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hey west vincent supervisors: you o.k. with residents paying for utter horse sheit?

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So as I hinted this morning, in the-let’s-harass-former-female-employees-and-residents of it all in West Vincent there is an update. Mind you I am allowed to have my opinions on what this township is doing and what the elected officials are ALLOWING.

So this happened:

So….West Vincent blinked? I wondered if this was the direction it was headed when I saw on October 1st that the drooling idiots over in West Vincent miraculously realized that they had access to their Instagram account or accounts?

MMMkay, so then this gem this afternoon:

First of all, they are STILL misspelling her name. And she is not jut a former employee, she lives in the township (but I digress.) But what do we expect from Tommy Ryan who posted it?

https://westvincenttwp.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/FP-statement.pdf

Is this the equivalent of a “I did not murder my wife” eulogy at a funeral or something? I mean READ IT.

https://westvincenttwp.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/FP-statement.pdf

STATEMENT OF WEST VINCENT TOWNSHIP AS TO THE TOWNSHIP OWNED FACEBOOK PAGE

On August 5, 2025, Christina Casey’s employment with West Vincent Township was terminated.

As is commonly done when employment is separated, the Township immediately worked to close or update Township business accounts that were created by, controlled by, or in the name of Ms. Casey. This included accounts with various State agencies, Amazon, Zoom, and others, including Facebook.

In the weeks to follow Ms. Casey did not assist the Township in its efforts to regain control of the Township’s official Facebook page, even though she remained an Administrator of the Facebook page.

On September 23, 2025, seven weeks after her termination, Ms. Casey retained access to the Township Facebook page and deleted information about a road resurfacing project.

The Township then began its efforts to work with Meta (the owner of Facebook) to remove Ms. Casey as administrator of the Township Facebook page. The Township’s efforts through Meta have been unsuccessful.

In January 2026 Ms. Casey stated she had transferred administrative authorizations to Township staff on two occasions – January 2 and January 15. The Township engaged a third-party IT consultant to review the Township’s email system and all available Facebook settings, and on January 16, 2026, the consultant reported that no evidence of administrative authorizations having been transmitted to the Township was found.

Still unable to access its Facebook page, the Township inquired again of Ms. Casey through her attorney to gain access. In response, on April 29, 2026, counsel for Ms. Casey stated his client had “no further interest to attempt to assist the Township”. Ms. Casey took this position even though she remained the Administrator of the West Vincent Township Facebook page.

With all avenues to access the Facebook page exhausted, the Township sought the help of the court system. On September 3, 2026, the Township filed a Complaint in Equity and a Petition for Preliminary Injunction to ask the court to compel Ms. Casey’s cooperation. In response to the Township’s legal filings, the Township learned for the first time that her role as Administrator was removed on June 30, 2026.

Consequently, because Ms. Casey is no longer an Administrator of the Township Facebook page, she presently can be of no help to the Township, and the Township has now withdrawn its Petition for Preliminary Injunction against Ms. Casey.

The Township’s Facebook page is vitally important to the Township administration in allowing the Township to communicate with its followers to provide needed information about Township events. The Township has started a new Facebook page – WestVincentTownshipPA – and directs the followers of the original Township Facebook page to this new page.

date: October 7, 2026

Can I just say it out loud and not in my head? That West Vincent Manager Tommy Ryan is a freak and an idiot? I have other more pejorative and aptly descriptive curse words I would love to apply, but don’t wish to be rude to my readers.

If Facebook is so “vitally important” he should have learned how to use it while Kristina was still employed, yes?

And point of fact: Kristina did indeed try to assist with turning the page over to someone, hell anyone else in West Vincent, and that manager was TOO DUMB TO FIGURE IT OUT.

I guess there was no mansplaination available or they were out of Facebook For Dummies?

Yes except for real there is a REAL book, and this is latest edition and can be purchased on Amazon.

So basically, Manager Tommy Ryan says he initiated court proceedings because he didn’t know how to use Facebook? And the West Vincent Township Stupidvisors are ok with him doing this to a woman who used to be a employee and is a resident and taxpayer? Ok I can’t hold back…. are you f-cking kidding me right now?

West Vincent is known for the ridiculous, but this is astounding. And also very wrong. West Vincent Supervisors might as well just say they condone harassing their employees and residents.

And here is what I think they should do (but won’t): fire the manager and current solicitor. I do not know how much that solicitor has billed but that manager? $160K a year to harass a woman because of his own lack of knowledge and inability to admit he screwed up?

Here is what I think about the stupidvisors:

Chair Dana Allen: Weak, always looks like she is going to cry but is that because she constantly gets cut off and mansplained to by staff? Whatever the case may be, she is a WOMAN and has as chair allowed this to happen to ANOTHER WOMAN so she should RESIGN.

