Stronghold or Stranglehold?

Well Happy New Year to the few who read this Blog anymore. A lot of things have changed over the years since I first started this blog. The biggest shocker of 2019 was the take over of Delaware County by the Democratic Party, or I should say "Delco Dems".

From the Judges of the Superior Court, the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, County Council, The District Attorney's office, Most of the Magisterial District Judge positions, and the Upper Darby School Board, Democrats were ALL voted in.

This is from what I hear the first time since the Civil War that Dems controlled Delaware County. A lot of people I see and hear have varied opinions for this. The current situation involving the President, Minorities moving in to the area from Philly, even George Soro's intervention by donating over a million bucks to the Party.

One thing is clear at least from my standpoint. Our new Mayor here in Upper Darby, Barbarann Keffer, has had a pitiful record of managing a small borough of Milbourne, to the point of being fired. She, as a council member, didn't contribute much. There is her questionable allegiance to Margo Davidson. I'm really hoping that these newly elected officials keep their "Promises" and are open and transparent. Only time will tell. Enough said. For now.

Cheers.

North Philly and the M.O.V.E. Debacle

I remember back in 1985 when I was just coming home from work. IO had called my then girlfriend Bernadette and asked Her what the hell was going on in West Philly, all the helicopters and police as I was detoured while heading home.

I turned on the TV and saw a live view of a State Police Helicopter circling over the park down the street, as my house was on the Upper Darby side of Cobbs Creek. Then BOOM! The windows rattled and a shock wave came up the street.

Needless to say the rest of the day and night went into history, one that I witnessed first hand from only about 200 yards away at St. Demetrios Church, on Powell Lane.

what's going on now up in the "Nicetown" section of Philly just reminded me of that deadly day. Prayers for the six Philly Cops who were shot today.

Delaware County And The Far Left

A few days ago I had a friend of mine post some Quora post entitled "Why are people so hostile towards President Donald Trump"?  I clicked on the link and read a plethora of nasty liberal crazy responses, enough to make me write the below response. Read On...

 Facebook wouldn't allow me to respond to your post below, so I had to post a seperate one, Here it is:

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭. 𝐈 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐛𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐲. 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐡 (𝐀 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮) 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐞, 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐧,𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐪, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟒,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞? 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥'𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐄𝐀, 𝐀𝐓𝐅, 𝐅𝐁𝐈, 𝐂𝐈𝐀, 𝐁𝐎𝐏, 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐎𝐧 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐬". 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥, 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭.

𝐀𝐎𝐂? 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫 "𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥". 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭, 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐤 𝐔𝐲𝐠𝐮𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬", 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 , 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚.

𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧;𝐭. 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧. 𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐍 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠" 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐫, 𝐮𝐩 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐙 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬, "𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠" 𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐌𝐲 "𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 “𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥” 𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 (𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝) 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬.

𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡.

Comments are welcome of course.

Cheers... 😎

Goodbye And God Bless

Monica Malpass, a fixture on our local ABC new Channel 6 in Philadelphia, has retired from the station after almost 31 years. God Bless You Monica and your family. You will be missed.

Social Media Timeline

Well I do. And it seems that because of the explosion of "Social Media" sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, the blogs like this one have pretty much gone by the wayside. I started this blog a few years after I hosted and ran a website called Totally Delco around 2003. The website, for all it was worth, was just a bunch of links to local businesses, and some local government links.

I soon started posting to and linking on my site on Live Journal with a Blog called "Living In Delco", to complement it. Bring alcohol and politics into the picture, and trouble soon began. I remember having whole threads deleted by someone who hacked into my admin account. And having my whole website shut down because of some asshole troll who went by the name of "Michael Crook" sending myself and my web host a DMCA notice that I was using his picture without his permission (He lost and got made an ass out of himself).

There was the interview with Alex Rose, of the Delaware County Daily Times, about my website, myself explaining to him that I started it because I couldn't find as furniture store locally to buy a mattress.Now in 2019, this blog and my website are hard to find on Google. I googled "I Live In Delaware County" and where I used to be number one out of hundreds of thousands, now non existent.

Facebook is the new norm for people my age and  thirty years older and younger, while the really young ones post on Twitter and Snapchat. 

So with all that I'm leaving some links to various blogs and web sites that I had a hand in starting, promoting, and running over the years. 

Totally Delco 

Living In Delco - Live Journal

I Live In Delaware County - Blogger <--- a="" site="" this=""> 

I Live In Delaware County - Word Press

I Live In Delaware County - Facebook 

Cheers.

Michael Crook gets blasted

Election Day In Delaware County 2018

Election Day this year is this Tuesday, November 6th. Here in Delaware County. Here is the list of candidates on the ballot as of November 5th, 2018. Republican - 

 SCOTT WAGNER - GOVERNOR 
 JEFF BARTOS - LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 
 LOU BARLETTA - UNITED STATES SENATE
 PEARL KIM - CONGRESS 
 TOM MCGARRIGLE - PA SENATE 
 RUTH MOTON STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 159 
 STEPHEN BARRAR STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 160
 PATTI RODGERS MORRISETTE STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 161 
 INDER BAINES STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 164 
 ALEX CHARLTON STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 165
 BALTAZAR RUBIO STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 166 
 CHRIS QUINN STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 168 
JAMES SANTORA - STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 163

Stopping The Madness

After the most recent horrific school shooting in Florida, it seems that everyone has an answer as what to do to keep something like it from happening again. This columnist, a former resident of Springfield, has the same old answer. More restrictions.

But Her's are what I would consider to be a direct "assault" on our constitutional rights. In the article, Ms Shaffer wants all gun owners to have a "Gun License", to purchase guns, ammo, even accessories. Her reasoning is, if someone buys a large amount of ammunition in a short time, a "red flag" would come up, alerting the authorities. That alone is an invasion of privacy. Imagine getting into your car, and detectors go off, alerting the "authorities" that you have been drinking. Not enough to be legally intoxicated, but enough for a "red flag" to go up.

And all this information was fed into databases, then shared with others. Next thing your insurance company drops you, your health care provider demands you go to an alcohol rehabilitation, and your neighbors find out. I know, seriously far fetched, right?  Well, actually, Ms. Shaffer's ideas are quite in line, only with guns, not booze.

Madness indeed.

 Leisha Shaffer's piece. Click Here.

Halloween In Delco

Tonight here in the Westbrook Park section of Upper Darby, I watched as dozens of children walked door to door saying "Trick or Treat", as our neighbor down the street blasted "Let's do the Time Warp again".

Some things never change, and this was one of them.

Cheers.

The Underground Railroad In Delco

Ever since this story came out, I've been intrigued about it. Homeowner Alex Poulos called a masonry contractor after a tenant notified Her of cracks in the basement walls. While in the process of fixing them, the contractors discovered a room under the basement floor. I'd like to update this in the future, to see what steps our local History organizations are doing to research this amazing find.