Community Matters

We know that local elections and the choices that voters will make on Election Day, Tuesday, November 8 are important. I sent a three-part question to Tredyffrin’s 3 Democratic supervisor candidates and the 4 Republican supervisor candidates. Following the League of Women Voters debate on October 24, I received responses to the question from the [...]

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In reviewing the summaries of the T/E school board committees, I was interested to learn from the Finance Committee report (below) that almost $1 million is coming back to the fund balance due to lower than expected medical claims.  That’s good news! Also it was confirmed at the Finance Committee meeting, that the state would [...]

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Less than 2 months ago, a major insurance claim was settled from last winter storm damage which included all new roofing, guttering, copper facing, etc. on our 300-year old house. At 5 PM today, a 40 ft. ornamental cherry tree came down on the back wing of the house . . . unfortunately, on the [...]

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When I wrote my last post for Community Matters, I had a very specific message. The Tredyffrin Republican school board candidates made a choice and in my opinion, it was the wrong choice.  They sent a campaign mailer that contained a lie — stating that the Democratic school board candidates want an EIT and that [...]

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Truth allows you to live with integrity. Everything you do and say shows the world who you really are. Let it be the Truth. ~ Oprah Winfrey Is it ‘all in the name of politics’ these days that candidates seeking public office can simply fabricate information and then claim it as a truth? Is that OK [...]

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This week’s supervisor debate video has been available for a couple of days online at  http://tredyffrin.pegcentral.com/ .  I encourage all voters to watch the video prior to Election Day.  The debate presents voters with a great opportunity for candidates to better understand where the candidates stand on some of the important issues facing Tredyffrin Township. [...]

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The T/E School Board candidate debate was held last night.  The League of Women Voters used the same format as the night before at the Tredyffrin Township supervisor candidate debate.  Each of the eight candidates gave a 2-minute self-introduction, followed by answers submitted by audience members.  Answers by the candidates were limited to 1-1/2 min. [...]

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The League of Women Voters held the Tredyffrin Township supervisor debate last night.  Seven candidates are vying for four seats on the board, with incumbents JD DiBuonaventuro (R), Mike Heaberg (R) and Paul Olson (R) trying for another term.  Candidates stepping out for the first time include Kristen Mayock (R), Tory Snyder (D), Murph Wysock [...]

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Good news — Gene Donahue, the studio manager for the township’s public access channel reports that League of Women Voters debate for the supervisors and the school board candidates will be videotaped!  The debates will be available 24//7 online at the streaming video-on-demand site. Gene reports that it usually takes about 24 hours to upload [...]

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I saw this headline in Sunday’s edition of the Daily Local “Train station project advancing quickly”. No, the author was not referring to the Paoli Transportation Center or the Ardmore Transit projects.  Was it the Downingtown or Parkesburg train station projects that was advancing? No,  . . . the “advancing” train project was the Coatesville [...]

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