Regular readers of this space know I have historically been pretty critical of this Board of Supervisors. However, I also think I have been fair and have called their actions as I see them. So when this Board does something right, they deserve to be acknowledged for it. Sure, there are still some dopey comments, …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes SE2 EP9 6/26: The Airing of the Grievances
Apparently there was some memo that went out after the May primary that I didn't get. Something about "party unity....?" About how we Republicans all need to "stick together to win back a majority at the Courthouse....?" That it's time to shut up about the primary and move on to unity and victory in November...? …
In spite of minimal media coverage, there has been a significant amount of grumbling on social media with regard to Montgomery County's recent Primary Election. A good deal of it is related to the new voting machines. But there is also a significant contingent of Republicans who are upset the infamous Fake Green Ballots. In …
It’s been said that politics is the art of the possible. Well, Gentle Readers, I’m in a very cynical mood these days and I disagree; politics is the art of opportunity. And nothing presents better opportunities for feckless politicians than a disengaged public: A public that doesn’t do their research, a public that remains blissfully …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes SE2 EP8 4/22, 5/6 and 5/20: The 411 on the Blah Blah Blah
Well Gentle Readers, we just wrapped up April, and, just in case you missed all of the gratuitous posturing on facebook last month, it was also “Victim Awareness Month.” So many virtue-signaling Democrats were captured posing for photo ops standing on the Harrisburg Capitol steps (and the shoulders of victims) touting their legislation in support …
Gentle Readers, there is an old saying, "We get the government we deserve." In Upper Providence, and elsewhere, anti-Trump sentiment propelled many unqualified people into office. While that's not the end of the world, since most people who initially run for office have no idea what they are in for, many of those elected officials …
Continue reading Upper Merion’s Mike Napolitan: No More Surprises
Yeah, it was the April 1 meeting, and yes, the title is completely predictable, but the joke is on all of us: Two hours and eleven minutes of meandering through a forest of willful ignorance on development. Your “Fresh Perspectives” Democrats, who promised you that they would “take your township back from the developers” revealed …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes SE2 EP7 4/1/19: April Foolishness
At their last meeting, the Board set aside the ridiculous pay-to-play ordinance as unenforceable. Now that that’s out of the way, it’s suddenly time to send out Requests for Proposals (“RFPs”) for the Township consultants. Coincidence? I think not. It’s time to pay the piper. The Democrat Party of Montgomery County demands tribute and Chairman …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes SE2 EP6 3/18/19: Time to Pay the Piper
Ah, televised Board meetings. Whatever would we do without them? Gentle Readers, for a slight change of pace, we are going to journey down the road into the County Seat of Norristown, to look at "breaking news" from the September 9, 2018 Montgomery County Board of Commissioners Meeting (full video HERE; relevant discussion begins at …
Gentle Readers, as I go continue on my quest to master baking bread, I can sometimes almost feel Paul Hollywood giving me that patented smirk of his: What I’m coming to understand about baking bread is that it’s not like any other kind of a bake; there are elements inherent to bread baking that defy …
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