An online petition opposing the demolition of Allentown State Hospital has garnered 3,100 signatures thus far. When the state decided to close the hospital, it was insane. Now it is going to spend $15 million to demolish the buildings so it can sell the property to a tax cheat for $2.57 million. It has brushed aside the biggest and most "serious" developer in Allentown, next to JB Reilly.
By the by, I'll have more about Jenn Mann soon.
Today's one-liner: "The shortest way to the distinguishing excellence of any writer is through his hostile critics." Richard LeGallienne
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Thursday, January 17, 2019
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It’s a done deal.
ReplyDeleteThe back room is closed until further notice.
Let’s be honest, online petitions or petitions of any kind are worthless.
ReplyDeleteOnline petitions can be misleading. Similar to the way I vote several times for unsuspecting absentee lawmakers, I've also signed the same petition numerous times, as is customary for me. This deal is as sound and transparent as Jenn Mann and I are. These investigations are not helpful, Bernie. I've got this. Trust me.
ReplyDeleteYours in community partnership,
Mike
Do they move the dial on outcomes? Maybe. Maybe not. But they are definitely useful to demonstrate how often the career political class is totally and completely out of touch with communities they represent.
ReplyDeleteThe career political hacks only interests are in lobbing for there campaign contributors behind closed doors keeping the public in the dark.
ReplyDeleteThe moronic gag and it's writers could have tweeted the facts or even ran adds on the electronic billboards?
Last time I was at the State Hospital there was a massive tract of vacant land South of the hospital buildings extending to River Road
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ReplyDeleteIf you were so against Jenn Mann, why did you support Browne over Pinsley? She supported Browne in a fucking mailer.
ReplyDeleteThe two party urban-growth regime is centered on those two.
You can't seriously attack Mann without also attacking Browne.
I don’t decide who to support based on their supporters. I told Mark Pinsley to his face that I thought he was being a tad too opportunistic in announcing his candidacy before even being sworn in to the office to which he was elected. Browne is the only true legislator in the LV.
ReplyDeleteWhat will happen to the colony of albino cannibals that live on the campus?
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