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I stand up to municipal authorities for same reason Rocky Balboa was a boxer- because I can't sing or dance.

September 2, 2010
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Tweet I felt it necessary to update you on my efforts to make Phase II of the Hanover Township sewer project affordable to local residents. Let there be no confusion about my goals and objectives. I am committed to bringing public sewers to Hanover Township, but if and only if we can do so in [...]

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Hanover Sewage Debacle is Shameful

June 8, 2010
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Tweet Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of hosting a community event in Cecil Township, where we handed out $1.8 million in refund checks to residents impacted by the Millers Run Sewage project. Each of the 800 individuals and small businesses that paid the tap-in fee of $6,200.00 received approximately $3,000.00 back, with no [...]

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Sludge and Guts in Hanover Township

May 13, 2010
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TweetLast week, the Hanover Township Board of Supervisors voted to appeal the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s order requiring the township to proceed with Phase II of the sewage project designed by the Hanover Township Municipal Authority. It was a gutsy decision, to be sure. During a couple of very testy meetings in officials in [...]

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Hard Choices in Hanover Township

December 4, 2009

TweetI had a tough decision on my hands this week. The Hanover Township Municipal Authority asked for a letter of support for their plan to renovate the old Hanover Township Building so they could use it as office space. They wanted to get the money from the Washington County Local Share Fund, which comes from [...]

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'Wonderboy' trudges on…

November 4, 2009

Tweet      Nice article in today’s Almanac about the ongoing issues in Cecil Township. White wants grant to go towards tap in fees At the same time, White said that if the refund is not granted to homeowners, he will ask the Cecil Township Board of Supervisors to request the resignation of the municipal [...]

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Respect My (Municipal) Authority!

October 1, 2009

TweetToday, I formally requested an investigation by state Auditor General Jack Wagner of the Hanover Township Municipal Authority for actions I find to be repulsive and unacceptable. It has recently come to my attention that a board member, who is an appointed official, billed the authority $20 per hour for his services, including customer service [...]

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Breaking Ground is Hard To Do… But Raining on a Parade is Apparently Pretty Easy

September 2, 2009

TweetFirst, the happy blog post I had been working on about the new sewage project we broke ground on in Avella. Then some comments from a constituent. I stood in the late summer sun, just a touch too warm to allow me much comfort in my suit and tie, and took a moment to observe [...]

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"The state is based on this contradiction. It is based on the contradiction between public and private life, between universal and particular interests. For this reason, the state must confine itself to formal, negative activities… You know, putting sewers in Avella- that kind of thing."

August 31, 2009

Tweet Tremendous letter to the editor in today’s Observer-Reporter. 8/31/2009 3:32 AM What, no protests over sewers? “President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus bill couldn’t have come at a better time for a costly rural sewerage project in Washington County” (O-R, Aug. 28). Is this the same President Obama that some people have been depicting as [...]

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The Never-Ending Adventures of "Wonderboy" vs. the Evil Sewage Monster

January 29, 2009

TweetAnother day, another snub from the Cecil Township Municipal Authority. With the possibilty of recouping money spent on the Millers Run Sewage Project through the PA H20 Grant Program we passed in the Legislature last year, I decided to reach out to Cecil Township and their Municipal Authority by offering to help them put together [...]

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Trying to Stop the Downhill Flow of Sewage Expenses

June 16, 2008

Tweet There is nothing fun about a municipal sewage project. They’re expensive, they rip up your property, and did I mention they’re expensive? One of the most common complaints I receive is about the high cost of tapping into a sanitary sewage project. When you add up the tap-in fee and the cost of actually [...]

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