Reality Check

There are serious gaps in the dialogue here but I felt that this should be posted. Incidences like the Pig Shit poured on our drive and the Voodoo Chicken placed on our lawn are recent incidences. I haven't posted the photos of the condemned house of our neighbor who has led the charge in harassing and stalking us for years. Karma is a real thing.

Photo taken outside the Northampton County Council Meeting Room On January 17, 2024

 Recently I posted here about there being an opening on the Northampton County Council here in Pennsylvania. The position was to replace an office holder who was recently elected to another County Office. There were no requirements, so  I sent in my Resume for the position  , it was meant to be filled immediately.

I got an e-mail notification of the hearing where candidates were given an opportunity to state their case.  It showed up in an unusual fashion in my spam folder and I had 5 hours to prepare a statement  to present to the Country Council later in the day.  I arrived early with my spouse  for the  January 17 ,  for the 4 PM meeting. The room was pretty full and they had received 25 application for the open position. I read the room with full knowledge that this was not my Tribe.  We sat through a presentation of the newly elected County  DA who was making a presentation to Council for more Money. I didn't get the impression that there was anyone in charge of the applicants so we sat there and listened.  I thought there would be someone checking off names of registered applicants- we didn't see anyone .We got some attention and looks from Council members because we were new to the game.  I sensed there were some serial applicants among the group. The vibe was very awkward. I had read previously that the pick was already made and this was just a dog and pony show for appearances sake. Often in Government, from my perspective, the pick was made inside the loop and this was just window dressing. I viewed this opportunity to seek assistance from the County Council to assist is getting a copy of the Police Investigation of the Bullet holes in our Property. Bullet holes that are there because we won't stay in our lane.

Years ago, it was suggested that I write the then County Chair for assistance in resolving our challenge and get accountability. The reason I was given to write him was it was a known fact  that the Chair had an Out Gay son. I wrote him and have documentation , several times and never received any acknowledgement or response. I have a policy of writing candidates who request a campaign contribution asking them a few simple questions. One of the questions is "Do you believe it is reasonable  to have concerns that you have bullet holes in your property, reported to the police and the police never do an Investigation of the reported crime" I have never gotten any support for resolve from anyone, including the current County Executive. The officer, who I was to replace if chosen , was to our  home, she was shown the bullet holes. She  mentioned when she arrived at our home, that she brought up our situation with the current DA, John Morganelli and she shared his response , he said "don't get involved " . I have since asked her to explain this comment and she has avoided to respond to my question, I believe she got spooked and used the word "Stray" in a correspondence  where I believe she was looking for wiggle room to toss us under the bus. When I asked her where she got that term, "Stray" she got defensive. As I recalled she didn't respond to future mails. The word "STRAY" can only be used after an investigation of the crime was done.

After the first presentation, we left. The vibe wasn't healthy. I later learned there was a list of the 25 , so I didn't know who had the list   in the room . I didn't want to bring any attention to myself when making an inquiry . I never learn my rank on the list.  It was reported on a local blog that I was a No-Show so I corrected them. I corrected them and sent the administrator my copy of my prepared  statement. My spouse took photos of me outside the room as proof I was there in good faith. Also on that blog, a poster recommended my blog as a good read.

As it turned out, the presentation went on for 5.5 HOURS. What was alarming was my spouse and I and 2 county workers were the only ones wearing Mask in a windowless conference room. THAT, I would say was a primary reason, we weighted  the risk, and left. I suspected by the vibe, it was hours of Ax Grinding. Since I am not part of the Political Food Chain, I felt I did my thing. I wrote the Administrator and shared my statement and plan to share my perspective with the entire Council. The salary for the position is $9.500.00 per year and the term is 2 years

Another Day In Paradise

My statement I was prepared to read in the Council Chambers.

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My name is Gerald Kott, Jerry Kott, I am 73 years old. I am an out Gay man, partnered for 52 years, married for 7. I have jointly owned property in Lower Saucon Township for 41 years.  I mow my lawn. I mind my business and I report crimes when I experience them and when I see them.
I keep my ear to the ground. I stay informed locally and nationally and internationally. I was born and raised in Dauphin County by community active parents. My father was Mayor of my small town and he set an example growing up as to how to speaking Truth to Power.  He also was a Reporter for a small town Newspaper. I have a BS in Art Education from Kutztown University

This is not your Grand Parents Northampton county anymore. I am an Outsider on many levels and can bring a fresh perspective with reasonable confidence and reasonable doubt to meet somewhere in the middle 

Professionally, I have played with the big Boys. I moved to NYC as a young man after college and experienced what America use to be. I was pioneering in my chosen professions and received acknowledge for my pioneering vision , nationally and internationally.

