Upside Down Allentown

For someone like myself, with institutional knowledge of Allentown, yesterday was another rough day reading the Morning Call.  A featured story was Allentown losing its managing director. A former mayoral candidate is quoted saying that he'll look into the legality of the city operating with the position empty.  Actually, the city charter never authorized the position in the first place.  When the current charter was created, it was decided that Allentown would stay with a strong mayor, rather than have the city run with a managing director.  One of the first things Pawlowski did after taking over in 2006, was to hire a managing director anyway. So, for the last 15 years we have been paying for an unauthorized position.  Of course that's the least of it, considering that Pawlowski's managing director was part and parcel of his administration's corruption. 

Another featured story yesterday was the Wildlands Conservancy adding to their South Mountain Reserve.  The article mentioned that they secured a $half million dollar grant  from the state for the purchase.  What the Morning Call won't reveal is that this back channel with Harrisburg is being used to set aside the referendum about Wehr's Dam.  Although the citizens voted to keep their cherished dam,  the Wildlands is actively working behind the scenes to have the state condemn it.  While I handed the Morning Call the story on a silver platter, they refuse to print it.

Of course if I walked on water, they would say that I couldn't swim. Actually, they wouldn't say anything at all about me. Although there have been numerous mentions of current write-in candidacies, nothing has been mentioned about my write-in for the 183rd state house district.