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Burrows vs. Inquirer local election coverage
(Letter sent to the Inquirer, 11/07/07) To the editor: The triumphal march the Philadelphia Inquirer orchestrated on its Local News pages trumpeting preliminary Montgomery County voting results...
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Before 11/6, after 11/6…
A different line on raising taxes Delco Republicans said they’d hold the line, and won. County needs could change that. Phila Inquirer, Fri, Nov. 30, 2007 By Mari A. Schaefer Inquirer Staff Writer...
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"War is Peace" award for the month
“Holding the line on taxes does not mean no tax increase.” — Andy Lewis, after his election as Commissioner, Delaware County. Full story here.
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Political activity may endanger library’s nonprofit standing
By DAN KRISTIE Staff Writer,Daily Local News, 1/25/08, p.A3 TREDYFFRIN — The library board met Tuesday night to discuss potentially illegal political activity which several people, in their capacity...
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Weeds in the American lawn
Posted on Tue, Mar 25, 2008, Main Line Life, 3/25/08 By Henry Briggs Sally Cummings is a diminutive woman with a sweet, grandmotherly smile. As she goes door to door to Republican households in...
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Commonwealth Court Denies Attorney General’s First Effort…
The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund Main Office: 675 Mower Road, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17202 West Coast Office: 126 NE Mason Street, Portland, OR 97211 Commonwealth Court Denies...
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NEEDS OF THE LESS FORTUNATE
In the recession and uncertainties of this year’s holiday season, we might tend to feel sorry for oursevles or our families. This may be understandable, but there are also others to consider. What...
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Packer PA vs. Corbett and Corporate Sludge
Subject: CELDF – Packer Township Wins Round One in Suit/Puts Forward New Ordinance Rejecting State Preemption by email, Apr 8, 2010 An update on Packer Township in Pennsylvania. In 2008, we worked with...
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Pa. doesn’t need more big, bad bureaucracies
Philadelphia Inquirer, 8/5/10 Small, local governments are the best in the state. By Michael Pakenham A governance grab is afoot in Pennsylvania. If approved by the state legislature, it would...
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Chester County voter registrations by party, 1998-2012
by Nathaniel Smith, Politics: A View from West Chester, 1/6/13 After some calculating from PA Department of State online files, I figured out the Chesco voter registration by party since 1998: In the...
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Promises, promises
Here’s my current favorite campaign promise, from at least two West Chester Borough Council candidates’ mailers: Balanced budgets without raising taxes (their emphasis). Well, great. Who could oppose...
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Has your candidate signed the ethics pledge?
See more about the No-Nonsense pledge (including which candidates have accepted it and download the wording) here
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