Category: Business

Virtue Signalling In Swarthmore Fails To Consider Consequences

Virtue Signalling In Swarthmore Fails To Consider Consequences

By Sharon Devaney

Shopped in Swarthmore this afternoon and saw some really great new stores that opened up. A couple restaurants that we are going to try at a later date, a bakery and a few boutiques.

I really wanted to head into this great looking basement store but was surprised I could not get enter. It is not handicapped accessible.

Shocking because Swarthmore is supposed to be an inclusive community.

We walked along the rainbow painted crosswalks so I felt welcomed.

The rainbow is supposed to make everyone feel welcome, right Jen O’Mara?

You did say July was “Disability Pride Month”, after all, with rainbow colors and everything.

My disability relates to an accident in 2017 in which a woman who was here illegally t-boned my Toyota at Ellis and Lawrence roads in Haverford Township. She didn’t have insurance. Actually, she didn’t have a drivers license.

The police were told to let her go. She suffered no consequences.

Imagine that happening to someone born in the USA.

The store is Lunch Break Vintage at 13B Park Ave.

My fiance went down the steep stairs to buy a shirt for my son Davis that I found on its sidewalk rack. I would have loved to have seen what was at the bottom and do some browsing.

Such is life.

Maybe there was a handicapped access that just lacked signage.

We don’t want to get the owner in trouble. We don’t even want him to endanger his business by forcing him to put in access as it doesn’t seem practical or possible.

I just want to point out the virtue signalling of Representative O’Mara and Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon. They represent the borough and are just fine with impractical laws passed without considering consequences.

If LBV was forced to make itself accessible to me, it would likely be inaccessible to all as it would be out of business.

We really don’t want that.

By the way, Swarthmore, like Haverford, has a bag ban. Just one more thing to dissuade spontaneous shopping for those with disabilities. Do you understand how much harder it is to grab handholds when your handicapped and your hands are full of small items?

Virtue Signalling In Swarthmore Fails To Consider Consequences
The store sure looks fun. Shame I couldn’t see what was inside.

Virtue Signalling In Swarthmore Fails To Consider Consequences
An obstacle I couldn’t overcome.

Cure de Repos On Kelly Drives

Cure de Repos On Kelly Drives –Cure de Repos, the new state-of-the-art health spa at 65 Cricket Ave. in Ardmore, Pa. will be featured, 6:30 p.m., tomorrow, Feb. 27 on Fox 29’s Kelly Drives with Bob Kelly.

The salon features hand-picked massage therapists and estheticians, custom skin care products curated by owner Chrissy Dress, red light therapy, saunas and cold-plunge pools.

Cure de Repos On Kelly Drives
Bob Kelly and Cure de Respos owner Chrissy Dress

Ten Thousand Villages Closing Shops

Ten Thousand Villages Closing Shops — We took a walk through Media, Pa., today, Jan. 23, and stopped in at Ten Thousand Villages on State Street to learn that all the retail locations will be closed by March 31.

Everything will be online.

It seems short-sighted. We suspect most purchases were impulse buys and that many used excursions to the stores as an excuse to get outside and away from virtual worlds

And they did provide local jobs.

Providing jobs is what company’s mission is, right?

Hopefully, someone i the bean -counting department wakes up.

The upside is that everything was 40 percent off.

Ten Thousand Villages Closing Shops -- We took a walk through Media, Pa., today, Jan. 23, and stopped in at Ten Thousand Villages on State Street to learn

Ten Thousand Villages Closing Shops

Ardmore Grooming Station Welcomes Difficult Dogs

Ardmore Grooming Station Welcomes Difficult Dogs

By Sharon Devaney

Ardmore Grooming Station should be the absolutely only place to get your furry family members cleaned, beautified and yes it will even dye their hair in fun colors.

The salon is at 7 Anderson Ave., Ardmore, Pa. 19003 and is the perennial winner of Main Line Media News The Best of the Main line for Groomers and Bathers on the Main Line.

It has three employees who are former veterinarian technicians, and each has several years of experience.

Most groomers will turn down difficult dogs but not here.

Owner Robyn Axner-Davis choose never to crate pets when she opened in 2017.

Ardmore Grooming is like a day care with serious pet whisperers. One of them is Kim, the the groomer for my rescues Herbie and Luna.

Herbie had been abused and had anxiety, and this led me to be directed to here. Luna and he fell in love with the place after the first visit and trips became a treat for them.

I had to send Herbie over the rainbow bridge recently, however, and this gave Luna bad anxiety. She stopped eating. Ardmore Grooming came to the rescue helping get her spirits back. They even gifted her a new collar and leash .

Kim has taken on some of the worst biters and pets unable to stand.

The salon grooms pets with missing limbs, joint pain, arthritis and nerve damage. If the pet needs calm talking, music or quiet they accommodate.

The pets are done within two hours. There is a drop off/ pick up service at the door for those don’t have time to wait.

Suburban Square is just a short walk away for shopping or a bite for those wishing to wait.

Full grooming for dogs includes custom shampoo and conditioner, coat brush out, styling depending on the breed, nail trim and ear cleaning. They also offer full feline grooming and nail trims for pets that hop.

Many staffers use their personal time to rescue animals small and large in the Philadelphia area and take them to places for rehab before finding homes for them.

Visit www.ardmoregroomingstation.com for information or call Robin at 610-645-7500

Ardmore Grooming Station Welcomes Difficult Dogs
Kim with a senior dog

Ardmore Grooming Station Welcomes Difficult Dogs
Brenda grooming Gigi

Ardmore Grooming Station Welcomes Difficult Dogs
It’s also cool for cats at Ardmore Grooming Station.