 I am in relatively good health. I have been diagnosed with CPTSD and Aspergers Syndrome ( I am high functioning Autistic).

I am not a Game Player but a Team Player when the goals are ethical and clear and the community's best interest in on the table. I am inclusive and understand being excluded  having been an outsider looking in.

I hope to bring a perspective as someone with well developed Courage and integrity. I know the difference between Right and Wrong, Good and Evil and I have a severe allergy to BS.

Thank you

Jerry Kott

101- doesn't make sense/hidden agenda?

Dad ? -edited

Something about this event didn't smell right and still doesn't- a HIDDEN agenda. The dots don't connect. A elderly man showed up at our kitchen door at 9:15 am on January 17, 2020 , asking for permission to look  for a wounded deer he wounded with an arrow near by. It wasn't clear as to where he wounded it but they appeared to come up from the bottom of our land. By they, I mean he and his son, Jeffrey Johnston,  who lives in the hood on Alpine Drive. From what we were told, Jeffrey Johnson is a police officer for the Hellertown Pennsylvania Police Department. Hellertown is a near-by town. We live in Lower Saucon Township and we believe they have their own force. The elderly man introduced himself as Jeffrey Johnson's father. We never met Jeffrey  but I have waved to him. I spoke with his wife some time ago to get permission to take a window they had at Alpine Drive for trash pick up. We wonder why he didn't come to our door for permission instead of his father. We were surprised he didn't make the request. We thought it was strange.

Instant Karma chapter 100

                             Oct 12, 2019 Wipe Out

                                                             wipe out scene

This happened on October 12, 2019. Scott takes our dog for a walk at a scheduled time, give or take 15 minutes. It is not hard to stalk us and get an idea of our movements and timing.  He had just gotten back and was on the plateau with our dog and he heard a roar like he never heard before. It sounded like multiple  ATVs gunning their engines and going fast to get the sound effect and our attention near the shared property line with the Repashs. We believe this was meant to mock us, mimicking the activity of Jesse Repash and Brett Schneider  that took place many times and was recently described in a letter to Priscilla DeLeon, chair of the Lower Saucon Township Council.

chapter 99-gun fire

                     February 27, 2018, working in the yard


There is and has been this pattern for some time. When we are working in our garden we begin to hear gunfire from Brett Schneider's property. On Sunday, February 25, 2018 we started to clean up our vegetable garden for a new season. We were both wearing flash orange, very visible. We heard what sounded like toy cannon fire which we believe was to alarm us and get our attention--the sound coming from Schneider's garage region. We documented the event and we started to record as we worked. We didn't rubber neck because we believe we were being watched. Then as we continued to rake we heard and recorded what sounded like a carbide cannon and a gun shot within seconds of each other. 3 years ago, I took out a bamboo grove 7 feet wide and 50 feet long where our vegetable garden is now. I hand-cut 500 stalks of bamboo and removed the root balls. The process was endless and took months. After it was discovered that I was regularly working in the garden region, there was predictable presence from the Schneider shared property line that we believe was meant to be disruptive, unsettling and menacing. Sounds would be made to get my attention. Bad imitations of dogs barking and strange guttural sounds were predictable. I continued to work and at times I documented. Often we would hear Jesse Repash's John Deere or ATV go up Alpine and come down to the rear of Schneider's property and just hang out and harass me as I worked. Too often when I was coming out of the house after taking I break, I would hear a male voice holler "here he comes" as I left our house to continue working. I also stacked all 500 stalks upright to cure, then after months moved them to a spot where they would interfere with the sightline from Schneider's property. And often, as I was working, there would be gun fire. 

                                                  February 27, 2018, weed whacking grasses

chapter 98 -Hunter

                           Encounter with Trespasser

We were cleaning out our rain spouting of debris at the rear of our home on Dec. 4, 2017 and we heard a loud single shot from our property. It was alarming and we decided to investigate. We don't investigate gunfire from other's property, but this came from our land nearby--too close for comfort. We put on our flash orange coats and hats and we walked towards the source of the gunshot. I was recording when we left our home vicinity. We followed the sound. Walking on our meditative path we discovered a hunter, Julius Laslo trespassing on our land standing over a dead doe he had just killed feet from the path. We didn't know who he was, he was a stranger to us. We approached him, still recording and told him he was trespassing . He seemed agitated by my persistence and we both were disturbed by his comment of "I am being nice".

