Op/Ed: Business owner and Commissioner: Weighing up both in planning Chester County’s renewal

By Marian Moskowitz, Chair, Chester County Board of Commissioners Marian Moskowitz Before I became a Chester County Commissioner, I was a small business owner.  My businesses ranged from retail to trucking, truck service to cosmetics, the import and export of mobile kiosks, to developing real estate.  I am very passionate about economic development, about the important contributions that small businesses...

Letter: Where was Kampf on potholes? No where.

To The Editor, I’m going to take a risky political stand here that may alienate and offend a great many readers: I am against potholes. Until last month, I was not aware that being opposed to potholes was even a controversial political opinion.  I assumed that everyone was as anti-pothole as I.  Then I watched in disbelief as our current State Representative Warren Kampf voted against the bipartisan...

The Times endorsements 2014: State Representative

Today, The Times, continues our formal endorsements of candidates, with six state Representative races today. We did not choose to make endorsements in every state house district in the county, in part as they are not primary coverage areas as yet, or we did not feel an endorsement was appropriate. Our endorsements started yesterday with Congressional candidates and wraps up with state Senate and...