Published February 26. 2016 04:00PM
A Lehighton business owner is fuming that his business no longer receives calls for towing.
Tarone Blocker, owner of Blocker's Collision Center Inc., appeared before borough council on Monday to question why his business no longer gets called to tow vehicles away after an accident.Blocker said his business continues to support the community."I'm asking the borough to work with me," Blocker said. "I have a company to run."Borough Mayor Tom Mase said he has shared various accident reports with council over the past few months.Things then got testy following a heated exchange between Blocker and Mase."Don't come in here and say I didn't do my job," Mase said.Mase told Blocker that the business did receive a call for a tow job.However, Blocker disputed that he was ever called.Blocker said his business used to do 65 percent of the towing in the borough.Mase briefly brought the matter back up for discussion later on in the meeting under his report."There will be no more reports on accidents," he said. "That's finished as far as I'm concerned."
Tarone Blocker, owner of Blocker's Collision Center Inc., Lehighton, expresses his displeasure to borough council over the fact that he says his business no longer receives phone calls for towing. TERRY AHNER/TIMES NEWS