Not Easy Blogging In Allentown

Yesterday, somebody called me an attention seeking blowhard. Someone else, commented on a very old post,.Molovinsky's twist of the facts. On facebook, Mayor In Limbo put a picture of the Lehigh Parkway wall being repointed. Truth is his neglect caused part of the wall to collapse, and my advocacy resulted in repairs being made at Fountain Park and Union Terrace. I've been called a naysayer by the best of them. I suppose their hubris makes those I scrutinize so outraged at my observations. Their outbursts toward me are personal, venomous and much more offensive than anything I write about their business or voting. I normally don't directly address those insults, and usually allow them the last word.  Probably being self-depreciating is an asset for me, in this endeavor that I call molovinsky on allentown. Perhaps, in the All American City of my youth, I would be a naysayer. However, in this era of self serving politicians, opportunists, and a newspaper which doesn't know if it wants to be journalistic or an advertising agency, I believe that I serve a public good, even if it's not universally appreciated.

reprinted from April of 2016 

ADDENDUM AUGUST 8, 2024:Although another eight years have passed, can't say that the powers that be think anymore of me, actually less. A few of years ago the Morning Call did a story on Wehr's Dam and didn't mention me. Without my campaign to save the dam, it would have been quickly demolished in 2014, before any public input. Likewise, my current exclusion from the Parknership, at least in its first round so far of sought input, is a statement on Tuerk's low regard for me. Regardless of such slights, this blog celebrated its 17th birthday this past May.