Friday, January 30, 2009

Union Thugs in Monmouth County

The Asbury Park Press is reporting that Monmouth County corrections union leader Pat Panella has responded to potential layoffs by posting unspecified threats against the Monmouth County Freeholders and Administrator Bob Czech on the paper's website.

Excerpts for the app article:

The online posts by corrections union leader Pat Panella, on app.com, the Asbury Park Press Website, implied job actions in event county officials choose to lay off members of his union.

""You have have cornered everyone...the most dangerous thing in the world is to corner anyone and threaten their way of life,'' wrote Pat Panella, president of PBA 240, the union representing 330 prison guards.

In another post, Panella wrote, ""I can tell all of you that you are about to enter the TWILIGHT ZONE.....Good luck in there, it is gonna be a HELL of a ride...I hope you are ready.....You better ask around about how my Union has responded to
threats in the past....We are about to go OLD SCHOOL.''


It seems to me that these comments, "the most dangerous thing in the world", rise to the level of terroristic threats. This is a much more serious infraction than steeling 7 gallons of gasoline.

Panella should be arrested immediately and sent to Gitmo with the other terrorists, since it would just be weird for him to be imprisoned in the Monmouth County jail and guarded by the corrections officers he represents.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maybe it's time to send this guy to an "old school" prison. The unions are so far out of touch, it's scary. Rather than taking a wage freeze and being damn happy they still have a job, these bullies arrogantly resort to threats. Time for a showdown with these punks.

Anonymous said...

These thugs have been robbing new jersey's taxpayers for years--their salaries and benefits far outpace anything in the private sector. Time for a reality check or they should all be laid off.

Unknown said...

Maybe just sending them to the prisons they were guarding wouldn't be such a bad idea. Sharing cells with the ones they were bullying...

Anonymous said...

Tactics like this will only turn public opinion against the unions. Don't they realize that many of the taxpayers they are trying to strong arm are either out of work or on the brink?

Anonymous said...

why is nobody complaining about the freeholders making 6 figures? how come nobody is complaining that freeholders negotiate their own salary? whats their medical plan? why do they get county cars, why r their friends the only ones getting county jobs? why is the county and "bob Jordan APP" not telling anybody the the jail made the county $14 million last year? WHY DOESNT THE COUNTY OPEN THE BOOKS FOR ALL TO SEE WHERE MONMOUTH COUNTY LOSING MONEY??? Pat Panella is going to expose the real corruption in monmouth county, in closing OPEN THE BOOKS CZECH,,,WHY SO SCARED, SHOW THE REAL REASON WE R LOSING MONEY "MR. 175,000 MAN" "MR. I NEGOTIATE MY OWN SALARY" "MR. I FRONT-LOADED MY SALARY IN CASE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED".... OPEN THE BOOKS MONMOUTH COUNTY FREEHOLDERS!!!

Art Gallagher said...

Freeholders making six figures? Do you mean all five of them combined?

They just took a 10% cut from $30,000 to $27,000, with the Director making a little bit more.