In the never-ending quest for the Almighty Dollar, Saucon Creek Road, LP wanted to erect a daycare and a bank (these kids must be rich!) right smack dab on top of an abandoned zinc mine. After three nights of hearings in 2010, Upper Saucon Township's Z... »
Excavation at 7th & Hamilton continues This is a weekly summary of this past week's twists and turns in the fast-moving NIZ story. Allentown's Neighborhood Improvement Zone (NIZ) is a 130-acre redevelopment area, located both in the downtown and along ... »
Although I was in Hanover Township, I've received word that Palmer Township Supervisors have voted to join the NIZ legal challenge, Palmer is the third governing body this week to question Allentown's EIT tax grab. According to an Express Times report,... »
NIZ proponents, from Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, to LV Partnership puppet Alan Jennings, have been perpetuating the myth that suburbs somehow owe Allentown a NIZ. Never mind that Bethlehem, one of the adversely affected communities, is sitting on a 1... »
This is the first in a series of articles that will keep you informed of the fast-moving NIZ story. Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski calls it transformational for his financially struggling City. But surrounding communities worry their own tax bases will ... »
Mike Schlossberg, who has no opponent in his state house race for Jenn Mann's seat, will take office in January. Since his district is mostly in Allentown, he obviously supports the Neighborhood Improvement Zone. Here's how he answered my questions. 1)... »
French politician Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin is the character blamed for once saying, "There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader." All too many politicians have their fingers in the air, waiting to see which way the wind is blo... »
Christina Morgan In addition to commercial developers Don Frederick and Tom Roma, last night's meeting of South Whitehall Township's Commissioners drew some interest from elsewhere. Paul Weiss, President of Bethlehem Township's Board, whispered a loud ... »
South Whitehall Township Commissioners voted unanimously last night to join seven Northampton County communities in challenging the NIZ. Municipalities are concerned about the deprivation of EIT over the next 30 years. Instead of going into their coffe... »
Allentown plans to divert Earned Income Taxes from nonresidents who work inside a 130-acre Neighborhood Improvement Zone (NIZ) in the downtown and along the Lehigh River. Instead of passing this local tax revenue back to surrounding municipalities wher... »
This just in, from state house candidate Patrick Slattery: Yesterday, Republican activists and former political candidates Mr. Otto Slozer and Mr. John Donches filed a defamation of character suit against me in Lehigh County Court. If you follow the tr... »
They're called consumers or clients by human services agencies. But that's not how Lehigh County resident Susan Johnson, a participant of the SHAPE program, would put it. "We're real people with real stories," she insisted. At least 200 people just lik... »
South Whitehall Township might be the first Lehigh County municipality to join seven Northampton County local governments in a legal challenge to Allentown's controversial Neighborhood Improvement Zone (NIZ). There will be an "official position" in the... »
At a hastily called meeting on March 13, Allentown's Planning Commission last month approved revised plans plans for redevelopment of a 5.1-acre square block along Hamilton Street with a hockey arena, 7-story hotel containing 180 rooms, 7-story office ... »