Ardmore Grooming Station Welcomes Difficult Dogs
Luna and Herbie after a grooming

Ardmore Grooming Station Welcomes Difficult Dogs

Brandon Strikes Springfield Pa

Brandon Strikes Springfield Pa — Here are some scenes of the 100 block of West Baltimore Pike, Springfield, Delaware County, Pa. taken June 7, 2024. The top shows the north side and the bottom the south.

We can’t recall these stores ever being vacant albeit the Block Jewelers/State Store has probably been for about a year.

Thank you, Brandon and thank you Delaware County Council. As Councilwoman Christine Reuther said three days ago, why worry about sinking bond ratings, soaring tax hikes and deficit spending.

Thank you Democrats everywhere.

Brandon Strikes Springfield Pa

Brandon Strikes Springfield Pa

Post Election Economic Prediction

Post Election Economic Prediction

Dallas Fed respondent: “Business is extremely slow, and we see no signs of improvement. We think it will stay slow until after the presidential election, after which, we will either have four more years of slow business or an improving economy.

Courtesy ZeroHedge via X

Post Election Economic Prediction

Phoenixville Hearing Concerns Cheating Corporate Homebuilders

Phoenixville Hearing Concerns Cheating Corporate Homebuilders –Pennsylvania State Senator Katie Muth (D-44) will have Home Buyer Beware as the topic of a Democrat Policy Committee Hearing, 11 a.m., May 10, at the Phoenixville Borough Building, 351 Bridge St., Phoenixville, Pa. 19460.

“This hearing will focus on critical issues such as the enforcement of existing regulations, laws, municipal and construction codes; the need for improvements with home and code enforcement inspection process and certification; the oversight authority and responsibilities of local and state government entities; examples of deceptive tactics used by corporate, multi-state homebuilders; the need for enhanced warranties and recourse for the homebuyer,” says her press release.

These are the exact matters being raised by Sean Connolly of Collegeville. Connolly has been describing the horrors of new home construction at TollBrothersFraud.com, and at public meetings including before Montgomery County Commissioners, March 21, and Phoenixville Borough Council, Feb. 13.

Good to see Senate Democrats taking an interests.

Connolly is skeptical as to how far they get. Pretty powerful folk are protecting the rich and shady builders including Gov. Josh Shapiro, he says.

If Shapiro has their backs so does Stradley Ronon which practically runs this state.

Ms. Muth chairs the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. Co-hosts will be hearing with co-hosts Sen. Nikil Saval (D-1) and Sen. Wayne Fontana (D-42).

The 44th District consists of 28 municipalities in Chester County, including Phoenixville; two in Berks County and three in Montgomery County.

We hear Katie has upgraded her home. Will she name it Vereb Manor?

Phoenixville Hearing Concerns Cheating Corporate Homebuilders

Phoenixville Hearing Concerns Cheating Corporate Homebuilders

Chaya Raichik Interviews Mike Grondahl, Founder of Planet Fitness

Chaya Raichik Interviews Mike Grondahl, Founder of Planet Fitness — Many wonder about the logic behind American corporations squandering billions by promoting policies that not merely ignore profit but push sales away.

That’s not how capitalism is supposed to work.

So why?

Those unnterested in products or profits have built resumes, references and credentials making them appear to CEOs and boards of directors as solid hires for positions of high responsibility.

These hires while perfectly content to enjoy their high pay and perks while not interested shareholders were highly interested in sex parties of the most perverse.

Along with pats on the head from those they considered the in-crowd, who protected them from consequences.

Chaya Raichik i.e. Libs of TikTok interviewed Planet Fitness founder and former CEO Mike Grondahl and posted it on X, March 29.

Grondahl says that when he took the company public he learned that the company’s lead council, Richard Moore,– who had been a North Carolina assemblyman — was a self-admitted pedophile. Moore came via Ropes and Gray, the law firm the company used.

Grondahl brought the information to the new board.

And the board fired him.

That’s Grondahl.

Grondahl was the one fired.

Planet Fitness’ new owners fired Grondahl because he objected to a pedophile setting policy.

If Planet Fitness goes under Moore will parachute to safely as will the board members supporting them.

Their lifestyles will not be affected.

Unlike the investors, customer and employees.

Here is Chaya’s interview:

Chaya Raichik Interviews Mike Grondahl

Chaya Raichik Interviews Mike Grondahl

Sell Your Google Stock

Sell your Google stock.

The Gemini artificial intelligence chat has made woke Alphabet a joke international.

Here’s the latest parody as reposted by Elon himself.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1762265469195886878

Remember, though, it’s a meme and the words don’t match the captions.

Sell Your Google Stock

You know Google is in trouble when they use a white guy in the advertising.

Drexeline Sign And Back In Time

Drexeline Sign And Back In Time — Here we are on Feb. 16, 2024, and they’re letting us know we can still shop at Fisher’s Hardware in the Drexeline Shopping Center in Upper Darby, Pa.

When did it move to Manoa? It was more than five years ago.

For that matter, how how long has it been since the supermarket there was called Drexeline, the name that preceded the Fresh Grocer which became a Shop Rite in 2013, and which reopened after reconstruction, Sept. 1?

Anthony’s and The Perfect Circle and CVS and the “30 other retail stores, restaurants and services” are also long gone.

Let’s see if we can get Upper Darby Council to give the sign an historical marker.

That was a joke.

The sign is on the north side of Route 1 just over the Springfield border.

Drexeline Sign And Back In Time

Drexeline Sign And Back In Time