Column: Unionville Park would benefit thousands
If all township residents must pay, all should benefit, not just a few
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
The draft plan for Unionville Park would offer township residents playgrounds, hiking and running paths and open fields.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — A bright sun was shining, a light breeze blew through the local trees just starting to show a hint of buds. And my foot sank in about ankle deep...
Column: rush to judgment on bus outsourcing not just unwarranted, but foolish
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
My wife is pretty peeved at me right now.
Like a lot of other parents in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, she is less than amused at the idea that the district is thinking about outsourcing district school bus services. She’s also not thrilled that I’m not leading the charge against it one these pages.
I’m in the domestic crosshairs because...
Letter: Substantial savings by outsourcing Unionville busing
To The Editor:
TAS (Transportation Advisory Services) determined that there are substantial savings possible if we choose to outsource transportation. This is because we now pay well above market total compensation in using District employees to provide non-teaching services.
Because all our employees are subject to PSERS we are forced to pay for extremely expensive pensions that private sector businesses...
Toxins in our Drinking Water?
To The Editor:
Sunday’s New York Times revealed a report from Ian Urbina regarding natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. He exclaimed, due to the Marcellus Shale drilling boom, that we are the “Saudi Arabia of natural gas.”
Unlike most states, Pennsylvania does not require drillers to dispose of their drilling waste/frack water in underground storage wells below impermeable rock layers....
Surrendering reason for the sake of a headline and greed
When thinking about the Unionville teachers’ contract talks, it’s important to remember that we’re all in this together
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By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
There’s right, and there’s wrong.
If you ask 100 people about the current Unionville-Chadds Ford teacher contract negotiations, you’ll...
One set of rules must apply to all
Editorial
The rules are what makes the game. The National Football League wouldn’t be much fun to watch if the Philadelphia Eagles got just three downs to make a first down, while the Dallas Cowboys got four?
Not only would it not be fun, it wouldn’t be fair, would it?
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Sen. Pileggi plays while PA pays
To the Editor:
State Senator Pileggi accepted a trip to the Super Bowl from the Pittsburgh Steelers organization – airfare and lodging included. It must be nice – as many Pennsylvanians are struggling to find work and to put food on the table.
The Senator’s District encompasses the built-out suburbs of Delaware County (Chester, Marcus Hook, etc…) along with rural Southern...
Snow tests everyone’s patience
Commentary: a bit of personal warmth may make winter easier to cope with
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Sledders enjoy the snow at Pocopson Elementary School, Friday.
It was an interesting progression. The first time the phone rang, showing the UCFSD on the Caller ID, it was met with little more than a shrug.
By the fifth time in two weeks the shrugs morphed into “oh @#$%.” while...
A lesson we all need to learn
Commentary: Shootings reveal need to look closely at ourselves, our words
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
If nothing else, we need to learn from this for the sake of the Christina Taylor Green’s of the world.
While the terrible shootings that occurred Saturday and took the lives of six people — including a Federal judge and left a Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, fighting for her...
Letter: Mushroom Festival grants might be best kept secret in area