New Hospital Proposed For Springfield, Delco

New Hospital Proposed For Springfield, Delco — A plan to finish the development of the Elocin Tract in Springfield, Delaware County, Pa. has been unveiled and the opposition has been aroused just as if it were 1979.

At least as per a professionally done flyer we received attached to our front door.

The property, now called Coventry Woods, is on North State Road between Rolling and Springfield roads.

A large section has already been developed with luxury, single-family homes.

The latest plan calls for building 84 townhomes and a 10-bed emergency room with a surgical center by Christiana Care, according to the flyer.

Leaving the townhome question aside, why build a new hospital when Springfield Hospital lies vacant a couple miles away?

Open space is almost as desirable as a hospital. It seems the powers that be in the township, county, state and Christiana Care have an opportunity to revive a facility already built for health care.

Pursuing the dollar isn’t always what’s best for a socieity.

New Hospital Proposed For Springfield

Emergency Rooms For Delco In Health Emergency

Emergency Rooms For Delco In Health Emergency

By Bob Small

In case you missed it Ridley Township latest to declare emergency over EMS and Chester-Crozier systems has just become a memory and Delaware County has become a third world county.

Delaware County and my world, Swarthmore, have also declared states of emergency. The only two major hospitals left in Delaware County are Lankenau and Riddle, The Delaware County Health Department should, operative word should, be working on this situation. Then there’s Delaware County Council which, I’d like to believe means well. Only State Senator Tim Kearney. of our local legislators, to my knowledge, has been involved with this situation.

Piggy-backing on Sharon Devaney’s excellent article this is a list of ER’s currently operating in Delco. We also listed those within 30 minutes or less from Swarthmore. Note; In Swarthmore, we’ve been told that Riddle is the first ER option and Lankenau is the second. After that, who knows?

Emergency Wards Serving Delco

Bryn Mawr Hospital, 130 South Bryn Mawr Avenue,Bryn Mawr, PA, 484-337-3000

Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, 1599 Lansdowne Avenue, Darby, PA, 610-237-4000

Adjacent Chesco Hospitals with Emergency Wards

Chester County Hospital, 701 E. Marshall St, West Chester, PA 610-431-5000

Paoli Hospital, 255 West Lancaster Avenue, Paoli, PA, 484-565-1000

Penn Presbyterian Hospital is the only adjacent Philly Hospital to Delaware County

51 north 39th St, 215-662-8000 (20 minutes)

Adjacent Emergency rooms in Delaware

Christiana Care, 501 W. 14th St., Wilmington, DE, 302-733-1000 25 m

St Francis Hospital, 701 North Clayton St, Wilmington, DE, 302-421-4100, 27m

Adjacent Emergency Rooms in New Jersey

Cooper Hospital, 1 Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ, 856-342-2000 30m

Inspira Medical Center, 155 Bridgeton Pike, Mullica Hills, NJ 800-467-7472 limited hours

It might be prudent to call these hospitals before going, as they may also get very busy.

Emergency Rooms For Delco In Health Emergency

To Judge or not to Judge?

To Judge or not to Judge? These are the questions for Republicans and Independents in the Philly 2025 DA Primary.

By Joe Mirarchi

Well Philly’s DA Election is less than a month away. But is it the only election race that counts in Philly this year? And if not, should it be? There are also races for one judicial seat on the Commonwealth Court (“CC”) and another for the Superior Court (“SC”). Both political parties have candidates running for each judicial seat. There is no doubt that all these elections play a vital role in applying, enforcing, and shaping state and city law. The Primary Election is on May 20. The deadline to register to vote or to change your Party is before that on May 5 Register to vote or switch parties here, in seconds, for free: https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx.

Pennsylvania is one of a handful of states that still elects its judges in partisan political elections. This process often frustrates voters because they are not advised on the open positions and the candidates running for them. This should be an essential responsibility of political party leaders (i.e., Chairpersons, Electors, State Committee Persons, Ward Leaders, Committee Persons, etc.); Election Officials; and even attorneys. However, in Philly voters are often misguided into believing these elections are more about supporting President Trump while silently trying to undermine his direction. Such misguidance is wrong, possibly even treasonous. This coming Primary Election is about the safety, health, and welfare of all residents, guests, and businesses within the city. It is Philly First when it comes to the people, law, order and safety, and that is America First.

