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the ballot question in east whiteland township.

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This November people in East Whiteland finally have a chance to get real change. There is a ballot question that is simply yes or no to add two more supervisors.

VOTE YES.

Please note East Whiteland or Great Valley whatever they call themselves Republicans are telling people to vote no. the Democrats? They’re not really taking a position, but they have the ballot question on their sample ballot.

What this comes down to is control. And neither party wants to lose control. If East Whiteland gets five total supervisors, people stand a good chance for the first time in years for balance and representation in all matters.

And maybe if East Whiteland get two more supervisors, we can clean house on staff that really shouldn’t be there.

Vote for the government you want, not what the political parties are telling you that you should do. Also, you need to ponder the point that perhaps both parties are for data centers.

Shame on the Republicans here, but can’t say I’m particularly surprised. They are quite limited in their thinking in this area.

remember when the mega warehouse stuff had to replace happy days farm in exton? why is it empty?

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It was a historic farm. Farmed until the bitter end. Part of a Penn Land Grant. But when Jack Bogle passed away, Vanguard which had bought the land at some point during his tenure, sold it….for development. Next is the old historic resource survey form, which seems to have disappeared from Pennsylvania websites?

So listen, if this had to be mega warehouses or whatever why is the whole site a ghost town? You can apparently just drive in and someone I know did that and sent the following video with this note:

Not one tire rub mark where truck drivers are always turning wheels hard leaving black marks. Not one oil drip. Pure virgin concrete.

Here, you look for yourselves:

So this begs the question which is a horrible thought and that is what else could this site be used for and does Uwchlan Township know or keep tabs on this? The sad fact of life is don’t you wish you could look at swaths of land like this and not worry it might someday become a freaking data center?

It’s a GHOST TOWN

https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/united-states/properties/for-lease/warehousedistribution/pa/exton/1130-pottstown-pike-bldg-1/s120199964s120201315-l

https://i76tradecenter.cushwakesites.com

Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?

Here are a couple of old Happy Days Farm posts to remind people what we lost:

not so happy days farms on route 100 near turnpike in exton (uwchlan township)
this used to be happy days farm…

dear “contest every race” and all democrats and republicans running for office.

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I really hate these text messages. Especially since I didn’t sign up for them and it’s an invasion.

They didn’t actually get a user-friendly version of me via text back. They got a blast just like Red Whiners and Blue. These groups can piss off.

When I was a Republican (until 2016) I was on do not solicit lists. I didn’t get emails, text messages, phone calls. When I tried to be a Democrat, I had to repeat the whole process. When I realized that both major parties were not for me and went to an Independent status, I’ve had to do it all over again and while the Republican Party has respected my do not call/do not text/do not contact them at all, I can’t say the same for Democrat groups. My husband who is also a registered Independent gets bombarded by both parties.

I can only say Democrat groups are being obnoxious with unwanted contact, I don’t know that it’s the entire party in PA with the lack of respect. This is the second one within about a week or so.

So to this group Contest Every Race which I never heard of before, can stick it where the sun don’t shine.

Here’s what I think: I don’t think any voter in Pennsylvania should be supporting candidates. I think the candidates should be supporting all of us against data centers.

I only know one politician for sure who is all about defending Pennsylvania against data centers and State Senator Katie Muth.

The others, regardless of party affiliation, I don’t necessarily know for sure. Well except for that guy who is running against State Representative Kristine Howard. His name is Joe Lewis. He is among other things, co-owner of a really good café in Wayne , Pennsylvania. And allow me to be clear, I am not endorsing Mr. Lewis, but he is literally the only person running for office besides Katie Muth who has stood up at a township meeting and basically say “What are you people doing?”

I have not heard another single candidate from either party do that. God knows the incumbents like Paul Friel, Danielle Friel Otten, Lisa Borowski, and Kristine Howard just to name a few are completely out of touch and have forgotten completely why and for whom they were elected. I have to wonder if they ever really knew if it is so easy to have selective political amnesia over data centers?

And I am very disappointed in the Democrats because they’re all lining up behind Josh Shapiro, who is data center happy.

Therefore, I think it is incumbent upon every politician running for office this November to actually really side with residents or get out of the way.

I just don’t know how else to say it other than plainly. We are fighting for our land, our property values, our water, our energy, our environment, and possibly our lives.

We need a full moratorium on data centers within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

I don’t want to hear any crap that we couldn’t look at Facebook, etc. etc. if they stopped building data centers. Newsflash to the idiots in the room is that those aren’t the kind of data centers they want to build. That is the bottom line.

