Archive for March, 2010

POTTSTOWN, PA – Today’s Mercury has a great article (and video!) on the newly formed fiscal watchdog group that is Code Blue.  You can read the article and view the video here: Code Blue group keeps close eye on Pottstown School Board Save Pottstown!! recently featured an article on Code Blue.  If you missed... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Just a friendly reminder that the NSC meeting scheduled for tomorrow night (Tuesday, March 16) is cancelled. Even though the district calendar posted on the District website states otherwise, the meeting has indeed been cancelled. Seriously.  Could you handle another meeting this week like last week’s? Save your passion for Thursday’s... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – During last Wednesday’s Neighborhood Schools Committee meeting held at the Pottstown Middle School, resident Chris Lineman asked Committee Chair Thomas Hylton, “Are you the devil, sir?” While the rhetoric question elicited laughter and applause from those attending the meeting, Mr. Lineman also asked Hylton about his supposed “success” with the Erie... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Just a little follow up thought on Vernoika White’s op-ed letter which appeared in yesterday’s Mercury. In 2007, Tom Hylton (through the guise of his Pottstown Citizens for “Irresponsible” Government PAC) spent close to $7K in 2007 to get his “Neighborhood Schools Team” elected (and that $7K was referenced in campaign... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Today’s Mercury contains two follow up articles to Wednesday night’s painfully uncomfortable Neighborhood Schools Committee meeting.  You can read them both here: Devil is in the details at volatile meeting Input makes Pottstown schools plan picture clearer Additionally, the Pottstown School District posted a number of related meeting materials to the... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Last night’s Neighborhood Schools Committee meeting was heated…to say the least. Today’s online edition of The Mercury posted a brief mention of the meeting (with video!), with more details to follow in upcoming editions.  You can read the initial mention here: Pottstown schools project funding application recommended The three-hour meeting, which... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Today’s print and online editions of The Mercury contain a great “guest columnist” letter penned by former Pottstown School Board member Amy Francis.  You can read the letter here: Fear of change stands in the way of progress Amy is also involved in the Code Blue organization, which we featured in... »

POTTSTOWN, PA -  As reported on the Pottstown School District website just a little while ago, the location for tonight’s Neighborhood Schools Committee meeting has been moved to the Pottstown Middle School Auditorium. As we mentioned yesterday, this is a very important meeting folks. Please make every effort to attend. See you there! »

POTTSTOWN, PA – This is a Code Blue alert folks!  What is Code Blue?  It’s a new grassroots organization in Pottstown with the following mission and beliefs: They are a fiscal watchdog group with decentralized leadership that meet and agree on positions and actions for the betterment of the education of Pottstown School District... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Studies show that when Pottstown School board member Thomas Hylton interlopes himself into the debate to “renovate or replace” school buildings, high taxes and the elimination of school programs soon follow. Save Pottstown!! researched school districts Hylton has profiled on his Save Our Land website to see whether or not they... »