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From:	JL
To:	Senator Boscola
Date:	Monday, 07/09/07
Subject:	Military packages

Senator Boscola:

While on vacation recently, I read a story in the local
newspaper up in Albany, NY about a volunteer group that sent
packages to the military folks serving our country in the Mid-
East. The story mentioned how the group was low on funds and
needed more money for boxes and postage.

This lead me to wondering if the Post Office charges the full
or even a discounted price to send packages to the military
folks overseas? The article seemed to imply that there was a
cost.

Bottom line is I feel there should be little or no charge to
send packages. Is there any way to check into this?

Thanks,

Jim

Hi Lisa,
I spoke to you once at my shoestore in Nazareth Pa. about two
years ago. You told me a story about your cat. I need your help.
I do historical research for the Lenape Nation of Pa. and have
identified a massive above ground archaeological ruins in Berks
County, Pa. The site is a native ceremonial site that PHMC does
not have the ability to recognize. I'm curently working with
Norman Muller from Princeton University and Ted Timreck who has
done Nova programs and other educational programs for PBS. The
site is subject material for his latest film and it's importance
is beyond the scope of his writing.
Being private property, the site as been placed for sale and
is in extreme danger of development. There are no laws in Pa
protecting cultural resources from development that I am aware
of. I need your help in procuring funds or connecting us with a
conservancy for either the outright purchase of this property or
help in providing legal representation in stopping the
destruction of what may be the most important archaeological
resource in our state. There are photos of this area available
on the Web published by Norman Muller.
http://www.neara.org/Muller/stonerows.htm
If you are interested in helping us I can provide an on site
walk through and screening of the new film. fred werkheiser

Dear Elected Officials of the Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania,

I am writing in response to an article posted in the March 4
edition of the Morning Call entitled - 720-home development
planned ** Proposal would fill last parcel at Route 33 and
Freemansburg Avenue.

This article troubles me for many reasons – increased traffic,
noise pollution, population, and flooding are just a handful of
drawbacks created by development. If you have ever tried to
drive in the area of the proposed new development site at 5
o’clock, you will see that the land cannot support any more
people, or traffic.
Furthermore, I believe work has still not been completed on
Route 33 for a sink hole that occurred over a year ago! The
sink hole is no doubt a result of too much strain placed on the
road – just imagine when thousands more travel on that road
every day.

Our land base is disappearing at a rapid pace. And more big box
stores, cookie cutter condominiums, and Orwellian office
buildings will only put more strain on our remaining pieces of
land. The Lehigh Valley is a wonderful area, known for quaint
downtown shops as well as sprawling fields and rolling
farmlands. Sadly, this area is quickly changing and will soon
succumb to the same suburban sprawl problems other surrounding
Philadelphia towns endure – congestion, pollution, noise
problems, flooding, over population, etc.

Mark Wagner, the developer of the proposed site mentioned in the
article that you cannot make money off of farmland anymore. I
don’t understand what his statement means. Why do we have to
develop every piece of land? Why do we have to dot the
landscape and consume every parcel of earth, for convenience? I
guess money is the answer. Granted, these types of projects
make the developers and the townships a lot of money. But when
the project is done, the developers leave and the people in the
community suffer. And when the stores close, they become
dilapidated eyesores and remain fossils of a once great shopping
center – or they become a dollar store.
I am sure if you were to poll the people of the Lehigh Valley,
they would bitterly oppose more development, especially in the
Route 33 and Freemansburg Avenue area. The people should have
the say of what happens to land in their community, not outside
developers!

One day, if we keep developing at this pace, all the land in the
Lehigh Valley will be gone. There will be no longer be farms to
build a new Lowe’s, Bed Bath and Beyond, or McDonalds. When the
land is gone and we have nothing left to consume what are we
going to do? I have news for Mr. Wagner, you can’t eat money.

Please do something to block the sale and development of this
land. Keep this area beautiful and do not let it be littered
with more garbage.

Sincerely,

A Concerned Lehigh Valley Resident

Jason A. Slipp