Walsh chosen as Lower Merion's new publicist
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Walsh chosen as Lower Merion’s new publicist
Lower Merion Township Manager Doug Cleland on Thursday announced the appointment of journalist Thomas J. Walsh as the municipality’s new public information officer.
The move is expected to be confirmed by the township’s Board of Commissioners July 18.
Walsh reports directly to Cleland, and will be responsible for a comprehensive public information program, along with maximizing use of the township's Government Access Television Channel.
Walsh has more than 20 years of experience as an award-winning reporter, writer and editor, including stints at the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Business Journal, and the Reno Gazette-Journal. While at the Business Journal, he performed weekend business news reports for KYW Newsradio.
Walsh has also worked for well-known Internet outlets such as PlanPhilly.com, Knowledge@Wharton, AOL/Patch and Commercial Real Estate Direct.
"Tom Walsh comes to the township with great energy and an incredible skill set in communications, journalism and media relations," Cleland said.
Walsh replaces Brenda Viola, who resigned in May for a job in the private sector, after serving as the township's publicist for ten years.
Walsh started his career with five years on active duty as a broadcast journalist and public affairs specialist in the U.S. Navy, and is a veteran of the Persian Gulf War. His first work day will be July 25.
Congratulations Tom!
Your self-proclaimed journalistic skills as a community “watchdog” reporter are now well matched to the company you keep. You most certainly do demonstrate “birds of a feather flock together”
Here the community can now see your journalistic skills in action:
In of your own investigative inquiry into the attempted murder and brutal attack just outside the Lower Merion Police Headquarters by the Lower Merion Police resulting in permanent disabilities to the victim you were so interested in exposing this public felony criminal corruption to the community. After checking the allegations with the Police and Township Commissioners …. You quashed this vital and life safety community story. Have you betrayed all of us in the community? You are willing to leave the community exposed to criminal felony attacks by the public officials sworn to up hold the laws?
I again afford you and the Lower Merion Township Board of Commissioners public exposure, live on the Township cable channel, as to the standing widespread and un-investigated felony crimes committed by our public officials.
This would certainly show your true meaning “Community watchdog” or “Township lapdog” reporter.
Richard Liberatoscioli
richard.liberatoscioli@gmail.com
— Rick Liberatoscioli- I would like to present to the LM Township Commissioners at this Wednesdays commissioners meeting of the standing felony criminal charges against the Townships public official relating to Mr. Cleland's employment contract,
Section 3. Termination and Severance Pay:
In the event that the Township terminates Cleland for cause, this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder, cease. “Cause” is defined and hereby limited for the purposes of this Agreement to the following: (1) willful misconduct and/or neglect of duty, (2) felony or misdemeanor conviction of any crime involving moral turpitude, (3) dishonesty in the conduct of the Township’s affairs, or (4) any other act of similar or greater seriousness.
The Lower Merion Police have made direct threats to falsely imprison and threat of bodily harm should I do so.
I hope the Township Commissioners will contact me to arrange for a safe presentation before the commissioners of the felony criminal allegations against the public officials involved.— Rick Liberatoscioli - Excellent story on "co-operation, being co-opted,... then the final slide into full corruption".
http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2012/07/18/main_line_times/opinion/doc4fff307ee52fc589061308.txt
Here a "AAA" rated teaching institution, in one day, is totally decimated by is long standing "cover-up" of its criminal corruption within. Damages are expected to total by the many millions of dollars and prison time for those involved .... simply because of corrupt officials chose to "cover-up" what they knew was in fact "criminal acts" under their watch. They themselves knowingly became an accomplice and or accessory to the criminal acts.
The Lower Merion Township Commissioners will face the same fate as did Penn State through their own un-investigated and subsequent "cover-up" of criminal acts under their watch as well. Here an entire Lower Merion community stands to be decimated.
The extensive criminal charges have been presented to the Lower Merion Township Commissioners.
Richard Liberatoscioli
richard.liberatoscioli@gmail.com
— Rick Liberatoscioli
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