tenant and have the Government pay you. We are trying to make Pottstown the section 8 capital of Pennsylvania. Good luck

Michael - please disregard the local crazy. Go with background and credit checks if you rent a property out. Get and confirm a previous landlord reference. It is not hard to rent to responsible tenants, you just have to do some due diligence. Something many of the amusingly angry absentee landlords fail, or refuse, to do. Shouldn't cost you more than $50, and you can consider charging a perspective tenant for the crdit&BG check, and refund them if they sign the lease. Consider it a wise investment.

*prospective , autocorrect,

Michael - BS Dectector is not a landlord, doesn 't work, owes the Borough of Pottstown money on a lien, lives in the worst part of Pottstown. So you can believe her or someone who is a small business owner, takes risks, knows the ins and outs of being a landlord, etc. I am NOT a doctor. Would you take my advice in you needed surgey? BSDectector offers nothing by hot air and hate.

...and I am not BSDetector as Jeremy-Deb would portray here. As far as I know she is the only one that assumes multiple identities so it looks, to the causal observer, as though she has a large support base. BSDetector is right about thorough background checks. But I will add a few additional measures that will make your renting experience a much better one:

Build your expectations into your lease, "causes for immediate eviction", and have the prospective tenant initial and agree to each one. Read the lease together word for word before they sign. But also understand that if you expect the tenant to mow the grass, pickup litter, etc., if they don't YOU can be held accountable. Then, don't just collect the rent money and disappear, design a maintenance schedule and let the tenants know, up front, before they sign the lease that you will be a "hands on" landlord. With 24 hour notice the tenant is obligated to let you into the property to change furnace filters, check smoke and co detectors, etc. You can find multiple reasons to keep tabs on your property while developing a relationship with your tenants. That's what good landlords do.

Yes, I'm a landlord in Pottstown, Boyertown, and Collegeville. Jeremy, who the heck do you think you arre? I've got news for you: maybe running weekly rentals and boarding houses in a financially distressed town is a poor business decision.

Thank you for the input. I am meeting with a lawyer who will draft a contract.

Breaking news. As you all know Katherine Jackson (Katy) AKA Goldencockroach sued the Borough of Pottstown and owners of a rental property near her home. Got a call saying the Boro of Pottstown demanded a jury trial and filed a crossclaim. Hope this is true.

Katy - if I have any information wrong please correct me since I received it second hand.

This is big news. The Boro is standing up to this bully. Affinity stood tall against her and it looks like Joshua will be pursuing action against her.

Life is good. Do you know how to beat a bully? Come to our landlord meeting and find out! It is working.

So are you saying my baby girl is a fraud? You mean to say that she tell others how to act & does the complete opposite? Is it really true that Katy (my baby girl) tries to "steal" money from the same town she "fights" for by suing them?

I guess I am not surprised, she has always been two-faced!

Papa roach

Thanks for the heads up, YouCallThatWinning!!!

"Deb LaCava Campbell: "I am now with Springer Reality"
(https://www.facebook.com/deb.lacavacampbell?sk=wall)

So, would that be the trailer park episode? Or the angry old hag episode?"

"How to choose a real estate agent: The definitive checklist ... you want to find a real estate agent with INTEGRITY and your best interests in mind".

http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-money/2010/12/28/how-to-choose-a-real-estate-agent-the-definitive-checklist/

http://goldencockroach.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/deb-doug-campbells-new-boarding-houses-head-for-the-auction-block-6/

Thanks BullyBuster for telling the truth.It is good to know we have honest people in Pottstown that are disproving the lies of the activists.Are housing values still decreasing?In my neighborhood homes aren't sellling for $25,000.We should all be worried.

Michael J. - the Rental Housing Ordinance requires you to have a "Designated Responsible Agent" in P.town ONLY if you reside out of town. If you don't live out of town I recommend managing your own property. Even if you do live out of town remain involved with your tenants and your property. MCCC offers a course in property management.

What I've seen and what I've heard from renters, vetting an agent to handle your property is as important as vetting prospective tenants. You will not be abdicated from legal responsibility for your property just because you have an agent so "responsible" becomes the operative.

PA requires property managers to hold a brokers license. Does a brokers license guarantee that all property managers are educated and motivated to do the best job for you? Not in my experience. Does it guarantee that the individual agents conduct their own rental businesses with integrity? Not in my experience. That's not to say that there are no good managers in P.town, only that our paths have not yet crossed.

You definitely want to check credentials, references, use the prothonotary link on the golden cockroach to check for civil suits too. Tax liens and default judgements are a big clue. Even an affiliation with the "big box" brand of real estate corporations is no guarantee.

My best advice is ask around, check up on the agency and thoroughly check up on the agent(s) you have in mind.

Whatever you do don't listen to nutty katy. She doesn't practice what she preaches. She owes pottstown $5,000 and is late on making payments. She is taking her NEIGHBOR & town to court over a sidewalk. Katy is not a nice person, she came here from Denver CO, bought here house for close to $90,000 and now it's not worth $25,000. You know the old saying---"A sucker is born every minute".
With decisions like that would you take her advice? If your answer is yes I have a car for sale & I'll gice you a great deal.
Good luck to you MJ.

