Dear John,
Someone alleging to be you has commented on the post "BCCT Voters Guide: School Board"
Please either contact me savethemorrisvilleschool@yahoo.com or in another comment providing some sort of authentication that you are who you say you are and I can approve the comment.
I posted a comment from someone that was supposedly Graeme Thomson and apparently was not.
Update: John DeWilde has provided authentication and his comment will be posted. He has also agreed to answer some questions from the audience.
He even notes that passions are running high. After all, this is about our kids. Do not get between me and my kids. I promised I would keep things as cool as possible, so please pose your questions in the form of a question, like Jeopardy, but with fewer lit matches attached to the gallons of gasoline included in the question. Send them to savethemorrisvilleschool@yahoo.com or post as a comment and I'll pass them along.
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First question: Thank you very much for responding so quickly. I will post your response. Will you hold yourself open to having reasonable conversation with other commenters and posters here? I know some of us can go over the top and I will try to keep it issue oriented.
The first question I would ask is why do you allow the QSRE type of anonymous literature to go out? Do you approve of the "$3300.00 dollar tax increase prediction by Bill Hellmann, CPA" and "Jermaine doesn't pay taxes" fliers or can you back them up somehow?
JD: Yes I would be happy to have open and honest and reasonable conversations with other posters. I'll ignore anything inflammatory. Passions are running high right now.
I haven't seen any QSRE fliers, and that isn't a dodge. I have been told about them, but I don't know the details. I am going to ask Bill about his numbers though. I can't say yay or nay to his statement, but the bottom line is that if the school is built taxes will go up signifigantly.
My opinion is that if the facts aren't correct then don't print them. I saw the blog about the flier and I'd like to know how being a renter is relevant. Who hasn't rented before? He isn't paying home property taxes, but he is still paying taxes.
Someone posted on the blog that I have moving violations "so is this the type of person you want on the schoolboard"? Again what is the relevance.
Flame suit on....
STS: We've already noted this: The new school is dead. Claiming that a new school will be built if the Morrisville Pride candidates are elected is bogus at best, and is more properly an outright falsification.
Anyone else?
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Next series of questions: Thank you for participating in this. Here is the first series of questions. This is a collection of six emails and comments so far
1. Why, as a candidate and resident, have you not seen the QSRE fliers that have your name on them? Why, as a candidate, do you not know the details of literature promoting your election to the school board?
2. Why do you believe it is acceptable to let proxies operate beyond your control and do the dirty work for you, and then claim ignorance on the details?
3. Who told you about the QSRE fliers? Did you distribute any of them yourself?
4. Are you currently employed as a Special Ed. teacher? If not, why not? When was the last time you were in front of a classroom with special ed students actively teaching the student(s)? Is your certification up to date and are you up to date with your continuing education? Because the special education field changes abruptly from year to year, do you feel you have the professional credentials to authoritatively comment on special education needs in 2009?
5. As a Board member, what is your view on student re-registration and will you be involved with the Board's initiatives to re-register students? Do you believe Morrisville schools are overrun with out of district students? Do you believe that the administration is not doing enough to address this issue?
6. Are you troubled by inaccurate statements and written comments by Marlys Mihok, QSRE, and others on your behalf? If so, what do you plan to do about it? If not, why?
Thursday, May 14, 2009
BCCT Voters Guide: School Board
From the BCCT.
Morrisville School Board
4 seats 4 years
Questions
1. Would you try to push the Legislature to merge your school district with a neighboring district like Pennsbury?
2. If Reiter Elementary is closed, how would you proceed with arranging students in the remaining district schools?
3. The district’s PSSA scores improved last year. How would you continue to ensure that PSSA scores keep improving?
Jermaine Jenkins (Crossfiled)
Party: Democratic Age: N/A Education: Some college, Essex County College, Newark, N.J.
