Letter: Rzucidlo alerts voters in the 158th of voting issues
To The Editor:
As an advocate, I have worked for many years to assist families and individuals in the region navigate the complicated Education, Human Services, and Veteran services programs in Pennsylvania. I help people find services they need and teach them how to they can in turn help others as well.
I am also a candidate running for a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for...
Local Dems, GOP spar over Romney, Obama and small business
Back-to-back events kick off the presidential race in earnest in Chester County
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Chester County GOP Chairman Val DiGiorgio addresses a crowd gathered Thursday on the old Courthouse steps in West Chester, in support of Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney, and critical of President Barack Obama’s policies on small business. Around 100 supporters...
Letter: Who is Chris Ross working for?
To The Editor:
Even after many phone calls and e-mails this week from the people in his district telling him that they did not want this Pay Day Loan Bill to go through, Chris Ross continued to champion a bill (HB 2191) that is really no more than a way to legalize loan sharks in Pennsylvania. Who is Chris working for?
No fewer than 50 organizations have gone on record as opposing this bill including...
Letter: Ross bill would victimize low-income borrowers
To The Editor:
State Rep. Chris Ross, a Chester County Republican, introduced House Bill 2191 last month, a bill that would legalize Payday or cash advance loans in Pennsylvania. (A payday loan, or cash advance loan is costly quick fix to families living on the edge. The Federal Trade Commission calls them, “costly cash” these are small (usually $50 – $500) short term loans with...
So. Chesco candidates struggle in primary
Pileggi defeats Howard; Welch finishes third in US Senate race
By Mike McGann, Editor, KennettTimes.com
Sen. Dominic Pileggi will face Democrat Patricia Worrell in the November election for state Senate.
Candidates with southern Chester County roots did not fare well in Tuesday’s primary elections — Steven Welch, a graduate of neighboring Unionville High School placed third in the Republican...
Pileggi/Howard forum: sparks fly over debt, reform
League of Women Voters event at Crosslands shows stark difference in state Senate primary battle
By Mike McGann, Editor, KennettTimes.com
Roger Howard (left) and state Sen. Dominic Pileggi traded barbs — and showed vastly differing visions for Pennsylvania during a League of Women Voters forum Thursday night.
PENNSBURY — In more than an hour of sometimes testy exchanges, the two Republican...
Rzucidlo doesn’t take ‘no’ for an answer
State Rep. candidate has spent more than two decades fighting the system
By Mike McGann, Editor, KennettTimes.com
Susan Rzucidlo, Democratic candidate for State Representative in the 158th District.
NEW GARDEN — Susan Rzucidlo says she knows she can rub some people the wrong way, especially if they get between her and something she’s fighting for, whether it be for her own disabled child, or...
Op/Ed: Howard asks voters for support
By Roger Howard, Candidate, State Senate, 9th District
To the voters of the 9th district:
Roger Howard
On April 24th the Republican voters of the 9th district have a choice in the Republican Primary for State Senate for the first time in at least a decade. Are the people satisfied with how Harrisburg works to put special interest and big money donors first, before the taxpayers? My supporters...
Romney comes to southern Chester County
Likely GOP presidential nominee talks economy, women’s issues in speech at Mendenhall Inn
By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — the likely Republican nominee for president — speaks at Tuesday night's Chester County Republican Committee Spring Dinner, after being introduced by U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA).
PENNSBURY — Just...
Romney to speak at Mendenhall Inn
Mitt Romney
PENNSBURY — Likely Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to attend tonight’s Chester County Republican Committee Spring reception at the Mendenhall Inn on Route 52.
Romney is expected to speak at about 7:45 p.m. tonight, following U.S. Senator Pat Toomey, the planned keynote speaker at the event. Chester County Democrats plan a counter demonstration with...
