Written by John Galt,
NEPA Media Group, LLC
In Barrett Township, Pennsylvania — a quiet Pocono community of just over 4,000 residents — new zoning efforts aimed at addressing property blight are raising alarm bells among some residents. While the stated goal is to clean up neglected lots and aging structures, the underlying power dynamics suggest something more troubling: the quiet consolidation of land use control by local elites with international financial ties.
Now, public records and private email correspondence are raising alarms about transparency, influence, and potential abuse of power.