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When Journalism Goes Bad
POTTSTOWN, PA – This is the kind of crap that happens when you allow the foxes to guard the henhouse. Perhaps if Tom Hylton’s hand-picked members of his “Neighborhood Schools Team” posse voted to allow PCTV to record school board meetings (instead of them voting against it in 2008), the current video garbage du... »
$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... »
Historical Revisionism
POTTSTOWN, PA – Why is Tom Hylton so obsessed with having Pottstown taxpayers continue to pay for five unneeded (and unnecessary) elementary schools? Doesn’t he realize that the Pottstown School District is only one of two school districts in Montgomery County designated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education as a High Tax / High... »
Hylton Promotes Abandoning Neighborhood Schools
POTTSTOWN, PA – In today’s installment of Pottstown School Board member Thomas Hylton’s latest series of paid advertisements touting “superior forms of education”, we find a curious advertisement supporting homeschooling and how it can work well for Pottstown. Here is today’s Mercury advertisement for your review: PCFRG Advertisement 022311 Gee…after reading today’s advertisement we... »
Sabotage!
POTTSTOWN, PA – File this in the Why Are We Not Surprised folder. At last Thursday’s Pottstown School Board meeting, board member Thomas “Insolvency R Us” Hylton got on his soapbox to proclaim, on record, that he would not support the resolution to approve forward borrowing. Due to the absence of board member Robert... »
Needed: Candidates Who Can’t Think for Themselves
POTTSTOWN, PA – Can you fog a mirror? Are you comfortable with having someone else making decisions for you – and using your good name – to push their own personal agendas? If so, then Tom Hylton WANTS YOU! To help curb the atrocious voting decisions made by those “not necessarily the best and... »
A Victory for the Citizens of Pottstown
POTTSTOWN, PA – At last night’s Pottstown Borough Council meeting, 12-year planning commission member Thomas Hylton was unanimously shut out in his quest for a fourth term. Hylton, who noted to council members that he “never missed a meeting in 12 years” did not attend last night’s meeting. Andrew Kefer, a Chestnut Street neighbor... »
Back by Popular Demand!
POTTSTOWN, PA – We originally ran this post last Christmas Eve and wanted to share it again with our readers. Enjoy!! A Visit from the Taxpayers (our apologizes to Clement Clark Moore) A look into Pottstown’s Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come… ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through Hyltonville Not a creature... »
Smells Like Republican Spirit
POTTSTOWN, PA – Can the 2011 election season really be that far off? When you have a Pottstown School Board Mercury article that mentions Tom Hylton, Valerie Harris and Gail Yoder…you know that backdoor political shenanigans are in the works. Let’s face it folks…Hylton is desperate to play any kind of dirty card trick... »
Closing Schools Saves Money
POTTSTOWN, PA – Could someone please explain to us why Pottstown needs so many elementary schools? The school district faces a $1.8 million deficit in the upcoming 2010-2011 budget. So why wouldn’t closing schools be a fiscally responsible decision for the school board? A major downsizing of elementary school buildings is necessary. In the... »