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“I Don’t Like Tom Hylton”

Monday, January 30, 2012
By SavePottstown
“I Don’t Like Tom Hylton”

POTTSTOWN, PA – That’s a direct quote from Ronald Williams, a recently elected member of the Pottstown School Board. Yes…the same Ronald Williams who was elected to his seat courtesy of $15,662 that Tom Hylton personally spent on his failed attempt to buy five Pottstown school board seats in 2011. Is that the thanks... »

Give ‘Em Both the Boot!

Saturday, January 28, 2012
By SavePottstown
Give ‘Em Both the Boot!

POTTSTOWN, PA – While The Mercury falls all over itself celebrating the now viral story it “broke” earlier this week about the Pottstown Middle School’s ban on open top boots, the real issue remains on why the newspaper refuses to expose the money exchanging sweetheart deal brokered by Mercury Editor Nancy March and current... »

Why Does The Mercury Refuse to Investigate the Political Spending Activity of a Current Pottstown School Board Member?

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
By SavePottstown
Why Does The Mercury Refuse to Investigate the Political Spending Activity of a Current Pottstown School Board Member?

POTTSTOWN, PA – In 2011, a sitting Pottstown School Board member spent $15,662 on election activities that directly affects the board he currently serves on and The Mercury will not report on his behavior. In 2011 The Mercury was paid $8,655 in advertising revenue by the same current school board member through a political action... »

Toxic Tom

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
By SavePottstown
Toxic Tom

POTTSTOWN, PA – Poor Tom Hylton. Nobody will publish his warped commentary….nobody will take his dirty money…he can’t post nasty anonymous online comments at The Fishwrap anymore…and Rupert Elementary is about to be closed and razed. Toxic Tom Hylton is radioactive and nobody in their right mind will touch him with a ten foot... »

A Visit from the Voters

Saturday, December 24, 2011
By SavePottstown
A Visit from the Voters

(our apologizes to Clement Clark Moore) a look at Pottstown’s Ghost of Christmas Present…   ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ Pottstown Not a creature was stirring, not even the school board’s best known clown; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In anticipation of the new elementary school consolidation... »

Team Hylton Gets Slammed In Election Eve Call

Monday, November 7, 2011
By SavePottstown
Team Hylton Gets Slammed In Election Eve Call

POTTSTOWN, PA – Yes Virginia. There are more folks in Montgomery County who have beaucoup plus political dollars at their disposal than Pottstown’s big fish in a small bowl Tom Hylton. As many voters heard earlier this evening, Pottstown School Board member Thomas Hylton and his five school board candidates (Wausnock, Porter, Hammer, Habekost... »

The Queen of the Big Spenders is Back!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
By SavePottstown
The Queen of the Big Spenders is Back!

POTTSTOWN, PA – Unfortunately it’s that time of the year again folks. Time for one psychologically unbalanced and mentally disturbed local activist to start unearthing the jars of pennies buried in his backyard and cash them in for dirty marketing campaign propagandic junk mail. Courtesy of our civil servant friends at the Montgomery County... »

$12,531.10

Friday, June 24, 2011
By SavePottstown
$12,531.10

POTTSTOWN, PA – Our nation’s unemployment is at 9% (and that figure does not take into account folks who want to work…but can’t find jobs). Folks in the U.S. are so desperate for employment these days that they will work in the U.S. for $.25 an hour. Yes…you read that figure correctly…twenty five cents... »

Put It In Writing!

Saturday, June 18, 2011
By SavePottstown
Put It In Writing!

POTTSTOWN, PA – It’s nice to see that local newsworthy stories are actually being reported on within 48 hours of their occurrence. Guess that’s better than the typical week long incubation period we’ve become used to. In today’s print and online editions of The Fishwrap, we see an article spotlighting the secret meetings that... »

The Worst Woman Hater of Them All

Thursday, June 16, 2011
By SavePottstown
The Worst Woman Hater of Them All

POTTSTOWN, PA – We see that self-anointed responsible Pottstown citizen Thomas Hylton crossed another item off his bucket list at last night’s Pottstown School District Finance/Personnel Committee meeting with the submitted resignation of Terri Lampe, the district’s director of development. Hylton, who can now claim responsibility for the loss of Ms. Lampe’s past two... »

Feature

Untreated Mental Illness Has Destroyed an Entire Town

By SavePottstown

POTTSTOWN, PA – Do you know anyone who exhibits these symptoms: Engages in one-sided, long-winded conversations, without noticing if the listener is listening or... »

A Slap in the Face

By SavePottstown

POTTSTOWN, PA – That pretty much sums up our reaction to today’s double whammy dose of half-truths and outdated data circulated in the print... »

If I Had My Way, I Would Tear This Old Building Down

By SavePottstown

POTTSTOWN, PA – Today’s online and print editions of The Mercury contain a letter from former 12-year Pottstown School Board member Barry Haring echoing... »

The Neighborhood Schools Myth

By SavePottstown

POTTSTOWN, PA – Back in December, we posted an article about Neighborhood Schools in Pottstown.  You can read that post here. In a Preservation... »

Backing Into Rupert

By SavePottstown

POTTSTOWN, PA – Remember in 2001 when the Borough of Pottstown approved the plan to reconfigure High Street with back-in angel parking?  The reasoning... »