tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post4987868743406228933..comments2024-03-28T14:27:01.467-04:00Comments on MOLOVINSKY ON ALLENTOWN: Spread The Wordmichael molovinskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-52299064008348690512010-01-19T17:39:30.650-05:002010-01-19T17:39:30.650-05:00TO: Anon 4:06 pm
Why should people have to ma...TO: Anon 4:06 pm<br /><br /> Why should people have to make room for you onl your our bike speeding around and passing everybody in a manner that disregards the safety of others? The parks in Allentown were never intended for spoiled and overgrown yuppies to use on their ten speeds. This is a new phenomenon. Go out on the highways and by-ways where you belong and start acting like a big boy!<br /><br />AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-89530759758887372432010-01-13T18:33:13.829-05:002010-01-13T18:33:13.829-05:00Annon. 4:06, its not potential paving at the Rose ...Annon. 4:06, its not potential paving at the Rose Garden. Look at that butt ass ugly black top around the ponds. A disgrace. If this plan is also about safe ped. use and neighborhood connections, why was there no mention at all in the draft plan about the WPA steps leadimg down into Fountain Park? I am not anti-bike. I got 3 bikes and I ride them all. I am sure as hell anti-asphalt in the park. I say if we can't take of what we got, and we can't, this isn't the time for new projects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-89964667476953186532010-01-13T17:44:33.541-05:002010-01-13T17:44:33.541-05:00anon 4:06, spend an hour going back on older post...anon 4:06, spend an hour going back on older posts at the bottom of the blog page and see my photo's of the wpa steps which led from fountain park up to center city. they are in terrible condition. until i started on the subject, and the morning call printed by blog, the park dept. never even weeded them for years. there were saplings growing between the steps. this plan is strictly for the bikers pleasure, any other contention is smoke and mirrors.michael molovinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-62395975349937795972010-01-13T16:06:58.233-05:002010-01-13T16:06:58.233-05:00There are two issues being treated as one here. Ce...There are two issues being treated as one here. Cedar Beach Parkway - and the uproar over potential paving, and the trailways plan in general. One can be supportive of connecting allentown's parks through a trail network (with safe pedestrian and bike routes) without supporting unrestricted paving or widening of paths. I'm personally interested in the connectivity of the parks to the urban core, safe routes from schools to parks. I'm head scratching at the anti-bike vehemence here. I've walked, jogged, bicycled and dog-walked through most of the parks in allentown, sharing the existing paths with the same contingent. Never seen anyone run down - people are pretty capable of making room, even the young 'uns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-48535685503735545362010-01-13T16:02:46.369-05:002010-01-13T16:02:46.369-05:00Anything government does is good, no matter what t...Anything government does is good, no matter what tactics are used.<br /><br />Anything private citizens do is bad, unless it is directed and controlled by the government.<br /><br />C'mon. How hard is that? <br /><br />Get with the program, people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-61266099443698305882010-01-13T14:21:51.998-05:002010-01-13T14:21:51.998-05:00"A private blog is asking for supporters to a..."A private blog is asking for supporters to attend a meeting to voice support for a plan they like."<br /><br />But a government entity has invited a "private" support group to act as co-hosts. Now, that's a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-41366798226548602682010-01-13T14:09:21.681-05:002010-01-13T14:09:21.681-05:00anon 2:04, your comment is fair. i'm still o...anon 2:04, your comment is fair. i'm still over-sensitive from the shenanigan the city pulled over the cedar park plan, literally bringing shills in who didn't even know the issues to show supportmichael molovinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-32914489609242393412010-01-13T14:04:33.125-05:002010-01-13T14:04:33.125-05:00What am I missing here? A private blog is asking ...What am I missing here? A private blog is asking for supporters to attend a meeting to voice support for a plan they like. Isn't this blog asking for non supporters to attend and voice opposition to a plan? What is the problem? Private people making their positions on a a plan known.