The Lehigh Valley Political Blog

• Domestic Violence is Not Funny

  
  
  

  I laugh at things I should not laugh at. I was in bed Saturday night reading and I caught the Tiger Woods Parody on SNL.

  I know I am not the only woman who has wanted to take a golf club and wrap [...]

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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:00am EST
  

• PA. Legalizes Prostitution

  
  When the student asked President Obama last week if we should consider legalizing prostitution and crime, had the elected Pennsylvania officials in attendance been more honest, they would have said,
  
  "Aren't we whores enough?"
  
  It was just a few years ago' [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:02am EST
  

• Mayor Pawlowski meets with his Budget Consultants

  Friday people all over the valley were pointing to the sky as Air Force One approached
  
  "De Plane, de Plane!" echoed everywhere you went. But that wasn't the only excitement.
  
  Friday night Mayor Pawlowski and his wife jetted to a secret Carribean Island' [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:00am EST
  

• Obama is Coming, Obama is coming!

  Would it be bad form for me to say enough already?
  
  The way some of the cattle are behaving you would think that it was Jesus Christ coming to the Lehigh Valley to absolve us all of our sins.
  
  My skepticism aside, I am taking the [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 6:00am EST
  

• Perry Mason did not win them all

  
  Lawyer: "How did you ascertain who wrote this email?"Witness: "I backtracked the Ip and ISp through a static server into a black hole in the Antaran Galaxy, and then back to Earth through the International Space station and Microsoft's secret satellite network. Then it tailed" [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:30pm EST
  

• Random Tuesday Thought: Bring on the Apocalypse!

  
  
  

  Hey everybody!

  
  Welcome to my contribution to the Blogosphere's Random Tuesday Thought extravaganza!
  
  My chosen topic for today is all the useless brouhaha over the coming Apocalypse on December 21, 2012. The same group of doomsayers who warned us about Ronald Wilson Reagan [...]

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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:00pm EST
  

• Allentown Mayoral campaign Mischief? There is not enough proof. Yet

  The election was over almost four weeks ago, but then the rumors, and in one case, the bragging started. The bragging came from the mouth of a member of the Mayor's campaign.
  I think everybody expected that. They won. But what is bothering me and many others is the claim' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 1:00am EST
  

• Thanksgiving..... and we had no Internet. which was a good thing!

  Thanksgiving has come and gone for another year. It is always seems easy to me to point out everything that is wrong and gripe about it. I hope that everybody took a few minutes to reflect on the many things that people who happen to live in America take for [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:00am EST
  

• A Perfunctory Mention

  
  Several days ago Scott Kraus wrote an article about Jake Towne's Campaign. Jake, running as an independent in the 15th Congressional District, is opposing incumbent Charles Dent and Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan. Jake has scheduled a town hall meeting, and Kraus gave the announcement full [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:39am EST
  

• Teenagers and alcohol, my last 48 hours

  It is just after one PM and I kissed my 19 year old son goodbye. He got in his "new" 2003 car and headed back to State College. Why does my son have a new car?
  After his 11 AM class on Fridays, he drives home every weekend. At [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 1:11pm EST
  

• "Is Mike Fleck worth $2 a vote?"

  It sure looks that way, if you are Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, and you have hired Michael and Alison Fleck of Easton as "consultants" on your reelection campaign. I personally don't think "Fleck-Aid" is worth a penny a vote, but that is my own opinion. I think anyone looking for' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:00am EST
  

• Why President Obama is really coming to Allentown

  (Satire warning! Think Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal!)
  
  Well, isn't this nice? The Leader of the free world is coming to Allentown to start a "listening tour." I am not even from the Valley, and I want to shoot Billy Joel for writing that damn song.
  My President, yes" [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• What are we teaching the kids?

  
  
  
  

  I wonder sometimes what we are teaching children when they see us willingly bend the rules to achieve an end. Sometimes that end isn't exactly worthwhile.

  I don't care for union bashing, but let's face it, some union leaders act like idiots. The [...]

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:00am EST
  

• Does Mayor Pawlowski condone acts of hatred on his behalf by bloggers? It sure looks that way to me

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Think Mayor Pawlowski in the middle, with his Blogger Crazy team flanking him.

  Bloggers Note: This is a guest post from "Third Baseman," author of the Send in the Clowns blog listed on the sidebar. I edited this for continuity and clarity, [...]

