by Bill Cleary
Another month and another BIG CHEER to the people who have worked so hard on the Community Garden in Gloucester City. Even in this hot, humid weather there is always someone out there watering the plants, now that\’s dedication. The garden has become a great source of community pride, especially now that the plants are growing big and the flowers are in bloom along with the accent features it just looks great. And THANK YOU to all the people who put it together to make this once ugly empty lot into a beautiful garden everyone can be proud of.
JEER-Another scandal involving the commissioners/employees of the Delaware River Port Authority. Last week the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Michael Joyce, DPRA safety director gave his daughter a DRPA E-Z pass transponder that allowed her to cross the Delaware River for free. Besides this abuse it is alleged that Joyce improperly received pension credits for a part-time, $67,356 solicitor\’s job in Pennsauken. Records show he also received pension credits to which he was not entitled in 2008 for a second, $18,200 solicitor position with the Pennsauken Sewerage Authority. After the story was published Joyce resigned from his $189,000 DPRA job. Once again we hear the cry for reform of this agency; but once the story is removed from the front page, the DPRA will go back to doing what they have done for years, rob the public.
JEER – The state’s new law of stopping for pedestrians who are walking across the
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