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Election 2011: the move to the middle?
Can moderation be the winner in this year’s school board election?
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
So what lessons are we to draw from this past week’s elections?
Does this represent some sort of mandate to raise taxes, spend lots of money and basically go nuts when it comes to the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District?
In a word (a [...]
Letter: Do says thank you
To the Editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the voters of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District who came out to vote in the recent election for the School Board of Directors. As I said many times, this election has a greater impact on local families and community members than the Presidential [...]
Letter: Penn State — A failure in judgment
To The Editor:
One dishonorable individual performed (allegedly) despicable and horrific acts, for which he eventually (but not soon enough) will spend the rest of his days behind bars and ultimately have to answer to a higher authority.
Six presumably and otherwise honorable and moral men failed to perform honorably and morally at a brief instance in [...]
Letter: Bushelow says thank you
To The Editor:
Thank you to everyone in Region B of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District for voting for me. I assure you that I will make good decisions for our school district.
Unfortunately, I did not get around to every polling place Tuesday afternoon, but am truly grateful to everyone for their support.
Please join us at [...]
Vote as if, oh, about a half billion is at stake — it is
Lousy odd-year election turn out makes little sense if you think about it
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Tuesday is Election Day. Yes, this Tuesday. No, not the one in 2012 that political commentators have themselves in a tizzy over.
“There’s an election this year?” Yeah. I’ve heard that too many times over the last decade during odd-numbered [...]
Letters: Support for Do
To The Editor:
I am writing to support Kathy Do for school board. As well as being the kind of wonderful neighbor that you can always count on, she has been extremely supportive of the Best Buddies Club at UHS, which supports people with intellectual disabilities, such as my daughter, Marina. Kathy wrote a very informative [...]
Letter: Attacks on Meehan-Do unfair
To the Editor:
In the last few weeks, I’ve started to see some attacks against School Board candidate Kathleen Meehan Do in some of the local press. Clearly the people who are leveling these attacks do not know Kathy, so I wanted to take a moment to let people know about the Kathy Do I know.
When [...]
New Route 52 is impressive addition to Unionville
As the October snow flies, a momentary respite from the political grind
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
“So, Mrs. Lincoln, otherwise, how was the show?”
On this surprisingly snowy Saturday in October in Unionville, the ghosts and goblins of the season are more evident than ever, because, as we know, it’s that scariest time of year — election [...]
Taking the cake — out of the classroom?
Wellness policy may have parents pitted against each other on school treats
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTImes
A less responsible media outlet might call it: Cupcakegate.
Although it came up briefly during last Monday night’s Unionville-Chadds Ford School District Board of Education, it looks like the district’s Wellness policy is rapidly bubbling up to become the latest cause [...]
Opinion: right & wrong vs. legal and illegal
Sunshine questions go beyond legalities to morality
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
There’s the facts, and there’s the truth — and sometimes you have to know the difference.
As regular readers of The Times know, we reported on accusations that the Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education may have violated Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act. Some agree, others do not — [...]