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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 2:00pm EST
  

• Valley Of The Dolls

  
  In the mid 1960's, Valley of the Dolls was a controversial best seller. Jacqueline Susann wrote about the abuse of prescription drugs, and the rumor was that the characters portrayed may actually be real Hollywood celebrities. The other night I saw a clip of someone on' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:36pm EST
  

• Dear State Rep Doug Reichley: Are you still best buddies with John Perzel?

  Way back in 2006, the last time Doug Reichley even had a name on the ballot against him, one of his main campaign claims was that he was best buds with then Speaker of the PA house John Perzel of Philadelphia.
  
  

  Today it was [...]

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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:00am EST
  

• Thank you Daddy

  
  My Daddy came home, and so did my Uncle. Today we remember the Daddy's, sons, and yes, Sisters and daughters who did not in the past, and especially the present. ' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:31am EST
  

• What an Honor!

  
  
  
  I attended the PA Right to Work luncheon on Friday. And I received the "Ronald Reagan Award"!!! What a great honor.
  And the room full of people was quite an impressive group of legislators (who are actual LEADERS [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 4:01pm EST
  

• This seems appropriate to me

  
  Goldman Sachs, Citigroup get Swine Flu Vacine
  
  When I read the article on Yahoo, I immediately thought,
  
  Well, they are pigs, and more susceptible to it. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:08am EST
  

• One election is over, and the next one begins.....

  I received this beautiful tidbit from Tom Knox's campaign for governor in my email box this morning:
  
  Dear Supporter,
  We all know Harrisburg is broken and sending another career politician there isn't going to change a thing. We need new leadership and someone willing to take on a corrupt [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Dennis Lieb got creamed

  I have a soft spot for people willing to do write in campaigns. I took a look at the West ward precincts results for Easton a few minutes ago, and Dennis managed to get close to 3o votes in one, but Mike Fleck pretty much won overwhelmingly.
  
  That [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:41am EST
  

• If you weren't on the ballot in a "Poverty Magnet" It was a bad day to be a Democrat

  
  The Allentown City Democrats were having a grand old time at the Allentown Brew Works last night, but around the rest of the county, and especially over in Northampton County, Democrats were drowning their sorrows.
  
  Allentown's elections went the way everyone pretty much expected.' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:00am EST
  

• Blogosphere and the Election

  When I started blogging, Bernie O'Hare and Chris Casey were referred to as the Pope and Buddha of Blogging, respectively. They appeared together on Channel 69 Business Matters, representing the new media. One thing they still have in common is their support of Don Cunningham. Bernie published a trillion press' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:40am EST
  

• Lehigh County's own Antichrist, and a few predictions

  
  
  
  On the left is our incumbent Count executive, Don Cunningham. Is the guy on his right his REAL boss? In the land of you can't make this stuff up, yesterday it was revealed on Bernie O'Hare's Lehigh' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:00am EST
  

• Chivalry Is not Dead. Don Cunningham pays for a "hit" mailer on Tom Creighton

  
  
  

  This has got to be one of the dirtiest political deeds I have ever seen. It is paid for by the PA state Democratic Party and if you have been following along the past few weeks, you know the money to pay for it [...]

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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• When Idiots Vote

  
  I have an older brother whose wisdom concerning the competence of elected officials bears sharing. The reason we get the government that we do, he once told me, is because we allow WWF fans to vote.
  
  It is bad enough that we allow [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:00am EST
  

• Dear SANTA:

  Could you please bring us a CLOSER?
  
  - Thanks, Phillies Fans [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 6:45am EST
  

• Scott Ott's Mailers: Real Change?

  I am just amazed at the Bull Sh*T that candidates pass off as fact in their campaign mailers. I have noted County Executive Don Cunningham's passive ignorance toward future property tax increases, but today I am writing about Scott Ott's laughable approach
  
  What will Scott Ott Cut? "Everything I" [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 3:30pm EST
  

• More fun with County Executive.campaign Mailers

  Today I opened my mailbox to find 4 freaking Mailers! Two from Incumbent Don Cunningham, and two from Scott Ott, his Republican Challenger.
  
  Now the first Don Cunningham Mailer is brutal, and mocks Scott Ott. It transposes Scott's head on a male cheerleader? in a tee shirt, making' [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:00pm EDT
  

• Daryl N-E-R-L FORMER TMC reporter, calls me out.