Chapter 97 -twisted

                       Leaving Aug.20, 5:44 PM, 2017


If we get our car out of the garage and park in on our drive--as if we were going to be leaving our property, especially in warmer weather--we believe it increases the risk of a passive/aggressive action from Jesse Repash. Actions like Jesse standing at his door, uttering "fuckwad" and actions similar to this. There have been many times where it appears he tried to beat us to the drive on one of his outdoor vehicles just to harass us. There have been times he has tailgated us on the drive to create alarm. There has been a decrease in events that we believe has occurred because Repash doesn't have the opportunities to twist the event to be happenstance. Scott is no longer commuting to NYC for work 4 days a week on a schedule, so our actions aren't predictable. As I say, getting our car out of the garage and parking it on our drive seems to be a reliable factor for being guarded.
We have been having a somewhat regular schedule of leaving at that time and it created a pattern. 

Chapter 96 -Gun fire

                                        Gun shot             


This video is from Oct. 6, 2016. We were having dinner and I kept hearing an unusual noise coming from outside our home which wasn't familiar. Earlier in the day we kept hearing truck air brakes coming from the shared property line with Bret Schneider( the neighbor who he and his son stole our Barn Wood). We could see a large orange truck through the trees, maybe the township was doing some work on private property? Anyway the noise continued and I walked outside onto our drive to get a perspective as to where the sound was coming from as we were eating dinner- a revving engine sound. We always stand in a certain spots so our home security get us while we are investigating. I started to hear an ATV coming down Alpine drive from Schneider's property and started to record just in case, then it turn down Nursery Lane( our shared road), then I heard and recorded a single gun shot, possibly possibly 9mm. I stood and recorded the rest of this video just in case there were anymore gun shots then I came into our house. There are some details I am not including but are on the video.

For the record. We have bullet holes in our property, reported to the police and no legitimate investigation was done of the crime by the Lower Saucon Township Police. The bullet holes line up with the similar position from which this gun was fired. I have no idea what direction the gun was pointing when the trigger was pulled yesterday. We did not call the police to report this event because we believe and have documentation that we believe supports our belief that our Lower Saucon Township Police have been indifferent and dismissive to the many crimes that have occurred with us being the victim. We believe their incident reports are close to being works of fiction. Often the police can't seem to control their grimaces when we express our concerns in the past. We even had one patrol infer we could have fabricated evidence that he would not look at .

And how was your day?

Chapter 95- Live Bait

Excerpt of a 5 minute video of us going to investigating our mailbox alert on April 22, 2016

We were both working on art and we heard our mailbox alert go off. Sometime ago, after we purchased it, I e-mailed the Lower Saucon Township Police and notified them of the purchase and why the reason being, that we suspect the Repashes did the math and realized the timing of the mail delivery or noticed the alert when the box was opened. It was just a matter of time that our mailbox would be disturbed and we told the Lower Saucon Township Police in an e-mail, that we would investigate any disturbance, day or night--just in case we were baited and then charged with prowling. We also suspect that Jesse had been opening our mailbox to harass us and leaving the door down. After all, we had mail missing and had a  motion activated wildlife camera stolen that was inside our mailbox to deter these actions. What was disturbing is that Haggerty told me that Jesse Repash called to inform them that he found our mail scattered on the road and gathered it up to put it back in our mailbox. Haggerty said Repash called them just in case the camera captured him going into our mailbox. However, I requested from Haggerty that he give us a time and date of this "neighborly deed" and we received nothing from the Lower Saucon Township Police. I believe the camera was stolen after Haggerty's statement.

Chapter 94 -Fox 29 News

                                         



This is a video I took from last nights Fox 29 ( from the TV) , Philly News where reporter Hank Flynn paid a visit to our property to report on our circumstances as victims of what we and others believe is bias . We have no idea what Jesse Repash is talking about at the end of the report about a dispute HIS father created and we are simply defending ourselves, so I believe the Repash family does't believe Gay people should do. We have contacted the Repash Family 3 times over decades to sit down , at our expense,with a licensed Mediator, to discuss what we believe to be cowardly behavior and they refused all 3 times to do so . We appreciate Hank Flynn's support in exposing the under belly of how acceptable gay bias. We document- more is happening to expose this injustice.