Vice Chair Bernie Couris: given his health issues which are no joke, he should have left the party quite a while ago. As it stands, he literally looks like he is in a stupor at every meeting. I would say he was an enlightened Democrat but at the end of the day he’s just a typical West Conshy former Republican politician and should also RESIGN. My opinion is he no longer gives a sheit, can’t you agree?

Then there is the new guy. His name is Sean Clark and he says almost nothing and is rumored to have taken a supervisor’s gig because he wants to steppingstone to a higher office which is probably why he doesn’t do much other than take up space, right? Well at least one of his kids is a girl so if he’s ok with a woman being treated by the township where he is an elected official and sworn to take care of his constituents no matter their sex, age, race, or gender then he deserves to be haunted into a very brief political career yes?

Here is the stuff from the docket:

Here is what Kristina had to say this afternoon:

Last word? I want people to let others know if West Vincent’s Fakebook page censors anyone in any way.

And residents need to start going to meetings. None of you should find your hard earned tax dollars being spent on utter bullsheit like this. But then again, this is a township where many of the residents don’t really think they deserve better do they?

Carry on.

welcome to west vincent, and can SOMEONE give them social media lessons and save the taxpayers money? is this now a malicious municipality?

radnor township wants to ruin downtown wayne

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I’m about to share the verbiage on a petition that the Wayne Business Association is circulating on behalf of Wayne business owners, property owners, and Radnor Township residents. If you are in any of these categories, please contact them to sign.

Radnor Township has done some
screwy things in recent past (like the Radnor commissioners and specifically commissioner Jack Larkin threatening a church in Wayne with them eminent domain over parking, and then attempting eminent domain poorly with Valley Forge Military Academy until one of their lawyers came calling at a meeting) but this takes the cake.

Essentially, they want to Lower Merion downtown Wayne (think Schauffele Plaza attempts every few years)

What does this mean? Essentially, they want to take a significant portion of valuable parking and turn it in to a fakakta pocket park. Do they forget about across Route 30 from this and down further east is a pocket park that no one uses now? And it was a little plot of land that former disgusting commissioner Bill Spingler had Radnor purchase. It was turned into a pocket park that no one uses. Also not the only one they don’t use. I will further note that Radnor now does not sufficiently care for all of the parks they own and for example when there’s a problem with a tree most places, do they try to treat it or keep on top of regular pruning? Or is it they just take the trees down?

I don’t know about you, but I think twice about going to downtown Wayne now just like downtown Ardmore and why?

Simple: parking.

This is not what the businesses nor residents need and this is somebody’s vanity project. I don’t know if it’s that stupid commissioner Cathy Agnew or the collective of them.

It’s not just the space they would lose for parking, it’s also common sense like the circulation in and out of these parking lots they want to mess with. I have to wonder if Septa has any thoughts about this not that they’re particularly intelligent these days.

I will note that when I go through Wayne on the way to Penn Medecine, that all the little North Wayne neighborhoods are packed with cars for the train and shopping already.

This is another bad plan for Radnor and it really needs to be stopped. Residents and businesses need to lawyer up. Someone like Phil Rosenzweig or from his firm. I don’t work for the man, but I do know the man and he works for people, not local governments.

📌 Support of WBA Statement| Signature Appreciated
THIS LETTER IS TO BE SENT TO THE RADNOR TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONERS. IT IS FROM THE WAYNE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION(WBA)

The WBA requests support from the local business community by providing your name and email on this form.


Dear Commissioners,
The WBA is writing to convey (and reiterate) our thoughts regarding the proposed parklet/public space on North Wayne Ave. After a meeting with commissioners to review the proposed plans / Q&A session; attending the public Board of Commissioners meeting; and subsequent review of the draft Wayne BOD Master Plan, we wanted to memorialize our understanding of the direction going forward.

The business owners on North Wayne Ave and the members that have signed the attached support letter are in consensus that the public space should be designed with the flexibility to allow egress to the N Wayne Ave parking lot, and to accommodate parking when the Wayne Commons does not have an event programmed which would require closing off the area to traffic and parking.

As was expressed during public comment, daytime use of this area for ingress/egress and parking is essential to the businesses on North Wayne Ave. and our understanding (after the BOC meeting) is that this will be accommodated in the design. These shop owners have significant investments on the street and are already operating under difficult conditions, maintaining convenience for their customers is extremely important. We do support the beautification and redesign of the space for public events but feel that it will cause more problems than its worth to have this blocked to traffic and parking when not in use with scheduled “formal programming”. We also support the notion that designing and constructing this area to the full scope will be better received by the businesses and community if it is planned with this flexibility in mind.