Since Soros-backed incumbent DA, Larry Krasner, took office on New Years Day, 2018, homicides are up 50% . Gun shooting assaults also increased by 54%. This means that over the past 7½ years, Mr. Krasner’s Office has been successful in failing to prosecute these and other felonies, e.g., robberies, thefts, drug sales, etc. These numbers do not even factor his 2020 failures to prosecute the vandals who torched, destroyed, and looted Philly during the George Floyd riots. In reports of the New York Times, Mr. Krasner’s office dismissed or dropped charges in approximately 98% of the 558 criminal cases related to them. This involved about 544 individuals and 99% of the charges where three-fourths of these cases were related to commercial burglary or trespassing. On behalf of the city, in conjunction with former Mayor Jim Kenney, Mr. Krasner also dropped up to 2,000 summonses. Clearly, during his tenure Mr. Krasner established that he is derelict in his duty to promote public safety. As the city’s Prosecutor and enforcer of the state’s and city’s criminal laws, promoting safety is his job. See PROSECUTORS LIKE KRASNER GO SOFT-ON-CRIME AND IT HAS CONSEQUENCES FOR CITIES

Philly needs to elect a new DA. So who are its registered Republican and Independent Voters going to vote for? Especially since the state and local Republican Party (“GOP”) failed to produce a Trump supporting candidate. Many people are asking. The only person to step up for this challenge is Honorable President Judge Patrick Dugan (retired; Democrat) who sat in Philly’s Municipal Court (“MC”) since five years before Mr. Krasner became DA—you know, before all the above increases. Judge Dugan may not be Pro-Trump, but one thing is for sure, he is not Pro-Soros. And he is Pro-Law & Order—just like President Trump.

So which, if any, of the coming elections are most important to Philly? Are not all PA elections and courts the same? Why would a guy who was a Judge want to be DA? And why is Mayor Cherelle Parker, Council President Kenyatta Johnson, and all of City Council, remaining silent on these elections? Their silence and the answers to these questions reveal why everyone in Philly needs to stop voting straight-lever party lines.

As to all these levels, the CCP serves as the primary trial courts. In Felony Criminal, Family, and Civil matters in excess of $50,000, cases are heard by the judge on bench or by a jury overseen by the bench. It also hears de novo appeals in cases arising from the minor courts. To distinguish, the CC and the SC, as third tier statewide courts, are appellate courts. The CC is unique. PA is the only state in America to have one. Although it is third tier, it handles original civil action claims brought by state and those cases filed against it. The CC also hears appeals raised from final orders of certain state agencies. See PA Statute, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 761-764. The SC handles appeals of Civil, Family, and Criminal cases arising from the CCP.

These elected positions affect and effect our daily lives. Everyone understands the DA’s job is to protect the public from criminals. But many people have no idea what judges do throughout the different courts to do the same. By understanding their function, it becomes clear that Philly now has a rare opportunity to use Judge Dugan’s experiences and abilities as a MC Judge in the DA’s Office. For these reasons, everyone in Philly should make the DA’s Primary Race their first priority on May 20.

In PA, there are four judicial levels. They make up the Commonwealth’s Unified Judicial System. First, the Minor Courts, being the County Magisterial Courts (Civil & Criminal) and Municipal Courts (Civil, Criminal, and Special, Treatment). Second, the County Courts of Common Pleas (“CCP”) (being Civil, Family, and Criminal). Third, the statewide intermediate appellate courts, being the CC and the SC. Fourth, the State Supreme Court which is the ultimate state authority overseeing all of them. See Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, Pennsylvania Court Structure @ https://www.pmconline.org/resources/pennsylvania-court-structure
(c. 2024) (retrieved April 21, 2025).

To Judge or not to Judge


As to all these levels, the CCP serves as the primary trial courts. In Felony Criminal, Family, and Civil matters in excess of $50,000.00, cases are heard by the judge on bench or by a jury overseen by the bench. It also hears de novo appeals in cases arising from the minor courts. To distinguish, the CC and the SC, as third tier statewide courts, are appellate courts. The CC is unique. PA is the only state in America to have one. Although it is third tier, it handles original civil action claims brought by state and those cases filed against it. The CC also hears appeals raised from final orders of certain state agencies. See PA Statute, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 761-764. The SC handles appeals of Civil, Family, and Criminal cases arising from the CCP.

In this coming Primary, Philly has nine vacancies on its CCP. The Democrats have 10 candidates running for them. The GOP failed to nominate any candidates. The same for any of its local grass-root subgroups. As to the MC, there are 3 vacancies. The GOP, as well as any local grass-root subgroups, again failed to nominate anyone; whereas, the Democrats nominated 5 people.

