Morrisville revitalization?
The Stockham building in downtown Morrisville
This may not be the revitalization that Morrisville was hoping for.A “burlesque style adult entertainment” lounge above a first-floor restaurant is being proposed for the four-story masonry Stockham building on the southeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Bridge Street. The proposal also calls for opening a fitness center on the third and fourth floors of the building, at 10 S. Pennsylvania Ave.
A zoning hearing is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. May 5 at borough hall, 35 Union St., and is open to the public.
More info coming soon in the Courier Times.
9 comments:
Any idea if they are using the word burlesque as a less offensive name for nasty-ass strip club, or do they really mean burlesque in its more literal meaning? Refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlesque.
Would it be sleazy or just naughty?
Why do we need either in this town?
Does it surprise anyone that mostly businesses with questionable values are interested in our town? Seems consistent with many of the voters. Burlesque club, cigarette outlets, fireworks store, bring it on! As long as you will pay taxes we will subject our children to anything!
Morrisville has small minded people as opinion and civic leaders. You get what you paid for. Morrisville needs to vote for people with clear ideas and vision.
Where there is no vision, the people perish
Yeah, and then those people are voted into office, and then shouted down at meetings, badgered and bullied, harrassed and harranged until they are fed up and finally come to the realization that all of this isn't worth it when their blood pressure is sky high or they are taken away from meetings in an ambulance.
Welcome to wonderful Morrisville.
Which is why we have marginally intelligent leaders in Morrisville like Hellmann, Mihok, and the Worobi (Worobuses? Worobae?)
Hey, once this place opens, perhaps Mr. Hellman can find a Solicitor from among those working the poles.
I think you may have confused your definitions
Noun solicitor (a petitioner who solicits trade)
Noun solicitor (a lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents)
Speaking of naughty, sleazy, small-minded, badgering, bullying, and haranguing, below are some pearls of wisdom from Mr. Slander himself. Maybe he was polishing it up at the secret meeting?
People of Morrisville: Glad you’re finally paying attention
By STEPHEN WOROB
phillyBurbs.com
I’m glad that so many Morrisville residents now want to express their views about the future of our school district. My question though is where you have been!
Now marks the tenth anniversary of the malicious dismantling of our once-decent school district. For years, self servers have plagued this district with mismanagement, greed and corruption. Where have you people been? Like it or not, the Morrisville school district has become a big cow that is getting milked to death.
Since 1998, over $7 million has been appropriated toward physical improvements to our aging school buildings. This money was wasted; now we have boilers that are said to be so bad that they may explode. Where have you people been?
Not even soaring taxes and horrible test scores could get most of you off your bottoms to demand changes, but you tout the high paid administrators who continually pat themselves on the back for sub-mediocrity. Hence, self promoting /substance-less things like domestic and international awards still attract your attention.
Now, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, 76 percent of our recently graduated students failed math and reading on their state assessment tests (worst in the county). If costs over the next 13 years could somehow stay the same and nothing else changes, each kindergartner entering this district will cost taxpayers more than a quarter of a million dollars and 76 percent of them will fail at math and reading. Despite such dismal results, our prior lame duck school board locked the superintendent and teachers into lucrative long-term contracts.
Where have you people been?
When it comes to education, if you expect that our state representatives who are in bed with entities such as the teachers unions and the superintendent’s association, are going to initiate needed changes, you better think again.
In a recent Courier Times article about outsourcing our high school students, teachers would not comment for concerns of crossing the state teachers union but parents and students rightfully expressed their concerns. Drastic changes can be upsetting but when this board of directors tells you that a major restructuring is necessary, you better believe them.
At $22,000 per student and dismal test scores in the high school, this district would have gone bankrupt long ago in the real world. With public education spiraling out of control, our careless lawmakers (whom are in the business of getting reelected) don’t address the root of the problem but rather promote tax shifts and schemes that just pump more money on top of a failing institution.
Who of sound mind really believes that Act 1 legislation to cap and control runaway school spending is worth the paper it was written on? With its 10 exceptions that protect a bloated incumbent bureaucracy, Act 1 law is nothing more than pathetic smoke and mirror legislation.
Now in Morrisville we have a new and somewhat novice school board that recognizes that status quo is unacceptable and drastic changes are necessary. Let the changes begin here in Morrisville. First we must stop taxing people out of their homes. Does anyone really believe that test scores will improve if we go from $22,000 per student to $30,000? I don’t think so. The more we feed the monster, the bigger it will get.
My point is not to say I told you so but rather we must all work together just to survive. And perhaps, if we all stick together, maybe we’ll gain the attention of our (don’t rock the boat) lawmakers.
Stephen Worob, Morrisville, is a former school board member and a current councilman in Morrisville.
April 19, 2008 7:22 AM
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