We are interested in having a role in the planning and discussion of this project and have a voice in its program and execution. The WBA values it relationship with the Township and we look forward to working together to continue to better our beautiful town.

Wayne Business Association📌

You can read about this project in Savvy:

Park vs. Parking: Radnor Commissioners set to vote on North Wayne Ave. ‘parklet’ plan
Radnor officials approve Wayne business district parking lot plan

This is a crappy vanity project. It will come at the expense of small businesses, property owners, and residents.

Radnor Township is a Home Rule Charter municipality. When is the last time residents gathered together to find out if they were actually following what they were supposed to be doing? I asked that question because their neighbors in Tredyffrin are also Home Rule Charter and they don’t seem to be doing what they’re supposed to be doing, do they?

Wayne is actually a walkable community and I think they’re about to ruin it. Please support the businesses in Wayne and the residents in North Wayne. This is plain and simple an Emperor’s New Clothes plan.

https://www.avisionforwayne.com/resources#presentations

Click to access Wayne+MP+-+BOC+Kick+Off.pdf

https://www.avisionforwayne.com/

welcome to west vincent, and can SOMEONE give them social media lessons and save the taxpayers money? is this now a malicious municipality?

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I thought West Vincent seemed quiet, which made me think they were cooking up crazy. Well yep. There is a court docket. It’s welcome to crazy town that they filed against a former employee so when this is all done and dusted will this just be plain old harassment of some sort? I don’t know which is why I am asking the question.

Another question: if something was filed September 3rd, wouldn’t it have been referred to obliquely as an executive session item at their most recent meeting which was September 21st, 2026? Here you listen to the snippet where it was mentioned that there were NO executive session anythings from Chairwoman Bobblehead:

Yeah nothing and really strange, right?

Went back to August. Mention of something “potential” and “township property” but no mention of PROCEEDING with anything or did I miss something? You listen:

Imagine my surprise when this popped up:

Say what?

So yeah, a filing:

West Vincent filingDownload

Read it. It’s bananas and if you are a West Vincent resident and/or pay any kind of taxes YOU are paying for some pretty amazing bullsheit in my humble opinion.

Your eyes do not deceive you….the manager and solicitor of west Vincent Township are trying to sue Kristina Casey, former employee (township secretary? assistant township secretary?) over a Facebook Page she is no longer part of and an Instagram page she was never part of. By “part of” I mean specifically administrator.

This fuckatorymagnimus has been going on for what? 14 or 15 months?

Let’s recap:

When Ms. Casey worked for the township, a Facebook page was created for West Vincent Township because well they were among the few that doesn’t have one:

It had 1700 or so followers.

So how do you create a Facebook page? Under your personal profile. Then after creation you can add other admins and moderators.

When Ms. Casey was leaving West Vincent as far as I can tell she wanted to TURN THE PAGE OVER TO SOMEONE ELSE IN FREAKING WEST VINCENT TOWNSHIP TO RUN, right? Never happened. And apparently at first world genius and Manager Tommy Ryan didn’t have a Facebook page.

Then all this Who Shot John (one of my late PA German grandmother’s favorite phrases) started and Ms. Casey kept repeating that she WANTED to turn it over but someone has to ACCEPT it.

Here are some screenshots:

Yeah ummmm okayyyy. And over the course of the time that has passed since Ms. Casey left and now it has been crazy town right? Some kind of private investigator on the township dime? But my favorite was township manager wanting the PASSWORD to the Facebook Page.

Umm hello? Not how it works. When you set up a page, there is an underlying individual Facebook profile but that account’s password belongs to the individual with the individual Facebook profile. When a Facebook page changes hands, it goes under someone else’s individual Facebook profile and they already have their own password….they don’t get Ms. Casey’s password…that would be against Meta rules and possibly illegal right?

Wait let me back up to the investigator who was also hired to sweep….wait for it…West Vincent Township for bugs. How very MI5 CIA of Tommy Ryan, right?

For real:

Real Twilight zone stuff right? Meanwhile Mr. Dopey Manager Dude gets a Facebook profile for himself with a West Vincent logo and a new Facebook page linked to some Instagram page:

And then I found this and have zero clue what that is about:

West Vincent also has an Instagram page…excuse me TWO Instagram pages….set up by someone else:

I asked around and apparently that person set one up a few years ago before Ms. Casey was employed. Seems like this woman who also is no longer at West Vincent must have lost her password, and started a second Instagram page. Her name is Maria. But none of this is something Ms. Casey has access to, so they seriously think she needs to give them control of this account or something? Whose on first here??? Why don’t they just talk to the Maria lady?