Job: Train conductor, New Jersey Transit Rail Ops
Answers
1. It’s my duty to do whatever is in the best interest of the borough’s residents as a whole. That being said, it’s not my intent to push the Legislature to merge Morrisville with a neighboring district. I believe that Morrisville can provide a quality learning atmosphere for its students.
2. If Reiter is closed the very first element that I would explore would be safety. Being a parent first, I want to be assured that my children are in a safe atmosphere conducive to learning. Any decisions from me would be clearly based on safety.
3. Support of the staff and programs geared towards education is key. Listening to the very experts, whose ideas guided our students to improved PSSA scores, will continue to be beneficial for the students of Morrisville.
Damon Miller (Cross-filed)
Party: Democratic Age: 43 Education: BS, communications, SUNY Frenonia
Job: Freelance videographer
Answers
1. I would first ask the Morrisville community if a merge is desired. If so, I would push for one. Unfortunately the reality is that Pennsbury is not receptive and any legislation forcing a merge is years away. Morrisville cannot hang their hopes on a dream that may never come true.
2. The modular units currently used should only be a temporary fix. I would work with the administration and the community to explore all options to house the students in a permanent structure conducive for learning. The students and the taxpayers deserve permanent solutions for our facilities, not Band-aids.
3. The teachers and the administration have done an outstanding job improving test scores. We need to keep building on that by continually identifying where any problems may be and give the teachers the tools to make improvements in those areas while building on the successes of the past.
Ronald Stout (Cross-filed)
Party: Democratic Age: 68 Education: High School
Job: Retired
Answers
1. Yes. I would push for our community to make a decision on this. We want our students to have the same opportunities that other districts offer.
2. The superintendent has said that grades K-3 will be at Grandview Elementary School and grades 4-12 will be in the high school. Renovations this summer will completely separate the elementary classes from the middle school and high school students for upgraded and safer schools.
3. Renovation costs for Grandview Elementary and Morrisville Intermediate/Junior/Senior High School are less than estimated, leaving more money for better educational programs.
Jack Beck (Cross-filed)
Party: Republican Age: 41 Education: Graduate, Council Rock High School
Job: Production manager, Minuteman Press
Answers
1. This has been tried. The Pennsbury board, with the seeming majority of its residents, don’t wish to merge the school districts. Perhaps, in this time of economic strife facing many school districts, we may have an open dialogue to consider future consolidation. We must first take care of our own.
2. We need to work together, as a collective body, to implement a permanent long-term solution that will be economically feasible. This present arrangement can only be temporary. It will be impossible to maintain an effective teaching and learning atmosphere under the existing facility conditions. We must plan for the future.
3. We must make certain that our teachers and staff have the necessary tools to build on the successes thus far. We should continue to teach the core subjects as full year curriculum and ensure the teachers and students have an atmosphere conducive to teaching and learning.
John “Jack” Buckman (I) (Cross-filed)
Party: Republican Age: 63 Education: Neshaminy High School; continuing education, Bucks County Technical School
Job: Microfilm technician in Bucks County; security officer, Oxford Valley Mall
Answers
1. Yes, at this time with shrinking enrollment and rising cost it is the most logical answer.
2. Due to size and financial constraints, Grandview should be K-3 and the Morrisville Middle/High School building should contain the rest: grades 5-8 in an intermediate school and 9-12 in a high school.
3. Through the savings of renovations vs. building, we should invest in better educational material. That in conjunction with our very capable staff will accomplish the goal of good PSSA scores.
John DeWilde (Cross-filed)
Party: Republican Age: 44 Education: BS, education Job: Network systems administrator
Answers
1. I do support merging with other school districts if it will benefit the residents and students of Morrisville. I believe a merger has the potential to offer more resources to our students, and offer more services to the families of Morrisville.
2. Rearrange the grouping of classes to create a K-3 elementary school, grades 4-8 intermediate school, and grades 9-12 high school. This is the plan according to the current school board, and will be put into effect in September.