  All three teenagers are still in bed, last night was a doozy, but I am up, coffee in hand, sitting at my desk browsing the giant tubes that comprise the Internet.
  
  OH? What is this in my inbox? From former Morning Call reporter, DARYL NERL!
  
  Volvo Driving [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 7:57am EDT
  

• Is Dennis Lieb a long shot as a write in for Easton's West Ward?

  
  
  I just spent about twenty minutes perusing the blogosphere, and after reading the naysaying comments that Mr. Lieb has no chance, I decided to do a little research on recent Write in campaigns.
  
  There was some controversy in the summer of 2007 concerning [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 6:00pm EDT
  

• Jeannie McNeill answers me (and her critics)

  
  The campaign for retiring district one County Commissioner has turned nasty. republican Tom Creighton has no accomplishments as a Township Supervisor to run on, so he is running slams against Jeannie McNeill.
  Earlier this week I opined that I did not think either candidate all [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 6:00am EDT
  

• Commissioner "Specter", Lehigh Valley's Desert, and Spending Every Penny

  I wasn't going to blog till after the election. I "rock the boat" enough. However, I saw more of the insanity of irresponsible politicians of both parties and more GOP hypocrisy tonight at the Lehigh County Commissioner's meeting.
  
  It seems that locally we have Commissioner "Specter" - Sterling Raber [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 9:20pm EDT
  

• Mike Fleck, Political Train Wreck

  
  MIKE FLECKCAMPAIGN TRAINARRIVES IN WEST WARDA few months back I meandered down to the Lehigh County Voter registration office and changed my party designation to Independent. I had my reasons for doing that, one of which being that both prominent political parties have their share [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:00pm EDT
  

• I'm not surprised...

  
  .....That the Blogosphere has revealed how local campaigns are being funded, while the local media is a few days behind, right Morning Call?
  
  It just cracks me up that Brian Callaway of the MC writes an article about how incumbent County Exec Don [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 6:00am EDT
  

• Commissioner Candidate Jeanne McNeill would like to talk to me

  I know I am not what you would call a wallflower. I am opinionated and I irritate people because of it. I had quite a few family commitments to juggle last night, so I didn't get a chance to look at my email until early this morning. At 5 PM' [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 7:19pm EDT
  

• The Reporter and the Stalker

  I had an amazing dialogue with Daryl Nerl over at Bernie O'Hare's Ramblings this evening. Daryl was The Morning Call reporter who covered the 05 Mayoral Campaign. I felt that Daryl didn't give me a fair shake; that he suppressed coverage of my campaign. After the dialogue I can' [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:59pm EDT
  

• World Series Prediction:

  I predicted an Angels losing to Phils in six games, but that was half wrong.
  
  As a lifelong Indians fan there are two teams I will never cheer for. One is the Boston Red Sucks, the other is the New York Crybabies.
  
  I want the Phils to crush [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 5:22pm EDT
  

• There's going to be a new pair of shoes under Sterling Raber's District one seat, and they might be a woman's.

  
  Did you know that 53% of the Lehigh County Population are women, yet there is only one woman, Gloria Hamm on the board of County Commissioners?
  
  I am always happy to see a woman running for office. I hold nothing back, I am proud [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 12:01pm EDT
  

• Eight Years is enough.... to make a job performance recommendation on Julio Guridy.

  This is just a blog, and I share my opinions, which are worth as much as those offered by anyone else. My opinion is what it is, that is all, not the word of God.
  
  In the last couple of weeks I have read [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• If Allentown were a car, It would be....

  a Yugo?
  
  remember that car, it got like 3o miles per gallon, but fell apart in under 5 years?
  
  Nah, that isn't Allentown, it has taken 50 years to go this low.
  
  How about a Hummer?
  
  Too big for its britches, has more bells and whistles' [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 1:59pm EDT
  

• Balloon Boy's Mommy gives up Daddy

  
  
  

  My God, this story has become so disturbing on so many levels. These two sorry excuses for parents coached their kids to lie to everybody.

  You have to read the article to believe it. This is what the digital age has wrought in the [...]

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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 9:52pm EDT
  

• County Executive Candidates send me Snail mail.

