Nate Covington
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PA: County Level Investigation into Voting Irregularities - April 2021
"We want to make sure that voting is easy, and cheating is hard."
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COVID-19 Legal Liability Waiver / Agreement
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Candidate Roundtable LPTV - Special Election Panel
In case you missed it!
Zoning Hearing re: Buck Hill Falls Water Company
(This article was originally posted on BarrettCommunity.com)
[Update 4/12/18]
At the Supervisor's Meeting on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, it was announced that the appeal was decided in favor of the supervisors. Stay tuned for further updates.
[Update 9/13/17]
At the Supervisor's Meeting on Wednesday, September 13, 2017, it was announced that the supervisors have appealed the zoning board's decision. Stay tuned for further updates.
NATHAN COVINGTON for State Senate: PA District 22
Scranton & Surrounding Areas:
Special Election
May 18, 2021
Elect:
NATHAN COVINGTON
(Libertarian)
Pennsylvania Senator - District 22
"...we need some fresh blood, we need fresh ideas, and I think what we need to do is begin to break apart the two-party system," said Covington.
"...To be part of the libertarian party is a huge blessing. The two parties, they’re in a deadlock," said Covington.
Supporter Of:
- Individual Choice
- Sound Money, Less Regulation
- Fair Taxes
Security Implication for PenTeleData Email (your_name@ptd.net)
(This article was originally posted on BarrettCommunity.com)
To Whom it may Concern:
Based on the provided chat transcript (PTD Tech Support), please beware that using This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. email accounts for sensitive communication is not advised. When you call in to PenTeleData (the internet provider for Blue Ridge Cable customers), the technician asks for your account number, phone number, email address, or other means of searching for your account in their system. From that screen, the admin is able to see your email account password in plain text. Therefore, any tech PTD support agent is able to log in and access your inbox - if they so choose - because it’s on the honor system.
This means that essentially ANY email service is going to be a better choice than PTD: even Gmail. If you own a domain name for your business or organization, you should be using an email address like This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., anyways. That generally means your email is running through your hosting company, so the passwords SHOULD be encrypted, there, too… as long as you’ve chosen a reputable host.
This is NOT an audit of Barrett Township
(This article was originally posted on BarrettCommunity.com)
Disclaimer: The ideas expressed below are the personal thoughts and opinions of Nate Covington and do not necessarily reflect the position of Barrett Township or its Board of Auditors.
After I was appointed auditor in November 2018, I requested a copy of the previous year’s CPA audit from Pam Gardsy (Barrett Township Secretary/Treasurer, who replaced Rick Scrudato in 2015). Pam emailed a copy of the auditor’s report, but it did not include the cover letter. I wound up filing two Right-To-Know requests to obtain the following information:
Barrett Township Employee Pension Plan – How Liable are Taxpayers?
(This article was originally posted on BarrettCommunity.com)
Disclaimer: The ideas expressed below are the personal thoughts and opinions of Nate Covington and do not necessarily reflect the position of Barrett Township or the Board of Auditors.
Earlier this year I filed a Right-to-Know request as a private citizen to view the township’s pension plan.
Why should residents care?
Well, for starters, township residents were taxed $55,000 in 2017 to fund the plan which has around $1 million in assets. In the same year, the State of Pennsylvania contributed an additional $32,000 to the pension fund.
Gaming Funds Received since 2016: $0.00?
Note: This article was originally posted on BarrettCommunity.com
Disclaimer: The ideas expressed below are the personal thoughts and opinions of Nate Covington and do not necessarily reflect the position of Barrett Township or the Board of Auditors.
Please note that this article has been updated to include details about the $148,270 grant that was used to renovate the Barrett Firehouse.
Earlier this year, I filed a right to know request with Barrett Township requesting "documentation of all moneys received related to the Mount Airy Casino since 2014."
The response from the township was as follows:
"Misquoted" by Township Supervisors over Blue Ridge Franchise Fee???
Note: This article was originally posted on BarrettCommunity.com
I attended the supervisor meeting on June 22, 2010 to express my displeasure as a member of the community about the Blue Ridge Communications franchise fee. My concern was with an exclusive franchise agreement in place, our service would suffer, as there is (and was) no other choice of TV / Internet service provider. What will motivate Blue Ridge to improve their services with no competition?
However, the meeting minutes indicate the exact opposite:
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Did you know that Barrett Township owns a street sweeper?
Note: This article was originally posted on BarrettCommunity.com
A few months ago, I filed a right-to-know request asking for an asset inventory of the township maintenance department of any item valued at $500 or above.
I reached out to York Rake, the manufacturer, asking for information about our town’s 1987 HTR Street Broom.
One would be forgiven for thinking our town's equipment being too old to get parts for anymore, or that we loaned it to another township. I learned not only does Barrett Township actually own a street sweeper, but it’s even a current model. Below is a transcript of my email thread with York Rake.
Reassessment, Property Values, and Millage: How do the numbers add up?
Note: This article was originally posted on BarrettCommunity.com
This article features a question & answer between myself and Judy Linder, Barrett Tax Collector, regarding the 2020 millage and how it fits into the county-wide reassessment.
QUESTION (Nate)
I'm confused about the property reassessment and the millage. It looks like the millage went from 20 down to 2.5, the millage numbers were roughly divided by 10. Monroe County is switching the property valuations from 25% value up to 100%. Perhaps I'm totally lost here but one set of numbers is divided by 10 and the other multiplied by 4, it doesn't add up to me. Can you let me know what I'm missing, here?
2020 Census Workers: Not Following State Mandated Masking Orders
Note: This article was originally posted on BarrettCommunity.com
Update 5/20/20 @ 10:30:
I did some more research on the 2020 Census and it seems the driver in our area is likely part of the "Update Leave" part of the census, where they send drivers to areas without postal service. However, the strange part is our area ALSO received those postcards. Not sure why this happened, it should only be one or the other during this phase of the census. FYI, the actual "Door knocking" part of the census begins on August 11, 2020.
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Update 5/19/20 @ 8:40am - Message from neighbor:
Nate: This Census dude actually is a big question mark. I filed a police report on him. He dropped off somebody else's census on my porch. I drove around the neighborhood until I found the house it belonged to, and delivered it. He came back THE NEXT DAY and was attempting to come up my driveway to drop off another packet. I chased him off, but then grew suspicious. He has been wandering around the area for several days now. Since you obtained a picture of his car, I'm turning it over to the police to investigate.
Original Article:
Why are Census workers driving around, against "social distancing" orders, not wearing masks, in a "red county"?
I was surprised, let's say, when this 2020 Census worker pulled into my driveway on Saturday May 16, around 4pm.
Further, we had already completed the census online, on April 2nd! He had no reason to even pull in.
Did we save money by regionalizing police?
Note: This article was originally posted on BarrettCommunity.com
Question:
Did we save money by switching from Barrett Township to Pocono Mountain Regional police?
Answer:
I'm going through the "Public Safety - Police" total expense lines for years available to me and here is what I have:
[Updated 1/7/21 to include 2020's budget]
2010: $552,000 (When Barrett had 6 officers)
2011: ?
2012: ?
2013: ? (+ $100,000*)
2014: ?
2015: $709,000 (The year that Barrett police disbanded. Had 5 officers)
2016: $520,000 (Regional)
2017: $520,000 (Regional)
2018: $578,000 (Regional)
2019: $551,000 (Regional)
2020: $575,048 (Regional)
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