However, that lasted only for about 20 minutes. Mayor Tuerk made some calls, and those roads were promptly reopened. "If they can't put a big corral on that, you're going to have a line here out 5,000 people, 6,000, 7000 people will be in the line waiting to get in," vendor, Tony Matt, said. Tuerk says he wants Allentown to be welcoming, regardless of political affiliation — but not without the proper permits. "They didn't have permission from PennDOT," Tuerk said. "And I'm following PennDOT's rules on PennDOT roads."