So elected officials and politicians? What side of this issue do you want to be on? The right side or the wrong side?

Side with the people save us from what we haven’t asked for and don’t really need.

To all of the residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: you don’t have to support candidates with campaign donations when you need to fight for your right to exist. You tell anyone who wants your vote they need to earn your vote without your hard earned money. They need to roll up their sleeves and prove themselves.

Actions speak louder than words and I’m not seeing much out of Pennsylvania politicians with few exceptions.

If you are a politician at all running for OFFICE in Pennsylvania this November, even as an incumbent, if you can’t say no to data centers, people shouldn’t say yes to voting for any of you.

To the data center neighbors groups across Pennsylvania I have a simple message: if any of these politicians aren’t taking your side of the issue, they aren’t worth your time. Saying that they side with whatever Shapiro is shoveling is not anyone you want in office. Same with Marge Simpson, otherwise known as Stacey Garrity.

Our choices for governor are definitely lacking because of data centers, but we do have a say so the rest of the state and local races we are voting in.

Look carefully at the candidates and don’t just vote because they are your party or someone tells you to vote for them. Being an independent thinker is important here.

#NoDataCenters

#PeopleOverPolitics

#NoTimeForSheeple

is a great valley democrat east whiteland’s shadow cabinet?

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Screenshot from the very public and apparently not very updated. Chesco Democrats website.

Soooo. This is just a funny little post about wondering if Jerry Pyne is East Whiteland‘s shadow cabinet? I am just asking a question. I am not asserting that by design or anything else. It’s just he seems to insert himself often doesn’t he?

So he has an interesting history. He is now the past vice chair of the Chester County Democratic Committee. it’s actually embarrassing for them that he still shows up when you do a Google search as being Vice Chair because the current Vice Chair is Michelle Smith. and truly that is progress. I don’t always agree with her, but I know she does her best and does her homework and has honor. That is also not saying I have anything to do with this because really my opinion doesn’t matter to them. It’s just an opinion.

Anywhoo, Jerry reared his head and sometimes ruddy complexion when East Whiteland residents were gathering signatures to get the question on the ballot of should East Whiteland Township go to five supervisors.

See there’s Gerry directing opinion traffic or trying to.

Jerry likes to mansplain from what I’m told, but he was practically rabid about this not making the fall ballot wasn’t he? And I am sure he is working feverishly to make sure people don’t vote for this yes?

I never actually realized until this morning that he lives in East Whiteland. I thought he lived over the border in Charlestown for some reason but I guess that’s where the other crazy Jerry lives who is the Republican? It’s easy to get them mixed up because they are a type and there’s one from each party in such close proximity to one another right?

Jerry is a committee person for the Great Valley Democrats. His patch is Peoples Light and he is in the first precinct.

This morning, I was chatting with a friend who is a prodigious reader of meeting minutes of multiple municipalities. Truly a research marvel. So she says to me, do you know who your vacancy board person is in your township? And I said no, why?

Then I got the following screenshot:

Oh, and here’s the link in case anyone thinks I’m making it up:

East Whiteland 2026 Reorg.

And there he is Mr. Vacancy Board 2026! I wonder if he has a pretty sash like a prom queen or beauty pageant winner?

Anyway, what does that mean for the rest of us mere mortals ? Simple. If someone resigns or is removed from office or takes a leave of absence or is incapacitated in any manner he’s the guy that gets called up for tied votes. He’s a vote tie breaker.

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1933/0/0069..htm

Legally, however, he cannot vote himself to be a more permanent supervisor of the board in a situation. The purpose of this position is in part to decide upon a replacement Supervisor should a Supervisor position become vacant. It’s kind of important and people often overlook this spot in township government, myself included. honestly I had forgotten about the position.

It is mostly succinctly put an often overlooked but influential and important position.

https://www.palegis.us/statutes/unconsolidated/law-information/view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=2017&ActNum=0016.&SessInd=0

And what would happen if he somehow came in via the vacancy board while this data center is still being decided?

Another valid question yes?

So he doesn’t want five supervisors as he loses his power right? He doesn’t want five supervisors because he loves data centers doesn’t he? I mean, shall we recall that email that recently surfaced in a voluminous right to know?

Allow me:

That is from 2023 and he was pushing data centers because his excuse? Didn’t want to appear business unfriendly correct?

Now the backup generation they were talking about at the time if I’m not mistaken, was the failed attempt at getting a hydrogen hub immediately over the township borders into West Whiteland with samey same developer yes?

How to Shut Down a Dirty Blue Hydrogen Project

Ahhh yes.

