Suburbs
Paul Rumley: Combining precincts is a disservice to the voters
I recently attended a Delaware County Council meeting in which the Director of Elections, Mr. James Allen, presented a plan to consolidate precincts within the County. Mr. Allen made a big deal of the fact that by doing so, the County would save $100,000 per year. I had tried to […]
Delaware County prison sergeant resigns, blasts leadership in scathing email
A sergeant apparently quit her employment at the Delaware County prison early Monday morning, but not before lobbing an email that was the equivalent of a hand grenade to the prison’s top management and also to county officials. In the email, Sgt. Yolanda Holmes made numerous specific and generalized accusations […]
Delco DA Stollsteimer won’t help enforce immigration law on ‘peaceful’ illegal aliens
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer portrays himself as a law-and-order Democrat. But there are some laws — America’s laws against illegal immigration, for example — he refuses to enforce. “I am directing that CID (Criminal Investigation Division) staff are not to work with immigration officials to target for enforcement […]
Rutledge Mayor asks Delaware County Council to consider universal basic income
Even a modest stipend would create enormous questions of long-term funding for the cash-strapped county.
By Todd Shepherd
Richard Koenig: Mary Gay Scanlon flails against the Musk bogeyman
From time to time, I get missives from the office of Mary Gay Scanlon, a Democrat who represents me (in a manner of speaking) as the member in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District, which comprises a slice of Philadelphia and a fair expanse of its western […]
Letter to the editor: Action needed on voter rolls
I would like to begin my recounting of a deep dive into the Delaware County election process by describing the efforts we first made to curtail any potential 2024 election mishaps back in the beginning of August of this year. This first step was a thorough exploration of the existing […]
Local scientist and women’s advocate is a guest as Trump signs order outlawing boys in girls sports
Shannon Grady, a world class triathlete, sports scientist, and Delco native, advocated keeping boys and men out of girls and women’s sports long before it was the mainstream view. She appeared on a local TV program in 2021 and explained that Biden’s executive order was in direct conflict with Title […]
Delaware County prison officials issued questionable bonuses, records show
Delaware County prison officials seem to have broken their own rules for bonuses given to staff, as records show some employees of the George W. Hill Correctional Facility receiving thousands of dollars in bonuses even though they don’t appear to have met the criteria. The questionable bonuses, which the county […]
Beth Ann Rosica: Groundhog Day arrives early in Chester County
Groundhog Day arrived early in Chester County this year — two full days ahead of the typical February 2 date. Shortly after 4 p.m. on January 30, 2025, Jeanne Franklin, the county health director, launched a ridiculous defense of her indefensible decision to ban the volunteers at St. Agnes Church […]
Thom Nickels: Daniel P. Mannix and Peter the Python
The Mannix farm was a legendary place in an area that was then called Bacton Hill. It was known as such because it’s owner, Daniel P. Mannix, was known as an adventure writer who traveled the world with his wife, Jule Junker Mannix, in search of wild animals to bring […]
Beth Ann Rosica: ChesCo bureaucrats end hot meals for needy West Chester families
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?” Martin Luther King, Jr. posed that question to an audience in Montgomery, Alabama in 1957 — 68 years ago — and today, it still holds important meaning to many volunteers in our own communities. Dr. King, if […]
Bucks County let Falls Township supervisors slide on tens of thousands in unreported union donations
Bucks County has taken no action against two Falls Township supervisors concerning tens of thousands of campaign contributions they accepted from a labor union but failed to report, files show. The apparent violations of campaign-finance law – too many to be isolated mistakes – are so sweeping they blemish the […]
Budget fix or shell game? Delaware County’s $7.6M mystery
County finds millions to plug budget hole, but won’t say from where.
By Todd Shepherd
From The Editors: Delco takes important step of putting campaign finance filings online
Delaware County Council gets it right by putting campaign finance filings online.
State senator’s unannounced visit sparks debate over morale and management at Delco’s George W. Hill Prison
State Senator Anthony H. Williams, a Philadelphia Democrat whose district also includes part of Delaware County, voiced concerns about Delco’s George W. Hill Correctional Facility after he and other elected officials made an unannounced visit to the facility in early December. His concerns highlight the continuing friction between the prison’s […]
Central Bucks School Board members use Signal for official business, evading public disclosure laws
In its haste to hire a new solicitor and undo some of the policies of the previous Republican-led board, the Democratic majority board that took control of the Central Bucks School District (CBSD) in 2023 allegedly violated the Sunshine Act. That’s the contention of a lawsuit filed by residents John […]
Judge’s donations from campaign committee raise ethical issues and questions
A Chester County judge, shortly after she was sworn in on the bench, made donations from her own campaign finance committee to other political committees, a move that could be viewed by some as a conflict of interest — or at least as ethically questionable. Yet the judge, Fredda Lewis […]
Lange silences Willistown taxpayer despite Sunshine Act, gets sued
“Over the last several years, our board has been criticized for not being transparent on a variety of issues — everything from open space to the budget,” Willistown Township Board of Supervisors Chairman Bob Lange admitted at a December 16 board meeting. What he did next didn’t dispel the notion. […]