Jenkintown residents should easily identify with a segment aired on today’s Saturday Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. In that segment Scott spoke with professor Meghan Rubado, who explained how shrinking newsrooms can potentially impact the number of candidates who run not just for mayor, but for any local elected position. After the remarkable election Jenkintown had two years ago where a write-in candidate for mayor garnered more than 35% of the […]

Dear fellow Jenkintown residents: Consider this a modest request. In a town as small and as charming as Jenkintown, you wouldn’t think we’d have to remind ourselves about how its government should treat us. Events of the past three or more years have proven otherwise. We have an election coming up next year. Nearly half the members of Council will face reelection, and if past years provide any insight, those […]