Philly’s DA Office functions in pretty much all of these courts. In essence, the Office is almost always the second responder to crime and the victims, following the Police. If the Office decides to prosecute a case, it will begin in the minor courts. The presiding judge addresses whether the charges are reasonable; if serious enough, transfers them up to the CCP; conducts Preliminary Hearings; decides if bail should be set; and decides minor cases like: misdemeanors and civil small claims; landlord-tenant; and other problem-solving matters. This is what Judge Dugan did fairly and objectively for twelve years. Philly now needs him to apply those experiences as DA.

As to the noted judicial vacancies, there are excellent candidates in each race. For the CC, the GOP nominated attorney, Matthew Wolford, Esquire, while a local grass-root subgroup, opposed it and nominated attorney, Joshua Prince, Esquire. On the other side, the Democrats nominated Honorable Stella Tsai of the Philadelphia County CCP. She is running unopposed. For the SC vacancy, the GOP nominated Honorable President Judge, Anne Marie Wheatcraft, of the Chester County CCP. The same local grass-root subgroup, opposed and nominated attorney, Maria Battista, Esquire. The Democrats nominated Honorable Brendan P. Neuman of the Washington County CCP. He is running unopposed. For the CCP, the Democrats have 11 nominations for 9 vacant seats, and 6 nominations for 3 vacant seats in the MC.  Sadly, neither the GOP, nor its local subgroup, produced any candidates. Interested in them? See the City Commissioners’ website at: https://vote.phila.gov/voting/candidates-for-office/. See also Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, Meet the Candidates, 2025 Judicial Election @ https://www.pmconline.org/current-judge-selection-process (providing more details).

There is no doubt that every judicial candidate is qualified. But the Republican nominations only beckon the questions: If the GOP can find and nominate Republicans to run for intermediate level judicial vacancies, why did they not find and nominate ones to run for DA , CCP, or MC, in their coming Primary? Are the members of the GOP not really Trump Supporters? So why are they not following President Trump’s direction? The same goes for all local GOP grass-root subgroups.

It may very well be because those same leaders of the GOP tend to mislead their local subgroups. For example, back in February, many grass-root GOP subgroups throughout the state were at odds with their GOP, while simultaneously relying on it for party-related advice. They were disputing over who should be the next GOP Chairman. It could also be because certain subgroups, in actuality, were assisting the Democrats and the RINOs in dividing the Party to promote a candidate favorable to them. These circumstances reveal two significant problems within the state and local GOP—leadership and guidance.

The coming Primary makes it more obvious. For the CC, the GOPs endorsed Mr. Wolford. But, after receiving GOP advice, certain local grass-root subgroups endorsed Mr. Prince. For Superior Court, the GOPs endorsed Judge Wheatcraft. But, after receiving GOP advice, those local grass-root subgroups endorsed Ms. Battista. In the DA’s Race, despite knowing that a candidate needs to win in the Primary, the GOPs failed to produce a candidate and near simultaneously proposed that all Republican Voters use the Primary to “nominate” Judge Dugan as a write-in candidate. They call this the suburban “Pike-Allegheny County Plan”. And with this, the local grass-root subgroups that endorsed Mr. Prince and Ms. Batista agree. Sounds like a really great and elaborate plan of the Democrats and RINOs to win everything in November but the DA’s Office. Remember, in Philly the Democrats straight-lever always wins. And with this Pike-Allegheny Plan, Judge Dugan will not be part of that straight lever.

It means nothing to be a Trump Supporter if you do not follow his direction. He has proven that he will work with Democrats if they will work with him. He even hired some from Philly to defend him in his last Impeachment Trial. So in this coming Primary, that direction is to win by promoting law enforcement, order, and public safety. That would be a vote for Judge Dugan as a Democrat over Mr. Krasner in the Primary. One thing is for sure, he may not like President Trump, but his Honor agrees with that direction. Whether he likes President Trump is immaterial, irrelevant, highly prejudicial, and only serves to confuse the 2025 Elections before the Primary, and well before the General in November. If allowed to do so, Mr. Krasner and George Soros win.

They know that as well.

Need help registering to vote? Have questions? Contact the Soul of America, LLC, by email at: Admin@TheSOA.ORG, or telephone at: 215-222-1732; and www.TheSOA.ORG.

