Letter: Costello must reveal stance on Executive Order
To The Editor,
In a Facebook post following the attacks in Paris in November of 2015, Congressman Ryan Costello said that we must “prioritize the resettlement of oppressed religious minorities” when considering refugees being admitted into the United States. Although this statement is rather callous considering groups such as ISIL do not discriminate when it comes to their ravage killings, this...
A shiny new year: things are about to get interesting
Congressional, legislative officials face new political minefields in 2017
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
From Harrisburg to Washington, D.C., it is a bold, bright new year in politics.
From fresh starts to fresh panics, 2017 looks to be among the most interesting ever in the history of our little republic — and possibly not in a good way, but time will tell.
To kick off the year, we’ll gloss...
Letter: Costello must reveal his vote on ethics rules
To The Editor,
On Monday night, the Republican house delegation voted to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics by a secret vote. Under the Republican proposal, the office would no longer be an independent body, and would be controlled by the House Ethics Committee and the majority party’s leaders. Changes would also be made that the office could no longer make independent public statements, outside...
Costello pledges to back STEM leadership bill after students’ pitch
On Sunday November 6, 2016, Congressman Ryan Costello met with the team members of Out of the Box Robotics at the Technical College High School Brandywine, in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. During the meeting Frank McKnight, Principal of the TCHS, was presented with a certificate of appreciation for providing a meeting space for the team. The congressman reviewed and agreed to cosponsor H.R 5168 which...
Endorsements: Costello, Hartman & Meehan
Arguably, this is the most acrimonious campaign season in recent history, making it complicated to sort the fact from fiction and figure out who to support in this year’s local Congressional races.
We feel your pain. Our email boxes are constantly filled with breathless pronouncements with whatever counts for talking points in each of these races from both the campaigns, parties and third party groups...
Democrats play their Trump card and hard
Ads start to go negative, too, shockingly
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Last week, in this space I noted that Democratic candidates would be looking to staple their Republican opponents to GOP presidential nominee Donald J. Trump.
Based on a flurry of TV ads and mailers I’ve seen this week, I had it mostly right, except maybe the implement: Democrats are using a nail gun, and one has to wonder...
Trump puts local candidates in a deplorable situation
No good choice for down ballot GOP candidates
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Um, now what?
If you think the average American doesn’t know what to think about the tapes revealed Friday involving Donald Trump’s comments on women, imagine if you happen to a Republican appearing on the Nov. 8 ballot for Congress or the State Legislature.
I’m not going to address the actual content of the comments...
Ryan visits Chesco to boost Costello
Speaker touts local Congressional candidates
Scott Johnson, President of J-Tech, tells Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan (left) about how hard U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello (right) has worked for local constituents, during a tour of his Chester Springs facility, Thursday.
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
CHESTER SPRINGS — Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.)...
Welcome to the center of the political universe
National media highlights major role of Chester County in presidential race
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Well, we told you so.
For most of the summer in this space, we’ve told you that Chester County figures to be ground zero in the presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — and now multiple stories from outside the region, in USA Today, The New York Times and The Harrisburg...
Local Democrats appear to enjoy surprising enthusiasm gap
Flap over Parrish’s finances may prove double-edge sword for GOP
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
With what seemed like a weekend of bad news, followed by the chaos at the start of the Democratic National Convention, if local Democrats seemed a bit down in the dumps, it wouldn’t be surprising.
Instead though — and I witnessed this first-hand at the Kennett Area Democrats office opening last...
