The Bethlehem Gadfly

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• A step closer to the windfall from Wind Creek
  
• A sterling Saturday at Touchstone's Festival!
  
• A student interview with Dr. Roy on systemic racism in the Bethlehem schools
  
• A systemic problem, not just a few rotten apples
  
• A Tale of Two Headlines - 9th in a series on parking
  
  Interesting. Was the gadflying at the parking meeting “panning” or “offering”? Gadflyers must be offerers. ——— Kurt Bresswein, “Parking meter hike? Bethlehem residents offer alternative suggestions.” LehighValleyLive September 20, 2018 https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/index.ssf/2018/09/parking_meter_hike_bethlehem_r.html#incart_river_index Daryl Neri, “Bethlehem residents pan plans to raise parking meter rates.”Morning Call, September 21, 2018. http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-bethlehem-parking-meterrate- increase-20180920-story.html ———- The LVL article is pretty good, thinketh the Gadfly.
• A TIF Tutorial
  
• A tip o' the hat to the Historic Conservation Commission
  
• A tough question for the City's witness: "You have a financial interest in this, don't you?"
  
• A tree hugged
  
• A tree hugged, the sequel
  
• A vision of Bethlehem as anti-racist city
  
• A vision of towers in our parks
  
• A walkable city needs . . . walkers
  
• A Wind-fall from Wind Creek (16th in a series on City government)
  
• A Write-in Campaign? Wha'? A What? (66th in a series on 2 W. Market Street)
  
• Abraham Lincoln and Our "Unfinished Work"
  
• Absentee ballot deadline looms
  
• According to its Master Plan, what does Lehigh want to do for, to, and with the City?
  
• According to the police Union, officers following their training in the Rochester case
  
• Accountability the key to addressing the perception that police are racist
  
• Act now -- even before now! -- to support the pedestrian/bike bridge feasibility study
  
• Action on the single-use plastic bag ban
  
• Activating activism at Festival UnBound's Sustainability Forum
  
• Add Casey Goodson to the list
  
• Add community oriented farms to the conversation