Chapter 93- What do you think?

                            slow motion for detail






I have written here before that the posts are not in perfect sequence. We have not stopped documenting even though the posts have been minimal. 

This was recent--Nov. 2, 2016 and I find it disturbing. The original is too long to post so I did a slow motion of an integral section. We document when we walk to the mail box on the shared road. The Repash family has not kept their desire a secret for us to give up our legal rights to the access road to our home which has been there for 200+ years. The harassment has been intergenerational. The father thought by outing us in his Universe that we would be eating out of his hand. He and his dead wife Mary sued us. He and his closet case lawyers were taken aback when we didn't fall to our knees when called "fags"and "queers". Jesse Repash, Leonard Repash's son, has taken the stalking harassment up many notches to a bizarre level. He recently baited us into investigating our rural mailbox at night. We were walking up the shared drive and he was waiting for us--it was dark--we had some words. But what was insane was that he called the police and they showed up at our home an hour later.

Chapter 92- targets

Male Form Targets?

Male targets -side by side note the flags?

We could  see these targets from our living room for some time. They were placed so we can see them. We didn't really know what they were, the odd green color was very noticeable.  I got closer and took some photos for the record. We and others find it disturbing that our neighbors and their friends would get some kind of delight shooting at 2 male figures place side by side. Note the photos were taken on different occasion thus the change in targets.

Go, going, Gone Boy- Chapter 91

                                          June 9, 2014


Any reasonable person would find what we are experiencing to be harassing, disturbing, menacing and taunting. We believe that the Repashes are taunting/baiting and stalking us into confrontation. We believe the Lower Saucon Township Police have been bias in how they enforce the law. This is a record of the 3rd harassing/stalking crime in under a 30 day period- June 8, 2014. The obsessive stalkers out did themselves. But we believe the Lower Saucon Township  Police have aided these crimes by their indifference. It is obvious that this is the 3rd crime committed that they are not even chastising the Repashes. Since the Repashes believe they have "magickal "powers  we suspect that these icons are suppose to be curses or spells of some kind. This crime has a real Manson Family styling. 

Gone, Gone Boy -chapter 90

                                   Leaving


It was June 2, 2014, when we discovered this harassing chalk Graffiti  again on Nursery Lane. We didn't report it immediately after discovering it. We don't like to have the police here when we are alone and we believe that they have already documented that they don't have our best interest in mind. What we find very disturbing is that the report from the Lower Saucon Township Police states that Jeffrey Schneider, Brett Schneider's son, who lives with him on Alpine Drive , was responsible for the disturbing Graffiti. We believe that Jeffrey Schneider, who we believe is a juvenile, was coached by adults, his father Brett Schneider and Debbie Repash and Jesse Repash to do this graffiti . We believe he was pressured to do it to get under the radar of this being a Juvenile crime. So that the Repashes can betray it as a wayward teen's acting out and their hands are clean. Why would a  neighbor teen act out on our shared drive without the permission of the Repashes and his father's blessing ?

Gone Boy-Chapter 89

  

                                                                                                    

     Leaving on May 11, 2014

It was Mother's Day, May 11, 2014. I had planned to go into NYC that day to visit an Art Fair. We rarely leave our property on a Sunday, this was an exception so it would be easy to plan around our activities on sundays. The Repashes know our schedule. Scott took me to Bus park and ride in the morning in Hellertown. I did the fair and  walked around NYC a bit. I miss the people in the city. I said hello to Laverne Cox as I passed her on the side walk on lower Park Avenue.

Cable found in Snow-chapter 88

We are coming into a new winter season of 2014 /2015. Last year there were a lot of events where we spent time removing piles of snow that we believe were intentionally put on the  shared portion Nursery Lane near the shared property line, meant to be harassing. We purchased a  new snow thrower a few years ago to remove the snow. We would say and have documented that we do the majority of snow removal on Nursery Lane.

For the record, Chapter 87

                        Alpine Drive and Nursery Lane


 It was an overcast day, Dec. 18, 2013. I walked up Nursery Lane to get our mail. Our mailbox is about 500 feet from our home and it is located where Nursery Lane and Alpine Drive intersect- we can't see the mailbox from our home. I brought a shovel with me to tidy up Nursery Lane- it had snowed recently. The photo heading this post was taken at another time in Spring.  I also included in this post the video of the Deer that showed up at our kitchen door the same day. The deer was there before I walked up to get the mail. As I reached the top of Nursery Lane, I checked our mailbox to discover that the mail had not arrived. As I was turning around to walk home, I noticed a Silver Cadillac driving slowing up Alpine towards me. I got a vibe but turned and was walking home when I heard a male voice shout out to get my attention.