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-22461854181505546862010-01-13T13:17:51.067-05:002010-01-13T13:17:51.067-05:00there currently is no institutional memory of the ...there currently is no institutional memory of the allentown park system. it was never meant to favor one interest group over another, or one activity over another. historically, it was meant to be passive; a flyfisherman or a family picnic. we know we can not accommodate dirt motorcycle hill-climbing, why do we think we can should encourage fast cyclists on bikes? we have several very large parks, why would we want to join all the parks in allentown together? each has its own identity and charm. our current park system dates to 1927, our park director, weitzel, dates to 2007 in allentown. we should turn our nationally know iconic treasures inside out to put feathers in his career application?michael molovinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-75395628246115454882010-01-13T13:07:53.388-05:002010-01-13T13:07:53.388-05:00MikeM- I think you liked my picture! I'm pisse...MikeM- I think you liked my picture! I'm pissed because people ride their bikes 90 miles an hour through the park and expect you to get out of their way now. I've seen dogs, kids, and old people run over in collisions. The park is for everybody, not just the bikers. There's a park down near Macungie that has a one mile trail they can ride on. It has lanes, and I hear the bikers don't stay in them. They ride on the sidewalks, wherever they want, because they think their right to ride is more important than anyone elses. All I want to do is walk in Trexler Park without my head on a swivel. This bike thing will make that impossible.Third Basemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13685274439819669644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-51468117361516282682010-01-13T12:46:29.860-05:002010-01-13T12:46:29.860-05:00Fritz claims paved "greenways protect open sp...Fritz claims paved "greenways protect open space ....and ecological resources", as opposed to more "rustic trails". Do tell Fritz, hows that? Do the expanded and paved parking lots protect open space and ecological resources also Fritz? Andrew Kliener, you getting all this? And to Professor Pooley; fake community participation and bogus surveys are one reason many good people are unlikely to engage in volunteer activities in the parks, sir. You know as much professor,and just where is Friends of the Parks in this exercise in expanding asphalt through Allentown's parks? Speak up, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-59535213191047336562010-01-13T12:04:45.014-05:002010-01-13T12:04:45.014-05:00Taxpayer Wrote:
"With all due respect, there ...Taxpayer Wrote:<br />"With all due respect, there is nothing wrong with a group of bike people coming together and forming an interest group. It's a ligit. part of the process for Bike Allentown to support projects they like. They like the idea of more paved parking lots and asphalt paths in the park. That's BikeAllentowns right."<br /><br /><br />Well said.<br /><br />However, no group in Lehigh Parkway has more daily participants than runners.<br />From grade school through college and beyond, thousands of runners utilize Lehigh Parkway on an annual basis and that doesn't even take into account the fun runs and charity events hosted throughout the year by nonprofits. Why the annual October Breast Cancer run alone<br />draws thousands of women to the Parkway. Should a few hundred bikers rule over thousands of runners?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-76084044906182847002010-01-13T11:19:51.291-05:002010-01-13T11:19:51.291-05:00No way the runners club would support this, or the...No way the runners club would support this, or the horse riders, no way! Unless they were really pressured.Were they on the steering committee? The dog walkers can't be happy either. The salt on the current paved trails really hurts the dogs paws in winter. Could joggers,horses and walkers with dogs on a leash really want to share the same paths with fast,serious bike types. It doesn't sound like we are talking about children with the BikeAllentown crowd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-5551813798495306482010-01-13T10:56:33.779-05:002010-01-13T10:56:33.779-05:00iron, thank you for the compliment i'm not pr...iron, thank you for the compliment i'm not printing, also i believe that the second 9:09 comment is being sarcasticmichael molovinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-78981555226089755502010-01-13T10:22:33.662-05:002010-01-13T10:22:33.662-05:00With all due respect, there is nothing wrong with ...With all due respect, there is nothing wrong with a group of bike people comming together and forming an intrest group. It's a ligit. part of the process for Bike Allentown to support projects they like. They like the idea of more paved parking lots and asphalt