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
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
Gentle Readers, it’s Sunshine Week! In honor of PA's Sunshine Laws, the Mercury has been running editorials throughout the week, including this one at the beginning of the week: Every deliberation by city council, county commission, the General Assembly or U.S. Congress is the people’s business. Every penny spent by local, state and federal government …
The irony is thick once again at the 2/19 meeting. I find myself wondering if it is a lack of self-awareness, or simply arrogant presumption. With this Board, it might be a little of both. With the return of Chairman Higgins, we also have the return of the sixth supervisor, with Eric Frey sitting in …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes SE2 EP4 2/19/19: Laws are for Other People
Political “girl power” seems to be all the hot buzz in Montgomery County lately and most of it has all the authenticity of a Jussie Smollett hate crime report. Nowhere is that more aptly illustrated than in this video, in which our illustrious Attorney General "partners" with Alyssa Milano on preventing sexual assault. Gentle Readers, …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes SE2 EP3 2/4/19: #WomenLead
Well, that didn’t take long. After a relatively boring and uneventful meeting to start 2019, the Upper Providence Board takes off the gloves at the second meeting of the year and goes a couple of rounds this evening over---what else?---Fire and Emergency Services. Note well: I had given the Girls’® ability to be independent the …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes SE2 EP2: 1/22/19 Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!
https://youtu.be/tljvZ8Ylrz8 Gentle Readers, there is not much to report from the UPT Board’s first meeting of the year. Except for the non-announcement of the establishment of new weekly meetings during the workday. A short beginning-of-the-year re-organization and business meeting, it clocks in at a mere 26 minutes. As mentioned in the year end blog, Laurie …
Continue reading UPT Board Meeting Notes SE2, EP1: 1/9/19 Girl® Power
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
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