So I have a hypothesis and I’m going to ask another question. Does Jerry Pyne want to be a supervisor eventually in East Whiteland? This is easy way to get noticed via the back door if you are like the vacancy board person or appointed by the vacancy board because someone steps down or leaves or whatever?

That snake is not too subtle in this patch of grass IMHO so people need to keep an eye on him and this is yet another reason why we need to vote for five supervisors on the fall ballot.

Duplicitous is as duplicitous does?

Time will tell but right now I just have questions do any of you?

Life is very interesting right now.

Life is also not a conspiracy theory until suddenly it feels like one. Seeing that guy’s name next to vacancy board doesn’t help though does it?

and the (political) bullies roll into east whiteland township…oh wait they live here in some cases, don’t they?

as the data center turns in east whiteland

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Oh East Whiteland Township climb up out of the twisted rabbit hole you seem trapped in by choice would you please? I mean does anyone want another Bishop Tube situation? You know that site that is never cleaned up yet the plan(s) keep getting the kick the can down the road treatment for how many years now?

So the other day I popped up a telling email from East Whiteland:

new data center math in east whiteland?

So then I saw this from East Whiteland which must have come out around the same time?

So let’s ponder this.

Let’s chat cap ok?

Isn’t the entire point of a cap to keep the contaminated soil in place? Grading up the land to make it equal to the cap completely ruins the point and the groundwater and storm water run off is going to infiltrate the cap isn’t it?

And maybe they aren’t digging on the cap but isn’t any kind of soil disturbance no bueno? You know like the tire tracks and where they are seen?

And then there is this letter:

I guess I just don’t understand what East Whiteland doesn’t understand, do you? Hope those politicians are enjoying their Waterloo right?

The next meeting is Wednesday, September 9 at 6:30PM at the East Whiteland Township Building (209 Conestoga Road, Frazer PA.) They did not get a bigger space, so pack the room and Zoom.

They will undoubtedly tell everyone that they should not express how they feel if it’s the same as the person before or after. That’s wrong. You have a legal right to express yourself politely.

They will say non residents can’t talk. Also not legally true is it?

They will also probably once again subvert the public record and violate sunshine by cutting out room reactions, comments from the audience, and public deliberations and they can’t do that either can they? (I have now emailed twice about this issue and have received no response.)

Also pay close attention to the public meeting minutes. They are cherry picking reporting who is commenting. Look at July 8 minutes for example- it is like State Senator Katie Muth was never there among others isn’t it?

And has East Whiteland or the data center developer ever said where soil, and fluids, and debris goes specifically? Foote Mineral is still an EPA site after all isn’t it?

IMHO East Whiteland is delaminating and residents are the losers aren’t they?

#packtheroom

narberth? we have questions….

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There’s good old Maggie Dobbs above. She is the current manager of Narberth Borough. I say current manager because they tend to change with the seasons or with fashion trends or something, right?

Her assistant manager is one Emily Pisano formerly of Chadds Ford Township and West Chester Borough with an original background in fashion.

Maybe Emily can give Maggie some fashion tips, right? So Maggie showed up in a post I wrote about manager merry go round in Narberth a while back.

how are things in glocca morra…err narberth?

I started wondering about Miss Maggie again because frankly, Narberth is SUCH a mess isn’t it?

I found her in a podcast…led by the current Lower Merion Township Manager who is like 12.

https://podcasts.musixmatch.com/podcast/pcc-local-time-01hskcbcfd7xdcvvepfy4js3hb/episode/finding-your-place-why-boroughs-demand-everything-01kj98jte8mssv3qj8qt70d36b

Finding Your Place: Why Boroughs Demand Everything. A conversation with Maggie Dobbs

Part of the podcast description caught my eye:

Maggie Dobbs is a trained city planner (Rutgers) who spent a decade writing comprehensive plans across Montgomery County before stepping into her current role as Borough Manager of Narberth, Pennsylvania, a half-square-mile community tucked inside Lower Merion Township just outside of Philadelphia. She arrived after a period of leadership turnover. What she found was not a small job. It was a dense one.

Host Brandon Ford and co-host Nancy Hesshave a wide ranging conversation with Maggie that moves through the real experience of borough management: the math of running a full municipal government — police, public works, library, eleven miles of road — with fifteen people and a fraction of a township’s budget; the intimacy that makes boroughs special and the same intimacy that makes criticism land close to the heart; and the reality that wearing every hat in the building demands more knowledge, not less, than specializing in a larger organization.

Hmmm first question: does Narberth Borough approve these outside activities? Or Lower Merion Township for that matter because Brandon Ford is the assistant township manager there right?