paths in the park. That's BikeAllentowns right. Question for the Steering Committee- are Bike Allentown members on the steering committee? If so, would they please identify themselves? Does the steering committee, and the Recreation Director, support the idea of an intrest group co-hosting a public meeting? Has any rep. from city council participated in steering co. meetings? How many times did the steering co. meet? Was public notice given,as per the law, for steering co. meetings? Were members of the public who were not on the steering co. present? Where can the public find the minutes for the steering co. meetings. Is there a record of the consultents who were present. Who chaired the co. and who ran the meetings?? Might we please have answers to these questions before tonights meeting? Thank you.Tax payer,voternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-59053492444815356272010-01-13T10:17:39.057-05:002010-01-13T10:17:39.057-05:00Folks,
Someone's gota drive up to the Bangor a...Folks,<br />Someone's gota drive up to the Bangor area countryside before tonight's meeting and pick up Ron Angle, cause if ever there was a guy who loves 3x5 comment cards, he's it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-47184348304771361332010-01-13T09:58:55.777-05:002010-01-13T09:58:55.777-05:00anon 9:41, in all due respect; last week the may...anon 9:41, in all due respect; last week the mayor of allentown was quoted as being against any oversight of the the little lehigh, because it might deter development. we have an environmental advisory committee which stood by and said nothing? we have a wildlands conservancy which stood by and said nothing. we have "friends of parks" which said nothing. i'm tired of phony committees and selloutsmichael molovinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-73870774907303254692010-01-13T09:49:13.428-05:002010-01-13T09:49:13.428-05:00"THEY PAVED PARADISE AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT..."THEY PAVED PARADISE AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT." Hey, Brian and Fritz and friends, now you can help pave paradise too. Foolish,silly,stupid me. I always thought bikes were part of the green solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-24842962772521379182010-01-13T09:41:51.099-05:002010-01-13T09:41:51.099-05:00As someone who has attended all of the public meet...As someone who has attended all of the public meetings thus far, I know that there are members on the steering committee representing hiking, walking, birding, and fishing groups. Hopefully they will be there tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-78514949529151685372010-01-13T09:10:57.756-05:002010-01-13T09:10:57.756-05:00Does Bike Allentown membership include a city guy ...Does Bike Allentown membership include a city guy with the initials, G.W.?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-59892988522318559852010-01-13T09:09:35.213-05:002010-01-13T09:09:35.213-05:00Public comment cards IS participation. Rigged surv...Public comment cards IS participation. Rigged surveys ARE support. The Trails Plan IS democracy in action. Asphalt roads ARE green. The parks director IS in touch with Allentown's parks. What don't you and the malcontents get Molavinsky?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-67844523493663619102010-01-13T09:09:02.507-05:002010-01-13T09:09:02.507-05:00Paving behind Cedar Crest College will make it so ...Paving behind Cedar Crest College will make it so convenient to move Mayfair a few feet West.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-72614661626395772282010-01-13T08:55:03.194-05:002010-01-13T08:55:03.194-05:00Re: Public Comment.
We have no idea what's go...Re: Public Comment.<br /><br />We have no idea what's going on tonight but sure hope city plans to allow citizens to speak up during meeting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-89916168096325796542010-01-13T08:54:07.140-05:002010-01-13T08:54:07.140-05:00One group,bikeallentown, is invited by the Recreat...One group,bikeallentown, is invited by the Recreation Department to act as co-hosts and take care of the refreshments. Have runners,joggers,fly fisherman, dog walkers, horse riders,others, been given an oppertunity to co-host?<br /><br />EXCELLENT POINT ! <br /><br />Talk about plugging the system with your own party players. Good Grief Allentown. Shame on you. Hope someone contacts Philly TV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-67289469041681177922010-01-13T08:53:45.953-05:002010-01-13T08:53:45.953-05:00anon 8:05, i also noted your observation, but wil...anon 8:05, i also noted your observation, but will address it this evening, with spoken wordmichael molovinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.com