Tag Archive
“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!
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... »
A Win for Pottstown!
POTTSTOWN, PA – Congratulations to Friends of Pottstown Public Education team mates Mary-Beth Lydon, Andrew Kefer and Judyth Zahora in their AWESOME election win last night! It’s good to see that the Pottstown School Board will now be able to move forward and embrace the change it so desperately needs, without the road blocks... »
Get out and VOTE!
POTTSTOWN, PA – Friends, it’s pretty obvious who needs to win in tomorrow’s election – the hard working taxpayers of Pottstown. You can do your part by casting your vote for the Friends of Pottstown Public Education: Mary-Beth Lydon, Andrew Kefer and Judyth Zahora. Friends of Pottstown Public Education is a team of Pottstown... »
Silence of the Lame
POTTSTOWN, PA – We found The Mercury’s spin on last Thursday’s Pottstown School Board meeting quite interesting and revealing. When one board member speaks his mind…it’s commentary. When another board member speaks her mind…it’s “lashing out”. And so goes the warped spin cycle at The Mercury. Yesterday, two articles from last Thursday’s board meeting... »
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,... »
We Are the Victims
POTTSTOWN, PA – The online Wild West circus continues over at The Mercury, where civility is as absent as Tom Hylton’s ethics. Since last Thursday’s Pottstown School Board meeting, not one or two, but three online articles have been published describing the events that took place during the meeting. Here are the three different... »
The Way of the Dinosaur
POTTSTOWN, PA – Now here’s a news story you won’t read about in The Mercury… and we here at SavePottstown!! are only too happy to share it with Pottstown’s more technologically savvy readers. In 2010, newspaper advertising sank to a 25-year low …of course Pottstown School Board member (and all around extreme political hack)... »
Funny Times Are Here Again
POTTSTOWN, PA – Yes…it’s that time of the year again folks…time to look under the floorboards…look behind the petunia bushes…look in the basement…look in your neighbor’s shed…and find those insightful candidates to run for office! In addition to running his February/March “school daze” paid advertisement series in The Mercury, it looks like Campaign Manager... »