"Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
They can say what they want about A-town and call us residents every name in the book but what they can't say is that we are UNCARING.
Allentown, PA is having not one, but TWO fundraisers for the victims in Haiti, back to back ! If you are unable to attend either of these events, please do what you can in order to help those in need, at this very moment.
AID BENEFIT FOR HAITI on JANUARY 28, 2010
COME OUT AND SEE REDLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT (www.thisisred.net) AND OTHER GREAT ACTS AND, SIMULTANEOUSLY, SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE ENDURING THE CATASTROPHIC SITUATION THAT IS OCCURRING IN HAITI.
CROCODILE ROCK HAS PLEDGED THAT 100% OF ALL MONIES WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE HAITIAN TRAGEDY.
TICKETS FOR THE EVENT ARE ONLY $10.00 !
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TICKETS, CONTACT: 484 619 6541
BENEFIT 4 HAITI IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY on January 29, 2010
This GREAT event will be held at Pitchers Sports Bar and Grill and is being sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Music Awards 12, Women In Art in PA, and The Lehigh Valley Music Conference
There is ONLY a $10.00 donation at the door to raise money for the people of HAITI.
5 OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES BY:
REDLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT / PAULA BRION/SHE SAID SUNDAY/
JORDAN WHITE / BIG BLOCK
4 hours of MUSIC 4 the CAUSE ! SHOW YOUR SUPPORT...Bring your friends AND SUPPORT HAITI ! Hearing great music and coming together as a community, which is a PERFECT COMBINATION !
lehighvalleymusicawards.org
www.lvmusicawards.org
www.wix.com/blurbmedia/lvmc
wiaipa.org
gloria11355@gmail.com
SEE YOU THERE!!!!
Monday, January 18, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
AT LEAST SOMEONE GETS THE IDEA ....
"While wrapping up leftover 2009 business Monday, Easton officials found an extra $5,000 to split among festivals including Heritage Day and next year's Peace Candle lighting ceremony.
City Council had started discussing last month how to divide $15,000 earmarked in the 2010 city budget for privately run festivals, which can apply for the city grant. Applicants also included Garlic Fest, the Riverside Festival of the Arts and the Forks of the Delaware Shad Fishing Tournament and Festival.
Council had reached a consensus on the grant amounts at its meeting Monday, but just before the vote, Councilman Roger Ruggles proposed upping the total from $15,000 to $20,000. Ruggles, noting the extra $5,000 was to go to the Easton Emergency Squad from the same special events budget, proposed finding the emergency squad's money elsewhere. Council unanimously supported the move.
Under Ruggles' recalculations, Heritage Day will get the maximum grant of $5,000, while Garlic Fest is to receive $3,600 and the Easton Holiday Committee, which pays for the Peace Candle, is to get about $3,000.
Before the grant process was established in the 2009 budget, the Peace Candle used to get $6,000 per year from the city, while Heritage Day had no city funding.
Also under Monday's deal, the Riverside and shad festivals are to receive more than $1,600 each, while $1,250 is to go to the Memorial Day Parade. The Easton Soap Box Derby, Tomato Fest and Scarecrow Festival are each to see roughly $1,000.
Ruggles, Councilwoman Sandra Vulcano and past Councilman Michael Fleck -- the winners of the city's three Election Day council races -- were sworn in Monday as the first representatives of the city's new neighborhood voting districts."
- MORNING CALL 2010
And MY question is, if we went from a 8 million dollar deficit to a 14 million dollar surplus, why can't ALLENTOWN do this for its' communities ?
- J. BLACK
City Council had started discussing last month how to divide $15,000 earmarked in the 2010 city budget for privately run festivals, which can apply for the city grant. Applicants also included Garlic Fest, the Riverside Festival of the Arts and the Forks of the Delaware Shad Fishing Tournament and Festival.
Council had reached a consensus on the grant amounts at its meeting Monday, but just before the vote, Councilman Roger Ruggles proposed upping the total from $15,000 to $20,000. Ruggles, noting the extra $5,000 was to go to the Easton Emergency Squad from the same special events budget, proposed finding the emergency squad's money elsewhere. Council unanimously supported the move.
Under Ruggles' recalculations, Heritage Day will get the maximum grant of $5,000, while Garlic Fest is to receive $3,600 and the Easton Holiday Committee, which pays for the Peace Candle, is to get about $3,000.
Before the grant process was established in the 2009 budget, the Peace Candle used to get $6,000 per year from the city, while Heritage Day had no city funding.
Also under Monday's deal, the Riverside and shad festivals are to receive more than $1,600 each, while $1,250 is to go to the Memorial Day Parade. The Easton Soap Box Derby, Tomato Fest and Scarecrow Festival are each to see roughly $1,000.
Ruggles, Councilwoman Sandra Vulcano and past Councilman Michael Fleck -- the winners of the city's three Election Day council races -- were sworn in Monday as the first representatives of the city's new neighborhood voting districts."
- MORNING CALL 2010
And MY question is, if we went from a 8 million dollar deficit to a 14 million dollar surplus, why can't ALLENTOWN do this for its' communities ?
- J. BLACK
Sunday, January 3, 2010
I'M JUST SAYIN' .....
"I just finished reading an article about businesses moving from allentown to emmaus..the mayor says that allentown is safe, great place to shop, great place to start a business...now, you read a derogatory article like this...blood and bullets....i believe someone is trying to undermine the mayor of allentown...who planted the blood and bullets? who is making it seem like allentown is unsafe??"
- Morning Call blog, 2010
- Morning Call blog, 2010
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