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How To Write In A Candidate
When you go to your polling place tomorrow and are ready to vote, depending on which county you live in, the instructions for how to write in a candidate are slightly different. Below I’ve listed the instructions from the Lehigh and Northampton County websites. If you live in Northampton County Press the Write-In Square for…
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Encouraging Small Business Development
I was fortune enough to get outside and enjoy the lovely weather this weekend. As I rode my bike through our two downtown areas I was encouraged by all of the activity I saw. With shops and restaurants buzzing it’s clear that times are good in Bethlehem, but we can do better. As a city…
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From Facebook: What Are Your Thoughts On The Second Amendment?
On Facebook Laura asked: So this just came up in a group I follow that there are only democratic candidates in Bethlehem so this individual doesn’t vote… one of the important issues to this group as a whole is 2nd ammendment rights…what are your views on 2A with your run for mayor? To answer that I think…
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A More Walkable Downtown
If you ventured over to Bethlehem’s website after reading my post yesterday you may have stumbled across a really interesting report from 2009 on ways that we can improve the walkability of our downtown. The main premise of the study is that a successful city is one where people are walking. In order to get…
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Bethlehem’s Online Presence
They say those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, and I readily admit that this is a very spartan blog, but let’s talk about the current state of the city website. Whenever most people look for anything about any topic, the first thing they are going to do is look to the Internet.…