Informing residents of Local Government Actions
If you thought I was going to tell you who to vote for you were wrong. I am going to help you get informed and vote as an educated voter. If you read my previous posts you know I am heavily focused on local politics, specifically West Pennsboro Township in western Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. This …
This will be a short post. I have been using Facebook for communication however I need a place to post a PDF so I can link to it in Facebook. The link below is the written decision from the Zoning Hearing Board’s public meeting. Link to DECISION PDF
The Bock/Shover properties are located along Newville Road (Rt 641) and just to the west of Meadowbrook Road. The Alexander Spring runs through the eastern end of the Shover property. Together the properties total about 133 acres, of which approximately 125 acres are in West Pennsboro Township with the remaining 8 acres in North Middleton …
Here are some more details about the Zoning Hearing Board. The first hearing will be two weeks from tonight on March 29th at the West Pennsboro Volunteer Fire Hall at 6:00PM. Please attend and tell all your friends to attend. The Zoning Hearing Board can overturn the Bock/Shover warehouse re-zoning. I don’t know where to put …
For those of you that do not know, a zoning hearing board is a quasi-judicial body that renders decisions on specific types of land use appeals among other things. This is important because we are appealing to the zoning hearing board for a decision on the validity of the Bock/Shover warehouse re-zoning. The West Pennsboro …
The Candy People are expected to submit a re-zoning request similar to the following to the West Pennsboro Township Supervisors. The Candy People respectfully request that the West Pennsboro Township Supervisors immediately rezone as much land as possible to facilitate the construction of numerous candy factories. The factories will supply the township, school district and county with tax revenue. The benefits …
Prepared by Ed Franco , Citizen’s Group efranco99@comcast.net Method: A comprehensive spreadsheet of warehouses and distribution centers was created using real estate advertisements, tax records, and google earth. In some situations a site visit was used to confirm the construction or occupancy of specific warehouses. Warehouses in the following western Cumberland County townships were selected: …
Could the West Pennsboro Township Supervisors help create the next Pullman? Pullman, Illinois is now part of Chicago. Pullman was developed in the 1880s by George Pullman as a company town. A company town is a place where practically all stores and housing are owned by the one company that is also the main employer. Company towns are often …
The DECISION the supervisors took on Monday night was just that a decision they made against the will of the citizens. There was no obligation for the supervisors to re-zone. I can’t begin to understand why they sided with Allen Distribution’s application. Does this mean a warehouse will be built on the Bock/Shover property? NO! …
87% of the residents of West Pennsboro Township are opposed to warehouses next to residents. This is an overwhelming majority of the people yet the supervisors still voted to rezone 130 acres. How did I get 87%? According to the West Pennsboro Township Comprehensive Plan 87% of the residents think restrictions should be placed on …