Running of the Fools

The Mayor of Allentown Has Logged Out: Now Streaming Live from Spain

Social media and your blogger Abe have been saying for months that the mayor treats Allentown like his own purse — something he can use to pay for his memberships in clubs and personal travel to US destinations for “conferences”. 

Well, he has gotten so bold and brash with his misuse of taxpayer dollars that he has become the global traveling, Mayor. 

Word spread to my inbox this morning that he was in Spain for a “conference” that just happens to overlap with the Madrid Marathon on April 26, 2026. The city didn’t gasp. It groaned at the thought of paying for another of his “someone look at me!” trips.

Because of course he’s there. Of course, the conference is out of town. Of course it lines up perfectly with a marathon. Of course, it is another opportunity for him to get out of Allentown. Of course, he claims he is there representing Pennsylvania, as if anyone cares.

The timing is so suspicious and convenient …. The city is knee deep in issues — infrastructure, safety concerns, budget headaches, homeless/unhoused issues — and the mayor’s response has been to pack a suitcase and sprint toward the nearest international terminal and run once again.

Meanwhile, back in Allentown…

The city is still here. The problems are still here. The residents are still here. The mayor? Not so much.

It feels like Allentown is being governed by an out of office reply that says, “I’ll get back to you when I’m done pretending this trip is work related.” I doubt that Frank Kane even knows that the mayor is out of town again. I saw him down by the Jordan Creek looking for what I expect is his cellphone. 

 While the mayor is prancing another 26.2 miles in Madrid, he hasn’t run a single mile toward the responsibilities he was elected to handle. He’s running a marathon abroad because running this city would require effort and leadership. Sorry Allentown today was the St Luke’s annual marathon, but it was too low-class for our social media tramp mayor.

Whether the trip is innocent, convenient, or a masterclass in avoidance, the public reaction has been: We are tired of watching this mayor run… unless it’s toward the job he keeps treating like the large city potholes he keeps ignoring an avoiding.