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My name is John Mack and on November 5, 2019, I was re-elected to serve a 6-year term as a Newtown Supervisor. I would like to thank all the citizens who came out and voted that Tuesday. I will do my best to work as a Supervisor serving all Newtown Township residents.
Honesty · Integrity · Experience
As a Supervisor, I go the extra mile to alert my constituents to new and developing issues and utilize my position as an elected official to obtain input from local residents as to significant issues facing our community (e.g., via “Meet Mack Monday” Zoom meetings). I keep busy learning about and making decisions about issues of concern to residents, including traffic and pedestrian safety, the pollution of our streams and lakes, perfluoronated hydrocarbons (PFAS) in our drinking water, preservation of open space, fiscal responsibility, and over development (read “Newtown Area Residents Are Very Concerned About Overdevelopment”). On average, I spend more than 40 hours every month on official Supervisor activities including interacting with residents, preparing for meetings, and attending meetings (read "What's the Hourly 'Wage' of a Newtown Township Supervisor?").
Just in Time for Halloween – Scary 2025 Budget!
A the 23 October 2024 #NewtownPA Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting, the supervisors approved by unanimous vote to “hang” (i.e., advertise in a local print newspaper) the proposed 2025 budget (find it here). It can still be changed – e.g., by adding a 2 or more mills tax increase for fire services – but in that case, the new version would need to be re-advertised for 10 days. But what really makes it scary is the budgetary maneuvering of funds transfers, the terrible formatting, which makes it difficult to read and compare with previous budgets, and the salary increases ranging up to 25%!
The budget must be advertised for 20 days before the BOS can take further action on it (see ad above, which appeared in the 27 October 2024 issue of the Bucks County Courier Times). The next meeting of the BOS is 13 November 2024.
“Our founders wanted us to know what our government representatives are doing. They knew that a healthy press is essential to a healthy democracy—and it’s worked for almost 250 years.” – Bucks County Herald. Also important, IMHO, is for elected government representatives to keep citizens they represent informed.
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