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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Bethlehem Planners Cancel Meeting Due to ... Poor Planning

Last time Bethlehem Planners considered an Abe Atiyeh plan for a psychiatric hospital at Center and Dewberry, they goofed. In Judge Edward Smith's words, they "improperly invaded the province of the City of Bethlehem Zoning Hearing Board by making a determination of whether the use is a permitted use ... ."

Planners were set to consider a scaled-down version of Atiyeh's plan tomorrow, but that won't be happening. No meeting notice was advertised in the newspapers, as required under the Sunshine Act.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That media tax needs to be removed, who gets a newspaper anymore?

Anonymous said...

Sorry Bernie this is OT but you should really look into this one.

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/parkland/mc-parkland-school-board-0528-20130528,0,3873339.story

I know it is out of your typical realm but it certainly reeks to high heaven. The way I read it the library will get a 1.5 million windfall, per year, if the tax rate is not adjusted do to the county reassessment. Oh and of course they want to sue if they don't get it. This is not a "revenue neutral" reassessment as advertised.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/index.ssf/2013/05/parkland_school_district_super.html