  Thursday my mail box had dueling messages. First thing I noticed was a beautiful two sided 8 x 11 color mailing from Incumbent Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham, extolling his property tax break for active duty vets serving overseas. On the Front side in big letters, it reads: "They've got'" [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:00am EDT
  

• Tony Phillips! Why did you wait so long?!

  For lunch today I pulled out the laptop and watched the Mayoral debate between Allentown incumbent Ed Pawlowski and Tony Phillips.
  
  It doesn't matter who you support, but my observation is that Tony Phillips should have shown the feistyness long ago! He called the mayor out, and I noticed' [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• TrollVilla moderation has been enabled

  I have enabled the Trollvilla moderation. He just won't stop with the hateful, slanderous comments. I receive an email everytime there is a comment, and I will try to check it hourly.
  
  I apologize for the inconvenience, but I refuse to surrender to Trollvilla, no matter how much' [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 11:46am EDT
  

• Lehigh County Commissioners District 5 Eckhart VS Kwiatek

  
  
  

  I think it is ironic that District 5 is colored blue on the map above.

  Incumbent Glenn Eckhart is by all accounts a Conservative Republican.

  Challenger Hillary Kwiatek appears to me as a moderate Democrat.

  A glance at the District voter registration shows Democrats with a slight [...]

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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• Boat Landing Tidy Up

  
  I once again need help to finish up the Boat Landing project. The goal is to simply remove the remaining dirt at the bottom of the steps and provide both the citizens and the City a finished project. Although the original landing extended both to the [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 11:48am EDT
  

• I have to Share this....

  Last night as the Angels and Yankees were playing, an acquaintance shared this observation with me via email:
  
  "I think Yankee fans would boo Christ on the cross"
  
  You know, I think he might be right.
  
  I am praying for the Angels, but in [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 11:30am EDT
  

• I have an Axe to grind.....

  With the Allentown City parks department.
  
  (5:30 Update:
  I was by there around three today, and all the debris has gone POOF!
  Who says a blogger can't make a difference!)
  
  On Saturday October 10th, I joined seven other people who helped clear a buried stairwell at' [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 6:00am EDT
  

• Election is two weeks away.....

  and the People in my County Commissioner's district have no idea who is running against Percy Dougherty for the seat in our district, which is district 2. Hell, I had to go to the County Website and look it up myself, and learn the guys name is Marc Basist.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 4:00am EDT
  

• Bob Lovett for Allentown Mayor?

  Over at the Send in the Clowns Blog, the Third baseman has announced that he doesn't like either candidate for Allentown mayor this year, and is writing in the name of the man defeated by Roy Afflerbach back in 2001, Bob Lovett, because "He was the last candidate to'" [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
  

• What would you do to be on Television?

  
  The Heene family of Colorado will do whatever it takes, and if that means causing a panic, so what?!
  If there wasn't a market for this craziness, maybe this would never have happened, but now there is evidence that this was being planned months ago,' [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 6:19am EDT
  

• Teabaggers storm Morning Call, editor offers Earl Grey (decaffeinated) instead of a bone

  The 9/12ers, or Teabaggers if you want to call them that, practiced their Constitutional right to assemble and formed a protest Saturday morning in front of the Allentown Morning Call building at 6th and Linden.
  The Morning Call reports about thirty people showed up in the cold rain. (but [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• Wildlands Conservancy All Wet

  If this post was over at molovinsky on allentown, I will title it Wildland Whores, but I'm nicer here. I had to snicker several months ago when The Conservancy, which is being paid as a consultant on the riparian buffer, said that all the paving going into Cedar Park' [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 6:12am EDT
  

• My World Series Prediction:

  It will be Phillies versus Angels.
  
  Yankee pitching will collapse in the next week. Angels will outscore Yankees in slugfest of six games.
  
  That's my prediction, and I am sticking with it. [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• County Exec Don Cunningham's Campaign Mailer came to my home today.

  It was a beautiful 8 " X 11" color pictures on both sides piece of work.
  
  It didn't say anything I did not already know as an informed citizen. It touted his cutting of the Courthouse renovation costs, and how he spent that money elsewhere.
  
  Twice it touts' [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 5:00am EDT
  

• My copy of "O" arrived in the mail this morning...

  .....and the first thing I did was sit at my desk and turn to page 161. That is where the essay by Susan Klebold, the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the Columbine High School Shooters begins.
  
