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The Platform
Ed's platform is listed below. Have a concern that you want addressed? Please contact us. We want to make this campaign about you.
A High-Tech Borough
Through a half-decade in technology news business, Ed understands fully the impact technology can have on society. As councilman, he will apply that to his work for Sinking Spring. He will advocate for the adoption of technologies that both improve the functioning of borough government and improve the life of its citizenry.
He will also push for the granting of licenses to companies wishing to operate fiber-optic networks within the borough. With these licenses, residents will have more choices for services such as television and high-speed Internet, and businesses will benefit from increased connectivity to our increasingly digital world.
A Safer Borough
Currently, Sinking Spring employs six full-time police officers, along with four part time officers. Ed feels that public safety should be the #1 priority of council, and stands ready to assist Police Chief Oxenreider in anything he feels is necessary to keep our residents safe. This includes proposals to turn at least two of the part time positions into full time officers.
Why is this needed? In recent months, crime has begun to increase in the borough ever so slightly, especially at night when police coverage is sparse. This includes vandalism to cars on the street, and even to a local business.
He opposes efforts to extend the workday to 12 hours, as has been pushed by some in the Borough. As Mayor Noecker has stated, there is a risk our officers may not "be up to snuff" by working an extra long workday, and points to several municipalities that have decided to revert back to the standard workday because of concerns over performance of their officers.
Overworked law enforcement equals a less safe borough, plain and simple. The answer is not longer workdays for our officers, it's more patrolmen "on the beat."
A Better Borough
Sinking Spring has had a storied 96 year history. However, at the same time, the borough is beginning to show its age. In order to continue the borough as a viable community well into its second century, we must now make changes to our infrastructure to facilitate future growth.
Ed fully supports the BOSS 20/20 project, which aims complete the borough’s revitalization by the year 2020. In fact, by the end his first term in office (2009-2013), Ed aims to have the crux of this effort -- improvements to the Penn Avenue Business District -- well underway.
In addition, Ed will push for improvements to the borough’s roads, some of which are in serious need of repaving. This includes improvements to Penn Avenue, and especially the busy 724-Mull Avenue-Penn Avenue Intersection, as well as repaving of roads that have fallen out of maintenance.
We should not be afraid of change, rather we should embrace it.
A More Prosperous Borough
A successful town is only as good as the businesses within it. In addition, ensuring higher quantities of businesses and diversity in business types not only provides crucial jobs and income to Sinking Spring residents, but attracts outside dollars here, improving our local economy.
While no business should be given a “free ride” to set up shop within the borough’s limits, Ed believes government should take an leading role in attracting companies to Sinking Spring through business-friendly policies. In turn, the lives of residents in the borough will be enriched through a more vibrant economy.
At the same time, these companies should not place any blockades to the workers right to unionize. Ed will work to ensure that the employers in the borough are paying their employees a fair living wage.
A Council That Works For You, Not Themselves
In recent months, members of our Borough Council have been found to be abusing their powers entrusted in them by voters. Whether it be infighting among council members or overstepping their authority, their conduct has not been what it should be.
Worse yet, the council is protecting the identity of the members who are part of the problem, which robs the voter of the opportunity to hold them accountable for their actions. Ed finds both the conduct and the failure for these members to be held publicly accountable as unacceptable.
As your councilman, Ed is serious about openness in government. He also understands the core principle of public service is to serve the people’s interest, not your own. Trust is something that should be earned, not something that should be abused.