Of all the overheated accusations hurled at Jenkintown Matters found on social media, a lack of ethics is maybe the most curious. According to at least one follower of the Jenkintown Community Page (group), citizens publishing research about their local government on their own blog without revealing their names is unethical.  Ethics, as I understand it, helps us understand the difference between good and bad, and simply put, something “bad” […]

Creating walkable communities need not be a contest between conflicting interests. Here’s how everyone gets what they want. This story originally appeared in Randy by Name, our new Substack. Recipe for an American Renaissance: Eat in diners. Ride trains. Shop on Main Street. Put a porch on your house. Live in a walkable community. Those of us who keep abreast of the sustainable development movement, as I have since about […]

Blaming budget woes on COVID, Council spotlights the size of the borough’s police force Last year, the Borough and the Jenkintown Police Benevolent Association agreed to a new four-year contract that determines compensation and benefits for our police force. This agreement was the subject of much discussion and not a little controversy that involved the fate of Jenkintown’s K-9 unit.  Most residents wouldn’t otherwise read this contract nor did they […]

Suit claims that officers faced hostile work environment after discovering mismanagement and financial irregularities in K-9 unit non-profit While Jenkintown residents digest its Christmas dinner leftovers along with the Borough’s recently released newsletter detailing its financial distress, another civil rights suit filed by against the Borough in Federal court last November makes its way through the system. The gist of the complaint centers around officers Christopher Kelly and Edward Titterton […]

As mentioned in our last post, I believe that the concept of strategic voting is a fools errand. I’ve always believed that people should vote according to their own conscience and always in their own best interest. Voting against a candidate rarely works. Statistically speaking, one vote counts for little in state elections and practically nothing in presidential elections.  However, we have a primary looming for our 154th district that […]

Pity the voter that lives in the one-party state, county, town or borough, which is the predicament of any forward-thinking Jenkintown resident. Sadly, for us we have a primary coming up that will effectively decide who gets to be our state rep, and thanks to the implosion of the GOP, they will be a Democrat.  Though I have never registered Democratic myself, I grew up with the understanding that it […]

The yard signs I’ve seen so far support the reelections of Jay Conners, Jennifer Lugar, and David Ballard (at this writing). Let’s consider their records.