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS TOWNSHIP. I also do not understand why and how west Vincent Supervisors are OK with all of this? I mean don’t the supervisors know how Facebook works? I am only sharing two profile screenshots because the new guy has a photo of his kid for a profile photo.

This is bananas and what is WRONG with this manager?? Are the civil rights of Kristina Casey being violated? Isn’t this like she being persecuted most unfairly?

Good lord residents of West Vincent Township are you paying for this? If so, any single one of you could be next and why is this dude a manager? Once upon a time the question was asked if the state needed to come in and manage this township, makes a body wonder if they should be invited to, doesn’t it?

Please note this post is brought to you by the First Amendment and what is publicly available. And make sure you like and follow the NEW West Vincent Facebook page for drivel. I think at the end of the day ol’ Tommy wants to be adored even if that would be a cold dark day in hell?

oh ok, the current west vincent township manager and that federal law suit from east cocalico which seems to have reactivated and other curiosities….as the west vincent turns lives large, eh?

political meme season is utterly delightful

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And I know she’s not the sharpest tool in the drawer, so they need to point out to her that she’s a politician and fair game and everyone can mock her.

oh melissa, you are such an easy november NO….

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I suppose next time Dicranian will run for Governor? She is failing all the way up the political food chain so it makes sense right?

Send this runs for everything Screaming Mimi packing…again.

She doesn’t show up at any meetings, she doesn’t participate anywhere anyone can find in the community, she doesn’t support ANY of the residents against data centers and thinks brownfields AKA Superfund sites are ok for data centers?

Yeah mmkay and bye 👋 girl. (and in case Republicans in Pennsylvania wonder why they can’t win more races look no further than this candidate.)

Say NO to Melissa Dicranian again this November.

#NOpsychosFORsenate

really tredyffrin?

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This morning so far, one utterly unsolicited email to Tredyffrin Township saying the Vice Chair etc owe ME an apology for violating my First Amendment Rights. I have permission to share. And NO I have not solicited such an email but I appreciate it for the kindness…and truth. They do also owe an apology on their behavior last night in general and not just to me. And someone should tell that local guy it was very little man of him to bring his dog and pony show as far as personal animus towards me and another resident to the meeting. For a guy worried about what is appropriate and fair, that was anything but.

Also this is not the first time a Tredyffrin supervisor or supervisors have pulled shenanigans similar to this. And last time it was a now former Republican supervisor. This wasn’t towards me but it was towards another blogger who was also a resident.

This event last evening was the public hearing over Mount Pleasant.

Of course after the meeting the Vice Chair Sharon Humble took to Facebook to continue her Joan of Arc of Tredyffrin against the evil blogger routine. She seems a little obsessed doesn’t she? I mean is this really the best use of her time? Do her residents actually wish she was as attentive to other things as she is to trash talking me? Oh and she is a fluffy cloud loving Tredyffrin Democrat no less? I mean I could just tell her to shut up or remove her, but her keyboard warrior mode is well interesting isn’t it?

What happened was last night the Vice Chair of Tredyffrin Township Sharon Humble throws this blog, me, and RESIDENTS under the bus about Mount Pleasant problems with student rentals and IMHO Supervisor Carlotta Johnston Pugh tagged along. Careful Sharon Humble you are a politician (as is Carlotta Johnston Pugh) and if you were so caring or however you have phrased it these issues would not have to be addressed again now. And are you also saying that 6ABC lied? Or NBC10? Or the Philadelphia Inquirer? Or Main Line Media News years ago?

This has been going on for YEARS. You see I remember how people had to fight to get the initial student housing ordinance. And IMHO why it happened it all was residents from more affluent neighborhoods showed up because back then some had these houses pop up next door to them all of a sudden and why? Because at that point back in the day Tredyffrin knew there were issues, but had never dealt with them, correct?

NO ONE has ever said ALL off campus students are bad EVER. But we have said that you Tredyffrin pretty much sucks on this issue (and others) and why? Because they have allowed the issues haven’t you?

In my opinion, this township hides behind the word grandfathered as in student houses are grandfathered in the area known as Mount Pleasant. So this area also has the largest concentration of student rentals I think in that entire township unless I’m mistaken? This has literally been going on for decades, and even when they got the first student housing ordinance you still have these houses where they go way over the occupancy limit for example. I’m sure a lot of of that has to do with the amount of rent being charged for students to rent the houses. And while no one has ever said, all student housing rentals are bad in this area, there is a total disregard for the people who have lived there in some cases, their entire lives. Like you can’t help but wonder if there had been more basic enforcement actions when neighbors have called over the years. Would they even be looking at this today? And the history of this particular area is very important and more of it seems to disappear day by day because they’re also the issues of predatory development where houses are being bought and land cleared and big expensive jammed in new construction etc. going in.