And may God always Bless and keep Philadelphia and America safe.

To Judge or not to Judge

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Prosperity will be established William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 4-26-25

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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Who has had the power to transgress and did not transgress, and to do evil and did not do it? His prosperity will be established, and the assembly will relate his acts of charity.
Sirach

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Francis And DJT And Immigration

Francis And DJT And Immigration

By Joe Guzzardi

“The Pope is Dead, Long Live the Papacy,” reads the Crisis Magazine headline. Crisis describes itself as the nation’s most trusted source for authentic Roman Catholic perspectives on church and state, arts and culture, science and faith. The article scathingly assessed Pope Francis for his progressive views and hoped that the next pope would adhere to more traditional Catholic values. Among the many criticisms leveled at Pope Francis were that he permitted Holy Communion for unrepentant sinners, okayed same-sex couples’ marriages, put Islam on the same footing as Catholicism, and forged the Vatican-China agreement which created a new diocese in totalitarian China.

My disclaimer: I’m a baptized Roman Catholic, an altar boy who served faithfully for several years, and remained active in church activities until my late teens. Priests frequently visited our home, so often that I considered entering the priesthood. But I gradually drifted away, and nothing distanced me faster and farther than when the Boston Globe in 2002 exposed the sexual abuse cases, which would eventually be revealed to span the globe to include hundreds of pedophile priests, thousands of victims and billions in settlements. In Boston alone, 140 priests were implicated in sex abuse charges against 552 victims, with more than $85 million in payments.  In retrospect, I’m lucky that I, as a former altar boy with priests welcomed as regular guests at our house, escaped the horrific crimes that my young peers suffered.

To the list of grievances that Crisis detailed, I’ll add one more. On immigration, the Roman Catholic Church is hypocritical. From parish priests all the way up to the pope, their message is consistent—accept more illegal immigrants. If the faithful turn their backs on their fellow man, they’re not true Christians but rather selfish xenophobes. The Roman Catholic clergy holds predictably hardline opinions on President Trump, his deportation policy and the White House’s determination to protect American sovereignty.

Take as an example the former San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy, a progressive like Pope Francis and recently transferred to Washington D.C. to become the district’s archbishop. Asked if he would meet President Donald Trump when he became a permanent D.C. resident, McElroy replied that, in the short term, he had no such plans. Then, McElroy added in an obvious criticism of U.S. immigration, “What does it mean in our society to be a compassionate society … and we believe in the human dignity of every person?”  McElroy called the wall and deportations “incompatible with Catholic doctrine,” added that Pope Francis shares his “profound concern” on the U.S.-Mexico border which he considers a “wider cultural attack” on those fleeing persecution and violence. The Pope said a problem today is an effort to portray immigrants as criminals. “When you classify people as criminals,” McElroy said, you class them as “the other, as different,” and thus deserving of lesser treatment, a curious statement that does not distinguish between convicted criminals like MS-13 or Tren de Aragua gangsters and family reunification immigrants. Ironically Italy, without papal interference, has cut immigration arrivals via sea by 60%, cracked down on false asylum claims, and made deals with some African nations to try to block departures.

Moreover, McElroy has his own shameful past tied to the pedophile disgrace. Victims’ lawyers claim that McElroy has been involved in serial cover-ups on behalf of the perpetrators. In 2007, the San Diego Diocese settled lawsuits brought by 144 victims, but recently more than 450 claims have been made. The Diocese said more than 60% of the latest claims are for incidents that occurred more than 50 years ago. If true, five decades still does not erase the victims’ pain or nightmarish memories. In his statement last year, McElroy alleged that settling the remaining cases at the same rate they were settled in 2007 would cost the church upwards of $550 million. To avoid that high-payout, McElroy put the Archdiocese into bankruptcy last year as he sought to delay or deny compensation to more than 500 victims. Just hours before the first of about 150 cases were scheduled for trial, the archdiocese filed for Chapter 11 protection. Now, alleged victims looking for a settlement with the church will find themselves in bankruptcy court.

McElroy scorned President Trump #45 and #47, but he said he had a lengthy call with former President Joe Biden that included a discussion about the border. The breathtaking hypocrisy starts here. McElroy once said that abortion “remains our preeminent priority because it directly attacks life itself.” Yet, McElroy was willing to interact with one of history’s most pro-abortion presidents and, along with Vice President Kamala Harris, women’s right-to-choose administrations. Biden signed an executive order defending women’s ability to cross state borders to obtain an abortion, and he admonished the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The Pope’s duplicity reached a peak when earlier this year President Biden awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an honor Pope Francis should have refused with the explanation that he could not accept the prestigious medal from a pro-abortion president. Because of his abortion advocacy, Biden should be a pariah to Pope Francis and McElroy.

