The county paid more for bond issuance than it had to. Who benefits?
By Todd Shepherd
Overview of pending lawsuits against Delaware County
With Delaware County’s proposed 23 percent tax increase set to be voted on this week, and with the county’s legal fees playing a role in that increase, Broad + Liberty is providing this overview of the many pending legal cases in which the county is involved. It is intended only […]
Delco stays silent on mystery $7.6 million that helped backfill 2025 proposed budget
The county’s numbers don’t add up.
By Todd Shepherd
Delco jail oversight board member also has millions of dollars in county contracts
One of the seats on the Delaware County Jail Oversight Board reserved for citizens is filled by a man who runs a behavioral health company that has made millions recently from county contracts. Brian Corson runs MPV Recovery, a local health care company that, according to its website “assists clients […]
Chester County Democrats and elected officials stay quiet about treasurer’s deceptions on résumé
Top Democratic elected officials in Chester County along with the party’s top brass are refusing to comment regarding County Treasurer Patricia Maisano (D), who for years has been peddling degrees that did not come from a rigorous, accredited institution of higher education, but rather was delivered by a diploma mill […]
Delaware County proposes 23% tax increase, one council member calls it a fiscal ‘crisis’
The budget also draws down the county’s rainy day fund to its lowest level in years.
By Todd Shepherd
Courts reject Chesco treasurer as expert medical witness, but don’t catch that her degrees are from diploma mill
The Chester County treasurer’s side gig of working as an expert witness in civil trials has been dealt substantial blows in the last three years, as her testimony has been excluded from two trials in which she was presumably paid by the plaintiffs to provide expert medical testimony. In at […]
Delaware County facing $76 million budget deficit — 28 percent tax increase proposed
The taxes would replace temporary federal funds that were used to pay for permanent spending increases.
By Todd Shepherd
New Pa. news outlet spends $1M-plus on Facebook political posts boosting Kamala Harris, local Democrats
An online news outlet open about its leftward partisan bias is also spending well over a million dollars this year on political Facebook posts boosting Democratic candidates like Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania auditor general candidate Malcolm Kenyatta, sometimes with advertisements that don’t even bother to link to any story produced […]
Controversy in Delco erupts after election board Dems approve last-minute voting centers
Delaware County election board member John McBlain has resigned, accusing the panel of rushing to add three “voter service centers” in deeply Democratic parts of the suburban Philadelphia county, something he said adds a blatant element of unfairness to the county’s election process. McBlain, the lone Republican on Delaware County’s […]