So there you have it. If I am told I can share the email, I will. And again, it was not solicited in any way. Thank you all for your kind words on this issue.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/chester-county-villanova-cabrini-student-housing-20260512.html

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/villanova-expansion-cabrini-campus-pennsylvania/4402341

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?

do they think we are all stupid?

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So there is this group called Red Wine, and Blue. I picture them sitting around, whining as they’re wining.

I didn’t even know who or what they were until I think it was a few months ago now. Somehow they got a hold of both my email and my cell phone. I do not give my cell phone out and basically until them I had managed to remove myself from all solicitation lists from both political parties.

My political journey is no secret. I was a registered Republican until 2016. I could not stomach being a Republican when someone became the nominee. I had always been an inveterate ticket splitter my entire life and at that point in time I didn’t want to give up the primaries so I became a registered Democrat.

By 2016 I had been voting more for more Democrat candidates than Republican candidates. I always look at the candidates as individual people I don’t vote because a political party has told me that is what I am supposed to do.

Truthfully, that has been a turn off since the Lower Merion Democrats shenanigans during the early days of eminent domain for private gain in Ardmore. So this one Election Day a friend and I were standing on the sidewalk in front of St. Mary’s Church in Ardmore with other people (it was a poll location back then I assume it still is today), and we watched this Democrat committee woman from South Ardmore come up to this little old lady and tell her not to talk to any of us. This lady had been speaking to us and was looking at our flyer that they would take her into the polls and she could vote the way they told her to.

Anyway, I think I have told five different people from this organization either via email or text message to not contact me. Today they worked their last nerve and I will share the conversation which centered around all of the PA Democrats ignoring their constituents and communities about data centers or fibbing about the topic, but first I will share why what this woman is saying is BS.

See their priorities list for 2026:

Priorities

RWB woman who phoned named “Sherry” said they lobbied in Harrisburg against data centers? When was that? The Conservation Voters lobby day was for the bullshit bills.

Do you see data centers on there as a priority for protecting Pennsylvania residents? I don’t.

I wouldn’t exactly say that RWB has been “out front on the issue all year” except maybe to use it to promote Democrats? But that’s not the same as working to stop projects and toward a statewide moratorium which is what we need isn’t it?

Maybe she’s referring to the BS bills that were being put forward instead of a moratorium?

Does this organization do some good work? I am told yes. But I really hate the parties and legislators and organizations using this data center issue just for campaigning when they aren’t actually doing anything to protect communities and the environment from this don’t you?

And even worse… they are helping Democrats give the illusion of doing something when they’re not. So they are working against efforts to hold Democrats and Republicans alike accountable and allowing this greenwashing.

Many are of the opinion (and I agree) that the really “big”Green groups like Sierra Club, NRDC, PEC, Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania, Penn Future have a history of compromising in order to have a seat at the table in Harrisburg. I am entitled to that opinion incidentally. 

There is only one big group that doesn’t compromise and that’s Food and Water Watch and other groups like The Delaware Riverkeeper Network. When those people speak with you, you know they are with you and they stand beside you. They don’t compromise.

Even more important is the issue with data centers is not a red or blue issue. This is about human rights. Now, a friend of mine, who believes in this aspect also said to me when we were discussing this today, the following:

I often find that human rights never seems to be of concern to anyone. So I change everything to an economic argument.

In no way is this even economical:

1. The costs to local townships from health and environment from the adverse impacts exceed tax revenue

2. The data center tech is already obsolete. It’s like trying to sell the original IBM main frame computer that took up a room after personal computer came out.

3. Depleting your natural resources compromised your economic stability as a nation. Poor, malnourished people can’t fight wars

This is all a pyramid scheme for Wall Street.

To borrow a phrase from those who organized and stay organized against the pipelines and that issue: this is a defend what you love issue.

And as another friend said to me today as we were discussing this:

Regardless of political affiliation, we all want: to be safe, not have our property ruined or value reduced for corporate gain, quality of life and place, clean air and water, etc…..

And we all expect our government to be putting our best interest first not corporations

The data center fight is waking so many people up across Pennsylvania and the country to how this is not happening.

People this is our world. So don’t be hoodwinked by political fundraising that’s about them and not about us. For midterms season and the election season coming up in November 2026. It’s a simple thing: these people all need to take our position we don’t have to support theirs.

Enjoy the text exchange.

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?

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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)