Letter: Barrar ‘forgot’ to mention his Tea Party award

Oct 22nd, 2014 · 1 Comment
To The Editor: Stephen Barrar, PA Representative, House District 160 (parts of Delaware and Chester Counties) sent out a campaign mailer this week which touted his many awards.  There was one very significant award he received late last year which was not mentioned in that mailer. An extremely conservative Tea Party group presented Representative Barrar with their “2013 Legislator of the Year”...

Ellison is out and so is the Tea Party

Dec 14th, 2013 · 4 Comments
One — the former Democratic power-broker — knows he’s done, the other is oblivious By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times As we head into the holiday season — and hopefully, a couple of weeks of relative quiet — a few notes and thoughts on local political stuff and other news items. Maybe the topline item this morning is that James Ellison is out at Rhoads & Sinon — meaning he will no...

Will Tea Party accidently reelect Obama?

Apr 28th, 2012 · 11 Comments
Could the ongoing purge of old-line Republicans weaken party, dampen Nov. turnout? By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com What, if any conclusions can we draw from this week’s primary election races? Obviously, rule one of politics: money matters. In almost every race, the better funded campaign won — and in the case of the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, despite the active...

Op-Ed: Choices Ideological Not Budgetary

Jul 19th, 2011 · 8 Comments
By Tom Houghton, Candidate for State Senate Tom Houghton In The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof writes “the United States supports schools in Afghanistan because we know that education is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to build a country. Alas, we’ve forgotten that lesson at home. All across America, school budgets are being cut, teachers laid off and education programs dismantled”. Kristof...

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