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• The Kenosha alarm clock
• "The sky is falling" scenarios keep us stuck in the status quo
• Discussion about policing should center on how do we do it better
• Sights and sounds to remember as Bethlehem discusses policing
• longer video of the Wisconsin shooting
• Let's see where some innovative thinking could lead!
• Ethics Training for City Officials Thursday August 27 6PM
• Defunding the Police won't work
• Saving the Colonial Industrial Quarter treasures from water damage
• "The black and brown people are always left behind"
• Again . . .
• Melding the medley: listen to the composite commenters
• Michele's suggestions for our reading list
• A Public Safety Committee meeting medley
• Peter suggests we read this: see what happened when modest and reasonable steps were enacted in a city that already has a successful program of specially-trained paramedics
• Cindy suggests we read this: "The narrative around the killing of George Floyd is destructively false"
• The Bethlehem conversations on defunding the police (9): Carmen, George, and Cindy
• The Bethlehem conversations on defunding the police (8): Carrie and Vincent and Mrs. Loman
• The Bethlehem conversations on defunding the police (7): Greg
• Gadfly looks for the wave
• Ghosts and goblins are pandemic'd
• Calendar alert! Touchstone's Festival UnBound rides again!
• Ketch Up with what's happenin' at the Bethlehem Food Co-Op
• What's up in Allentown these days?
• Councilwoman Crampsie Smith on the Community Engagement Initiative: building deeper, stronger, and more trusting relationships between the public, individuals, and the community as a whole