Referendum Sought To Guarantee Minority Voice On Delco Council — A petition is being circulated for a referendum to amend Delaware County’s (Pa.) home rule charter. County council would go from five to seven seats with two guaranteed to the minority party.
Members would serve four-year staggered terms. Four would be chosen at one election and three at the next.
Since the D reign began in 2019 life has gotten harder.
Residents have suffered consecutive tax hikes of 23 and 19 percent with spending being driven by incompetence.
And maybe channeling a little bit of Evita.
Examples are $19 million health department and a 1000 percent increase in legal fees.
That’s right, outside legal fees went from $402,000 in 2019 to $4.5 million in 2024.
And what has that $19 million health department got us other than overseeing the closure of most hospitals in the county in the last seven years?
Having minority voices on council won’t stop stupid policy but it would allow access to information now strangely hidden. It would also provide an official platform at meetings to articulate the stupidity.
Let it be noted that if things change this would guarantee D seats on a Republican-controlled council.
We don’t think that would be a bad thing.
If you are interested in circulating or even signing a petition contact info@delawarecountygop.org
Bull$***!
Packing the Council with two more $50,000 salaries is NOT a solution.
Frank Agovino needs to resign and we deserve a GOP leader with a brain that can win elections.
These people are incompetent on every level.
Unless the Republicans put up Leah Hoopes and Greg Stenstrom as candidates nothing will change.
Republicans will put up Rinos and it will be the same old same old.
More waste of taxpayer money.
Strongly agree!
We need someone who is able to talk to both democrats and republicans respectfully, like JFK . Then the change starts happening. In fact , it has where I work the elections. Not all Democrats are evil , neither are all the Republicans.
Unfortunately we live in a post covid world where even Republicans, who used to champion small government, just want to oversee the decline of our once great Nation.