A law proposed (again) by a Pennsylvania legislator from Berks County, which would eliminate property taxes as the primary revenue source for public school funding, ran into a variety of objections this week. Opponents have offered them before … and succeeded in killing similar measures.
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Attempt To Move Schools Off Property Taxes Hits Snags
Posted on 23 May 2012.
Posted in Business, Education, Politics, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Real Estate1 Comment
Early Warning: Town Commissioner Ponders SRO Costs
Posted on 11 May 2012.
Lower Pottsgrove Township Commissioner Stephen Klotz said Monday he’d like to explore having the Pottsgrove School District pay more, maybe even the full cost, of its resource officer at the high school.
Posted in Education, Lower Pottsgrove, People, Police, Politics, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Safety, Sanatoga6 Comments
In Most Local Of Local Primaries, Gerlach Top Winner
Posted on 25 April 2012.
Lower Pottsgrove Commissioner Jonathan Spadt, who was among nine candidates vying for a seat at the Republican National Convention, finished fourth in the field.
Posted in Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Politics, Pottstown, Sanatoga1 Comment
Township Resident’s Name On Today’s Primary Ballots
Posted on 24 April 2012.
Lower Pottsgrove Commissioners’ President Jonathan Spadt hopes to win a seat as a delegate to this year’s Republican National Convention. He has eight other challengers; only three of the nine will be selected.
Posted in Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Politics, Pottstown, Sanatoga1 Comment
As Building Costs Rise, Schools Want Wage Law To End
Posted on 23 March 2012.
School districts across the state, particularly those who face the prospect of building more classrooms to accommodate growing populations, want the Legislature to lift the burden of having to comply with the prevailing wage law.
Posted in Education, Politics, Real Estate3 Comments
Election Time Ahead; Register By March 26 For Primary
Posted on 19 March 2012.
Montgomery County reports Lower Pottsgrove has 7,495 eligible voters, but probably only a fraction of them will participate in the April primary elections. If you want to vote in the primaries and help shape the political battles early, you must register by next Monday.
Posted in Limerick, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Politics, Pottstown3 Comments
‘Grove Opposes County’s Grab For Delinquent Tax Fee
Posted on 10 March 2012.
Pottsgrove’s school board voted unanimously last week to support bills in the Pennsylvania House and Senate to block counties from earning a fee on delinquent taxes, even if the county didn’t do the collecting. Without relief, the school district may owe Montgomery County $350,000 in back fees.
Posted in Education, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Politics, Pottsgrove Schools1 Comment
Like Member Pottsgrove, MCIU Seeks To Promote Itself
Posted on 26 February 2012.
The Montgomery County Intermediate Unit is taking a page from some of its member school districts, like Pottsgrove, in launching new ways to better inform and involve its constituencies.
Posted in Education, Montgomery County, Politics, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Social3 Comments
Who He Knew In Sanatoga, Elsewhere Pays Off For Guard
Posted on 03 February 2012.
State Sen. John Rafferty knew the right people to call – in Sanatoga, Pottstown and elsewhere – to muster a volunteer response that recently helped the Pennsylvania Army National Guard armory in Spring City.
Posted in Business, Military, People, Politics, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Transportation1 Comment
Archbishop’s Column Pushes Again For School Choice
Posted on 27 January 2012.
School choice and voucher system proposals championed by Lower Pottsgrove state Rep. Tom Quigley gained another endorsement this week from an expected source: the Archbishop of Philadelphia and his weekly column.
Posted in Education, Lower Pottsgrove, People, Politics1 Comment
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