Day: October 21, 2023

Holland Warned Of Cavalcante Escape Plan Month Before It Happened

Holland Warned Of Cavalcante Escape Plan Month Before It Happened — Chester County Commissioner Joshua Maxwell implied, Sept. 20, that somehow Chesco prison’s former warden, Ronald M. Phillips, was somehow to blame for the conditions that led to multiple-murderer Danelo Cavalcante Aug. 31 escape.

Phillips, who started at the prison in 1983 and moved up the ranks to top job, was placed on administrative leave in July, allegedly due to the May escape by o Igor Vidra Bolte. He officially retired the day before Cavalcante’s break out.

Taking over as interim warden was Howard Holland. He had been Downingtown police chief, while Maxwell served as the borough’s mayor.

Being a police chief does not make one skilled in running a prison. It has now been revealed that a prison officer warned had warned his superiors that Cavalcante was planning an escape a month before it happened.

“I am just sending this cause I don’t want this to come back on us or [Officer] Hernandez in anyway.He noted back in July that this inmate was planning an escape,” Chester County Prison Sgt. Jerry Beavers said in an email to Cpt. Harry Griswold several hours after the escape on Aug. 31.

The document had been obtained via a right-to-know request by ABCNews.

The present County Board of Commissioners had allowed the prison to become woefully understaffed — 60 of 300 positions were vacant — before Phillips was forced out.

Holland Warned Of Cavalcante Escape Plan Month Before It Happened
If Chesco didn’t gut the sheriff’s K-9 unit, they wouldn’t need a Border Patrol dog to catch killer Cavalcante

Holland Warned Of Cavalcante Escape Plan Month Before It Happened

Motion For Reconsideration In Fayette County Case

Motion For Reconsideration In Fayette County Case — A motion for reconsideration for Marrietta, Gallo, Stenstrom v. Fayette County, Pa. has been filed in Commonwealth Court, Greg Stenstrom has informed us.

We have written about the matter and it is important the judiciary starts taking election integrity concerns seriously.

More than half of Americans think cheating affects elections, according to some polls.

Motion For Reconsideration In Fayette County Case

Winds of change in Swarthmore?

Winds of change in Swarthmore?

By Bob Small

We attended a  “meet and greet”, Oct. 19, for the two GOP Candidates in the Swarthmore Borough Special Election, Nov. 7. 

This election was necessitated by the resignation of two Democratic Borough Council members, Sarah Graden and Francine Halderman.

It’s been many years since the Republican Party has meant anything in Swarthmore. There was an enthusiastic audience, despite the Phillies playing in the NCLS.

The Republicans are Rob M. Jordan and Bill Pearce.  They explained why they were running in a letter published  in the Oct. 20 Swarthmorean.

“Our Council’s financial decisions are causing great concern.  Overspending, a draw down  of reserves, and the Mayor’s ominous warning of a looming budget crisis have left us burdened with a 9 percent tax hike in 2022 and a 10 percent tax hike this year – with an even higher jump possibly to come shortly.”

They also mentioned  “the erosion of civility and accountability in leadership”.

They noted that the GOP is not merely the “party of grievance”. The candidates said they want to “preserve our cherished Tree Canopy from PECO Deception”.

They said they also want to“increase the exceptional quality of  life that defines our community,” and to embrace “intelligent zoning and forward thinking planning.”

They said at the event they feared Swarthmore would turn into Lansdowne if the current board’s agenda was not checked.

Rob Jordan is a Villanova University Economics Graduate and has worked as a senior healthcare executive.  He is a member of the Don Guanella Park Master Plan Advisory Committee and is president of the Board of Directors of Saint Joseph Family Hope emergency housing center.

Bill Pearce is a graduate of Drexel in Chemical Engineering. He also has a masters of education from Rutgers, and an MBA from Tulane.

After a 35 year career in what he describes as “global business development”, he moved to Swarthmore.  At the time of COVID, he joined the Widener University SBDC(Small Business Development Center) where he is a business consultant and international trade specialist. 

He recently joined the Goldman Sachs 10 K Small Business Program at Community College of Philadelphia.

We’ve had two decades of one-party rule in Swarthmore.  As long as there’s only one choice, whether Democrat or Republican, this  feels more like dictatorship than democracy.

Winds of change in Swarthmore?
Bill Pearce and Rob Jordan,

Liberal friends William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 10-21-23

Liberal friends William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 10-21-23

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