Talk:Don Cunningham

Puffery, neutrality, coatrack items
I dropped by here after a discussion at WP:COIN, which anyone involved in the article is invited to join. I have trimmed 17KB of fairly obscene puffery, promotion and coatrack items. I am not sure how a local politician got to be a 47KB article. Some kind of reality check is in order. Some of the items trimmed included a sentence on his many positive qualities as identifed by a search committee for a new job. I am not sure what is going on here, but the article is a huge advertisement overall.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 03:13, 16 November 2019 (UTC)


 * What is going on, and has been going on for years now, is that user Hunter Kahn has been adding this puffery on a regular basis. He has never posted a single edit that demonstrates any critical perspective whatever on Cunningham. He also fights indefatigably to delete information/citations that are even remotely embarassing to the man, and he will say almost anything to justify his policy of protecting Cunningham from his own policies and statements. To all appearances, he is either a hired flack or a very close friend of the great man. The really remarkable thing about Cunningham concerns his local op-eds, in which he seeks to defend his economic development policies by ridiculing the area residents who criticize them. That is not something many politicians would ever do. Hunter Kahn has deleted those citations every time I tried to add one to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.86.138.251 (talk) 06:48, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I responded to this on the WP:COIN entry here and here. Just adding the links to this talk page as well so they are noted. — Hunter Kahn 20:03, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Evidence Cunningham has promoted warehouse construction at LVEDC
Here are some links - all from Cunningham's own LVEDC site - demonstrating that Cunningham has in fact promoted the building of warehouses and shipping centers in the Lehigh Valley, and touted his success, and responded testily to the many critics of the traffic mess he has created. If/when Hunter Kahn denies that any of this is evidence of Cunningham being involved in planning it, then I will add more links. And more still links. There's a ton of this information available, as much as he has kept denying it (and deletint this info from the main page): https://lehighvalley.org/fedex-ground-celebrates-opening-of-lehigh-valley-distribution-hub/ https://lehighvalley.org/new-york-times-story-highlights-lehigh-valleys-booming-logistics-e-commerce-sector/ https://lehighvalley.org/lehigh-valley-front-mind-rapidly-growing-e-commerce-industry/ https://lehighvalley.org/lvedc-hosts-lehigh-valley-bus-tour-for-commercial-real-estate-brokers/ Selection:"“We call ourselves, maybe not an inland empire, but a bit of an inland village,” Cunningham said during the tour. “Where you’re standing right now is about an eight-hour truck drive from 40% of all consumers in the United States.” The tour began at the new Lulus distribution center in Palmer Township. The California-based manufacturer and online retailer of women’s clothing and accessories announced earlier this year its plans to establish a 250,000 square foot warehouse and distribution center in the Lehigh Valley." https://lehighvalley.org/lvedc-talent-supply-report-transportation-warehousing-logistics/ https://lehighvalley.org/less-than-5-of-lehigh-valley-industrial-buildings-exceed-300000-square-feet/ Selection: "“We are fortunate the Lehigh Valley has seen tremendous growth in industrial development,” LVEDC President Don Cunningham said in the report, noting that a large portion of this growth has been driven by the growth of direct-to-consumer retail or e-commerce in the form of fulfillment centers and logistics and distribution operations." https://lehighvalley.org/lvedc-urges-strong-opposition-job-killing-warehouse-tax/ https://lehighvalley.org/job-killing-warehouse-tax-opposed-lvedc-off-table/ https://lehighvalley.org/don-cunningham-changing-world-retail/ https://lehighvalley.org/don-cunningham-advice-for-amazon-facebook-and-those-who-use-them/ Selection from that op-ed: "Now, as to Amazon and the rest of the online retailers. If you order products online and have them delivered to your door, you are not allowed to complain about trucks on the road." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.86.133.197 (talk) 20:47, 17 November 2019 (UTC)