3. I think the best course of action would be to understand what the teachers have been doing, and identify what other resources they consider necessary. The savings that has been realized by renovating the existing buildings and not building a new school will provide funding for additional resources.
David Stoneburner (Cross-filed)
Party: Republican
Age: 50
Education: Two years college, business administration major
Job: Tractor trailer driver, Federal Express National LTL
Answers
1. Morrisville must have an economical educational system, and control of it. Regionalism has many benefits, but we would have no controllability. As a parent of a child in the Morrisville school system, I would do what is in the best interest of education. We, together as a community, must decide.
2. Safety for all students is my first concern. If we have only two schools, we must compartmentalize the high school to better separate the large age group that would necessarily be there. We may need to add structure to replace the temporary trailers. Those children need real classrooms.
3. Support continuing education for teacher development. There is an opportunity for community involvement and support through mentoring, tutoring, and educational programs to further prepare our students for this and future critical tests. We have made a good start, but we can do more, with the community’s involvement.
Brenda J. Worob (I) (Cross-filed)
Party: Republican Age: 48 Education: Graduate, Morrisville High School; graduate, Philadelphia Paralegal Institute
Job: Legislative assistant, Pennsylvania Senate
Answers
1. Absolutely, in fact, I recently proposed that the school board send a letter of support to Gov. Rendell for his proposal for school district mergers. The board is working on a resolution to do that. I believe in giving students all the tools and every opportunity they need to succeed.
2. My first objective would be to hear the public’s input through public meetings. Also, I will rely heavily on the recommendations of our administrators. If Reiter does close permanently, we will do what’s in the best interest of our students.
3. First of all I would keep doing what we have been doing. Eventually, I would like to see independent standardized tests administered at the beginning and end of the school year to measure the progress that our students had made under their teachers.
Morrisville School Board
4 seats 4 years
Questions
1. Would you try to push the Legislature to merge your school district with a neighboring district like Pennsbury?
2. If Reiter Elementary is closed, how would you proceed with arranging students in the remaining district schools?
3. The district’s PSSA scores improved last year. How would you continue to ensure that PSSA scores keep improving?
Jermaine Jenkins (Crossfiled)
Party: Democratic Age: N/A Education: Some college, Essex County College, Newark, N.J.
Job: Train conductor, New Jersey Transit Rail Ops
Answers
1. It’s my duty to do whatever is in the best interest of the borough’s residents as a whole. That being said, it’s not my intent to push the Legislature to merge Morrisville with a neighboring district. I believe that Morrisville can provide a quality learning atmosphere for its students.
2. If Reiter is closed the very first element that I would explore would be safety. Being a parent first, I want to be assured that my children are in a safe atmosphere conducive to learning. Any decisions from me would be clearly based on safety.
3. Support of the staff and programs geared towards education is key. Listening to the very experts, whose ideas guided our students to improved PSSA scores, will continue to be beneficial for the students of Morrisville.
Damon Miller (Cross-filed)
Party: Democratic Age: 43 Education: BS, communications, SUNY Frenonia
Job: Freelance videographer
Answers
1. I would first ask the Morrisville community if a merge is desired. If so, I would push for one. Unfortunately the reality is that Pennsbury is not receptive and any legislation forcing a merge is years away. Morrisville cannot hang their hopes on a dream that may never come true.
2. The modular units currently used should only be a temporary fix. I would work with the administration and the community to explore all options to house the students in a permanent structure conducive for learning. The students and the taxpayers deserve permanent solutions for our facilities, not Band-aids.
3. The teachers and the administration have done an outstanding job improving test scores. We need to keep building on that by continually identifying where any problems may be and give the teachers the tools to make improvements in those areas while building on the successes of the past.
Ronald Stout (Cross-filed)
Party: Democratic Age: 68 Education: High School
Job: Retired
Answers
1. Yes. I would push for our community to make a decision on this. We want our students to have the same opportunities that other districts offer.
