Video is from Delco Times.
Notes: just slide the bar while playing the video, to jump around.
Around 30% to 40% of the way through is a lively discussion on the budget and the lack of openness.
Just before half-way point, watch and compare Innelli vs McGarrigle on who can manage the $560 million budget.
Watch McGarrigle read from script and even turn page, all with his head down, on the Revitalization question (about 2/3 the way through)
It's almost impossible to hear on the tape, but 75% of the way through the tape, Andy Lewis is following up on a question about economic decline in Delaware County. He starts by saying: "By any objective measurement ... Delaware County has been well managed." This is where the audience murmured its objection to the veracity of that statement. Just be glad we don't have "smell-o-vision", because Andy was shoveling some serious BS.
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Dear David (and anyone else, if anyone is reading this dead blog):
I just had to share the good news. The Philadelphia Inquirer has endorsed Christine Fizzano Cannon, Andy Lewis, and Tom McGarrigle.
Thanx in advance for your congratulations!
Pat-
Clearly, the people at the Inquirer don't have to live under the corruption/cronyism of the Delco GOP (or maybe they are just used to that style of government from Philly).
Fortunately, the people that actually live in Delco will be the ones voting, not the staff at the Inquirer.
Of course, maybe they want the GOP because they are hoping more scandals will sell more papers.
Clearly a bad decision by the Inquirer. Nothing to be proud about.
everyone knows that Brian Tierney is a republican..not suprprising he chose all republicans. additionally, the remainder of their endorsements are slanted to help the republicans as well.
nice try Pat--just another example of Rs strongarming people improperly.
Seems like sour grapes to me from David and his misguided disciple. Is it a new requirement at the Inquirer that its employees are not allowed to live in Delaware County? And last I checked, Brian Tierney didn't serve on the editorial board of the Inky. I'm sure if nay of the libs on that board were "strong-armed" they'd be screaming about it off the highest mountain.
Looks like Landau's negative campaign didn't gel with the editorial board, just like its turned off voters who don't care for his brand of smear politics.
Delco-
I got a disciple? Cool. Fortunately, building a blog temple out of electrons is very inexpensive.
The Inky didn't cover the debates or give any actual reasons for their endorsement. Any reporter that's covered Delco politics knows about the corruption and patronage. Landau's campaign, positive or negative should not matter to reporters focused on the issues.
Clearly, the Inky took its eye off the ball and got three strikes. They should be embarassed.
re: the first paragraph of David's first response above --
Life is so tough for you, David; I don't know how you stand it. Living "under the corruption/cronyism of the Delco GOP," and in your parents' basement no less. It must be so hard for you to endure. Poor baby.
But at least you are consistent. If someone disagrees with you, they are misguided, strongarmed, deluded, and/or bought off.
There's nothing misguided or deluded about that kind of thinking, now is there?
Pat-
Who are you trying to kid?
You know as well as anyone that 250 out of 255 employees in 11 courthouse departments being Republican is no coincidence. This inspires no confidence that people are being hired for any qualification other than being connected.
In Philly, Perzel recently advocated FOR patronage, as a pre-interview process.
What job(s) has St. Andy promised you if he gets elected?
Hey delco--
Tierney is the Publisher--you know, the one who the editors have to keep happy so they can keep editing. Also, didn't he just bring aboard slick rick santorum as a columnist for the INKY?
Besides, a great point is that the endorsement is devoid of reason and provides no reason why to choose those three over anyone else--just like the republican campaign to date--
I would not be touting the INKY endorsement when there was not even any interview process conducted by the editorial board and no basis for the decision is given. Looks very DELCO Republican machine--all about politics and not people.
Like I said, when the news suits you, it's accurate, honest, insightful, and brilliantly reasoned.
When it doesn't, it's because someone was strong-armed, or corrupt, or paid off, and the writer should be embarrassed.
You are pathetic.
Also by the way, Andy hasn't promised me any job, nor have I asked for one, nor do I want one.
Unlike Bill Myrtetus, Diane Merlino, Nancy Baulis, Ben Kapustin, or any of the other Democrats I knew, back when I was one, who were all at the public trough, and yet every bit as self-righteous as you are now, and every bit as convinced that this was going to be the year that the poor ignorant beknighted downtrodden voters of Delaware County would cast off their blinders and recognize the innate, immutable superiority of the Democratic candidates and usher in a new era of enlightened government in which Democrats would watch over the public till and keep the big bad Republicans from continuing their reign of terror, larceny, and cronyism.
Pat-
Being the owner of my opinionated entitles me to praise the perceptiveness of those that agree with me and lament the intellectual failure of those that don't. Lighten up.
If the public wants to keep the status quo of corruption and patronage, the GOP has given them the right team of puppets. I wouldn't trust those three to watch paint dry (which will pretty much be their jobs, if elected, as their "decisions" will be delivered to them by GOP machine).
Five hand-picked GOP council members are not going to be effective watchdogs against the corruption of the people that hand-picked them in the first place.
So, you're NOT getting a "thank you" job from St. Andy (if he wins)? Really? After all your hard work and misleading "opposition research"?
So, you're NOT getting a "thank you" job from St. Andy (if he wins)? Really? After all your hard work and misleading "opposition research"?
For the umpteenth time, no.
P.S. There is nothing misleading about my "opposition research." It was all accurate. You just preferred to spin it differently.
Pat and David:
You two should get married and live in David's parent's basement. You both need to get a life.
Pat-
At the beginning of the campaign, you had several wrong "facts" regarding the townships for which Innelli worked as well as the nature of the work.
The for-bid work that Landau did for Nether Providence has also been repeatedly mis-characterized as well as the make up of the board (which was actually Dem-Rep balanced, not implied Dem monopoly).
WhyNotUs-
Ewww!
If there were any inaccuracies in my research, they were pretty minor. As for the legal work that Landau got that you say was "for bid" -- I'd love to see that RFP and how widely it was circulated.
WhyNotUs: I second David's "ewww" and add that the Wayne's World thing just doesn't work for me. I've got five kids, among other reasons.
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