Souderton School Board Director Says On X Vice President Harris Performed Sex Act on ‘a Lot of Dudes’ - Bucks County Beacon William Formica’s social media post “reflects poorly on the entire school board and district administration,” said district parent Alex Wisser.

It didn’t take long for comments about Formica’s remark to begin piling up, especially on TikTok after Cringey the Ram took aim at Formica’s sexist and chauvinist comment.

OPINION: In Souderton Area School District, Elected School Board Members Should Be Role Models - Bucks County Beacon When MAGA Republican school board director William Formica posted on X that Vice President Kamala Harris “blew a lot of dudes,” he proved he is not worthy of this responsibility.

"Leaders at all levels of public service are role models. This is especially true for locally elected School Board members. They are role models for our children."
➡️Apparently, Formica (and other SASD board members) missed this memo.

Souderton Community Members Demand Swift Action Following District’s Weak Response to Board Director’s Sexist, Vulgar Social Media Attack Against Vice President Harris - Bucks County Beacon “I thought it was full of platitudes. I saw no apology whatsoever that I would expect to be right out of the gate. It should say they're embarrassed by his comments,” said Telford Borough Councilwoman...

"Dr. Gallagher maintains that one individual board member does not represent the whole. However, the Board APPOINTED this man.
👉By doing this they have shown us quite plainly that they do not believe character counts.”

Legal Troubles Double for Stoltzfus and Kingdom Provisions Slaughterhouse in Pipersville - Bucks County Beacon Bucks County government has filed a civil complaint following an injunction by Plumstead Township alleging violations of the property’s conservation easement.

Bucks County PA files suit against Pipersville slaughterhouse.
“Mr. Stoltzfus informed the County that he intends to continue to slaughter sheep, goats & cattle at the Property.”
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Democratic Pennsylvania State Representative Chris Rabb to Introduce Landmark Legislation That Takes Aim at Greenwashing - Bucks County Beacon “This first-in-the-nation bill would help prevent corporate polluters from deceiving the public about harmful products and hold them accountable when they do,” said the Center for Climate Integrity’s ...

PA State Rep Chris Rabb to introduce legislation to prevent greenwashing, a deceptive marketing technique that utilizes disinformation to instill confidence that a product is environmentally friendly when it really isn’t.

How Local Advocacy Groups Can Stay Cool When Others Are Hot Under The Collar - Bucks County Beacon An uninvited group of men confronted an advocacy group in Montgomery County, accusing them of sexualizing children, specifically saying “we don’t want you here” and “we don’t want you in the town.”

"We don't want you here."
The uninvited group of men confronted and accused people at the celebration of sexualizing children, and of not having a permit to host the gathering in the park.

Pipersville Residents Held Hostage By Slaughterhouse Horrors   - Bucks County Beacon Aside from the PA Department of Environmental Protection, and County Commissioner Marseglia, most other local, state and federal agencies have failed to address local families’ concerns. An injunction...

Bucks County PA Residents Put On Hold As Slaughterhouse Pollutes the Community.

Housing Costs, Mental Health Care Access Spotlighted by Local Groups at Day of Advocacy in Harrisburg on Tuesday - Bucks County Beacon Frontline workers will recount actual experiences to highlight the pressing demands for robust behavioral healthcare and affordable housing with elected state legislators in an effort to affect change...

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Separating Fact From Fiction: RIDGE Network Hosts DEI Workshop Series - Bucks County Beacon Building Inclusive Communities and Schools, a program of six trainings, offers information and conversations to enable equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual o...

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Souderton School District Sued
Across the board, Souderton’s approach seems willfully noncompliant. This is a lose-lose-lose situation, for the citizen who requested the records, for the taxpayers who are funding this litigation & for the District itself.”
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The Souderton Area School board has opted to record committee meetings. But those efforts will fall short if they don’t comply with state and federal law.
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Parents and taxpayers in the Pennridge School District were thrown for a loop when a campaign promise to investigate legal services went sideways at the February 12 Finance Committee meeting.
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➡️“A school district should be proactively transparent with parents & taxpayers” said Joy Ramsingh, an attorney who specializes in Sunshine Act & Right-to-Know law.
🚨The Souderton Area School Board is refusing transparency & parents have had enough!
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"We’re grateful the Shapiro Admin finally pulled #Pennsylvania out of the grim business of funding anti-abortion careerists & an industry that exploits pregnant people,” said Tara Murtha, Director of Strategic Communications at Women’s Law Project.
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Pennridge PA school board member Jordan Blomgren asked if these children were U.S. citizens and added “that would need to be defined.”
“I don’t think we’re allowed to deny them access based on their citizenship,” said Director Leah Rash.
Rash is right. buckscountybeacon.com/2024/01/new-...

By concealing the finances of the Souderton Area School District, taxpayers have no idea how much money is being spent... or what it’s being spent on.
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🚨Beware false prophets. Great new video from Project Lincoln. Voters must realize that even if you practice mainstream religion, you're not religious enough for these "spiritual warfare" pastors including Paula White and her vision for a religious-infused U.S. govt. #NAR
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🚨Keeping parents out of the loop!
Without access to the district’s financial data, Souderton Area School District constituents have no insight as to how their tax dollars are being spent.
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New #Pennridge school board puts the focus where it belongs: the students. “The community has entrusted us with this responsibility and I will work to keep that trust by focusing on the children and their successes,” said Kaufman. buckscountybeacon.com/2023/12/fres...

#PA The days of angst and drama being bookended by bickering at monthly #Pennridge school board meetings have ended. 🚨Were it not for the negative impact GOP decisions have had on student learning, the meeting might have been viewed as entertaining. buckscountybeacon.com/2023/11/penn...

Breaking up 💔 is hard to do
➡️ but it beats getting fired.
🙋‍♀️ Adios @jordan_c_adams & Vermilion Education.
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“As an employment lawyer w/nearly 30 years of experience I’ve never seen a severance agreement as one-sided as this. The [Central Bucks] board members involved in this may have also exposed themselves to individual liability."
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For years reports of race & sex-based harassment, including the routine use of the N-word by students, have been reported to Pennridge district administration, yet no meaningful corrective measures have been implemented, the complaint alleges.
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On Tuesday, Republican, Democrat and Independent voters in Pennsylvania issued a resounding condemnation of the current board’s governance by voting for the Pennridge Community Alliance candidate slate. 
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#Pennridge #Pennsylvania
👉Far-right GOP candidates gave speeches in an attempt to ingratiate themselves w/the public to secure votes, 👉the sex-based sports policy passed & 👉Megan Banis-Clemens played the “blame game” with the district’s high legal fees.
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What has Andrew Yang been up to, (some of) you (maybe) asked?

His Forward Party has endorsed the Republican candidates for county executive & DA in Pittsburgh, in an election that could flip Pennsylvania's second biggest county to the GOP. boltsmag.org/allegheny-co...

Pennridge School District Acted In Bad Faith.
“The District cannot create a maze, hide information at the end of a maze, and then claim that it cannot access the information because it can’t find its way through the maze,” wrote Judge Yeager. buckscountybeacon.com/2023/10/buck...

PA Family Council Survey: Pennridge GOP school board candidate responses to these questions align w/current board majority sentiment on anti-LGBTQ issues& introduces two new controversial topics, 👉religion and abortion. buckscountybeacon.com/2023/10/penn...