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.
Screenshot from the very public and apparently not very updated. Chesco Democratswebsite.
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:
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.
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.
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?
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?
Hey it’s me, I’m the problem you see… oh nevermind you are probably not a Swiftie are you?
At this evening’s meeting I learned you were not a dog guy (Great Valley Pet Hotel situation) so maybe you would prefer a ferret cottage?
This evening you were quite frankly a dickhead to the residents who elected you. Even I voted for you, but now wish I had not.
Our perception of you is you seem to think your role besides being a data center apologist is to be some sort of municipal bouncer? The do as I say not as I do manners police?
Here we are lectured at every meeting about how we are supposed to behave and how we are not supposed to have personalattacks and there you sit with your smug face up there in the front of the room, basically sniping at every resident, and sadly, your kind of abuse is permitted? Make that make sense, we’re waiting.
I know at the Great Valley Democrats or whatever they are calling yourselves now my name has come up in meetings along with Ginny Kerslake and why is that? Are you not responsible for your own actions and choices?
You are a politician. You signed up for baby kissing, ribbon cutting, and public scrutiny. If you don’t like how people perceive you, maybe look into the mirror?
You did a very public interview with NBC10 once upon a time. That’s why I voted for you as did many others. How are you that person?
What I saw tonight was utterly appalling. You are not a public servant, you are merely self-serving.
And smug and dismissive of residents.
And that offensive “staff” commentary? Dude, do you mistake yourself for the fictional Robert Crawley, the 7th Earl of Grantham?
If we the residents who elected you are so objectionable, you have the option of resigning.
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.
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’renot. 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.
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?
Well East Whiteland something else near Malvern Hunt and I am guessing not too far from West Whiteland? It looks like a dump East Whiteland and aren’t those days over? If you are storing things, wouldn’t they be properly housed?
I was sent an email about this property which who knew East Whiteland even owned:
Officer Dunphy called me on Friday 6/26/2027 about the township owned property behind the Malvern Hunt Development on Old Valley Road. He expressed there was a concern from a resident about illegal dumping on the property.
This is a follow up email from the phone call we had yesterday 6/29/2027 about this property and its use by the township Public Works Department. This property has been owned by East Whiteland Township for many years, and the Public Works Department uses this property periodically for material storage. This property, in the use of materials storage is solely used by the Public Works Department of East Whiteland Township. There is no illegal dumping occurring on this property.
If you have any further questions, please reach out to me or the Public Works Director John Neild who is copied on this email, thank you.
With respect, how much time does East Whiteland spend back there to even know what is happening? Are residents right there wrong?
Residents over near there tell me the area is massive and the property record indicates 61 acres.. Residents report trails are kind of obliterated and overgrown? Residents say it is like a giant dumping ground, which is why a police report was filed?
What does Chester County think or know about this? Aren’t the trails supposed to be interconnected?
If dumping is happening WHO IS DOING IT? Are there trail cams etc?
Come on East Whiteland, it’s bad enough residents of Malvern Hunt etc are already living in fear of that blasted data center……right?
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.
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”.)
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”?
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).
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 plansite 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?
First photo below is a really, really, really big pole, isn’t it? This is the data center on Foote Mineral superfund site. I think that photo was taken from a drone in April maybe? I don’t drone all I know is it was before May I guess?
Oh April was so busy right?
So East Whiteland Township Supervisors , WHO PUT UP THE GIANT POLE?
Whose pole is it?
PECO Says not them responsible as per some PUC something and data center didn’t have a permit to erect it so is it a magical beanpole? Where is Jack and the Giant?
EAST WHITELAND UNDER WHAT MAGICAL PERMIT WAS GIANT POLE ERECTED?
I begin with a stop work order issued today at 4 PM against Sentinel Green Fig re: Data Center in East Whiteland. (Screenshot above.)
Next is a little ditty “explaining” a few things including East Whiteland saying on the record they did not sign NDAs with these data center people. I am glad to hear this.
Next will be some fun right to know dumps. From the EPA and more. Here below is a screen shot of a plan sent to EPA. Which one is this? And still I ask, Foote Mineral, really? Toxic AF much?
And then this one below and next, also EPA I think and how what an amended plan? Not an approved one?
Then I got this email from today:
In case you can’t read, here is the verbiage verbatim:
Subject:Data Center Project | Request for Immediate Review of Permits
Dear East Whiteland Board of Supervisors,
I’m writing to follow up on the comments I made at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday, August 19 regarding the permits issued for the proposed data center project.
I am requesting an immediate review of Permit #B-2026-221 and any related permits issued for the 2024 approved Land Development Plan (the “2024 Plan”).
It is my understanding that this Permit should not have been issued without a commitment letter from Aqua specific to the 2024 Plan. It is also my understanding that the Township has not received that commitment letter. If Aqua has provided the required commitment letter, please share a copy with me. If the Township has not received it, I am requesting that the Township take immediate action to suspend or revoke the Permit until all requirements for its issuance have been satisfied.
I am also attaching documents received from the EPA through a Right-to-Know request that raise an additional concern. The documents appear to show that the developer/applicant submitted information in November 2025 (prior to filing an amendment with East Whiteland Township) reflecting the amended project design they are currently seeking approval for, rather than the 2024 Plan previously approved by the Township. Specifically, the submission references shallow foundations, rather than the basements included in the 2024 Plan.
This raises a fundamental question: What plan is the developer currently constructing and obtaining permits to build?
Until the Township can confirm that the work being permitted and performed on the property is fully consistent with the currently approved 2024 Plan, I am requesting that the Township suspend the issuance and effectiveness of all permits issued for work not associated with the 2024 Plan and halt work authorized by those permits.
At a minimum, I am requesting written confirmation of: 1. Whether the Township has received the required Aqua commitment letter for the approved 2024 Plan and, if so, a copy of that letter. 2. Whether Permit #B-2026-221 and all related permits were properly issued based on the requirements of East Whiteland ordinance in effect at the time of issuance and consistent with the approved 2024 Plan. 3. Which approved land development plan and plan revision supports the issuance of each currently issued permit. 4. Whether the construction and foundation design reflected in the EPA submission are consistent with the 2024 Plan. 5. What action the Township will take if permits were issued based upon an unapproved plan or design or without required documentation.
Given the questions surrounding the approved 2024 Plan and the permits currently allowing work to proceed, I believe this warrants immediate attention. Please confirm receipt of this email within 24 hours and provide an update regarding the Township’s review and intended action.
Thank you,
Jessica Larkin
Wowza! The residents of East Whiteland are ON FIRE!
Before I post a slew of documents allow me a couple of gems I saw one of on a right to know and now another one today (and both are on township website as of this afternoon.) Not sure of the who was on first prior because Ginny Keslake has done some calling out on her Facebook page:
You know I love a good drone video, here’s a recent fly by of the East Whiteland Data Center Site at Foote Mineral:
So then this showed up in someone’s right to know:
Then these little redacted gems:
Next I will load in all of the various things from people’s FOIA requests to the EPA that I have seen. They are not my work product. These are the residents who are amazeballs. I am only publishing what they received which is public. I would like to know where is the contaminated soil going? 2 stories approved plan drawing states 3 stories (includes basement)?? The approved plan requires them to excavate and move 5,000,000 cubic feet of contaminated soil- their number???Actually there are so many questions, all of or heads are spinning as to why in the Sam Hell is this still a project?
The residents of East Whiteland are on fire. They are amazing. I am in awe.