2. The superintendent has said that grades K-3 will be at Grandview Elementary School and grades 4-12 will be in the high school. Renovations this summer will completely separate the elementary classes from the middle school and high school students for upgraded and safer schools.
3. Renovation costs for Grandview Elementary and Morrisville Intermediate/Junior/Senior High School are less than estimated, leaving more money for better educational programs.
Jack Beck (Cross-filed)
Party: Republican Age: 41 Education: Graduate, Council Rock High School
Job: Production manager, Minuteman Press
Answers
1. This has been tried. The Pennsbury board, with the seeming majority of its residents, don’t wish to merge the school districts. Perhaps, in this time of economic strife facing many school districts, we may have an open dialogue to consider future consolidation. We must first take care of our own.
2. We need to work together, as a collective body, to implement a permanent long-term solution that will be economically feasible. This present arrangement can only be temporary. It will be impossible to maintain an effective teaching and learning atmosphere under the existing facility conditions. We must plan for the future.
3. We must make certain that our teachers and staff have the necessary tools to build on the successes thus far. We should continue to teach the core subjects as full year curriculum and ensure the teachers and students have an atmosphere conducive to teaching and learning.
John “Jack” Buckman (I) (Cross-filed)
Party: Republican Age: 63 Education: Neshaminy High School; continuing education, Bucks County Technical School
Job: Microfilm technician in Bucks County; security officer, Oxford Valley Mall
Answers
1. Yes, at this time with shrinking enrollment and rising cost it is the most logical answer.
2. Due to size and financial constraints, Grandview should be K-3 and the Morrisville Middle/High School building should contain the rest: grades 5-8 in an intermediate school and 9-12 in a high school.
3. Through the savings of renovations vs. building, we should invest in better educational material. That in conjunction with our very capable staff will accomplish the goal of good PSSA scores.
John DeWilde (Cross-filed)
Party: Republican Age: 44 Education: BS, education Job: Network systems administrator
Answers
1. I do support merging with other school districts if it will benefit the residents and students of Morrisville. I believe a merger has the potential to offer more resources to our students, and offer more services to the families of Morrisville.
2. Rearrange the grouping of classes to create a K-3 elementary school, grades 4-8 intermediate school, and grades 9-12 high school. This is the plan according to the current school board, and will be put into effect in September.
3. I think the best course of action would be to understand what the teachers have been doing, and identify what other resources they consider necessary. The savings that has been realized by renovating the existing buildings and not building a new school will provide funding for additional resources.
David Stoneburner (Cross-filed)
Party: Republican
Age: 50
Education: Two years college, business administration major
Job: Tractor trailer driver, Federal Express National LTL
Answers
1. Morrisville must have an economical educational system, and control of it. Regionalism has many benefits, but we would have no controllability. As a parent of a child in the Morrisville school system, I would do what is in the best interest of education. We, together as a community, must decide.
2. Safety for all students is my first concern. If we have only two schools, we must compartmentalize the high school to better separate the large age group that would necessarily be there. We may need to add structure to replace the temporary trailers. Those children need real classrooms.
3. Support continuing education for teacher development. There is an opportunity for community involvement and support through mentoring, tutoring, and educational programs to further prepare our students for this and future critical tests. We have made a good start, but we can do more, with the community’s involvement.
Brenda J. Worob (I) (Cross-filed)
Party: Republican Age: 48 Education: Graduate, Morrisville High School; graduate, Philadelphia Paralegal Institute
Job: Legislative assistant, Pennsylvania Senate
Answers
1. Absolutely, in fact, I recently proposed that the school board send a letter of support to Gov. Rendell for his proposal for school district mergers. The board is working on a resolution to do that. I believe in giving students all the tools and every opportunity they need to succeed.
2. My first objective would be to hear the public’s input through public meetings. Also, I will rely heavily on the recommendations of our administrators. If Reiter does close permanently, we will do what’s in the best interest of our students.
3. First of all I would keep doing what we have been doing. Eventually, I would like to see independent standardized tests administered at the beginning and end of the school year to measure the progress that our students had made under their teachers.
