Jeff Jones Wants Change And Improvement In Upper Darby
By Bob Small
Pennsylvania House District 163 consists of the 1st and 2nd districts of Upper Darby, along with parts of the 3rd and 5th; , the 3rd, 4th and 5th wards of Darby Township; and Aldan, Clifton Heights and Collingdale boroughs.
The incumbent is Heather Boyd who had been chief of staff for state Rep. Leanne Kruger and a senior advisor to Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon.
She also founded the Delaware County Chapter of NOW and served seven years as chairwoman of the Upper Darby Democratic Committe.
She is married to Sean Mcintosh and they have four boys. Ms. Boyd has an MA degrees in art history from the University of Michigan and History of American Civilization from the University of Delaware.
Her GOP challenger Jeff Jones, who grew up in Camden, N.J. and became a senior manager of asset management, development and personal training; the vice chairman of Upper Darby Weed and Seed; and numerous other charities and enterprises.
A prime goal is to improve the quality of life in his district.
He is married and has five children. He is a Current Upper Darby GOP 3rd District Committee Leader and Committeeman of Upper Darby 3rd District 1st Precinct.
Jeff Jones
Heather Boyd
Jeff Jones Wants Change And Improvement In Upper Darby
We hear Kamala Harris visited several stores in Swarthmore, this evening, Oct. 23, before her 9 p.m. CNN “town hall” at Pennsylvania’s “Hollywood East” a.k.a Sun Center Studios in Chester Township.
How daring.
It’s not exactly Donald Trump visiting North Philly or Harlem.
Was one of the businesses Renato Pizza? Her loss if it wasn’t. The food is great.
Steve of Swarthmore Hardware, by the way, says the Secret Service was obvious.
One of the businesses included a Pilates studio where Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon notably exercised maskless during Covid while the rest of us were locked in our homes.
Pennsylvania House District 162 is most of Ridley, the 1st and 2nd wards of Darby Township and the boroughs of Folcroft, Glenolden, Norwood, Prospect Park, Ridley Park, Rutledge and Sharon Hill.
It’s been generally Republican but Democrat David Deloso holds it now.
Deloso was business agent for Teamsters Local 107 for a decade before taking office.
He is a graduate of Academy Park High School and attended Mansfield University.
He is married with children.
Seeking to unseat him is Gabriella Mendez a graduate of Interboro High School to West Chester University where she majored in political science and minored in Spanish.
When she was 14 her mother died of ovarian cancer a. How her family and friends handled it taught her “the value of resilience and community,” she said.
“I believe in people over politics and refuse to conform to the typical mold of political candidates,” she said.
She is having a day of action, Tuesday, Oct. 26, with much of it occuring during Folcroft Community Day, on Delmar Drive, noon to 6 p.m.; and a special rally at 2 p.m. at the Ridley High School parking lot, 901 Morton Ave.
Gabby has been endorsed by the Delaware County Young Republicans and Philly’s Log Cabin Young Republicans
In the venerable (1801) British House of Commons, the title Father of the House is bestowed on the member with the most continuous service. Many of them are kicked upstairs to the House of Lords with its 805 members.
Only China has a larger congress, by the way.
Sadly, we have no equivalent place to send “career” legislators.
Greg Vitali (D-166) was first elected in 1993. There are, at least 19 past and present House members who have had longer terms.
Two of them are from Delaware County being Republicans Matthew J. Ryan and Nicholas A. Miccozzie.
The 166th District includes parts of Haverford and Radnor in Delaware County and Lower Merion in Montco.
Vitali’s predecessor was Stephen Friend who served from 1976-1992.
Vitali received his law degree from Villanova in 1981 and practiced for a decade. He lists his occupation as “legislator” on his website.
We wonder if our Founding Fathers meant this to be an occupation.
He has a long-time marriage to his wife Lynn.
The Republican opposition is Kay Dugery She describes herself as an executive recruiting consultant with an MBA from Villanova.
Mrs. Dugery started out as a Judge of Elections. She has worked with the Interfaith Hospitality network, and homeless causes.
She and her husband Peter have three children, three cats, and two dogs.
Boom Time At Mickey D’s — For the first time in several years, today, Oct. 21, we ate at a McDonald’s. It was the one on Baltimore Pike in Clifton Heights, Pa.
Delco Man Gets Screen Time In Lancaster — Tevin Dix of the Drexel Hill section of Haverford, Pa. was interviewed by Real America’s Voice at Donald Trump’s townhall, yesterday, Oct. 20, in Lancaster, Pa.
Trump Bus Tour Hits Sharon Hill — The Trump Bus Tour made its first Pennsylvania stop this morning, Oct. 21, at the Sunoco on Chester Pike in Sharon Hill.
The crowd was enthusiastic in support and so were the passing motorists judging by the honks.
Sharon Hill is a working class, mixed race community in Delaware County desperately suffering from the idiotic economic and immigration polices of Biden-Harris.
Speakers were former California lieutenant governor Abel Maldonado; Matt Whitaker, who had been acting attorney general under President Trump; and Kash Patel, a key advisor and confidant of the President, who has become a notable media figure.
Also attending was 5th District congressional candidate Alfe Goodwin, the veteran and retired Philadelphia police officer who is taking on the Democrat incumbent who happens to be the privileged wife of the head of Ballard Spahr, the Philadelphia-based national “white shoe” law firm known for its political influence.
