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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?
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
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... »
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... »
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... »
Transparent As Mud
POTTSTOWN, PA – It’s ironic, isn’t it? That it took over two years for Pottstown School Board member (and full time political hack) Thomas Hylton to post the campaign finance reports of his political action committee, Pottstown Citizens for Responsible Government, online on his PCRFG website. When we launched our site in December of... »
$7,731.53
POTTSTOWN, PA – That’s the figure that Pottstown School Board member (and ring leader of the fringe Pottstown Citizens for Responsible Government political action committee) expensed in the five month period from January 1 – May 6 of this year, according to records recently filed with the Montgomery County Office of Voter Services. 2011... »
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... »
Community Partnerships
POTTSTOWN, PA – Before Pottstown Citizens for Responsible Government. Before March’s controversial 32-page paid advertising supplement. Before the disastrous Pottstown school board election of 2009. There was Pottstown Citizens for Community Partnerships. You say you’ve never heard of that organization before? Well…allow us to share with you some information that was circulated to “a... »
Another Criminally Bad Decision
POTTSTOWN, PA – Next month Pottstown voters will be heading to the polls to elect candidates for the Pottstown School Board who will appear on November’s general election ballot. Ten people have filed nominating petitions to appear on the May 17 primary election ballot for five at-large seats. Pottstown School Board member Thomas Hylton,... »