Spring Fever--chapter 86

4/26/14-packing heat

There is this ritual as the temperature rises, where on Saturdays we have been greeted by Jesse Repash and Brett Schneider as we either ingress or egress or both making menacing stares as we pass. They take this posturing stance as we pass. The photo in the lead here is a screen shot from our dashboard cam. Note the stance and Jesse is packing heat. I guess you can never be too prepared for a terrorist attacks, an attack from a wayward Swan or you have to keep those rabid old Gay Seniors in line so they know there place.  The pattern is that it appears that if we even get our car out of the garage and park on our drive and listen, within minutes on Saturdays, we have heard an ATV start up at Brett Schneider's property, drive down Alpine Drive to Nursery Lane, the share road, and  park in the Repash parking region and appear to wait for us to leave. If we don't leave right away, they appear to rubberneck to see what the delay is . And at times, we have heard what sounds like Jesse shout,, "here he comes". Anyway we were leaving on 4/26/14 to do errands, this is what we saw. There have been times when there have been smart phones pointed at us as if recording or photographing us as we pass ? They have done a mocking salute/toast to us holding bottles of beer at 11:00 AM. I should mention here that I received an e-mail from someone who I believe is an associate of Jesse Repash which states that the reason for Jesse Repash wearing a holster with a gun is "to protect himself from the trespassers" . I believe  those trespassers he is referring to Scott and I

Chapter 85 -follow up to County Detective

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Below is the follow up letter we wrote to Frank Jordan, the Country detective who we spoke to. I believe it was important to include it here because it covers what we believe is a very important aspect of the dialogue. In the conversation with the police at some point we both suspected there was an attempt to lead us down the garden path. We suspect that the one Patrolman was attempting to maybe possibly entrapment is trying to get us to say things and then take them out of context. We wonder if we should have just ask them to leave because we believe now the whole event was a ruse and waste of our time. I reiterated this aspect this week, April 22, 2014,  in my conversation with Patrolman John Bowlby . The police play this shell game . Bowlby suggested this week that we could change our schedule in order to screw with Jesse Repash planning his stalking/harassment- how absurd . He stated when I told him that recently Debbie Repash was following me up Nursery Lane with what looked like a phone camera, he suggested she was simply protecting herself from me-she was harassing me! How is she protecting herself from WHAT?  We believe that Jesse Repash has some serious shit on the police and that is why it comes off as them protecting he and Brett Schneider.
But what was a disappointment was that when I called Frank Jordan to get his e-mails address, I  got the impression that he was mocking me and our concerns by his tone, a snicker.

Dog show -Chapter 84

                                      Dogs

I looked out our kitchen door  on April 17, 2014 , and saw a pack of 4 dogs running down our drive then coming on our porch. Not knowing the temperament, I gingerly stepped out side and they ran by our deck down into our field. I whistled and called and they kept running. Scott called the Police to report it. We were concerned about the safety of the dogs. Besides there is a hefty fine for letting your  dog run free off you property. They looked loved and  we know full well the anxiety of a dog getting out.

Stoned? Chapter 83

                       3/9/14 rock hit tree, then pond                                                                   

The above is a video from 3/9/14. There were some events that have lead us to believe that even when we go to our pond to see if any Koi survived the stomach of the Heron or Mink, we should be guarded. Jesse had been checking us out as we sat at the pond . This above event even has the sound  of a rock hitting a tree. What we are referring to. It is long but gives context. A half hour later, near 5:30PM on 3/9/14, Jesse Repash put on quite a show for us.

This has been happening for sometime and with the advent of the warm weather, our obsessed stalkers are not getting the attention they grave. We have heard what sounds like stones hitting our house for years. We find unusual stones on our drive and porch and deck. Sometime ago, we found a very large steel ball bearing on our porch and we did call and report it to the Lower Saucon Township Police. On saturday April 12 , 2014, we were sitting on our deck at 6:30ish and we heard what sounded like a rock hit the rear of our deck as we were sitting outside. Then within  several seconds we heard something bang at the front of the house. We came around the front to investigate the noise and we saw Jesse Repash walking on the shared drive.