  It only took me twenty minutes to read all the way through [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 4:30pm EDT
  

• Morning Call to Atown Firefighters: We are VERY VERY SORRY!

  Earlier this week, Bernie O'Hare had an afternoon post about the Allentown Fire Department springing an inspection on the Morning Call offices. Was it a surprise Inspection, or was it something long in planning? Who knows?! But we all love a good conspiracy theory, and God knows the Lehigh Valley' [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 4:00pm EDT
  

• Hearings in Harrisburg reveal how bad Luzerne County Judges Really were

  
  "Do we really want a commonwealth where we rigorously track every dollar that moves through casinos, but where we casually lose track of the constitutional rights of thousands of kids?"
  
  - State Senator Lisa Baker (R) Luzerne County
  
  
  
  If you are [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• Will Julio Guridy suffer from a case of Hispanic Voter apathy?

  In the last couple of days I have heard quite a bit from inner city Democrats that there is an undercurrent of apathy towards their anointed Hispanic representative on Allentown City Council, Julio Guridy.
  My first inclination was to look at the numbers and say there is no way he [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 12:00am EDT
  

• Saucon Valley Teachers are flying PIGS!

  
  My Father worked in a union shop for 30 years after he returned from serving in Vietnam. We had a lot of good things in our home because of what his union negotiated for him and other Electricians. But what these Teachers are striking over [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
  

• For Lehigh County Executive, there is only one choice: Don Cunningham.

  I hate to beat a dead horse, but much like the Allentown Mayor's race, The Lehigh County Republican party dropped the ball and offered little opposition to incumbent Don Cunningham.
  Scott Ott may be well intentioned, but he is woefully uninformed on the nuances of actually governing, and his [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Allentown Budget Solutions # 11

  
  Pay per view MMA fights at City Council meetings!
  
  Okay, I used a picture of a woman's MMA match, but really, isn't that what we would expect from Allentown Municipal Government? Jeannette Eichenwald has shown a willingness to question the status quo,' [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 1:00pm EDT
  

• State Budget Cuts hurt Big Bird's local co-workers

  
  
  

  WE finally have a state budget, but not without some pain.

  Channel 39, our local PBS station, had their budget cut by 90 percent. The good news is that Big Bird will not have to ask Alan Jennings or Ed Pawlowski for a grant to [...]

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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 6:19pm EDT
  

• Municipal Elections are 22 days away....

  Debate season has started, and in Allentown the candidate forums are in full swing.
  
  Here is my early over under line on potential turnout in the City of Allentown: 26%
  
  If I revise it, It will be to lower it. The higher the turnout, the greater the margin [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 7:00am EDT
  

• Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Come to Lehigh Parkway Tomorrow!

  Saturday Morning at 10:00 AM I will hopefully join a few other intrepid souls who wish to do a little cleaning up along the Lehigh Parkway, at one of the Allentown Park systems long forgotten, and neglected treasures.
  
  I am bringing Crullers from Vallos Bakery!
  
  Yeah, they are [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 7:15am EDT
  

• Allentown State Hospital budget woes spur dietary changes for inmates

  Yesterday I made a smart ass remark about the State Hospital. I did not intend to belittle those with mental issues, even though most of my targets are state officials and their mental health is surely questionable.
  
  However, I was shocked this morning to read the local paper [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 7:00am EDT
  

• Allentown State Hospital Might be Closing?

  Christ! if the state closes the hospital, what are they going to do with all the bloggers?!
  [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• Now this is a Bar Wench!

  
  Our friendly Senior Contributor, Mike Molovinsky, who I affectionately refer to as our own Blogging Andy Rooney, has kiddingly referred to me as an aspiring bar wench. I once resembled that remark! Now to the left is a bar wench! On the other hand, (That [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 5:28am EDT
  

• Jimmy Olsen Miffed

  
  Jimmy Olsen is mad at me again. Two addendum's on his latest post emphasize that I didn't attend the County Commissioner Meeting, but posted about it anyway! Now Jimmy regularly posts about events he doesn't attend. Just yesterday we were told of Donny Cunningham's [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 5:58pm EDT
  

• Pimping The Mouse

  
  From various "news" sources it appears as if Donny Cunningham pulled off quite a dog and pony show last night. Although Donny couldn't be there, he's taking a seminar in smiling, he had made prior arrangements with some who were asked to tighten their belt;
  [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 5:02am EDT
  

• Allentown Budget Solutions, My Turn!

