The Bethlehem Gadfly

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• Councilman Reynolds: "I do not have confidence that Mr. Callahan should continue as our liaison to the Parking Authority"
• "Dark Waters": a movie to think by
• Wind Creek is winding up
• Resident chatter around Gadfly's water-cooler about Councilman Callahan and the ethics issue
• Councilman Callahan explains more about the ethics issue to Councilman Reynolds (us)
• Councilman Reynolds to Councilman Callahan on the ethics issue: explain more or apologize
• Callahan at Council on the ethics issue: "I tried to keep it quiet"
• City Council takes up the ethics issue
• Rothman reports for the Environmental Advisory Council
• Councilman Callahan hasn't made up his mind yet about running for Mayor
• The recent attacks upon AMK's ethics are way off base
• Where is Ms. Karner in all of this?
• Mr. Callahan has now plunged us into a contentious spectacle that will tarnish reputations and erode public trust
• Time to remember the 2017 ethics ordinance debate
• Chatter around Gadfly's water-cooler about: Councilman Callahan's role in the ethics controversy
• Thinking about the Mayor's role in how we got "here"
• Councilman Callahan: "I would prefer not to be here"
• City Council meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, December 3, 7PM, Town Hall
• Chatter around Gadfly's water-cooler about: a pedestrian bridge
• Councilman Callahan's response to the whistleblowers' whistlin'
• If Councilman Callahan had been much more supportive of the comprehensive ethics ordinance . . .
• It begins: City employees contact Councilman Callahan
  In his November 25 press conference statement, Councilman Callahan states that for him this issue of possible unethical behavior by Alicia Miller Karner “came to [his] attention” in June of this year, June 2019 (he verbally corrected “June of last year” in oral delivery at the press conference) when 3 Department of Community and Economic Development employees — “2 current and 1 prior employee” — told him of AMK’s encouragement to “slow, delay, and stall all permits” to bolster her case for more staff...
• Let's start to think seriously about the possibility of unethical behavior by a member of City administration
• Giving thanks: to those who sing us into the future
• Giving thanks: for those who license us to dream