FatherJohn Ciurpita performs the final basket blessing, yesterday morning, Easter 2015, at Saints Peter and Paul Church in Clifton Heights.
The church will be joining Holy Ghost Church in Chester to form a new parish at Holy Myrrh-Bearers in Ridley Township with the first service at the new church, 900 Fairview Road, Swarthmore, Pa. 19081, at 11 a.m., April 19.
Holy Myrrh-Bearers will be consecrated 1 p.m., April 18.
We have a tradition in which we visit three churches on Holy Thursday. The last one is Holy Cross Church in Springfield, Pa. with the visit happening well after 10 p.m.
The last few years the upper church has been closed at the time so we went to the lower one where a Korean celebration has been taking place and when we arrive it is near the end.
And that is about the time for a choir performance that is among the most beautiful music that we have ever heard.
That’s probably not going to increase its standing among my readers.
The ticket is all incumbent: Colleen Morrone of Concord, John McBlain of Aldan, and Mike Culp of Springfield, who is serving out the remainder of new state Sen. Tom McGarrigle’s term.
Union endorsement aside, I’m going to have no problem hitting the button for them this November. Complain all you can about the state and federal Republicans but Delco is one of the better run Pennsylvania counties.
Pete points out that Delaware County has an unemployment rate lower than the national average and is experiencing job growth. The county Republicans deserve undeniable credit for this as it was the policies of the other party that almost sent it into the tank.
The ticket is unopposed in the May 19 primary and may very well be unopposed in the General Election on Nov. 3. For the record, the Dems should be allowed on the ballot.
Bob Guzzardi, whose case was cited by Delaware County Common Pleas Court Judge James Proud in removing three Democrats from the Delaware County Council Primary ballot.
Jack Evans of Norwood, Richard Womack of Darby Township, and Christine Reuther of Wallingford were removed from the Delaware County Council (Pa) Democrat primary ballot for failing to file the proper report with the proper bureaucrat.
The three filed statements of financial disclosure with the Board of Elections but failed to provide a copy to the County Clerk.
Common Pleas Court Judge James Proud said because of that “no ballot for you”.
Proud cited the infamous Bob Guzzardi ruling handed down May 20 in which the state Supreme Court ruled that Guzzardi could not appear on last spring’s Republican gubernatorial primary ballot because his paperwork was not perfect.
What the Democrats did was a technical mistake. As they are accused of neither acquiring enough signatures nor presenting false ones, it is obvious that enough people want them on the ballot for there to be an election.
As they filed statements of financial interest publicly, they obviously were not trying to avoid scrutiny.
The proper recourse would have been for Proud to tell Evans et al to file the documents correctly and in the case of Evans to sign it and get it notarized. The only deadline that should be immutable is the presentation of signatures. Technical stuff should always take a backseat to democracy.
Delaware County Daily Times editor Phil Heron, however, notes that only 250 write-in signatures are needed for them to get on the ballot. You don’t think there are 250 Democrats in this county willing to do that? You don’t think this is going to make the Democrats more motivated and not less, and nominal Republicans more suspicious of those now holding power hence sympathetic to the Dems.
Don’t assume party loyalty is the force it once was. See Scott Wagner.
The people really are getting sick of sneakiness.
Bob Guzzardi did not have a prayer of beating Tom Corbett last spring. Because Corbett played dirty, though, he burned all his bridges with the anti-corruption activists supporting Guzzardi and went from having a tiny, smidgen of a chance to win the general to none.
Vote fraud is bad and must be punished severely. Technical errors are not vote fraud. It’s sickly ironic that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court which shot down a sensible photo voter ID law upholds these banana republic games.
For the record, County Democratic Party Chairman David Landau has vowed to appeal to the higher courts.
While Sears and Boscov’s will remain open along with the connecting halls, according to a cashier at Boscov’s, the J.C. Penney store which has been an anchor since 1974 will be demolished to be replaced with a multi-screen movie theater and retail space.
The existing AMC movie theater will be ripped down for an apartment building. A four-story apartment building will also be placed on the site of the long-gone Chi Chi’s restaurant on Route 352.
Scott Wagner will speak in Delaware County on April 6.
The Republican who has become an outspoken critic of the GOP’s Delaware County contingent in the Pennsylvania Senate will be speaking on enemy turf, Monday, April 6.
Scott Wagner of York County and the 28th District will address the Delaware County Patriots, 7 p.m., in the Knight of Columbus Hall, 327 N. Newtown Street Road (Route 252), Newtown Square, Pa. 19073.
The hall is in the 26th District which is represented by newcomer Tommy McGarrigle, who was one of the five Wagner called out last week for opposing a rather mild pro-worker measure called Mary’s Law, which would have prevented state public employee unions from using the money automatically deducted from worker’s salaries for political campaigns.
The bill, SB 501, failed due to opposition from the Philadelphia-area Republicans.
Wagner, in his missive, was especially harsh on McGarrigle’s fellow Delco Republican, Dominic Pileggi of the 9th District, saying that since losing his leadership post he is a bitter person and will do anything to undermine the PA State Senate’s new leadership; and John Rafferty of the 44th District (Montco, Checo and Berks) saying he is is self-serving and badly wants to be Pennsylvania’s Attorney General.
So, how do you really feel, Sen Wagner?
The Patriots say invitations have been sent to the Delaware County legislators to attend the event.
Everything is free. The store run by non-profit Transition Town Media circulates items donated items to those who want them without charge.
It’s a great way of getting rid of useful items that are just taking up space and doing some socializing.
Mentioned in the story are Julie DiRemigio, a founding member, and volunteer Kate Rainey who is sometimes a commentator here.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 12 to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 12 to 4 p.m., Sunday. Drop off donations during open hours only.
Barbara Ann Zippi tells us that there will a one-hour TV special in May, which is military month, concerning last November’s inaugural bestowing of the Delaware County Veterans Memorial Freedom Medal.
It will air on Radnor 21 Studio, most Verizon networks, some Comcast ones and be archived on YouTube.
It is produced by Radnor Studio 21 ARTEMIS Productions at with the camera work done by Kate Sorrento and BetteAnn Flynn.
Visit here for a preview produced by ARTEMIS Productions for DCVMA.
The Delaware County Patriots report that a Delco support police rally will be held from 3 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 4 on both sides of Baltimore Pike in Springfield and Clifton Heights.
There will be fundraising from 2 to 3 p.m. in front of Millers Ale House to benefit the families of murdered New York Police officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. T-shirts will be sold and donations collected.
Millers address is 18 Baltimore Pike, Springfield, Pa. 19064 for those who want something to plug into their GPS navigation system.
Information about parking and other matters can be found here.
FatherJohn Ciurpita performs the final basket blessing, yesterday morning, Easter 2015, at Saints Peter and Paul Church in Clifton Heights.
