Street Lighting - Update

At the December council meeting, Borough Council is scheduled to formally adopt the streets in the Tatamy Hunt sub division. A letter was sent by Borough Solicitor, Elviria LaBarre to the attorney for the developer telling them that unless the lights are turned on, the borough will not adopt the streets.

Knowing how much they want the streets dedicated (and their escrow money released), here's to hoping that they will get this resolved before our 12/1 meeting. However, if past history is any indication of future performance, I'm not holding my breath. Here's hoping folks . . .

Perhaps its time for the residents living in Tatamy Hunt to send a letter or email to the developer - telling him how much they love their houses, especially at night, in the dark. While you're at it, you might want to thank him for installing the beautiful light posts. They do look nice - in the daytime.

The Lights are Still Out . . .

As mentioned in my November Borough Council Roundup, we were told that MetEd was targeting this past Friday, 11/14/2008 to have the street lights in Tatamy Hunt energized. Well, Friday has come and past and, I'm sure to nobody's surprise, the lights aren't on.

I'm going to make a few phone calls tomorrow to see if I can't get any information. I'll keep you posted.

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Tonight I had the privilage of attending the final performance of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, at the Nazareth Area Middle School. What a show - the kids did a super job. For two hours I felt as though I was immersed in the Sunday Peanuts comic. A special shout out to Tatamy's very own John Nadolski (son of our Tax Collector John), who played the part of Linus. WOW! I believe he may have a future in theatre! My own son Jordan was the Assistant to the Director (he prefers being "behind the scenes"). If I left anyone else from Tatamy out, I apologize in advance (I'm sorry but don't know everyone).

The standing ovation at the end of tonight's show was well deserved. I can't wait until the spring performance.

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown!

I'm Being Followed . . .

OK - so I don't come here as often as I should, but when I signed on tonight I got a message that I was being followed. It came as quite a shock actually - who would be following (or, for that matter, want to follow) little old me? Was it a stalker? Some crazed nut looking to corner me in some dark unlit corner on Green Street? No, it was none other than fellow Lehigh Valley blogger Bernie O'Hare.

I highly recommend and read his blog daily. It's very insightful. I don't know why I didn't add him to my links page until now, I just didn't. Anyway, it's there now. Go check it out. I promise you, you won't be disappointed.

Thanks for following me Bernie!

Election Day Roundup - Tatamy Borough Summary and County Roll-up

Wow - what a turnout yesterday! Thanks to everyone who took time out of their busy days to come down to Hope Lutheran Church to cast a vote in what turned out to be a very historical election.

I thought I'd provide some local statistics.

Please note these results are UNOFFICIAL. Source: Northampton County. First - Tatamy . . .

TATAMY BOROUGH SUMMARY
Total Registered Voters: 751
Total Turnout: 547 + 23 Absentees = 570 or 75.9%.
I don't know if this is a borough record, but it certainly is impressive. Now if we could only get this many people to come and vote in EVERY election!

President
Obama/Biden (D): 265
McCain/Palin (R): 287
Nader/Gonzalez (I): 8
Barr/Root (LIB): 8

Attorney General
Morganelli (D): 312
Corbett (R): 222
Rogers (LIB): 6

Auditor General
Wagner (D): 262
Beiler (R): 244
Summers (LIB): 8

Representative in Congress - 15th District
Bennett (D): 192
Dent (R): 339

Representative in the General Assembly - 137th District
Grucela (D): 376 (Unopposed)

Water/Sewer Bond Referendum
Yes: 214
No: 134

Northampton County Controller
Yes: 218
No: 117

Now - the Northampton County Rollup - Key Races that affect Tatamy:

Total Registered Voters: 208,521
Total Turnout: 131,225 + 6,158 Absentees = 137,383 or 65.88%.

PRESIDENT
Obama/Biden (D): 74,956
McCain/Palin (R): 58,352
Nader/Gonzalez (I): 1,251
Barr/Root (LIB): 524

Attorney General
Morganelli (D): 78,842
Corbett (R): 47,966
Rogers (LIB): 1,387

Auditor General
Wagner (D): 70,721
Beiler (R): 48,590
Summers (LIB): 1,962

State Treasurer
McCord (D): 66,883
Ellis (R): 52,234
Etzel (LIB): 1,702

Representative in Congress - 15th District
Bennett (D): 53,302
Dent (R): 74,754

Representative in the General Assembly - 137th District
Grucela (D): 23,217 (Unopposed)

Water/Sewer Bond Referendum
Yes: 47,754
No: 33,732

Northampton County Controller
Yes: 50,017
No: 29,679