Molovinsky on Allentown is an old fart who focuses primarily on Allentown, as his blog title suggests, although he does occasionally roam into other issues. Now if you read this guy, you might think he really must be some obnoxious asshole. But if you meet him in person, you'll soon realize you were right. Especially if you are employed by The Morning Call. Actually, Michael and I are friends. This is a matter of necessity because everyone else hates us.
Lehigh Valley News Briefs is an excellent place for in-depth stories on what really is going on in our bizarre non-profit community, where entities like DaVinci, the Bethlehem Food Co-op and Lehigh Valley Public Media routinely con local officials into doling out our tax dollars for ventures that go nowhere. Publisher Jeff Ward is an accomplished alumnus of Bloomberg News.
Armchair Lehigh Valley is made up of journalists and editors who at one time or another worked for the dailies. These folks have a lot of institutional knowledge about the Lehigh Valley that unfortunately is missing from what's left of our local newspapers. They do a great job of covering local campaigns and elections. Armchair's latest entry is a report about a complaint filed against Lead Left, a PAC that poured $1.7 million into the Pa.07 Congressional primary in an effort to keep Bob Brooks or Ryan Crosswell from getting the Democratic nod.
Comm'r Ron Beitler is actually a Facebook page that gives us all a bird's eye view of what is happening in Lehigh County. Beitler is a thoughtful conservative who re-registered as an Independent recently and speaks out very persuasively on issues like Mark Pinsley's so-called "wealth tax".
Upper Nazareth Township Meetings, penned by Becky Bartlett, is a no-nonsense news site that focuses solely on what is happening in Upper Nazareth. I envy Becky because, without any training, she can tell a story without government without opinion, the way that I and others just need to do.
Apocalypse Vibes is written by Rich Wilkins, who at one time worked on Congressional races all over the country. He has a much better insight into congressional races than most of us.
Allentown Truth is all about the inner workings of Allentown, written from the perspective of an anonymous person who really detests Mayor Matt Tuerk. His latest is that the City had a Blues, Brew and BBQ event at which no one showed. I don't know if that's true because I wasn't there. But if nobody was there, that should include the anonymous blogger who claimed no one was there, which would mean at least he was there.
LVCI offers the perspective of a local Everyman who sees a strange world whiz by. Sometimes he laughs. Sometimes he cries.
If there are other local blogs out there worth reading, please let us know in the comments.
4 comments:
The bloggers are the actual media as it was intended by our founders. The thing that attracted me to this blog was the insider tea that was spilled which is super delightful. Your blog is like a luncheon at a country club and that is not a put down. Allentown Truth is an MMA fight with the same amount of insider tea but delivered way more brutally. Neither is better, both are necessary and great. Molovinsky is equally good but in a different way. Not only does he despise the orange meanie but he advocates for the parks which are important. He takes his shots at Mayor McPronouns but in a gentlemanly way (country club luncheon). Abe has no Fs to give and tells the story from the insiders who are bursting at the seams with solid humint.
I do not read corporate media as they are horrid. Nor do I watch the cable news (Fox, PMSNBC, CNN, et al) for they all equally lack that which is considered journalism. I read blogs and substacks and love them for their opinions even when they differ from mine.
You bloggers are a rare breed. It's not for the money but the love of the game and for that I say thank you. Without you we would have red Dan Rather telling us what to think and when (he really was/is scum). Blogging is to us what talk radio gave us in the 90s. A fresh perspective free of the corporate overlords driving the news cycle.
Thank you to all of the bloggers. You are not the patriots we asked for but the patriots that we need.
Although Molvolinsky can be informative and sometimes entertaining, he has a more serious case of TDS than you.
Actually, Michael and I are friends. This is a matter of necessity because everyone else hates us.
LOL!
Also Rob Vaughin (former WFMZ anchor) on your sidebar. He does a once a week.
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