{"id":1352,"date":"2011-10-05T08:20:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T12:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2011-10-05T08:20:10","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T12:20:10","slug":"kennett%e2%80%99s-allan-falcoff-seeks-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=1352","title":{"rendered":"Kennett\u2019s Allan Falcoff seeks re-election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Incumbent argues his experience and continuing current course best bet for township’s future<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[EDITOR’S NOTE:]<\/strong> This is the second of a series of stories about local candidates running for election this November. Falcoffs’ opponent, Scudder Stevens, was profiled yesterday<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

By P.J. D’Annunzio<\/strong>, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Allan Falcoff<\/p><\/div>\n

KENNETT \u2014 Despite the autumn chill in the air, things are beginning to heat up; specifically in the realm of Kennett Township politics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Board of Supervisors Chairperson\u00a0incumbent Allan Falcoff is getting ready to face off against opponent Scudder Stevens\u2014 who is\u00a0running to oust him from the station he has held since 2006\u2014and explains why he is confident that this contest will result in his favor.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy background has shown that I have the capability to work in this environment,\u201d he said, \u201cMy engineering background has assisted in the development of the area and I enjoy working with people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Falcoff, whose degrees including a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and a Masters of Science degree in Administration from George Washington University, was an employee for the\u00a0DuPont\u00a0Company\u00a0for 33 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

After retiring from his career at DuPont, Falcoff became active in Kennett Township politics\u00a0circa 2003 when he joined the Township Safety Committee. He later enlisted in the Zoning Hearing Board in 2005 until he was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n

Falcoff believes he has been an asset to the township in many ways, however, he considers one instance in particular to be his crowning achievement:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy biggest achievement has instituting the accident reporting system. This has allowed us to implement major improvements on local roads,\u201d he said,\u00a0 \u201cIt has allowed us to beat PennDOT over the head to get improvements on state roads and on township roads and it helps to pinpoint exactly where our problem areas are. Probably the most important thing we\u2019ve ever done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The incumbent\u2019s focus on road safety and upkeep will continue to be of considerable importance should he be re-elected.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe one area that we\u2019re going to be getting into in the future is redevelopment of the Ways Lane area: it\u2019s a totally underutilized area within the center of the township, close to the borough. It doesn\u2019t even have a road that people can travel on; the post office can\u2019t deliver mail to it. There\u2019s a thrust by the county to optimize the use of a corridor from the township to the borough grounded by the bypass on US-1\u2026we want to support the county and the county redevelopment people,\u201d Falcoff said.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a project that depends greatly on the continuation of his governance. <\/span><\/p>\n

Of his rival, Falcoff was asked if there was any aspect at all in which Stevens would benefit the township by Board of Supervisors:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo. I can\u2019t think of a single thing,\u201d he responded.<\/span><\/p>\n

Falcoff is confident that what\u2019s best for the township is the same formula of administration that he has been utilizing for the past several years; not a change in leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy platform is to continue what I\u2019ve been doing,\u201d he said, \u201cMy strongest suit over the last six years has been to bring people together; to try to get people that have issues and controversies with the townships and\/or each other together. I think I\u2019ve done a fairly decent job of trying to reach compromise solutions that every one can live with\u2026 I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll do anything differently. I think my work over the years has been quite notable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Incumbent argues his experience and continuing current course best bet for township’s future [EDITOR’S NOTE:] This is the second of a series of stories about local candidates running for election this November. Falcoffs’ opponent, Scudder Stevens, was profiled yesterday. By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com KENNETT \u2014 Despite the autumn chill in the air, things […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[38,36,248],"class_list":["post-1352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-election-2011","tag-kennett-township","tag-township-supervisor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}