The Bethlehem Gadfly

Items

• Happy Mirthday, Gadfly!
• Van Wirt Puts Her Boots on the Ground (39th in a series on parking)
• Council Homework for Tuesday on the Proposal to Increase Parking Violation Fines (38th in a series on parking)
• Gadfly Testifies (2nd in a series on Lehigh University)
• Where's the Plan? (37th in a series on parking)
• Report on the October 10 Meeting on the BPA Proposal to Raise Parking Fines (36th in a series on parking)
• News Flash! Sun is Shining Over Liberty High School (2nd in a series on Northside 2027)
• What a Revoltin' Development This Is (35th in a series on parking)
• Bethlehem Moments: A Proposal (5th in a series on Bethlehem moments)
• Clacking the Dish on Parking Rate Increases (34th in a series on parking)
• Bethlehem Moments: A Proposal (4th in a series on Bethlehem moments)
• Gadfly Turned to Stone (34th in a series on parking) (5th in a series on Bethlehem's communications survey)
• The City's Website Should be the Mainframe for Disseminating Information to the Public (4th in a series on Bethlehem's communications survey)
• Remembering the New St. Garage Bond (32nd in a series on parking)
• Communication Survey Canceled (3rd in a series on Bethlehem's communications survey)
• Rambling With the Gadfly (31st in a series on parking) (2nd in a series on Bethlehem's communications survey)
• Comment by Area Residents on Social Media Sites was Unfavorable Overall (30th in a series on parking)
• Public Responses to Parking Increases (2nd in a series on Bethlehem's communications survey)
• I Am Not a Native Bethlehemite, but... (4th in a series on Bethlehem Moments)
• Bethlehem Moments: A Proposal (3rd in a series on Bethlehem Moments)
• Bethlehem Moments: A Proposal (2), 2nd in a series
  Gadfly proposes beginning City Council meetings with "Bethlehem moments," discussions of events in the City's history. "We need to invoke not only God and Country but our local past."
• Wawa Music
  Gadfly writes a bit of local color about the scene at his local Wawa each morning.
• STRs are commercial operations and belong in commercial districts, 5th in a series of posts on Airbnb
  Barbara Diamond writes a letter about short-term-rentals (STRs). She cites that they are commercial operations and belong in commercial districts not in residential neighborhoods.
• Airbnb: Big Picture – Part 2 - 4th in a series of posts on Airbnb
  How did Williams and Brew respond? Bethlehem’s fledgling home-sharing law, which cracked down on a trio of historic homes listed on the Airbnb website, is being challenged in Northampton County Court.
• Airbnb: Big Picture – Part 1 - 3rd in a series of posts on Airbnb
  Complaints by neighbors about Mary Ellen Williams and Jay Brew using their homes at 258 E. Market, 265 E. Market, and 4 W. Church for short-term rentals through Airbnb. While Williams and Brew are the foci of the legal proceedings going on that give this situation headlines, others have come to public comment at City Council meetings to complain about similar issues in other parts of the City. What is Airbnb? “The Uber of the hospitality market, Airbnb acts as an online broker, connecting people who need a place to stay with hosts who have a spare bedroom, apartment or a full house to rent.” Is Airbnb a BadGuy? No, not necessarily...