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very disappointed in chrissy houlahan and her staff.

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You know when Chrissy Houlahan was first running for Congress, I was honestly excited back then. I thought she was so nice.

That was 2018.

That was then, and this is now. And lots of people are pretty disillusioned with her. Part of the problem is is that she has been so handled and shielded since she was elected by the Democratic Party. You literally can’t talk to her unless you’re like some big deal. If you go and participate in one of her Town Hall meetings, your questions need to be approved ahead of time, and that doesn’t matter if you’re in person or like on some big Zoom call or phone thing.

If you contact her, her staff is really nice and you might get a form letter in return, but don’t hold your breath waiting for your actual letter topic to be addressed. i’m literally not making this up. I have experienced it and people talk about this all of the time. There is actually one person I know who was very hurt by a lack of response by his Congresswoman. A man who literally helped make the Democrat Party in Chester County.

I am just disappointed.

And so is another local resident and constituent who contacted Houlahan’s office about a freedom of information act request AKA FOIA request being stalled out by the EPA.

This local resident has literally I think been trying to get an answer since I think April? So that’s like five months right? And no less than 10 phone calls on the topic to Houlahan’s office?

Why was she contacting Houlahan in the first place? EPA FOIA lack of response. And this is the response from EPA staff (finally) on September 8, 2026:

Obviously, this has to do with the East Whiteland data center, which is on a federally noticed super fund site known as Foote Mineral.

So are we to presume it took five months to circle the wagons here? Is something being hidden from the public? Do you guys think that this is acceptable? Why is a congressional office so hand’s off in assisting with a federal level issue?

I mean, who can we count on as residents in Chester County?

If you’ve ever submitted a right to know request, you’re familiar with the dance that often occurs. It’s whatever state municipality or agency you’re contacting asking for an extension. But five months for an excuse laden non-response?

I don’t know and I’m still asking as I close this post, is this EPA woman’s response ineptitude or by design?

Do better, Congresswoman Houlahan. You keep asking for us to continue to vote for you, but you’re not giving us a reason why anymore. This is a basic kind of thing that staff should be able to research and get a response to other than this. From April until September 8? Totally unacceptable, bureaucratic bullsheit, don’t you think?

It makes me really sad.

This person never actually got a response from Houlahan’s Office. 

road rage in the middle of the afternoon: see something/say something

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Description updated and it began back near the Charlestown border because apparently there were people who witnessed stuff – for people unfamiliar with the roadway it’s near that new ugly apartment building and Great Valley Parkway :

The East Whiteland Township Police Department is investigating a road rage incident involving a black Nissan SUV and a black Jeep Gladiator that ended in a shooting yesterday 9/23/2026 at approximately 1:35 pm on Morehall Rd. (Rt. 29) in the area of Old Morehall Rd. Investigators are requesting anyone that may have information or witnessed this incident to please call EWPD Detectives at (610) 647-2100 or email detectives@eastwhitelandpd.org

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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.

boo!

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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

more east whiteland right to knows (data center)

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For those keeping tabs on the right to know of it all in East Whiteland.

Responsive Documents 1 (RTK 2026-0126) for 9-18-2026.pdfDownload

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

breaking news: chair of north coventry supervisors throws resident out of meeting with police?

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Hey North Coventry it’s not the Bill Soumis show right?

Who is Bill Soumis? Why he is the chair of the North Coventry supervisors.

And tonight Bill Soumis threw a woman out by using the police to remove her. She was speaking at the microphone. She wasn’t saying anything bad. He just didn’t want to hear what she was saying.

And State Representative Paul Friel sat there and did nothing? And the rest of the stupidvisors did nothing?

Wasn’t there a municipality somewhere in Pennsylvania where residents have just filed suit against the municipality for doing something similar? I think in that case they got locked out of a meeting, but it’s kind of in the same vein, isn’t it?

Anyway, you know that line “film at 11” ? What kids I’ve got the film at 10 PM from the resident victim and I have the comments that the resident was reading and I’ve got her contact number so if you’re in the media and you want to talk to her, you just hit me up.

This is pure unmitigated bullshit.

Contact North Coventry AND also Paul Friel’s office…. these people all stood there like a bunch of stunads allowing a woman to be manhandled. Unbelievable.

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?