Michael J - the person named goldencockroach is NOT a landlord, doesn't own rental properties and has no experience in Pottstown being a landlord. This is why the internet is so dangerous. If the landlords weren't watching her actions you would be lead to believe you were dealing with a landlord. Far from it. She is a homeowner in the ghetto of Pottstown. Everyone needs a roof over their head and she choose to move here. She acts like she is knowledgable and there is nothing farther from the truth.

How could she recommend managing your own properties when she manages no pottstown rental properties?

She never used a Pottstown property management company so how does she know how the relationship is between landlord and property management company?

What a joke. Katy you make us laugh

Deb, you can laugh all the way to bankruptcy court. You speak for yourself. what a joke.

You're upset that nobody looks at your blog anymore. People are starting to understand that you are a fraud. Pay your debt to Pottstown katy. Your FB is blank & we feel good about putting a muzzle on the cockroach! hahahahahahaha
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Poor Katy, the whole town is laughing at her, the silence is deafening. Where are you katy?

Just heard Pottstown Borough got caught with favortism to a Borough resident. Lisa M is conducting a business out of her residential zoned home. A neighbor complained and the Borough is not stopping Lisa eventhough it is a zoning violation. The neighbor turned to his landlord for help and this is why we are involved. We are giving the Borough 10 days to shut Lisa M down and give her a violation. If not we will get involved at the Borough level.

Good for you Katy. Stop someone who is making a living. I guess you are jealous of her for her putting her energy into something positive while you waste your time and accomplish nothing. What happened to you to have so much hate & anger towards people who make money legally? I know the job market is tough, but try & look for work & quit w/ the hate. I care about you, you'll live longer w/o the hate.
Smile Katy.

Katy would you like to come to a landlord meeting, we can bury the hatchet. It'd be a way to start over & exchange ideas. Let me know, thanks.

Great news! w/ the idea of charging home owners for police calls makes sense. I wonder though; what would happen if someone had a sign on their fence in front of their yard, that read something like; "call the cops if you see trouble". If the cops were called every other day would the person who posted the sign have to pay for the cops? I hope they do; I mean would.

So GC - if the banks are not providing mortgages in Pottstown and investors are defaulting of loans, who do you blame. You must start with Boro council. Pottstown real estate market fell into the black hole when the rental registration started. I TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN. So now what? The New York investors who have been buying a few apartment buildings will now pay CASH for the single family homes. I again told you homes will sell for $10k-$20k. In 2011 and 2012 many homes dropped to this level. How come my predictions come true? I am glad I don't live in the hell hole called Pottstown. So the apartment building at King and Washington is listed for $500k. Bet it sells for $175k to a NY investor.

It is great that the landlords always win. They want out of Pottstown, they give house back to bank. New investor comes into town and buys the house for next to nothing. Section 8 tenants want to move out of Norristown and come to Pottstown. Too bad Jason and council didn't listen to the landlords in 2010. They thought they knew more than the landlords. I guess by the current state of Pottstown they were wrong. When will the homeowners tell council to listen to the landlords? Until that day Pottstown will be torn apart one little piece at a time.

Katy, I was told what your FB reads. It read that the old bldg that housed hookers & drug dealers, now that investors will buy it; will kick them out. Bad for business. Yet you still have an issue w/ landlords. I don't own any homes. Heck I don't own a car; I'm an indigent. You don't want hookers & drug dealers yet you don't want landlords! What do you want; I hope you get medication you screwball!!!!!!!!!! You must let go of your hate!!!!!!!

Gotta love that Katy wakes up everyday and the investors ruin her day. It is clear Ptowns leaders don't want the investors. Let's pillage the town for every last penny and leave Katy and others to pick up the pieces. Keep the lawsuits coming fellow investors. We will continue to beat down the uneducated and make them lick our feet.

I agree, it's clear that Ptown leaders don't want investors like Deb & Doug Campbell, Joshua Owheya, Alan Childs, Ken Kaufman, the people that own Loto's and hundreds more like them. Maybe the new rental ordinance made that clear but maybe the town leaders need to make it even more clear. I consider myself a good investor, pay the taxes and fees, keep my properties in good shape and rent to good people. I'm all for strengthening and enforcing the laws and running these people out of town because they do me no favor. If I had to pick sides, and maybe I do, I'm picking the people that are speaking up for Pottstown. I don't appreciate the ugly comments on the patch but whoever you are, you all sound like losers.
You can lick my feet because in the end, I'll succeed where you will not.

I guarantee John aka Katy you will fail. If you associate with losers you are a loser. John aka Katy is a loser.

The residents of Pottstown have thrown in the towel.The investors can have all the properties.We give up!

Excuse me? I guarantee you're not very smart. If this is Deb Campbell, like some people think, then you know who I am. I was introduced to you at a meeting of the MCIG last fall. I can't help but think the derogatory comments are yours because that's how I remember you in person. You aren't doing the good investors in the group any favors with these idiotic comments.

I haven't been to a meeting for quite a while but I plan on being there on the 28th. I don't know if you still go to the meetings? If you do, I'll see you there and I'd like a chance to talk to you about all this. See you then.

Does everyone realize it is not about doing favors for the town it is about making the activists lose their shorts in the real estate market and in the courts. This is about the superior knowledge, deep pockets and large group of investors that are now running Pottstown. Activists now answer to us. Activists you are allowed to breath today.