Jenkintown Borough finally runs out of stupid questions about lawn equipment, bringing its war of attrition to an end. Last night at Borough Hall, the ZHB unanimously voted to toss out the Borough’s citation based on lack of evidence showing any kind of business, impactful or otherwise. At the conclusion […]

Borough Council had its regular meeting on June 27th. Highlights include: Presentations to two of Jenkintown High School’s runners for their exceptional performance Public comment revealing that the Borough has spent at least $12,000 prosecuting the Downs’s citation. Public comment about a possible edit to the Borough’s own archived video […]

Jenkintown Borough Council held a special meeting on June 20 to consider rescinding its support of the Taco Bell project. This video contains that meeting and the regularly scheduled meetings for the Admin and Finance and the Building Zoning and Revitalization meetings. Highlights of this video include some passionate public […]

The Zoning Hearing Board of Jenkintown, PA staged its second evening of mind-numbing questions about photographs of Dave Downs mowing an elderly woman’s lawn, the brand of lawnmower he used (Craftsman), and whether Christine Glass can discern the difference between a business and good Samaritan. We present to you last […]

Grab your popcorn, folks! This is the hearing in its entirety. We apologize for the sound quality (again), but this is what we’re using for a microphone: There’s an omnidirectional mic at the base of that Solo cup, which does a decent job picking up voices. Unfortunately, because we’re always […]

Last week’s Borough Council meeting brought us good news, bad news and worse news. Good news: No property tax increase. Bad news: It will still cost more to live in Jenkintown. Worse news: No property tax decrease. Rick Bunker, social media bully and council member, proudly announced that the 2018 […]

We skipped more than a few meetings thanks to summer activities, but we’re back with the last Council meeting before the election. (Vote for Peggy). No real drama here, except yet another resident comes to complain about the Borough’s lack of code enforcement. Rather than tell George Locke to do […]

In June’s meeting Council discusses ice cream trucks, appoints two new part-time police officers (welcome!), and listens to a presentation from Marley Bice about the Jenkintown 2035 Plan. Sadly, the presentation slides make for poor viewing, and the report provided by Ms. Bice has not appeared on the web just […]

This month’s meeting includes some interesting public comment, and more arrogant, tone-deaf responses from our representatives. Don’t miss hearing Rick Bunker’s fuzzy math as he falsely describes how the new park on Cedar Street will not result in a tax increase for residents. The only thing missing from his assertion […]

We have annotated this video so that you may fast forward to agenda items if you wish. You may download the agenda in PDF format here. Highlights from this meeting include: A statement from Council President Deborra Sines-Pancoe expressing sentiments regarding civil discourse, the Council’s volunteerism, the ballooning cost of right-to-know-request […]

As usual, Chief DiValentino provides the most interesting content in these meetings. During an extended discussion about the traffic on Walnut at Rodman, the Chief revealed that 29,000 cars pass by on a five-day basis. Despite the potential hazard at that intersection, most of the accidents along that stretch of Walnut […]