Section: Opinions

99.9 The Hawk Loses Samantha Layne on Morning Show

let-goAdmin Note: A link provided at the end of this article leads to an update of this story.

Less than a month after posting an article about Rick Michaels and Samantha Layne on 99.9 The Hawk’s Morning Show, the stations new corporate owners have broken up the team of Michaels and Layne. Continue reading

Michaels and Layne Morning Show – 99.9 The Hawk

mlUPDATE (5/7/13): A new corporation that bought the radio station decided not to renew Samantha Layne’s contract shortly after this article was written. CLICK HERE to read about her dismissal and what you can do to bring her back.

Every weekday morning I tune into my favorite radio show, Michaels and Layne, on 99.9 The Hawk. It isn’t controversial, or political, but keeps me and their other listeners entertained with music Continue reading

Tip Of The Hat To Our Road Workers

snow shovelingAll things considered, West Easton had a pretty mild winter. With winter coming to an end and hopefully the last of any significant snowfall in West Easton being seen, I wanted to take a few minutes on this first day of spring to thank Dane and his helper, who plowed the roads and cleaned the borough owned sidewalks. Continue reading

One Less Candidate In West Easton Primary

Another Day?I am the webmaster of this site and I withdrew my candidacy from the Democratic Primary this morning. I guess I’m still believing in a Pollyanna world where politicians run for and hold a public office in order to serve the public. It took me all of 20 minutes to unburden myself of it all by downloading a form, visiting a notary at my bank, and driving it to the Elections Clerk. Continue reading

The West Easton Public Information Wall

WallI believe in a transparent government. One would think getting blanks of forms that might be needed by a resident, or even approved minutes of past meetings would be a simple task for West Easton employees to fulfill at the window.

It isn’t.

Being put off with excuses and delays isn’t what I expected when trying to gather basic information for this website. Neither did I expect I would eventually have to submit a RTKL request for items that couldn’t possibly be of a private nature to borough business. Continue reading

Meat Earl The Pig

It’s our own lovable and cuddly resident of West Easton, whose cRaZy owner does love and cuddle him, enjoying the feel of skin on skin contact… Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

(OK, so there is a lot wrong with that.)

But, who are we to judge? Continue reading