Brookline Fire Breakfast, Joe Sestak visit

Kudos to the Brookline Fire Company for hosting a fine pancake breakfast last Sunday, March 25. The food was good and the place was packed!

It was good to see our new Congressman Joe Sestak there too. Joe spent a lot of time talking with people at the breakfast. With this area and the 7th ward in particular voting for Joe by about 60% to 40%, he had a lot of supporters in the crowd.

Good Reception while Door Knocking

With the lit drop of candidate announcement letters to every house in the 7th ward now in progress, I'm doing more door-knocking and talking with more voters. I'm very encouraged by the reception that I'm getting. My 3 main issues of better services, better planning and better finances are being very well received. But even more encouraging is that long time supporters of the incumbent are unhappy with their current commissioner. I'm hearing things like:
"He's been in there too long."
"He's been in too many fights that are costing us money."
"He's not moving the township forward."

One guy told me that he went to school with Jim McGarrity and has know him for years, and he won't vote for him this time. Another couple told me that McGarrity testified against them in a zoning hearing when they wanted to do some work on their house. I can tell you this: as a commissioner, I won't take sides in zoning disputes. I'll let the zoning board do their job unimpeded.

Back to the campaign trail!

Dem Candidates Rally in the News of Delaware County, Haverford edition

Thanks to the News of Delaware County and Amy Brission for covering the candidates annoucement rally last weekend. And many thanks to the Congressman Joe Sestak, Sen. Connie Williams, and Rep. Greg Vitali for helping us kick off the campaign, along with dozens of supporters.

From the article:

The Democrats concentrated on issues of good governance and modernized
services.
"It's time to bring us into the 90s," joked Chrzan, who is proposing a plan to upgrade the township Web and information services. "We need to move beyond the simple services that the current commission provides."

What I really said was "move beyond the simple services that the current commissioner provides." Or really, what the Township provides.

Anyway, it was a fine sunny day and a good day to start the efforts for change!

Candidates Announcement Rally

Thanks to the many supporters who came out for the Haverford Democratic Commissioner Candidates Announcement Rally today.
With support from Congressman Joe Sestak, Sen. Connie Williams, and Rep. Greg Vitali, we had a fine launch to the campaign. Many thanks to Joe, Connie and Greg!
The ticket is:
Ward 1: Tom Shiffer
Ward 3: Rob Trumbull, incumbent and Board of Commissioners Vice-President
Ward 5: Larry Abel
Ward 7: Larry Chrzan
Ward 9: Brian Kennedy