Why I’m Running For Delco Council
By Sharon Devaney
I am running for Delaware County (Pa.) Council. Here is what I plan to say at tonight’s endorsement meeting for the Delaware County Republican party.
My start in politics concerned my kids and the Haverford public schools. Granted schools are not a County Council matter but this is when I became politically active circa 2014.
I was an Obama voter, by the way, and never supported a Republican until Donald Trump in 2016.
My rambunctious son was declared to have attention deficit disorder and they pushed hard to put him on meds. I objected. To my shock, I found myself pressured by the faculty and administration to the point where it reached intimidation and bullying. I held my ground, but parents rights were not what those running things respected.
I then became aware of books being assigned that were, to be polite, sexually inappropriate. They seemed like a grooming effort.
I again objected. To my still puzzlement the administration and staff dismissed my concerns. This was not an attempt to ban books from the library but a desire to see parents consulted and warned about curriculum.
One of the administrators with whom I most butted heads was the Haverford High vice principal. This man was eventually found putting sexualized photos of himself on Instagram where he was friends with many students.
He was defended by the administration until one Christmas when he published a photo of himself wearing only a Santa cap and Christmas lights.
He had to be let go, at this point. I understand, though, he found himself a nice job in public education in New Jersey.
The other issue for which I became a bit notorious was illegal immigration.
On April 10, 2017, I was taking my daughter to my parents before going to work when my Toyota was t-boned at Lawrence and Ellis roads. The other driver turned out to be an illegal immigrant. She did not have insurance or a drivers license. She never passed a drivers test. She was speeding. The police at the scene angrily told me they could do nothing due to policies created to protect those here illegally.
If this was you or I we would find ourselves intimately involved with the criminal justice system.
This woman escaped all consequence.
Thank God, she hit my side else my daughter would likely have been killed. As it is, I am crippled. I can no longer run. I fear walking on ice and using escalators. I almost always use the handicapped ramp.
What happened to me was not a one-off. I’ve heard from many who have had similar experiences about the unwillingness of law enforcement to arrest illegals.
I am not opposed to immigrants or anyone here legally, but what has been going on in this county is social suicide. Willfully ignoring the law is social suicide.
Regarding, the 2025 election the big issue is the massive property taxes imposed by the Democrat controlled council, and the big tax hikes coming in the next few years.
I think we all hope this wakes the citizens of Delco up and they demand a change.
Democrat Richard Womack is seeking re-election. He is a nice guy and he voted against the 23.8 percent tax hike his fellow Ds imposed on us.
Richard, however, was a rubber stamp for every wild spending project passed by council during his term and he does not deserve to be returned.
And we really don’t want Joanne Phillips of Middletown to be elected. She most certainly will continue the impoverishment of Delco’s middle and working classes.
Oh my God That’s one of the best testimonials and reawakenings, i’ve seen… It’s such a tragedy to be crippled dial.Eagle aliens… In the fact that there were at least 30 million illegals in the country before Biden’s open borders festival, allowing another 30 million in. That’s sixty million that could t bone us at any moment, and have been team boning us financially since then… Thank you in bravo for joining the team. There are some typos, as this is speech to text and the keyboard. It’s just as bad, add speech to text
Wow! There’s always something the public doesn’t know, no matter how many awful things we’ve heard. Unfortunately, I was aware of sexually inappropriate books in K-12, but the idea that anyone but you and your chosen physician would insert himself into a discussion about medicating your child is a new shock. If we keep going down this path, I genuinely wonder what will be happening in ten years. As a mental exercise, it’s not particularly pleasant, but I do wonder what the end goal is.
This is absurd. Thevaccidentvstorybdidntveven hspprn. And there is nothing about Haverford anywhere. Is this guy just making stuff up now. That wouldn’t surprise me. Oh well, at least he didn’t get nominated. They all probably think he and Charlie Alexander are wackos.
I’m sure Stevens lawyer will be in touch.
We welcome disagreement and dissent and we love being challenged but generally we trash comments like this.