Alfe, who was recently endorsed by Laura Trump, brought along a significant contingent of her supporters who are also backing The Donald.
Congressional candidate Alfe Goodwin with some supporters before the event.Kash Patel mingles with the crowdA solid crowd came out to back Trump and AlfeMatt Whitaker gets a boy from the crowd to help make a point.Abel Maldonado and Matt Whitaker mingle with the crowd.Kash Patel with some more supporters. Holding the flag is Joseph B Dychala of Aston.Wendy Willauer gives cheers for Alfe and The Donald.
The fourth and final Free and Equal Presidential Debate is 8 p.m., Oct. 23. .
This one will be less than two weeks before Nov. 5 Election Day. The co-hosts will be Free and Equal Co-founder Christina Tobin and former US Comptroller General David M. Walker.
The participants, as in the last one, are Libertarian Chase Oliver, Green Party Dr. Jill Stein, and Constitution Party Randall Terry. Both Oliver and Stein are on the Pennsylvania Ballot, while Terry was “lawfared” off it.
Other Constitution Party candidates remain however and can be found here
Walker served as U.S. Comptroller (1998-2008). He was founder and of Comeback America Initiative (CAO).
This forum will be presented live on You tube. Their broadcasting partners are C-Span, rumble and Scripps news and, presumably, the forum will be on these outlets. This will be a theater of ideas and, if like the last one, highly entertaining.
GOP Candidate Demands Delco Machines Be Quarantined And Investigated — Congressional candidate Alfe Goodwin of Drexel Hill told County Council last night, Oct. 16, that Delaware County, Pa is violating state and federal rules regarding voting machine testing.
A injunction was filed Oct. 11 to quarantine the 18 machines tested in September to protect the chain of custody. She said they must be given to the FBI for investigation.
The remaining 838 precinct machines must then be tested to see if they have the same problems, she said.
The problems are that the tested machines are not in the configuration verified by either the federal Election Assistance Commission or the Pennsylvania Department of State.
She further said that the “trusted build” performed in September was done on only 2 percent of the machines. One must be done all all 856 precinct machines for an election to be valid.
It would violate the law for these machines to be used Nov. 5.
Ms. Goodwin is the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District. She called for her Democrat opponent, incumbent Mary Gay Scanlon, to join her in demanding the law be followed.
The 5th District consists of all of Delaware County along with parts of Philadelphia, Montgomery and Chester counties.
The case filed to enjoin the use of the machines is CV 2024008838.
That election doubts are widespread is entirely the fault of certain government bodies including Delaware County Council.
This group fights rulings by the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records to release election documents. They refuse to give poll watchers the expected access at the central ballot counting center.
Now, they have reached the point where congressional candidates are calling foul.
There is no innocent explanation for Council’s behavior.
Also last night, Charlie Alexander of Marple said he was told by police that people have been seen dropping 10 or 15 ballots in election dropboxes. Donna Yarnell of Marple said Delco has more dropboxes than any other county in the state.
This is true.
Councilwoman Christine Reuther boasted at meeting’s start about Delco’s 36 drop boxes. This is more than either Philadelphia or Allegheny counties which are much larger and include major cities.
Kathy from Haverford said that half the solar cameras supposedly providing security on the boxes don’t work.
Kathy also questioned the pop-up satellite voter services offices put up by the county and noted that Councilman Kevin Madden has yet to address his business connections to the BlueCrest ballot sorters used by the county.
Tom Flocco of Upper Providence encouraged all to watch the documentary Big Con which featured video of suspicious actions during Delaware County elections.
Bill from Upper Darby reminded all holding an oath of office that following orders is not an excuse.
“We will have our republic back,” he said.
At the beginning of the meeting, Ms. Reuther said that the county has received 27,000 ballots so far with 20,000 coming by mail, 4,000 being left at the Courthouse and 3,550 coming from community dropboxes.
Alfe Goodwin with GOP Senate nominee Dave McCormick
GOP Candidate Demands Delco Machines Be Quarantined And Investigated
Delaware County has 11 members of the Pennsylvania House and all but one –Craig Williams (R-160) — are Democrat Seven are female, three are male.
All are up for re-election
Running unopposed are PA 159 Carol Kazeem (D-159), Gina H. Curry (D-164), Regina D. Young (D-185) and Joanna E. McClinton (D-191).
Williams 160th District consists of parts of Chester and Delaware counties. It has been held by Republicans since 1979.
Williams has held holds the office since 2020. He won re-election in 2022 beating Catherin Spahr with 52.4 percent of the vote.
Williams received his JD degree from the University of Florida,and has an L.L.M. From Columbia University School of Law. He was a USMC 2nd lieutenant during the Persian Gulf War.
He has been a assistant US Attorney. He has run for US Congress (2008) but lost to the Admiral (Joe Sestak). More recently he lost rather resoundingly to Dave Sunday for the attorney general nomination. He lives in Glen Mills with his wife Jennifer, and their four children.
His opponent is Democrat Elizabeth Moro who has been endorsed by Gov. Shapiro. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Western Michigan University with degrees in political science, political policy, and women’s sudies. She lives in Chadds Ford, Pa with her husband Vince, where they raise sheep and bees. They have four adult children.
