Voter Turnout 2018-What Can We Learn
Topic for Citizen’s Forum in April is: 2018 Voter Turnout and Election Policy by State: What Can We Learn? Please join us as we discuss the turnout results across the country and the election related policies that can make a significant difference in turnout. 2018 Voting Turnout and Election Policy by State: What Can We Learn? Monday April 8 7:30 – 9pm at the Tredyffrin Library 2018 Voter Turnout and Election...
Citizen’s Forum February on Coastal Flooding in the US
Monday February 11
7:30 – 9pm at the Tredyffrin Library
Jan. 2 School Board Meeting on High School Expansion
The T/E School Board will meet on Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at 7:30 P.M. at Conestoga High School, to discuss plans to expand the high school. There will be a presentation of 2 different plans to expand the high school. This presentation was first done at the December 11th Facilities committee meeting at the TEAO. Additionally, at the January 2nd meeting, there will be a presentation of a possible bond issue in order to finance the...
Lead Poisoning-Forum Topic for January 2019
A Citizen’s Perspective 2019 @ Tredyffrin Library January 14 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm We are starting the third year of ‘A Citizen’s Perspective’ with a never-ending list of potential topics of for future sessions. On Monday January 14, we will take a hard look at one topic that should be of interest to all of us: Lead Poisoning The water system in Flint Michigan is no longer making front page news. However, many people in Flint are...
Hate Crimes is December Citizen’s Perspective Topic
Three nationally publicized hate crimes in one week: Pipe bombs sent to 14 key Democrats and their prominent supporters Two African-Americans murdered near Louisville … after the suspect was unable to get into a predominantly African-American church 11 Jews murdered, and 6 people injured at a Pittsburgh synagogue Hate crimes have increased for the last 4 years in the 10 largest US cities…even as the overall crime rates have decreased....
Tragedy in Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH — Armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle and at least three handguns, a man shouting anti-Semitic slurs opened fire inside a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning, killing at least 11 congregants and wounding four police officers and two others, the authorities said. That is the lead paragraph from the New York Times. “Armed with an AR-15”? Why does our society, our government allow this? Why do we? The...