  
  
  

  Casey and I have this contest going over who can come up with the best way to help find revenue enhancements for the City of Allentown. Inspiration hit me tonight as I drove home from work past the peep Show building at the [...]

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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 7:04pm EDT
  

• Odd Couple Site

  
  As I have written before, if ever there was an Odd Couple site, this is it! Hilliard and I are pretty much to the right, while Casey and Volvo Mom are liberals. I'm also the Senior Special here; I'm assuming most readers know who the Odd [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 1:40pm EDT
  

• Congressman Dent holds a Town Meeting.... in Uppe(R) Macungie

  Tonight I went over to the Upper Macungie Township building,where a small group of just under 50 people gathered to ask Congressman Dent questions.
  
  I was somewhat disappointed at the low turnout. I arrived as the Congressman began his welcoming remarks, and did a quick count of people in [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 7:00am EDT
  

• Your Hit Parade

  
  Warning, this is another episode in the O'Hare/Molovinsky Blog War, please do not read if you find topic offensive
  
  During the 1950's there was a television program called Your Hit Parade. The most popular tunes of the day were performed by the recording artists, and [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 9:58am EDT
  

• I had to enable Comment moderation

  It was nice will it lasted, but eventually the Cyber troll of Allentown noticed it was off and started with his spam comment hate assault. Hopefully very soon the numerous harassment complaints that will be hitting him will encourage a Judge to take away his internet privileges. [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 7:11pm EDT
  

• Three Funerals in one week

  My oldest child, my only son, started college two hours away this year. He calls me everyday to check in. mostly at night when he is studying in his dorm room. He has a car, and he comes home every Friday after his last class with a car load of [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 7:47am EDT
  

• This Isn't political but.....

  Am I the only guy tired of Jon and Khate Gosselin?
  
  Can't the Main stream media find something else to cover, like the Health care debate, the Economy, or the war on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan?
  
  Nah, those things are boring!
  
  So to' [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 9:00pm EDT
  

• The Lions in the Coliseum (or is it Lehigh County?)

  In ancient Rome, the Christians were not the most popular of groups. They had a bad habit of pointing out other peoples sins and telling them to repent. The Christians had a few jobs at the old Coliseum. Some of them fed the loins.
  
  Some of them were FED [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 8:30am EDT
  

• We have a Prognosticator!

  It appears we have quite a political analyst in our midst and I feel it necessary to praise some posts on this site by another contributor.
  
  Chris Casey predicted the following about the 24th senate district special election:
  
  A turnout of 9%.
  
  Less than 12,000 votes cast.
  [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 4:02am EDT
  

• Observations on our Feedjit

  Last week I put a Feedjit toy on our sidebar because I was interested in seeing just where the traffic comes from to read our blog.
  
  I am just amazed at where the people reading the Lehigh Valley Political blog come from!
  
  I wondered if anyone [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 7:58am EDT
  

• Mensch wins Wonderling's seat

  Well, I was right on with my 9 percent turnout of the vote prediction. Too bad I forgot to add in the 50,000 eligible voters in Montgomery County. There were over 180,000 registered voters in the 24th Senate District, not 130,000 as I had wrote in my earlier comments
  
  [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 7:00am EDT
  

• 24th Senate District Prediction

  I have had this in my crystal ball for a while now. but here is how I see the race to succeed Republican Rob Wonderling.
  
  I put the overall turnout at around 9 %, and there will be less than 12,000 total votes cast.
  
  I [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• Ott Gets O'Hared

  When the Conservatives gave Bernie O'Hare a fruit basket last week, little did they know he would end up throwing tomatoes at Ott, I knew. It's confusing to Bernie and his readers if he is a reporter or a columnist, but his admiration for Cunningham is crystal clear; if there [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 3:40am EDT
  

• Monday Morning Mocking

  When I read this headline:
  
  850 Mostly Blind, Pale Creatures Discovered Underground
  
  I thought they had found where the Pennsylvania State legislature and much of the staff had been hiding while working on the budget. [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 11:30am EDT
  

• More Actual Political news!

  Guess what the United States Postal service dropped in my box today?
  
  My tax dollars at work!
  
  State Representative Doug Reichley of the 134th Legislative District has invited my wife and I to a
  
  TOWN HALL MEETING!
  
  LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED!
  