Next question: who is this PR stunt really for? Maggie Dobbs or Narberth? I ask because Maggie doesn’t seem to stay places long term does she?

Here’s a salary tracker:

https://govsalaries.com/search?state=pennsylvania&employee=Margaret%20Dobbs

In this podcast which I encourage everyone to listen to they further remark in the podcast comments:

Maggie is candid about walking into a community that had cycled through five managers in four years, what it took to steady that ship, and why her focus is on building standard operating procedures so the day-to-day can run itself. Along the way, the crew explores Narberth’s housing story

https://www.sabinecoalition.com/

So her waxing poetic about this little hot mess of a borough is amusing since The Sabine Coalition exists to protect a park from residential development yes? And there are even more issues brewing in South Narberth, right?

https://ournarberth.com/about/

So yeah Narberth beyond the fluff and circumstance what is going on? Like who is the police chief?

(PS it’s a park)

no more bryn mawr courts: it’s all demolished.

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new data center math in east whiteland?

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Still contaminated right? Soooo
excavating 5,000,000 cubic feet total? Does this mean they’re building up 10ft to get to the 20ft basement? Is that new math for data centers?

Next question where did they put the soil in the debris they removed from this site?

Sooo many questions.

east whiteland united….see you on september 9th!

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East Whiteland United
Neighbors, friends, and community — standing together

https://eastwhitelandunited.com

See you on September 9th! (visit the East Whiteland United website for more information!)

got warehouse potential… in tredyffrin?

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Soooo. There is always something going on in Tredyffrn or somethings going on and they love to fly below the radar. And oh now if you want paperwork etc on some proposed plan on the website apparently you have to file a right to know? Some cockamamie thing about bots an malicious actors? Very Law & Order of them oui?

**Due to recent incidents of scam emails targeting Planning Commission applicants, the Township will no longer provide direct links to application materials, plans and review documents on the agenda posted to our website. All requests for application materials, plans and review documents must be submitted through a Right-to-Know request. This change is intended to protect applicant information and prevent unauthorized access by automated bots or malicious actors.

See that screenshot immediately above this typed line? Message received less than an hour ago.

Hmmm…

So I went searching:

https://www.tredyffrin.org/files/assets/township/v/2/document-central/meeting-agendas/zoning-hearing-board-agendas/2026-zhb-agendas/08272026-zhb-agenda-revised.pdf

Special exception. I thought this site was for an office building originally?

See: https://www.675masstimber.com/

I found that via the Equus website and I have to ask what are the Halloween costumes like for this company? (Equus was a 1973 play by Peter Shaffer, about a child psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses. Equus is also a Latin word for “horse”.)

https://www.tredyffrin.org/files/assets/township/v/1/document-central/meeting-agendas/planning-commission-agendas/2026-pc-agendas/08202026-planning-commission-agenda.pdf

https://www.tredyffrin.org/files/assets/township/v/1/document-central/meeting-agendas/zoning-hearing-board-agendas/2026-zhb-agendas/02262026-zhb-agenda.pdf

So this developer or commercial real estate concern is a pretty big outfit and they have stuff all over. They seem pretty quiet and they just do their thing. They have owned this 10+ acre property since 2019.

At first it seemed this would be office space. But now, they want to be warehouse space? But they need a special exception? And it is kind of next door to an overpriced townshomey kind of place called “Wayne Glen”?

Savvy Main Line in 2018 briefly mentioned 675 Swedesford when talking about ‘Wayne Glen” beginning construction:

Another Wayne Glen neighbor is still on the drawing board. If township approvals come through, Equus Capital Partners will build a rather unique five-story office building on Swedesford Road next year. Constructed from mass timber, it would be built entirely on spec (no signed tenants).

But now warehouses? Does anyone really think a new development with high-ish price stickers will want to be next door to a warehouse? I found a current real estate resale listing for a place in this development. Listed a handful of days ago at $895,00.

https://www.homes.com/property/164-rehoboth-rd-wayne-pa/szfs4kvynevfn

Warehouses are the new townhouse or condo or apartment building IMHO. What will this warehouse be used for? Could it be a gateway to a data center? Those are questions that have to be asked. It’s not bein paranoid, look no further than Limerick. The demolished Hood Mansion a historic asset that was on the Underground Railroad for a warehouse and now it’s a data center plan site is it not?

Shocker Tredyffrin, once again your slip is showing. Maybe you all wish to talk about this? Especially with that development next door?

I have no horse in this race, so Tredyffrin residents if interested will have to go ask questions at meetings, but warehouses? How many of those does any are need next to residential?

It’s a fair question.