A New Blog for Delco

Delco voters wishing they had more of the same the hard hitting (and scathing) political commentary found on PA7Watch, now have a new destination for local Delaware County politics. While PA7Watch was focused upon the 7th Congressional District and Joe Sestak, PADelcoWatch will concern itself with Delco County Council and local township politics.

For the core of the problems in Delco, one doesn't have to look far to find the GOP strangle-hold that has led to widespread corruption, cronyism and chaos.

For too many years, Delco residents have been ashamed of the strong-arm politics, patronage and waste that have squandered our hard-earned tax dollars. No-bid contracts have become the norm. Courthouse and other government employees are routinely coerced into contributing time and/or money to elect officials of the GOP political machine. It's run like an old-style protection racket. Those that don't comply lose their jobs, rather than their stores, but the effect is the same.

I've heard more than one story of people forced to switch their voter registration to Republican or make a "contribution" in order to get a court case put on the docket. Not surprisingly, a cottage industry has grown around the facilitators of this system.

Many voters are under the FALSE impression that their trash won't get picked up or they'll be denied government services if they don't register Republican. Has ANYONE ever seen (or pictured) the trash collectors with a voter registration list and skipping over some houses? Are there years worth of trash piles outside the Democratic households? Of course not. Voters need to stand up to these hoodlums, and from now until Nov. 2007 they can make their voice heard.

And what of the Delco Times? While they report on stories they can't ignore, they ignore stories on which they can't report. The Delco Times has dropped the ball investigating even the low-hanging fruit of corruption. Why? .... My guess, the oldest reason: money. The Delco Times is beholden to its advertisers more than its readers. The threat of a pullout by GOP controlled advertisers is enough to kill any serious investigation. And there is no left/liberal editorial counter-balance to the right-wing rantings of Gil Spencer.

One of the things I hope to accomplish with this blog is bring some these stories of corruption out in the open, publish the evidence (screen shots and document scans), and have voters wonder why they have continued to tolerate this disgraceful nonsense.

As for Delco GOP cronies, stooges, shills and lapdogs intending to post here: you might want to wear a cup.