Well written Janet! Great job!
From the BCCT:
Move forward: Vote as if our future depends on it
By: GUY PETROZIELLO
Bucks County Courier Times
Regarding the letter, "Accessible and flexible" by Pat Pordash:
The Morrisville Democratic Club is community based and has a proven record of bipartisanship in working toward the betterment of the Morrisville community. The current election is another example of the party's ability to work with all people, not just Democrats.
The Democratic Club learned that Marlene Burns had dropped out of the tax collector's race from a notice she posted in the Courier Times. Even so, voters can still vote for the seat on the Democratic ticket. This seat would then become an appointment position in January 2010 by the newly elected borough council. Pat Pordash is a candidate but is not the only option.
Pordash never contacted the Democratic Party about running for re-election. There was no petition filed with the county to suggest that she intended to run as a Democrat or to run at all. There was no glitch. In the May primary election, Pordash could have been on the Democratic ballot but chose to be a write-in.
In her article, Pordash calls Marlene Burns her "opponent." I find this to be the sad situation: Two people want to hold the same position and all of a sudden one is referring to the other as the opposition. It doesn't have to be this way. Our community will prosper when all people decide to work together as we move forward.
Hopefully, Morrisville can see a future where people break down the walls that separate us, allowing us to truly work side by side instead of building up more walls. During this election, for the first time in many years, the Morrisville community has a chance to mend fences instead of heading off to the lumber store to build more.
Please move forward, not backward. Vote as if the future of Morrisville depends on it, because it does.
Janet Rivella, chairperson
Morrisville Democratic Club
