I’d like to begin 2019 with an apology to you, Gentle Readers, for the lack of posts in December. In fairness to your Humble Blogress, but I had a really good excuse: December was an overly eventful month, which included not only a plethora of the usual holiday celebrations and an abbreviated baking schedule (after …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes 2018: The Year that Was
Gentle Readers, I was going to include the 12/17/18 meeting in the Year in Review post (currently in process), but thought better of it. With apologies for my prolonged absence (and excuses for this to follow in the same Year in Review post), this is the last meeting of 2018 and the first meeting in …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes 12/17/18 Episode 20: Fumbling into the End Zone
Gentle Readers, I feel I’ve been quite consistent in my contempt for John Pearson’s opening free form remarks, and have never waivered in my assertion that this practice is nothing more than an ego indulgence. Rest assured, the November 19th meeting will not change that opinion at all; however, it does mark a new low …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes 11/19/18 Episode 19: The Great Pretension
Gentle Readers, the November 5 Board of Supervisors Meeting clocks in at a brutal 2 hours and 37 minutes. In fairness to the Board, it was a heavy agenda. In fairness to the rest of us, however, my conservative estimate of how much time John Pearson wastes with general incompetence in his capacity as Chairman …
The October 15 meeting was truly noteworthy for several reasons. Pearson is jittery and nervous throughout the entire meeting, having trouble following the agenda, fumbling papers, losing his place. The reasons for this will soon become apparent. Calci is not present for this meeting. I don’t want to belabor the opening of this post with …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes 10/15/18 Episode 17: The Burning Ring of Fire
The October 1 Board of Supervisors meeting was held at the Oaks Firehouse. Again. I am not sure if this is a quasi-permanent change in venue until the new meeting hall is opened or why this change of venue was dictated by the Board. Recall that the Board was previously meeting at the Rec Center, …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes 10/1/18 Episode 16: Hodge Podge Dodge
It wasn’t widely publicized, but the Board met twice during the week of 9/17: the regular Board meeting of Monday, 9/17 and a joint meeting with Trappe Borough Council on 9/20. In fact, the only mention of the 9/20 Joint Meeting was as a housekeeping item at the end of the 9/4 meeting when the …
The 9/17 meeting was notable primarily for its brevity, which clocked in at a mere 40 minutes: a record for this Board in spite of the many starts and stops to educate them on matters that were either procedural or otherwise included in their packet. Bumper Sticker Philosopher As usual, Pearson starts out the meeting …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes 9/17/18 Episode 14: The Dog Ate My Homework
Welcome to part 2 of the September 4 Board of Supervisors Meeting held at the Oaks Firehouse on Greentree Road. I’d start off this post with a copy and paste of a fluffy little anecdote from Chicken Soup for the Soul, but your time is valuable and I won’t waste it with a frivolous ego …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes 9/4/18 Episode 13, Part 2: Puppet Show
It’s been a month since the Board last met, having cancelled their second meeting of August. This meeting is at the Oaks Firehouse, and appropriately enough, starts and ends with the discussion of FEMS. We’re going to take things a bit out of order and start at the end. There is a lot to cover …
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