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Government Spending

B+L Investigates

Delco stays silent on mystery $7.6 million that helped backfill 2025 proposed budget

December 9, 2024December 9, 2024
Todd Shepherd
2

The county’s numbers don’t add up.
By Todd Shepherd

Tax

Delaware County proposes 23% tax increase, one council member calls it a fiscal ‘crisis’

December 3, 2024December 4, 2024
Todd Shepherd
2

The budget also draws down the county’s rainy day fund to its lowest level in years.

By Todd Shepherd

Tax

Delaware County facing $76 million budget deficit — 28 percent tax increase proposed

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024
Todd Shepherd
19

The taxes would replace temporary federal funds that were used to pay for permanent spending increases.
By Todd Shepherd

Government

Wally Nunn: You can’t make this stuff up

August 14, 2024August 14, 2024
Wally Nunn
2

Truth is stranger than fiction in Delco Dems’ financial mismanagement.
By Wally Nunn

Government

Rep. Seth Grove: Deficits have consequences

August 12, 2024August 11, 2024
Seth Grove
1

When Governor Josh Shapiro was sworn into office in January 2023, he inherited a Commonwealth with an $8 billion surplus. […]

Government

Delaware County’s spending on third-party attorneys now over $4.5 million

July 30, 2024August 5, 2024
Todd Shepherd
4

The $4.5 million in spending on outside attorneys is eleven times higher than the same category of spending in 2019 — the last year Republicans had majority control of the council.

Politics

Guy Ciarrocchi: The Democrats’ Oprah strategy

June 25, 2024June 27, 2024
Guy Ciarrocchi
11

Giving away trillions to buy reelection — bribing us with our own money.
By Guy Ciarrocchi

Municipal Government

Judge halts Upper Darby ARPA spending changes

June 20, 2024June 20, 2024
Brad Vasoli

Confusion surrounding the correct appropriations of federal funds has been a longstanding problem for the township.
By Brad Vasoli

Government

Rep. Rob Mercuri: Returning surplus funds to taxpayers promotes growth and fiscal responsibility 

June 18, 2024August 29, 2024
Rep. Rob Mercuri
5

Surplus funds tempt governments to spend more. A better solution: return excess taxes to the people.
By Rep. Rob Mercuri

The Economy

Guy Ciarrocchi: ‘Greedflation’ and other tall tales

April 22, 2024April 26, 2024
Guy Ciarrocchi
11

Casey, Biden, and Democrats never accept blame for the harm they cause.
By Guy Ciarrocchi

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Op-Ed

Thom Nickels: “Wilderness Generation” balances comedy and confrontation

Thom Nickels: “Wilderness Generation” balances comedy and confrontation

schedule May 01 2026
ink_pen Thom Nickels

Sometimes it’s good to be proven wrong.

By Thom Nickels

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