Final thought: McElroy is foolish to avoid meeting President Trump. Differences are best resolved face-to-face, not using the media as his messenger. If McElroy would reach out to President Trump, he would assuredly be invited to the White House and the Cardinal could lay out his personal immigration vision. He may not sell it, but McElroy would have a chance to speak his mind to the U.S. president, a privilege few Americans ever get.

Joe Guzzardi is an Institute for Sound Public Policy analyst. Contact him at jguzzardi@ifspp.org

Francis And DJT And Immigration

By Joe Guzzardi

“The Pope is Dead, Long Live the Papacy,” reads the Crisis Magazine headline. Crisis describes itself as

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Revolution becomes a right William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 4-25-25

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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.
Victor Hugo

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Crozer Closing Emergency Service Guide

Crozer Closing Emergency Service Guide

By Sharon Devaney

The closing of Crozer-Chester and Taylor hospitals by the Prospect Medical Holdings Corporation is crushing blow to the health security of Delaware County, Pa. and this tragedy can solely be laid at the foot of blind incompetence by the Democrat-controlled county and corrupt cronyism of the globalist-uniparty controlled state.

And the illegal immigration promotion by the Obama and Biden administrations.

Prospect Medical’s CEO Sam Lee took home about $90 million in 2018, let us note. It’s one thing to get rich providing a service. Being rewarded for destroying one, however, is a twisted perversion.

Anyway, here’s a guide to what’s left of the region’s medical services courtesy of Terri Millard

Riddle Memorial Hospital (Media, PA)

Services: STEMI, OB, Primary stroke center

Mercy Fitzgerald (Darby, PA)

Services: STEMI, Primary stroke center

Jefferson Methodist Hosp (Phila, PA)

Services: Primary stroke? Community hosp, No specialty services

ChristianaCare Wilmington Hospital (Wilm, DE)

Services: Level 3 trauma, Primary stroke center

St Francis Hospital (Wilm, DE)

Services: Level 4 trauma, STEMI, Primary stroke center, OB

Penn Presbyterian/Univ Penn Medical Center (Phila, PA)

Services: Level 1 trauma, STEMI, Comprehensive stroke center, OB

Lankenau Medical Center (Wynnewood, PA)

Services: Level 2 trauma, STEMI, OB, Primary stroke center

Chester County Hosp (West Chester, PA)

Services: STEMI, OB, Primary stroke center

Paoli Hospital (Paoli, PA)

Services: Level 2 trauma, STEMI, OB, Primary stroke center

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Phila, PA)

Services: Level 1 trauma, STEMI, OB, Comprehensive stroke center, Burn center

Inspira Mullica Hill (Mullica Hill, NJ)

Services: STEMI, Primary stroke center

Temple University Hospital (Phila, PA)

Services: Level 1 trauma, STEMI, OB, Burn center

ChristianaCare (Newark, DE)

Services: Level 1 trauma, STEMI, OB, Comprehensive stroke center

Bryn Mawr: OB, Stemi, comprehensive stroke, pediatrics, and I believe still have a crisis center for mental health.

Crozer Closing Emergency Service Guide

Jennifer Bower Fuqua, R.I.P

Jennifer Bower Fuqua of Broomall died April 16.

She was 55.

She was the sister of our friend Rob Jordan of Swarthmore.

Jennifer was a teacher at Saint Mary of Magdalen School in Upper Providence before leaving to become a full-time mom to Morgan, Michael, and Emily.

She was a member of Marple Newtown High School’s Class of 1987 and had a bachelor’s degree in education for West Chester University,

She is survived by her children; her husband, Jeff; her parents Robert and Maryann; Rob and their brothers Mark and Jason; and other family.

For a full obituary see here.

A viewing will be 9 to 11 tomorrow morning, April 25, at Saint Piux X Church in Marple, followed by a Mass.

Rest in Peace, Jennifer

Jennifer Bower Fuqua
Jennifer Bower Fuqua

Temporary safety William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 4-24-25

Temporary safety William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 4-24-25

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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin

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Thrives on honesty William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 4-23-25

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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

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