Stupidity is very much unwelcome, though, but at times it is necessary to deal with it.
People like this commentator actually believes what he wrote, and there are many people like this.
They get their information from the morning shows or the evening news. They live in a denial at the problems we face.
Their delusion is such that they will look at this year’s Delco tax bill and not be outraged. They will bumpkin-like say “Gollllly, they must be spending the money on good things.”
They will not even ask why guy under whose watch millions disappeared in Upper Darby was appointed to fill the Register of Wills seat by the Dems running things.
To address his issues directly.
The accident happened. There are police records and hospital reports albeit if he is shown them we suspect he will shrug his shoulders and change the subject rather than change his mind.
Regarding Dr. Christmas Tree, the image was seen by close to a thousand parents and students. HHS students on the last day of school actually made t-shirts with it. Quinn does not appear to have been a popular figure.
Granted the morning shows and evening news did not cover it.
Oh, and Sharon is not a he. Most definitely not.
Sharon- I’m glad you stood your ground in regards to the medication for your son. I have a degree in Special Education from Millersville University 1978. I was encouraged to go into it because I heard it was difficult to getting a position as a regular elementary school teacher. I took the bait and have regretted it ever since. Not only is most of the terminology of my degree completely obsolete, but I found the permanent labeling of young children deeply disturbing. I knew it was a mistake but was too far in and after graduation I entered a different field in life. Later in my early 40s, I decided to give it a whirl and substituted for few year, mostly in Special Education classes in Delaware County under the Substitute Teacher Service. I was appalled that parents were not on top of their child’s progress in school, and did not look out for the longer term well-being of their children. It was almost as if they just wanted them entertained rather than educated. I remember a school psychologist walking in unannounced interrupting my class daily until I finally asked him to kindly leave unless he had a scheduled appointment for the student. Children need and thrive on schedules. I also felt the “bricks and mortar” building that had been there for 100 years wasn’t built for him to discuss what Johnny did on the playground last year into eternity. “Johnny” was almost nine years of age and still couldn’t read or do simple math. I was there for a long assignment and I was planning on putting a pretty good dent in catching him up to speed. Later was also asked by administration to put my signature on student report papers in a file that weren’t signed by a teacher who had left the previous year. I refused. One mother confided to me that she wasn’t sure whether her son should be put on recommended medication and that he had been labeled a” so and so”( forgive me, but the ever-changing terminology of Special Education labels has slipped my mind at this point). I asked her what did she think? She expressed that she believed her son did not fit their diagnosis. I asked her why she believed someone with a four-year degree had the right to label her son which would permanently alter not only his self image but his future? . She became quiet and I left it at that. Many years ago I found a book called The Feathered Pen ( I believe it was in the Lansdowne Library ) which I read years ago about a parent who was fighting the permanent placement of their child in Special Education even though the diagnosis of a learning disability revealed to be false. Special Education is about money and school budgeting. There are large tax dollar federal dollars to be gotten in special education and that’s why the intermediate unit was formed in the early 80s to take it away from the the non profit independent sector( such as Lutheran and Children Family Services and other non profits) . Once your child is enrolled special education, the budget is drawn, and the Dept will do everything in their power to keep them in there. The false guise use of IEP’s ( individual Education Plan) no teacher has the ability to educate 15 to 20 children effectively using an IEP daily and give them what the normal classroom is getting with rigidly scheduled information coming to the student in a timely and effective manner. I saw nothing timely or effective ( unless you call connect the dots sheets of paper strewn all over the floor educational) going on during the two years of substituting in Special Education classes. When I left education for good, they were planning on building an entire wing out of school in upper Darby, just for Special Education. All to be put on medication I’m sure . Who’s to blame for all of this? We all are. It’s time for fundamental change and that begins with keeping the power of the people local and big federal dollars going out for salaries and not education out of our school. We don’t need federal money (with strings and mandates attached) as much as we need leaders and people that honestly care about children.
Correction: “in one school in Upper Darby”.