Letter: Knauss gets it wrong
To The Editor,
Once again, Keith Knauss gets it wrong.
At the May 18 School Board meeting, Mr. Knauss stated that the Teachers’ Association is proposing an 4.6% increase in “payroll” each year, as compared to the 2.1% being offered by the Board.
Check it out yourself on the Board Video, at time marker 1:35:35. http://youtu.be/Vh4-P1hNDEs
The documents given to me by the Board...
Letter: What does Keith Knauss really want?
To The Editor,
In a recent Unionville Chadds-Ford Board meeting, Director Keith Knauss advocated for stalling the negotiations process so that the contract with UCF teachers expires and goes into status quo.
Watch the video of Mr. Knauss’s comments here.
By entering status quo, the teachers would not receive any salary increases thereby, in Mr. Knauss’s mind, save the District money. At the same...
What’s that smell? Not manure, but District Justice races
Primary battles have gotten childish and turn off voters
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Ah primary season. Like the odor of manure from the mushroom houses, you can smell the stupid wafting on the spring breeze.
And while most of the primaries will likely be either anti-climatic — with Democrats winning Democratic nominations and Republicans (or the much-maligned and increasingly endangered RINO)...
Op/Ed: Helping our female veterans
By Ryan Costello, U.S. Rep., Sixth Congressional District
U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello (R-6)
May provides us with a unique opportunity to honor both our veterans (Military Appreciation Month) and the women who are very special to us (Mother’s Day). Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to our veterans and our mothers, and I wanted to update you on my efforts to help our female veterans. Female veterans...
Letter: Backs Morley for justice
To The Editor,
As a current West Grove Borough Councilman, as well as a former Republican Committeeman, I am supporting Nicole Morley for Magisterial District Judge. I am impressed with many of the unique qualities she brings to this position. Notably, Nicole was overwhelmingly endorsed by the Chester County Republican Committee.
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Letter: Hoffman cites reasons to run for Kennett supervisor
To The Editor:
In the last four years, there’s been a big change in the Kennett Township Board of Supervisors. Over two elections, voters soundly ousted an ‘old guard’ that ran the township and elected Scudder Stevens and Richard Leff who are committed to transparency and accountability. Since then, the Township checkbook has been put online, a professional audit has been conducted,...
Saving the Post Office
Handcuffed by Congress, Postal Service faces a murky future
By Nathaniel Smith, Columnist, The Times
I’ve always been a fan of the post office. I enjoy getting the mail out of the letterbox attached to my house six days a week; I like knowing that a mail carrier is walking around my neighborhood and going to people’s doors without asking for subscriptions or conversions. I enjoy taking...
Letter: Decline in fire volunteers a crisis in Pennsylvania
To The Editor,
A member of the Pennsylvania Senate was quoted last week as saying the decline of brave, volunteer firefighters has reached a crisis point across Pennsylvania. This sad state is endangering the welfare of all residents across the Commonwealth.
A newspaper article quoted Senator Kim Ward as saying is it well past the time for lawmakers to address this issue. I know some of our local legislators...
Op/Ed: Keep calm and carry on with standardized tests
By Jeff Hellrung, Director, Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education
Jeff Hellrung
When you send your children to school, don’t you want to know that they can perform to clear and reasonable standards that will give them foundational skills for eventual readiness for college or careers? We have those standards in our public schools. They are the PA Academic Standards. We also have valid and reliable...
Letter: Keep the library in Kennett Square
To The Editor:
In 1895 a group of Borough residents chartered a new subscription (private) library that was to remain in the Borough of Kennett Square and be dedicated to the remembrance of Baylor Taylor. The Bayard Taylor Memorial Library was founded.
Over the years this charter has increasing been ignored by BTML Board Members. They now want to move the library outside of the Borough and rename...
