Community Matters

Huffington Post today contained a timely article on the privatization of highways and their tolling, Toll Road Privatization: As Ohio Considers It, Indiana Serves As Cautionary Tale.  The article discusses that state’s across the country are looking at privatizing highways as a way to finance necessary infrastructure repairs.  One interesting tolling concept discussed would privatize Interstate [...]

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It’s official!  A block of empty storefronts on Lancaster Ave. in Paoli has been sold to group of Paoli investors.  Included in the sale of this retail block is the now vacated  infamous Cowboy Tattoo Ranch.  With a design rendering titled, ‘Paoli Town Center’ by Architetra (shown below) I am certain that I join the community in welcoming the new owners [...]

Filed under: Ketan Vora, Paoli Transportation Center | 7 Comments »

I attended the TESD Public Information Committee meeting yesterday . . . primarily to fully understand the selection process for committee members and the mission of the Earned Income Tax (EIT) Tax Study Group. Several months ago, the T/E school board decided to create a citizen tax study group and sent postcards to Tredyffrin and Easttown [...]

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In case you have not heard, the T/E School Board voted to approve the final 2011-12 budget last night . . . and yes folks; the residents of TESD will receive a 3.77% property tax increase. The vote count on the budget was 7-2; Debbie Bookstaber and Rich Brake were the dissenting votes.  I guess I [...]

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“You have to admit we showed even one vote can make a difference.”     ~ Molly Duffy Although questions remain surrounding the malfunctioning voting machines and how 61  ballots were not originally counted, the special election ballots have been satisfactorily reconciled and as of tonight, Molly Duffy (D) has conceded the race to Mike Heaberg (R).  As a result of [...]

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Tredyffrin’s Special Election Results . . . Chester County Voter Services completed the hand count of the Duffy/Heaberg Special Election ballots from the May 17 primary a couple of weeks ago.  Originally, the count indicated Heaberg ahead by 3 votes but a provisional ballot for Duffy was found; 2 votes currently separate the candidates.  Due to many [...]

Filed under: Planning Commission, St. Davids Golf Club, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township | 7 Comments »

The ‘To Toll or Not to Toll’ discussion continues . . . the tolling of 422 continues to make headlines and yesterday was a busy day for legislators on either side of the issue. In an op-ed article (6/9/11) in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Joe Hoeffel (D), vice chair of the Montgomery County Commission and chair of [...]

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The clock is ticking down . . . the T/E School Board votes on the final budget for 2011-12 on Monday, June 13, 7:30 PM at Conestoga High School.  The preliminary school budget contained a property tax increase of 3.8%.  Will that tax increase remain in the final budget or is possible that the school [...]

Filed under: Great Valley School District, TEEA, TENIG, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, West Chester Area School District | 33 Comments »

The vision of some to toll 422 moved one step closer to a reality yesterday . . . and by all accounts, did so with flying colors.  Barry Seymour of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) along with Joe Hoeffel, Montgomery County Commissioner presented the 422-tolling proposal to the Governors Transportation Funding Advisory Commission.  To [...]

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The tolling of Rt. 422 was front-page headlines in Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer. Rising to the top of the local news charts, the tolling of 422 is not ‘new’ news for most of us. Unless you have had your head buried in the sand, you could not have missed this much discussed campaign topic during the [...]

Filed under: Paul Drucker, Tredyffrin Township, Warren Kampf | 14 Comments »