Allentown's New Parks And Recreation Director Comes Up With A Doozy

Allentown City Council rejects administration proposal
City wanted to hire engineer to study erecting maintenance building in flood plain
Randy Kraft , WFMZ.com

"The building is indeed in a flood plain and has “some water issues,” but it’s not ready to fall down, responded Lindsay Taylor, the city’s parks and recreation director.... “I’m not an expert, but I know what a flood plain is,” said O’Connell. “I would say we probably shouldn’t build there.”... “It doesn’t make any sense,” said city resident Glenn Hunsicker. “They wouldn’t let any one of us build on a flood plain."

My Comments About The Article AboveThe administration wanted to spend just shy of $4,000 to do this engineering study. Hell for fifty buck$ I'd tell them if they want to store equipment they'd best anchor a floating barge to put them on.

Some suggested the area being turned into an extension of Cedar Beach instead. Oh great more riparian buffers weeds! Why not a parking lot for the stadium. Nobody's going to the stadium on a stormy day anyway.


I know a great place. The newly acquired Basin Street lot down by the old incinerator plant. It has a central location easily accessible to the North, South, West or East sides one and all.

Instead of throwing away almost $4,000 on a needless study to tell us what we already know why not take care of Bogart's bridge instead of begging for handouts. Maybe help pay something towards the insecticides needed for the weeds we allow to grow along our creeks and rivers.


The real problem is "common sense" isn't so "common" these days as it once was.