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Commissioners have $15M remaining for brick & mortar schools? Where do you come by this news?
I do not think the township has anything to do with building schools. But please show me otherwise and I will learn.
sorry, I meant "libraries"
Ah ok.
So... you're suggesting Lower Merion take local tax money and use it to buy something for the good of the state library system? Am I reading that correctly?
The way I read it is spend the $15 million on something other than expanded libraries (I always supported renovations but not expansion).
My vote would be for re-paving some roads and cutting some grass.
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Brotherhood of Thieves ~ As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
Speaking of Libraries, interesting to note Ludington’s opening has been pushed off again.
I think Bob will appreciate my comment over at MLT in reference to the construction done by free enterprise vs. the government.
Acme is in a competitive business and understands the importance of constructing and opening new stores in a quick and efficient manner. Government is rarely efficient because it does not have to compete.
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Brotherhood of Thieves ~ As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
I think the new ACME is on time and I would think that if it were over budget, someone would be fired. If it were overbudget, I am not forced to pay as I, and everyother taxpayer in Lower Merion, is forced to pay for over budget under schedule EXPANDED library. and I do not think Doug Cleland, if he were working for ACME, would be getting paid more than any other township manager or even County Executive in Pennsylvania.
Democrats, simply, cannot be trusted with money. It makes me angry the way Democrats squander community resources.
The Bryn Mawr ACME is actually behind schedule of original completion dates by a couple/few months from what I recall. The Bryn Mawr ACME is also located in Haverford Township. If it was in Lower Merion, they would still be vetting the plans.
Meanwhile, most roads in Lower Merion Township are like a third world country.
May be behind schedule, but still twice as fast as Ludington.
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Brotherhood of Thieves ~ As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
common sense, politeia? Obviously, you have no future in Lower Merion Democratic politics 
Maybe Lower Merion's Board of Commissioners and Taxpayers would be willing to take some of the remaining $15,000,000 for upgraded brick and mortar schools and send it where it can do some good.