Lehigh Valley Conservative

The systematic risk within the Bethlehem Area School District (BASD) is far larger and goes well beyond what the people might suspect it to be.  We not only have troubles within the areas of finance, revenues and budgeting, there are serious flaws that make-up the legal obligation of the BASD.
Let me start with the financial […]

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Well Saturday the 27th (February 2010) was the PA Lehigh County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day fund raising breakfast.  As usual I saw people’s faces that I never see at the regular meetings and have know idea who they were.  The guest speaker was going along fine until the end of his speech when he went […]

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An article by my friend Clyde
 I am told by the news media that most people of Jewish ancestry in this country support the candidate of the Democratic party (I have supported a few of these myself), but I find it hard to believe a supposedly educated and intelligent people would support a political party who’s […]

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This came to me from an associate in the political arena, some of you will know who it is, others will not but it does not matter, the point is made. (see below and read it)
My question is how do you tell Mr. Gleason he is part of the problem and as the leader of […]

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The rules for anyone running for any office in the government should be:
1. No elitists.
2. All persons must have been employed at a real job or managed a legal business of some kind. That means no one from a government job.
3. No union leaders, no lawyers and no felons shall apply.
4. No America haters, Fascists, Socialists or […]

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Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in the killing of four police officers in a coffee shop in Lakewood Washington, had a long rap sheet. One of those officers was a native from Bethlehem Pa before he moved to Washington State. Clemmons was convicted of aggravated robbery,  assault on a police officer, raping a child and other […]

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Balzano, the Union leader who wanted to sue the city parks in Allentown resigns.
“The resignations came one day after foxnews.com reported that Balzano had come under fire for saying earlier in the month that the SEIU might file a grievance against the city of Allentown for allowing 17-year-old Kevin Anderson to voluntarily clear a walking […]

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The Easton Press carried this article November 19, 2009 by Sara K. Satullo  “Pennsylvania Auditor General calls for ban of swaps after investigation in BASD financial dealings”. 
I’ll be quoting and numbering the short paragraphs from the above stated article.
1.  “To end the districts four outstanding swaps would cost taxpayers $25.6 million before fees as of […]

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Swaps have three elements attached to them that should have been enough to cause school districts, using taxpayer’s money, to stay away from them. 
One was the fact that the transaction operated in an unregulated financial arena with no over site by the Federal Security Exchange, second there was an element of risk that was hidden […]

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1. Increasing complexity
2. Loss of control
3. Lack of regulation
The above three changes in the financial markets are the most important events in the last decade and must be looked at closely for the citizens of Bethlehem, Pa. to understand what has happen to them and their school board.  These factors continue to force the guidance […]

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