Community Matters

The TESD 2011-12 budget process started in late 2010 and has included multiple budget, finance and school board meetings and updates to the public.  The school board and administration have worked to present a timeline of budget information and to keep us informed on budget strategies.  Hearing the ‘shared sacrifice’ appeal from the Board to [...]

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 What’s the saying, ‘What Goes Around, Comes Around” . . . ?  For most of the year 2010, voters of Tredyffrin Township had a front row seat as the ‘tolling of Rt. 422’ issue became a political football in the PA State House 157 race between incumbent State Rep Paul Drucker (D) and challenger Warren [...]

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Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer and usually means a relaxing day off from work, maybe a trip to the Jersey Shore or hot dogs on the grill. But in the midst of all the fun, please take some time to remember those who have served and sacrificed their lives to provide [...]

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Dariel Jamieson, chair of the Tredyffrin Township Democratic Committee, provided a comment to Community Matters. Jamieson’s remarks speak directly to the hand count by Chester County Department of Voter Services on Monday of the Special Election ballots. Her remarks provide us with further details of the recounting process and I thought it important to provide [...]

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To help us better understand our voting procedure, Steve Shapiro, the Judge of Elections for the W-2 precinct, has graciously provided us detailed notes below.  Steve’s explanation offers us the step-by-step guide to the voting procedure and to the close out at the end of an election day.  As I read his notes, it is clear that [...]

Filed under: Special Election, Tredyffrin Township | 3 Comments »

Late last night I received a press release from Mike Heaberg (see below) that declares his victory in the Special Election. Both political parties appear to be satisfied with the special election ballot hand counting on Monday by Chester County Department of Voter Services.  The recounting process uncovered 61 ballots that were not originally counted, adding [...]

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A week ago the polls closed, the votes were counted and unofficially Democrat Molly Duffy had won the Special Election against Republican Mike Heaberg by 40 votes.  Chester County Department of Voter Services listed unofficially Duffy receiving 2,266 votes and Heaberg with 2,226 votes. Immediately following the closing of the polls, there was discussion of voting inaccuracies and talk [...]

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If you are reading this, the end of the world predictions failed to pan out for Harold Camping.  The religious broadcaster made the world’s biggest mistake, twice.  Camping got the date wrong in 1994 when he said the world would end that year, and later explained its continued existence by saying he had made a [...]

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“Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.”  ~ Plato Plato’s words may be put to the test today.  The AP wires and major news networks worldwide are running with the story . . . [...]

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The closeness of the election results, coupled with reports of voting machine malfunctions, has led to speculation about a possible vote recount in the Duffy-Heaberg special election.  As reported on the Chester County’s Department of Voter Services website, the unofficial election results indicate that Democrat Molly Duffy received 2,266 votes and Republican Mike Heaberg received 2,226 [...]

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