Wake up Radnor residents! Monday, October 28 it’s more tricks than treats on the schedule for the commissioners’ meeting at 6:30 PM. These commissioners with ONE exception do not know their arses from a hole in the wall. The one exception is Commissioner Jake Abel who had the courage of his convictions to say NO to eminent domain as Radnor Township’s arsehole purported “negotiation” tactic….with a church.
That “negotiation” tactic is eminent domain against Wayne Presbyterian Church because they had the temerity to want more money after faithfully renting their land to Radnor since circa 1954. That means they went decades without really wanting much more, correct ? I mean that’s really nice isn’t it?
But noooo, Radnor Commissioners, seemingly led on an eminent domain field trip by cranky unpleasant to the plurality commissioner with an odd looking pallor, Jack Larkin, who seems to have morphed into a cold unfeeling jerk who seems to wish to punish the world and why is that? Is his life outside of being a commissioner a little messy? And why does his bio at Radnor still say how many years later he is still at a certain law firm yet LinkedIn and elsewhere indicates somewhere else? Does he not want people to know about working for that billboard company?
Oh and Radnor and commissioners? I am entitled to my opinions.
I think potentially Radnor hasn’t been so sleazy since the days of Bashore, and I am not even sure most of these commissioners actually know what happened then because most of them seem to know so little about Radnor’s political and other history as in the past 30 – 40 years since that matters just as much as the historical origins of the township.
The board sat there at the last meeting and were kind of horrible to a church and their members. They all tried to say eminent domain is a “negotiation” tactic. It is not. It’s a greedy, nasty, bullsheit bully tactic. And the Wayne Business Association is supporting stealing from a church? If this happens you betcha a lot of people will boycott Wayne.
Radnor, I know first hand what eminent domain for private gain does to a community. I was part of a group that fought it until we won in Ardmore PA with the help of the Institute for Justice in Washington, DC. And this might be something that you try to couch as eminent domain for public purpose, but since you’re doing it really for the Wayne Business Association businesses, isn’t it really eminent domain for private gain? My opinion is it is. And actually, it doesn’t really matter what it is categorized as, it’s still wrong. That is the beginning and end of it.
And Wayne Presbyterian Church? The lawyer who you really want for this is Philip Rosenzweig. Phil is the one who as a newly elected commissioner wrote the resolution in Lower Merion to end eminent domain in Ardmore.
And Radnor residents, that’s the other thing that we at the Save Ardmore Coalition did because of the threat of eminent domain: we replaced half of the board of commissioners in one election cycle because of it.
Radnor residents you have the power you don’t use enough, and I suggest you get busy and replace some of these toadstools at your earliest opportunity. You deserve better commissioners and a better manager. Who would think after years like 2010, Radnor Township would find itself in odd situations again?
Oh and for those who live near the center of Wayne do you know to add insult to injury regarding the upcoming development involving that AT&T lot is also on the agenda? I mean, imagine the parking you might have available in Radnor in Wayne if this site was not going development? (Just sayin’)
So here’s the link to Radnor’s agenda:
The meeting starts on Monday, October 28h at 6:30 PM.
Stealing land from a church is just so ugly.
#StopTheSteal #NoEminentDomaininWayne
Thank you for bringing this to everyone’s attention. Everyone needs to negotiate in good faith.
There’s nothing good faith about using eminent domain as a negotiation tactic.