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The “Smart-Growth Leader” Speaketh
POTTSTOWN, PA – Right now…as we’re writing this…a fraudulent bill of goods is being peddled to an unsuspecting group of folks not too far from Pottstown. What is this bill of goods and who is doing the peddling? The bill of goods is not quite that…in fact…it’s just the opposite. A better description would... »
Mr. Pitiful
POTTSTOWN, PA – No sooner was the electronic ink dry on our Got Junk Mail? post earlier today, that our friendly, neighborhood postman delivered a large piece of The Mother of All Junk Mail from the Mother of All Big Spenders himself, Pottstown School Board member Thomas “Mr. Pitiful” Hylton. This must be the... »
A Tabling Bear Down
POTTSTOWN, PA – Another defeat handed to Team Hylton. For those keeping score…that’s the second one of the week. At last Thursday’s regular meeting of the Pottstown School Board, board member Valerie Harris, who earlier this month was defeated as a county GOP register of wills candidate, unsuccessfully tried to table a motion on... »
Part III: The Party Is Over
Save Our Land, Save Pottstown – Just Say No Part III of a three part series of articles on Tom Hylton and why he should not be reappointed to a fourth term on the Pottstown Planning Commission POTTSTOWN, PA – In our first two articles of the series, we shared factual information on the... »
Part II: Hylton’s Way…or the Highway
Save Our Land, Save Pottstown – Just Say No Part II of a three part series of articles on Tom Hylton and why he should not be reappointed to a fourth term on the Pottstown Planning Commission POTTSTOWN, PA – In our first article of the series, Part I: A Power Trip Benefiting One... »
No Go
POTTSTOWN, PA – It’s officially official true believers. Even though we got the head’s up on this story last week (courtesy of our good blogosphere detective friends over at Code Blue), it’s still good to know where the issue stands. In today’s Mercury (on the front page under the fold), we get the remaining... »
A New Year Means More Change!
POTTSTOWN, PA – Well folks…2010 was a great year. And we all know that 2011 will be even better! In 2010 we saw so many good citizens of Pottstown become more involved in taking an active role in helping the borough move forward in a positive direction. More folks attended school board and borough... »
Laughter Needed
POTTSTOWN, PA – Seriously folks. Every time we drive out of Pottstown we can feel the tension in the air as soon as we cross the borough line back into town. People in Pottstown really need to lighten up and laugh more (a lot more). One need look no further than this week’s borough... »
Got Balls?
POTTSTOWN, PA – Balls are a tradition in Pottstown. Some say that Pottstown has the biggest balls. Back in its heyday, the balls at Sunnybrook Ballroom were always bouncing and its ballroom was always full. But when balls are held for pleasure…well…those are the kind we like best. December 17 marks the date of... »
A Superbly Bad Advertisement
POTTSTOWN, PA – Superman has kryptonite. What is Tom Hylton’s kryptonite? Consolidation! Just as he arrogantly refuses to accept the known facts and figures of the Pottstown School District’s eventual consolidation of its excessive number of elementary school buildings, in today’s Mercury yet another one-sided presentation of numbers and data appear on page A3,... »