  Thursday Oct 1, [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 9:00pm EDT
  

• Suggestions to help ease Allentown's money Crunch:

  
  # 16 - Public Bungee Jumping concession from the Albertus Meyers
  (8th Street) Bridge I wish I could have found a more recent picture in the public domain, but this will do. Any suggestions for who you would like to see go first? It isn't' [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 6:00pm EDT
  

• Margarita Lopez would like to respond to the critics

  It popped up in my email at 10:47AM this morning. It was an email from Margarita Lopez (Aka delores4u2@aol.com) with her response to what was written about her on Lehigh Valley Ramblings blog
  On Monday I wrote a very short post about my decision to pass on writing anything [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 6:38pm EDT
  

• How about some Comment integrity?

  I like it when people comment on this blog. I wish I didn't have to moderate the comments, but because of certain individuals, it has become an unhappy neccessity.
  
  I was looking at other blogs for ideas of changes to make here, and I saw several blogs had' [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 10:45am EDT
  

• Blog Wars make me sad, but this comic made me laugh:

  It is up to you people out there to decide who is who in the comic. Here is a link, I hope it makes you smile as much as it made me giggle.
  
  Published on September 23, 2009Much More Non Sequitur... [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 6:52am EDT
  

• By the way, next Tuesday there is an election!

  Pssst. Wanna know a secret?
  
  Next Tuesday, September 29, there is a special election.
  
  Really, you ask? Where, for what?
  
  Well, now that you ask, it is for the PA Senate seat in the 24th district. It is to finish out the term of [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• Public Service Announcement: Where to get your quality United States Flag (and holder)

  I am like many Americans, I like to fly an American flag in front of my home. I also fly the flag of the United States Army beside and just below it. You always fly the American flag above the rest, that is the protocol.
  
  
  Most people buy [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 10:00am EDT
  

• Margarita Lopez Part Deux? I hope not.

  Last week I was all set to publish word for word my email exchange with Margarita Lopez, the online chat seductress who crapped all over Tony Phillips.
  
  Chris Casey talked me out of it, persuading me that the risk far outweighed the reward.
  
  I hate writing this, but [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• Another Expensive Meal

  The Pawlowski Administration seems determined to establish a dining district at 9th and Hamilton, in spite of both cost and reality. A new restaurant going into the Butz Building has received over a half million in subsidizes. Wednesday we learned that the taxpayers are also staking a Brazilian Steak House [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 5:06am EDT
  

• With Republicans like these...

  We know the old saying, "With friends like these, who needs enemies?" Well, with Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?
  
  Olympia Snowe was interviewed on CNBC today. Of course, she is one of the "pragmatic", "moderate" Republicans so loved by the media and the country club crowd.
  
  After [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 7:59pm EDT
  

• Should Allentown Republicans put forth a Write-in candidate for Mayor?

  The Republican candidate listed on the ballot is irrevocably wounded. One local pol I talked with thinks Ed Pawlowski could get as high as 75% of the vote. I think it might be higher.
  
  So that begs the question, would recruiting a write in candidate be worth the [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 6:00pm EDT
  

• The Pork Continues...

  I asked Congressman Dent at a meeting, "When are you guys going to stop spending money we don't have?" The question was met with silence.
  
  Well Congress continues its Big Government, Big Spending ways, and folks, it ain't just them evil Democrats.
  
  Senator Jim DeMint proposed an amendment [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 5:33pm EDT
  

• Tony Phillips Should withdraw immediately.

  It has been bugging me all morning. Ed Pawlowski has no credible threat to keeping his position.
  
  But you want to know what really bugs me?
  
  Tony Phillips laid his hands on a woman.
  
  There is a police report. She was thrown to the [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 12:27pm EDT
  

• I WAS RIGHT! "Delores" is really Margarita

  Last week I wrote this:
  
  I don't know if this "Delores" is legitimate, or an impostor, but I am intrigued. I have a very solid source that gives me reason to believe that this might trail back into the Allentown Police Department. There is no doubt that in July' [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 6:43am EDT
  

• Beyonce - Class and Civility

  Most of you have probably heard of the Kanye West idiocy at the VMA awards when Taylor Swift (Oh my God! A country girl won an award!) was giving her acceptance speech.
  
  In a rare moment, I agree with President Obama who declared West a "jackass". Good for [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 12:52am EDT