June 29, 2007

Scotch And Tequila At Civic Associaton Meeting

There's trouble a-brewin' in Northwood. The Near Northeast Philly neighborhood had a rather contentious Civic Association meeting last week.

Things got bad when the board attempted to read the minutes. There's a split in the Northwood Civic Association board, with all but one member against president Joe Menkevich. The rest of the board wants to change the bylaws to impeach him. After Menkevich began to get angry, another board member responded with this:

"The board of directors voted for you to sit down."

Ha ha, ICE BURN! Menkevich wasn't taking this sitting down, though. He attempted to not only disrupt the meeting, but turn this civic association meeting into an all-night party as well.

The embattled president loudly responded, "This meeting’s illegal." Menkevich threw the paper ballots on the variance question on the floor. He later picked them up and handed them to people at their tables. [...]

Menkevich’s allies were taken aback at the board majority’s actions. "This is a dictatorship," [a supporter] said before walking out of the meeting. Menkevich, who will likely resign before an impeachment attempt, invited his supporters back to his Castor Avenue home for tequila, beer and scotch.

Whoo! Free beer! I gotta start attending more civic association meetings.

President, board clash in Northwood [Northeast Times]

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