Please don't stop attending Board Of Trustee meetings. The information you have provided to residents like myself was priceless, however it is unfortunate that the majority of Township voters have no clue of the misdeeds that our elected officials do. Bryan you have truly been a blessing, in your ability to convey, with great emotion, and passion what's going on in the township. God Bless you my son, you are an angel. Please don't disappear, the patch would be void with the absence your blogs.

Although he does have a perfect record. Everyone he backed lost. Last count, he's oh-for-fourteen.

PeteKautentayle's comment has been removed for violating our terms of service. Please refrain from name-calling.

McKay, that is rich. You leave up all of Bentley's hate blogs , but take down comments that might hurt him. You left up Bentley's/aka Good and Evil comment that "Ron is a mad man". Isn't that name calling? Bentley's hate blogs are filled with namecalling. Why is Bentley the only one allowed to spew hate and call people names? Everyone knows you and Bentley are friends and next door neighbors, but until you recognize your bias, you can't call yourself a journalist.

ihatecarpetbaggers,
There are a few factors at play here:

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Secondly,
Your comment was flagged by another user as inappropriate. We reviewed it and agreed. It disclosed sensitive information about an uninvolved third party.

When reviewing that comment, I also saw Good vs. Evil's comment, which also disclosed sensitive information about an uninvolved third party.

Both comments did not meet the standard which discourages material that "violates any party’s right of publicity or right of privacy"

Thirdly,

Please be aware that public officials are knowingly held to a higher level of scrutiny than private citizens. We can't always moderate what one puts into their blog entries or comments, but if we catch items that cross the lines of good taste or come off as personal attacks (versus criticizing their actions), we'll do our best to moderate it.

Lastly,

Bryan Bentley uses his actual name with his blog posts and comments. You used that information to post an off-topic personal attack against the user (and third parties related to the user but uninvolved with the conversation), all while writing under a false alias. The alias protects you from any sort of backlash, so allowing ad hominem attacks from an alias isn't really fair, is it? I concur with your note about Good vs. Evil's "mad man" comment and that has since been deleted.

Bryan's attempt to influence the local election in Plymouth Township failed miserably - he may have indeed swayed votes to those candidates he was desperate to unseat.

Do you want to know why, Bryan? Because you come off as someone that needs to have people think that you are smarter and more connected than the rest of us. Because you write "opinion" pieces, but then shout down, demean and bully those people that do not share your view. Because you fail to understand that people vote with different ideas, standards, morals and objectives than you do. Because you repeatedly endorsed candidates without telling us why they were qualified (or why their track record would suggest their ability) to do a better job.

And perhaps more than anything Bryan, and this is where it gets personal for me, you failed because you don't understand that being a Republican candidate does not automatically qualify a candidate to be the best candidate. I know you endorsed a Democrat, because you had to in your vendetta against Township Hall, but you failed to understand the changing demographics of national, and even local politics, and you failed to understand that "YOUR" party is making itself smaller by splintering into moderate vs. extreme (tea party) views. Finally, you failed to understand that many people do not see a place for party politics in community government. You're old school.

You may try, but you can't counter any of this Bryan - the votes have made my case.

Good luck with your doctor. That explains how you pay your bills, you are apparently running a disability scam, feeding off of the taxpayers. Maybe your next move could be getting a jay-oh-bee.

I find it interesting that Bryan slams all the members of the Board of Trustees, yet I bet he has not talked directly to most of them. He does not know them at all. He leaves Arnold alone since she is quiet and the elder of the board as I think she is in her 6th or 7th term. Kelly is also quiet, but since he is new member, Bryan does not like that (double standard). Door-shew- its does rant and act up so I cant argue that one. Reaume is very professional, and takes lots of abuse from residents ( the same 10) at the meetings. Ron does mumble, and he needs to act nicer and maybe people would not be so critical. Bryan loves Allanna, and she worked him for publicity as she should, but don't be so shallow and not see that's all it is. Allanna is probably a nice person, but so is everyone else on the board. They may just be tired of Bryan's constant hatred aimed at them. But in all honestly, I doubt if any of them even bother reading the one sided hate blogs on the Patch.
So, other that some personal traits Bryan does not like, what real negative items have the Board of Trustees actually done? Nothing criminal ( maybe the signgate with Reaume) no FBI investigation, etc. . Lets all clear the slate for the board as they start their terms on 11-20 and try to work as one community, not try to divide the community. We are all in this together.

