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Obama, Romney, Pawlowski?
Valley 610Here's one from the ol' Morning Call inbox. It's a campaign email from Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski... asking for money to support his monthly newsletter. It reads: "Each month I send you a virtual newsletter and other updates on great things happening in... -
Allentown mayor signs anti-sequestration letter
Valley 610Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski has joined more than 100 mayors nationwide in signing a letter to Congressional leaders warning that federal budget sequestration could have a harsh effect on city economies. The letter, dated Sept. 21, was sent on behalf of... -
Obama campaign going very local with attack on Romney record
Of The Morning CallThe Obama campaign has truly bought into the idea that all politics is local. A day after broadcasting its critique of Mitt Romney's tenure as Massachusetts governor to media in Pennsylvania and other swing states, the campaign narrowed its focus,...Tags: Government, Politics, Mitt Romney, Career and Workplace, Employment
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Allentown water system decision requires open minds
I wrote some weeks ago about my feeling that more people should avoid seeing politics and the world as black and white, friend and foe, good and evil. We would be better off if more people embraced the gray area, staying receptive to different ideas. I...Tags: Allentown, Politics, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare
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Allentown water leasing scheme is a bad idea, but so is rule by referendum
Over the summer, Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski did a masterful job of pitching his plan to lease or sell the city's water and sewer systems to commercial interests in return for a big pile of quickie cash. He explained that without that cash, perhaps $100...
Tags: Primaries, Government, Allentown, Public Officials, Politics
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American Parkway could rev up Allentown revival
Q: What's the status of the American Parkway Bridge project? The estimated completion is about the same time as the arena, right? What is the city's vision for the parkway once it's done? This looks like it's going to be huge in the economic future of...Tags: Cetronia, Bedford County (Pennsylvania), Allentown, Adirondack Phantoms, South Whitehall Township
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Allentown City Council should consider all options
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski is a very effective salesman. If you've ever seen one of his Power Point presentations, you know he's good at it. My only complaint is that he often seems more interesting in mounting a convincing public relations campaign...Tags: Government, Allentown, Politics, Company Privatization, Personal Income
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Jill Biden to visit Allentown Monday
Call Washington BureauVice President Joe Biden's wife will visit Allentown next week when she returns home to Pennsylvania for a seven-city tour as an advocate for her husband and the Obama campaign. Dr. Jill Biden, the English school teacher raised in Willow Grove,...Tags: Politics, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Mitt Romney, Scranton, Montgomery County (Virginia)
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Was Michael Schlossberg's early resignation a Profile in Ducking?
"Profiles in Courage" earned John F. Kennedy the Pulitzer Prize. The book profiled eight senators who defied their political parties or popular opinion to do what they felt was right and subsequently suffered for it. Today, perhaps even more than when it...Tags: Jennifer L Mann, Allentown, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Politics, John F. Kennedy
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Public employees shouldn't get special treatment
I got a call Tuesday from a guy who thought my column that day about former Allentown Mayor Roy Afflerbach was "insulting" to readers. He wondered where I was when Afflerbach was seeking election. I called him back to explain that I wrote before Roy...
Tags: Government, Politics, Teachers, Democratic Party, Tom Burke
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Roy Afflerbach's name is mud in Allentown
Many people believe the expression "His name is mud" originated with Dr. Samuel Mudd, who treated Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and was convicted of being a conspirator. It actually dates several decades before that. Dictionary.com...Tags: Roy Afflerbach, Economy, Business and Finance, Allentown, Politics, Local Government
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Obama campaign brings the younger Biden to Allentown
Beau Biden, Delaware Attorney General and son of Vice President Joe Biden will join Allentown mayor Ed Pawlowski in a swing through Pennsylvania Wednesday afternoon. It's one of three events Biden, an Iraq War vet, will be participating in on behalf of...
Tags: Allentown, Head Start, Scranton, Iraq War (2003-2011), Joe Biden
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Oct 11, 2012
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Sep 25, 2012
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Aug 21, 2012
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