BCCT Voters Guide: Borough
From the BCCT.
Morrisville
Questions
1. How can Morrisville attract more businesses to the borough, which relies heavily on residents’ tax dollars to pay for essential services?
2. What can the borough do to ensure children’s safety on borough roads near schools?
3. What would you do to alleviate speeding and traffic in the borough?
Mayor
1 seat 4 years
Rita Ledger
Party: Democratic
Age: 48
Education: Morrisville High School
Job: Educational services; councilwoman
Answers
1. Morrisville can attract businesses by identifying types of business that would work here. Need to work with current business property owners to enhance properties to add to the curb appeal. Compare the benefits of businesses being in Morrisville. Marketing and promotion of Morrisville; we started this with the Landmark Towns.
2. To ensure children’s safety on borough roads near schools would be to install a road around the schools to get the traffic off the street and increase the signs around the schools. To have the police department along with teachers, children and parents follow public safety practices.
3. What I would do to alleviate speeding and traffic in the borough is to work with the police department to make the public aware of how fast they’re going and to follow up with issuing tickets. To encourage the use of state police programs with speeding on state highways.
Patricia A. Schell
Party: Democratic
Age: 59
Education: Morrisville High School
Job: Manager, Morrisville Senior Center
Answers
1. Attracting business to Morrisville is difficult when our tax rate is so high. We need to be friendly to businesses willing to come our way. With the present economy, there’s very little development. We should be ready with programs and look for grants to aid new businesses to benefit everyone.
2. The safety of school children should be the number one priority of the parents of the children. The parents must obey the law to keep the children safe. The borough must enforce the parking and keep traffic, as much as possible, away from the schools during drop-off and pickup times.
3. Police enforcement is the best way to handle speeding. Since we are a threshold to Trenton, rush hour traffic will always be problematic. Hopefully, current bridge improvements will only improve traffic flow. We must stay tuned in with surrounding townships’ planning, since this could have a negative effect on our residents.
Graeme Thomson
Party: Democratic
Age: 37
Education: Trenton State College
Job: Independent consultant, computer technician
Answers
1. Attracting businesses has always been underanalyzed. You will never attract or keep businesses by reducing taxes. After working many years in New York in advertising and PR, I know many ways to attract businesses. I know how to talk to business leaders, and show them Morrisville is a great opportunity.
2. We have a problem with traffic when all the parents are dropping off children at the same time. Getting the schools to stagger start and end times for different grades will help. This would require expanded after- and before-school programs, but it would be worth it.
3. Digital traffic cameras, like those used in Philly, could be erected in school zones and mobile ones could be set up in residential areas. Warning letters sent out to speeders reminding them to keep speed down, most people would slow down or use the main roads instead of chancing tickets.
Council
Ward One (North)
2 seats 4 years
Eileen Dreisbach (I)
Party: Democratic
Roxy Rookstool
Party: Democratic
John Baranauskas
Party: Republican
Todd R. Sanford
Party: Republican
Ward 2 (West)
1 seat 2 years
Rhonda Davis
Party: Democratic
Edward A. Bailey
Party: Republican
Ward 3 (West)
1 seat 4 years
Fred Kerner
Party: Democratic
Jane Burger (I)
Party: Republican
Ward 4 (South)
1 seat 4 years
Victor A. Cicero
Party: Democratic Age: 75 Education: BS, criminal justice; master’s degree, public administration, University of New York Job: Retired, former Morrisville police chief, former Morrisville borough manager Answers 1. Develop a business friendly strategy from advertising mediums; present a plan offering incentives to business and light industry for commercial areas. Make the hard decisions to benefit the entire borough and all residents. Sacrifices must be made; Morrisville has missed economic development opportunities and we are paying for it now.
2. Partner with school district to install cameras monitoring areas around schools, especially during arrival and dismissal. Police deployment is expensive and episodic. We must resort to technological methods to augment this labor intensive activity. Police cannot be there at all times. However, we should occasionally target school areas for safety.
