Disagreements over social media pages continue at Masontown meeting
MASONTOWN — Inflammatory Facebook pages about Masontown were again a topic of discussion at the borough’s monthly meeting.
Borough resident Tim Berkshire again blasted Council President John Stoffa and Council Vice President Sam Chahl for what he alleged were their respective posts on the pages.
Berkshire has accused Stoffa and Chahl of running the Masontown Renaissance and Masontown Residents Against Mismanagement Facebook pages, respectively, allegations Stoffa and Chahl both deny.
Council member Anthony Brnusak noted that Masontown Renaissance replied to his daughter-in-law with a profanity in a comment thread, something that his grandchildren could have seen had they been sitting next to her when she was on the page.
“(That’s) the thing that hurt me the most, John,” Brnusak told Stoffa.
At a council meeting earlier this month, Berkshire read a series of private messages between his wife Rosemary and the Masontown Renaissance account from 2014. In one of the messages, the Masontown Renaissance account wrote, in part, “This is John Stoffa,” according to a screenshot.
Stoffa, though, has repeatedly said he is not behind either account, and Stoffa’s personal Facebook page offered a Rolls Royce to anyone who can prove that he operates the Masontown Residents Against Mismanagement page.
“If they don’t like it, don’t read it,” Chahl said after the meeting of the pages.
In other business, Stoffa noted that borough citizens can call 724-583-7731 to see if they have a water/sewage/garbage bill security deposit on file that the borough can refund them.
Mayor Toni Petrus noted that Saturday marks National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration effort to allow the public to safely dispose of potentially dangerous controlled substances and other pharmaceuticals. Petrus said the borough will have an officer at the police station at 1 E. Church Ave. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at a drug disposal box, where controlled, non-controlled, and over-the-counter medications will be accepted.
Sharps and syringes will not be accepted due to potential threat of blood-borne pathogens. Illicit substances are not part of the initiative.