Molovinsky For Allentown

Before this Molovinsky On Allentown blog began in 2007, there was Molovinsky for Allentown mayoral campaign in 2005. If you think that this blog is ignored by the Morning Call now, you should have seen the treatment they gave me in 2005. Actually, you couldn't have seen it, because they ignored my press conferences and only mentioned me in a smearing way. Although I was on the ballot as an independent, they never once published my photograph, or any picture with me in it.

I bring this up now, nineteen years later, because of current news about the Allentown Parking Authority. I was on their case, even back then. I held a press conference in front of their then headquarters at 10th and Hamilton Sts. The MC reporter ignored me, and instead interviewed the Authority's director at the time, and wrote about the wonderful things the Authority was doing for Allentown. 

The roof of that headquarters was the original Park&Shop parking deck, first in the country! When Park&Shop became less viable, the Allentown Parking Authority was started to take the big boys, including Morning Call owner Donald Miller, off the hook. The Parking Authority has been a behind the scenes handmaiden for the big boys ever since. 

Currently, the building is a satellite police station. The Tuerk administration now wants to sell it back to the Authority. The mayor is offended that some people think a shenanigan might be cooking. Whatever the backroom deal is, I'm sure you'll never read about it in the Morning Call.

Pictured above in 2005, I'm explaining the recent history of a restored house on Liberty Street. It had been restored, at our expense, three times in two years. If you want to know more about that, you won't find it in the Morning Call, they ignored that news conference too.

shown above screen grab from WFMZ