I love the fair and balanced comment of Mr Shulz. Anytime someone makes a factual comment, they are cronies of the board. All Patch does is give a forum to paranoid bloggers who spread their venom of hate.

Excuse me...while I regain my composure......okay I'm done laughing. What a crock! If any one is interested in Mr. Schulz's previous comments to see how "friendly" they are just click on his name and then on "comments" on the sidebar. I think you'll be quite entertained. Mr. McKay has demonstrated absolutely no intention (until now, of course, and that will be short-lived when Cryin' Bryan and and Sergeant "I see nothing" Schulz get ranting again) of keeping anything civil on these blogs or comments on articles. I suspect it's because of the cozy relationship between the three of them. I would never use my real name to comment because frankly I believe at least two of the above mentioned are a bit wacked and publicly admitted substance abusers. But then again, McKay could always fill them in on id's and probably does. But that would be unethical if not criminal, wouldn't it?

Alanna, you are truly a class act. Exactly the kind of leadership we need in Plymouth Township. You ran a great campaign! Be proud, you did well.

The title of this article should be "Did Alanna Maguire Just Commit Political Suicide?" I really thought she had a good chance of winning and was going to vote for her until it came out she hangs out with a coke addict that destroyed his life and his family with drugs and the guy that got super loaded, wrecked his car and then lied to the police and the judge about it and doesn't seem to have any remorse for that.

I agree, but I am not surprised since she is a democrat!
She seemed to do whatever was needed to get more publicity.

To those who say I slam the Board of Trustees, and spew hate towards them, you are right. When Ron Edwards stiffs a small businesswoman out of over $400 then magically comes up with a 3 year old tax bill the exact same day he loses to her in court, I hate that kind of bullying behavior, and I'll slam it. When Ron Edwards bullies a cop on the 911 emergency line because he can't get out of the fireworks quick enough? Yeah I'll slam that behavior. When Richard Reaume distorts his military record? I'll slam that behavior. When Richard Reaume steals campaign signs, I'll slam that behavior. When Richard Reaume blatently lies about a colleague's record to wreck his career, I'll slam that behavior.
To those of you who have used my past against me, that's fine, I was very open about it, and your comments only make me stronger. I will not however, give up my right to speak my opinion because of something I did, and got over 6 years ago. SIX YEARS!
I have been more open about my life than some anonymous commenters are currently being about their lives, and I would warn folks not to cast stones when you have skeletins in your own closet, because you never know when they might emerge.
In closing: When you cast stones while hiding behind the cover of a fake name, your opinion means less than nothing to me, as only a coward does such a thing...

The funny thing is that nobody challenges what Ron Edwards did to Susan Dillon of Graphic Visions. Nobody, including Ron has denied that he did it. So those supporting him must support that behavior. Those who support Ron must support the way he treats the police.
Those who support Reaume must be ok with the lie he made. They must be ok with him embarrassingly getting caught stealing campaign signs. Distorting his military and political record.
Nobody has yet told me that I am a liar. That what I have said is not true. Reaume has even admitted some of it after I exposed him.
So basically I have told the truth, and been slammed, my family brought into it, and yet not one single solitary fact I have provided about these guy's antics, has been challenged. People have called me everything under the Sun, but nobody can call me a liar. Nobody has proved me wrong.
Why is that?
Because my facts are correct!
My facts are correct, and those who slam me must support that behavior.
Lying, stealing, distorting, and bullying.

Because this has degenerated into nothing but personal attacks, I am closing comments on this blog post.