Here's a comment from long time poster Peter answering the question of who or what is Morrisville Tomorrow.
It's nice to see someone on the scene in the community with some progressive ideas. OK, what I meant was any ideas at all. The school board is mired is doing too much haphazardly and ineffectively with too little and the borough council is just not doing much at all.
Yes, being a [insert public office holder title] is hard and demanding. But whirling feverishly and accomplishing nothing is just like a Canadian police chase.
Let's hear some real discussion that can improve Morrisville instead of what's really happening: Zero discussion and outright evasion.
Face it people: We got exactly what we voted for.
Maybe we can do better?
So, who/what is Morrisville Tomorrow?
Well, like the ad says, we are a non-partisan group that is interested in getting more people informed about the goings on of our town. We recognize that we are all busy and that people may be more inclined to get involved if someone helped them stay informed. None of us can attend every meeting, but we can as a group.
The sentiment of the billboard is sincere. We just want to show our appreciation for the efforts of those that are working hard to make our schools great, and recognize the improvements that are being made.
We encourage a progressive can-do attitude and support attempts to improve our town through business development. We love the rich history of the town but realize that history alone will not sustain us. And not only do we need to attract businesses to our town, we need to attract the right types of businesses.
What Morrisville Tomorrow is not: we are NOT a charitable organization. We have NOT incorporated, nor do we plan to. We are NOT about reliving the past and we are NOT about a new school building.
Want to know more? Contact Morrisville Tomorrow at:
Morrisville Tomorrow
P.O. Box 1222
Morrisville, PA 19067
morrisvilletomorrow@googlegroups.com
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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I don't appreciate how Marlys is dressed in that "Zero discussion and ouright evasion" link. It's just wrong, although white shoes are acceptable before Labor Day, and that clip was from a May 1, 2007 "Meet the Candidates" event illegally organized by that nefarious political action group known as the "Parent Advisory".
Could we have a uniform policy for school board members too, please?
"It's nice to see someone on the scene in the community with some progressive ideas. OK, what I meant was any ideas at all."
Please note that Morrisville Tomorrow is a whole group of people with ideas. I am not the brainchild, I'm just a guy who blogs. And one who thinks we can work together to make Morrisville great.
Thanks, Peter. So stipulated and corrected.
Some"one" was used in the plural sense. It's sort of like the royal "we", as in "you can make me we, Mr. President."
Ideas in this town die a brutal death. They tend to either be run over by the forces of indifference or strangled by over-the-top mis-characterization and outright demagoguery.
Sane and rational discourse is a long-missing staple in this town and until we can revive that simple courtesy, Morrisville is doomed to stagnation.
Speaking of stagnation, I was out of town a few days and haven't seen the 11/19 board meeting on the boob tube. I am particularly interested in details about Ron Stout's public comments attacking certain individuals. Anyone know the scoop? What did William Jennings Bryan Jr. have to say?
Also, I hear Marlys Mihok revealed that exactly 56 students were weeded out by the re-registration in August. I'm wondering how she arrived at this number.
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