3. Speed traps on main roads can be increased. But this is expensive and not always productive. Many residents complain about traffic on insular roadways where speed traps aren’t feasible. We should exhort our elected officials to pass legislation enabling police to use radar in areas where speed traps aren’t possible.
James Jack
Party: Democratic Age: 22 Education: BA, sociology, Pennsylvania State University
Job: Research assistant, nationwide Type 2 diabetes health study coordinated by George Washington University and facilitated locally through Temple University
Answers
1. Morrisville needs to provide a vision to developers and businesses through a master redevelopment plan and the adoption of a form-based zoning code. Enrolling Morrisville into the Main Street program to have a state resource to assist with development. Our appearance needs revitalization through a borough-wide beautification initiative.
2. Call on police, teachers and school employees to assist with directing the high volume of children and cars. Designated drop-off and pickup zones that prevent children from having to cross the street. Educating the students and parents on safety measures and calling on the parents to be accountable. 3. Extending the corner of our sidewalks, raising crosswalks, installing median barriers, and slight changes to traffic patterns can reduce vehicle speed and provide a more controlled flow of traffic. Also, an increased police presence patrolling our streets and using cameras on our various traffic lights will deter hazardous driving.
Stephen Worob (I)
Party: Republican
Uncontested candidates were not asked questions.
Auditor
1 seat 4 years
No one filed to run
Auditor
1 seat 6 years
No one filed to run
Constables
Ward 1 (North)
1 seat 6 years
John Cronon (I)
Party: Democratic
Ward 2 (East)
1 seat 6 years
No one filed to run
Ward 3 (West)
1 seat 6 years
Michael R. Cooper (I)
Party: Democratic
Ward 4 (South)
1 seat 6 years
David R. May (I)
Party: Democratic
Controller
1 seat 2 years No one filed to run
Controller
1 seat 4 years No one filed to run
Tax collector
1 seat 4 years
Marlene Burns
Party: Democratic
Morrisville
Questions
1. How can Morrisville attract more businesses to the borough, which relies heavily on residents’ tax dollars to pay for essential services?
2. What can the borough do to ensure children’s safety on borough roads near schools?
3. What would you do to alleviate speeding and traffic in the borough?
Mayor
1 seat 4 years
Rita Ledger
Party: Democratic
Age: 48
Education: Morrisville High School
Job: Educational services; councilwoman
Answers
1. Morrisville can attract businesses by identifying types of business that would work here. Need to work with current business property owners to enhance properties to add to the curb appeal. Compare the benefits of businesses being in Morrisville. Marketing and promotion of Morrisville; we started this with the Landmark Towns.
2. To ensure children’s safety on borough roads near schools would be to install a road around the schools to get the traffic off the street and increase the signs around the schools. To have the police department along with teachers, children and parents follow public safety practices.
3. What I would do to alleviate speeding and traffic in the borough is to work with the police department to make the public aware of how fast they’re going and to follow up with issuing tickets. To encourage the use of state police programs with speeding on state highways.
Patricia A. Schell
Party: Democratic
Age: 59
Education: Morrisville High School
Job: Manager, Morrisville Senior Center
Answers
1. Attracting business to Morrisville is difficult when our tax rate is so high. We need to be friendly to businesses willing to come our way. With the present economy, there’s very little development. We should be ready with programs and look for grants to aid new businesses to benefit everyone.
2. The safety of school children should be the number one priority of the parents of the children. The parents must obey the law to keep the children safe. The borough must enforce the parking and keep traffic, as much as possible, away from the schools during drop-off and pickup times.
3. Police enforcement is the best way to handle speeding. Since we are a threshold to Trenton, rush hour traffic will always be problematic. Hopefully, current bridge improvements will only improve traffic flow. We must stay tuned in with surrounding townships’ planning, since this could have a negative effect on our residents.
