Lehigh Valley Conservative

“The connection between earnings and education is unmistakable, yet overlooked in America’s current public policy debates”
This is stated in Investors.com. The liberals in politics know this but refuse to do anything about it. Are they afraid that the poorly educated would riot? Are the poorly educated accustomed to being fed by the government? Would those […]

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In the open letter below I have eliminated, the school districts name, along with any reference to contact names within the letter, nor did I say who wrote the letter because my point is not to single out anyone for criticism nor pick at Pennsylvania School Districts. The point of this is to show there […]

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There is absolutely nothing the tax payer can do to stop these past errors in judgments nor can they do anything about this situation now. Why—-because the County does not have the moxie to sue the bank for out right deception and misrepresentation, these types of deals happen across the country to almost every municipality […]

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The “Plebs” on the front lines of the Republican Party here in the Lehigh Valley have just gotten it handed to them—-what do I mean? They split the Lehigh Valley which is made up of Lehigh and Northampton counties—–into two parts—-effectively neutralizing the Republican Party and destroying the area as a voting block force.
This re-districting […]

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In The Bethlehem Press local paper Bethlehem Pa. November 30, 2011; Doug Graves article “District down to 3 swaps” had this to say. (Page A12)
“According to Bethlehem Area School District financial advisor Scott Shearer, BASD has only $100 million left in three swaps”
“Speaking to the BASD finance committee at its Nov 14th meeting, Shearer told […]

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I was sitting around with the family after the Thanksgiving meal and several of the guys were discussing the issues of the day. Some of those were energy, the Middle East, the failure of the budget talks and the jobs issue. I made some observations. One of our son’s is excellent at discussing the issues […]

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This is what Bernie O’Hare had to say regarding the TIF and how each candidate would vote.  This is, in my opinion, one of the main reasons the D’s are pushing hard to load up Bethlehem City Council & Bethlehem School Board with their people—-the Martin Tower TIF is on the agenda right after the […]

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Here is a quick overview of the meeting last night put on by State Rep. Marcia Hahn. I have left out two names to protect those individuals (last paragraph) and of the person who wrote this.
This is about as objective a report as you will get from anyone who happened to be at the meeting […]

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The Morning Call article
http://articles.mcall.com/2011-09-28/news/mc-bethlehem-eit-lawsuit-20110928_1_hanover-township-eit-income-tax

Superintendent Roy said:
“School district Superintendent Joseph Roy blamed the city for the problem. He said the school district erroneously received money owed the township, but the city has refused to turn over tax records to help the district verify the amount owed the township.”
Dr. Roy has opened himself up to playing the […]

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This is must see:

Pass these two video around to your friends in the Lehigh Valley—especially here in
Bethlehem, Pa.
 
“I hope you enjoy it, sadly it is a true tale of what is going on in the City of
Bethlehem.  Please share it with as many people as you know and/or can.  The message needs to reach […]

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