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    Did Jenkintown Council rightly target police budget for cuts?

    Blaming budget woes on COVID, Council spotlights the size of the borough’s police force Last year, the Borough and the Jenkintown Police Benevolent Association agreed to a new four-year contract that determines compensation and benefits for our police force. This agreement was the subject of much discussion and not a... Continue reading

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    Jenkintown cops file civil rights lawsuit against borough

    Suit claims that officers faced hostile work environment after discovering mismanagement and financial irregularities in K-9 unit non-profit While Jenkintown residents digest its Christmas dinner leftovers along with the Borough’s recently released newsletter detailing its financial distress, another civil rights suit filed by against the Borough in Federal court last... Continue reading

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    Call me a one-party pooper

    Pity the voter that lives in the one-party state, county, town or borough, which is the predicament of any forward-thinking Jenkintown resident. Sadly, for us we have a primary coming up that will effectively decide who gets to be our state rep, and thanks to the implosion of the GOP,... Continue reading

  • Jenkintown Council President Deborra Sines-Pancoe

    Lateral damages

    The town that works harder to attract visitors than it does to keep its own residents eventually loses both.  We keep sending that memo to Jenkintown, and it stubbornly refuses to read it. This week, realtor Andrew Smith sent out a memo of his own that asks Council to reconsider... Continue reading

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Jenkintown Police

Did Jenkintown Council rightly target police budget for cuts?

December 30, 2020 by Randy Garbin
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Blaming budget woes on COVID, Council spotlights the size of the borough’s police force Last year, the Borough and the Jenkintown Police Benevolent Association agreed to a new four-year contract that determines compensation and benefits for our police force. This agreement was the subject of much discussion and not a… Continue reading

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Jenkintown cops file civil rights lawsuit against borough

December 29, 2020 by Randy Garbin
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Suit claims that officers faced hostile work environment after discovering mismanagement and financial irregularities in K-9 unit non-profit While Jenkintown residents digest its Christmas dinner leftovers along with the Borough’s recently released newsletter detailing its financial distress, another civil rights suit filed by against the Borough in Federal court last… Continue reading

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Gretchen Wisehart

Gretchen Wisehart is the best we can do

May 8, 2020 by Randy Garbin
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As mentioned in our last post, I believe that the concept of strategic voting is a fools errand. I’ve always believed that people should vote according to their own conscience and always in their own best interest. Voting against a candidate rarely works. Statistically speaking, one vote counts for little… Continue reading

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Call me a one-party pooper

January 31, 2020 by Randy Garbin
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Pity the voter that lives in the one-party state, county, town or borough, which is the predicament of any forward-thinking Jenkintown resident. Sadly, for us we have a primary coming up that will effectively decide who gets to be our state rep, and thanks to the implosion of the GOP,… Continue reading

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Jenkintown Council President Deborra Sines-Pancoe

Lateral damages

August 2, 2019 by Randy Garbin
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The town that works harder to attract visitors than it does to keep its own residents eventually loses both.  We keep sending that memo to Jenkintown, and it stubbornly refuses to read it. This week, realtor Andrew Smith sent out a memo of his own that asks Council to reconsider… Continue reading

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Video of Jenkintown School Board Meeting

May 23, 2019 by Randy Garbin
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Our efforts in the name of transparency eventually prompted Jenkintown Borough Council to livestream its monthly meeting. Now it’s the School Board’s turn. For well over a year, the JSD tip-toed into the 21st century by providing audio archives of its meetings. At the time, that was much more than… Continue reading

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