Graeme Thomson
Party: Democratic
Age: 37
Education: Trenton State College
Job: Independent consultant, computer technician
Answers
1. Attracting businesses has always been underanalyzed. You will never attract or keep businesses by reducing taxes. After working many years in New York in advertising and PR, I know many ways to attract businesses. I know how to talk to business leaders, and show them Morrisville is a great opportunity.
2. We have a problem with traffic when all the parents are dropping off children at the same time. Getting the schools to stagger start and end times for different grades will help. This would require expanded after- and before-school programs, but it would be worth it.
3. Digital traffic cameras, like those used in Philly, could be erected in school zones and mobile ones could be set up in residential areas. Warning letters sent out to speeders reminding them to keep speed down, most people would slow down or use the main roads instead of chancing tickets.
Council
Ward One (North)
2 seats 4 years
Eileen Dreisbach (I)
Party: Democratic
Roxy Rookstool
Party: Democratic
John Baranauskas
Party: Republican
Todd R. Sanford
Party: Republican
Ward 2 (West)
1 seat 2 years
Rhonda Davis
Party: Democratic
Edward A. Bailey
Party: Republican
Ward 3 (West)
1 seat 4 years
Fred Kerner
Party: Democratic
Jane Burger (I)
Party: Republican
Ward 4 (South)
1 seat 4 years
Victor A. Cicero
Party: Democratic Age: 75 Education: BS, criminal justice; master’s degree, public administration, University of New York Job: Retired, former Morrisville police chief, former Morrisville borough manager Answers 1. Develop a business friendly strategy from advertising mediums; present a plan offering incentives to business and light industry for commercial areas. Make the hard decisions to benefit the entire borough and all residents. Sacrifices must be made; Morrisville has missed economic development opportunities and we are paying for it now.
2. Partner with school district to install cameras monitoring areas around schools, especially during arrival and dismissal. Police deployment is expensive and episodic. We must resort to technological methods to augment this labor intensive activity. Police cannot be there at all times. However, we should occasionally target school areas for safety.
3. Speed traps on main roads can be increased. But this is expensive and not always productive. Many residents complain about traffic on insular roadways where speed traps aren’t feasible. We should exhort our elected officials to pass legislation enabling police to use radar in areas where speed traps aren’t possible.
James Jack
Party: Democratic Age: 22 Education: BA, sociology, Pennsylvania State University
Job: Research assistant, nationwide Type 2 diabetes health study coordinated by George Washington University and facilitated locally through Temple University
Answers
1. Morrisville needs to provide a vision to developers and businesses through a master redevelopment plan and the adoption of a form-based zoning code. Enrolling Morrisville into the Main Street program to have a state resource to assist with development. Our appearance needs revitalization through a borough-wide beautification initiative.
2. Call on police, teachers and school employees to assist with directing the high volume of children and cars. Designated drop-off and pickup zones that prevent children from having to cross the street. Educating the students and parents on safety measures and calling on the parents to be accountable. 3. Extending the corner of our sidewalks, raising crosswalks, installing median barriers, and slight changes to traffic patterns can reduce vehicle speed and provide a more controlled flow of traffic. Also, an increased police presence patrolling our streets and using cameras on our various traffic lights will deter hazardous driving.
Stephen Worob (I)
Party: Republican
Uncontested candidates were not asked questions.
Auditor
1 seat 4 years
No one filed to run
Auditor
1 seat 6 years
No one filed to run
Constables
Ward 1 (North)
1 seat 6 years
John Cronon (I)
Party: Democratic
Ward 2 (East)
1 seat 6 years
No one filed to run
Ward 3 (West)
1 seat 6 years
Michael R. Cooper (I)
Party: Democratic
Ward 4 (South)
1 seat 6 years
David R. May (I)
Party: Democratic
Controller
1 seat 2 years No one filed to run
Controller
1 seat 4 years No one filed to run
Tax collector
1 seat 4 years
Marlene Burns
Party: Democratic
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