I can sum up everything Jefferson Pooley says in one short and sweet sentence. Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski is a total asshole. He thinks he's so bad ass, but he's an asshole. And no, I don't have ass tourettes.Jeff Pooley's wife Karen has stepped down from the helm at Allentown Redevelopment Authority.
Karen, well regarded by all, will land on her feet, probably better off. Pawlowski will continue to be an asshole. But what's really sad is this astute observation by Professor Pooley:
"Anyone who’s walked around center city lately has seen the orange tide of “unfit for human habitation” stickers. Foreclosures are piling up—more than half of all “sales” in the city’s three historic districts last month were bank or Fannie Mae foreclosures. According to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, median income in the residential neighborhoods around Hamilton has taken a sharp dive over the last ten years.
"And yet the mayor is doubling-down on flashy, big-ticket economic development."
