The Bethlehem Gadfly

Items

• Was that a "Public Meeting" on the closing of Packer Ave.?
• Closing Packer Ave.: "the community's concerns should carry the most weight"
• Meeting on closing Packer Ave.: "no one bubbled over with excitement"
• The potential for a new relationship with our river
• Morning Call headline: "US tuning out Senate hearings"
• Support your local arts!
• Premier by local artist this weekend -- don't miss!
  Original work by local artist — the play “Jetblack Sunrise” by Michael Fegely
• More info on Lehigh University's proposed "Packer Avenue Promenade"
• The goals of the proposed "Packer Avenue Promenade": knitting together the northern and southern halves of lower campus, improving the safety and mobility of pedestrians
• "Enforcing Robert's Rules will not in any way suppress ideas. . . . The purpose of Robert's Rules is to get things done in a meeting"
• A Lehigh study on the proposed Packer Ave. closing
• President Waldron indicates he hasn't "been deaf to the criticisms of my style" and that maybe he will be "a bit more" aggressive
• Bethlehem Moment: The Portuguese in Bethlehem
• City Council meeting tonight!
• "The future of this City comes down to our ability to work together and establish relationships"
• A modest proposal: requiring training in Roberts' Rules of Order
• Gadfly as soft-gaveler
• Take-aways from President Waldron's responses to criticism about his gavel philosophy
• Popularity: setting the record straight
• President Waldron responds: "There's been calls for me to gavel down other members of Council when they are speaking"
• What's the rap against President Waldron's soft-gavel philosophy?
• Packer Avenue's birth certificate
• Trap Neuter Release programs for feral cats
• Closing Packer Ave.: the true test will be if there is some sort of emergency on Third or Fourth Streets
• Resolution on short-term lodging coming to Council Tuesday