The district’s proposed map disenfranchises 6,000 voters and violates the ‘one person one vote’ 14th Amendment principle.
This was the first protest at Vanguard’s office in Newtown Square since the firm ended its participation in the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative last month.
UPDATE: “After contacting the Board of Elections, my last day [as a Council Rock school board member] is being moved to Feb. 9 to ensure the primary petition process can occur,” State Rep. Kristin Marcell told Newtown Patch in an email this afternoon. She failed to return our reporter’s call. The original article follows.
A proposed constitutional amendment is part of a broader pro-worker, pro-union agenda in Harrisburg.
Fun and politics go hand-in-hand for local Democrats gearing up for Pennsylvania’s 2023 municipal primary races.
Students, teachers, and community members rose up Friday for the second protest in a week to voice opposition to the right-wing school board majority’s Policy 321 – which bans Pride flags and muzzles teachers.
The new governor has promised to protect abortion access and veto any legislation to restrict or outlaw the procedure during a series of press calls earlier this year.
The newly proposed map would provide electors the ability to vote every two years – versus four – for school board directors.
Many charter school businesses use public tax dollars to profit from real estate dealings rather than actually focusing on student needs.
“We are all looking for some kind of hope; for someone who has been successful in taking on the far right,” said Barbara Simmons, executive director of The Peace Center in Langhorne.
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