www.lmvue.org. Shortly after the video was shot the room was PACKED! Full of the happy sounds of neighbors and children having a great time on a rainy night! Sorry the photos aren't better, only had a teeny camera with me...

NBC10: Montco Man's Throat Slashed Inside His Home

A man is dead after his throat was slashed inside his Montgomery County home.

Richard Porter was discovered inside his home along the 400 block of Woodhill Road Friday morning in Upper Merion, Pa., police said.

Porter, 68, was found lying on his back in the living room of the home, Montogomery County D.A. Risa Vetri-Ferman said. He had injuries to his face and neck and a large amount of blood was splattered on the walls and floor.

This is horrible, simply horrible. This man's dogs are safe at a shelter - the police saved them. The murder scene is described as horrific with blood everywhere.

Cheryl Allison's editorial posted below courtesy of Main Line Times is magnificant. And I thought her article earlier was also spot on.

Main Line Times > Opinion
Opinion: Batten down the hatches and prepare for long night in LM
Published: Friday, March 12, 2010
By Cheryl Allison

When does something magically decide to become off limits? When Lower Merion decides it is so? Or when the solicitor who can't talk to residents decides something is privileged?

So, I thought after I sat through the travesty of this past Wednesday's meetings, that we would not only see the C.V.'s of those being pitted against one and other for Planning Commission so politics can go on as usual in Lower Merion, that we would also be seeing the solicitor's legal opinion on how this year's process was coming to pass? But it's not up there. And someone told me today that the public might not ever see this document?

WTF Loser Merion Township? WTF Lawyer Merion Township?

Main Line Times > News
LM planning commission meeting gets wild during vote on appointments
Published: Thursday, March 11, 2010
By Cheryl Allison

So basically, it is like being Alice in Wonderland and falling down the freaking warped rabbit hole into Lower Merion Township.

Ya know...I hate when I get e-mails like this. Apparently George Manos has been dubbed the new expert on Roberts Rules of Order (and somewhere Lance Rogers is doubled over in laughter at that prospect), but it doesn't mean he grew any brain cells when it comes to shunshine (oops must be a subliminal slip, I mean SUNSHINE). Apparently the good footsoldier of The Bruce denied the public access to a recent Ad Hoc Environmental Initiative Committee, of which he is the chair?

Tsk, tsk Georgie...you knew it would come out and voila here is an e-mail I was sent and many thanks to Audrey for sending it and allowing me to reveal the origin of it:

Dear Carla,

Here's one for you.

Last Tuesday, March 9, the Ad Hoc EIC, chaired by George Manos, met. I was pleased to see that this Ad Hoc Committee was finally posted and on 2/21 sent a genuine thank you to Scott Zelov, Brian Gordon and George Manos.

Last night Carl Watson told me that he had arrived for the AHEIC and was denied admittance. Manos said it wasn't an open meeting. Apparently Zelov and Gordon tried to convince him that there was no reason to keep it closed. Someone pointed out that it had been posted, at which juncture, as it was relayed to me, Manos claimed that he had had the posting withdrawn. This seems to be true, given that you cannot find it under past calendar postings on the Lower Merion website.

I asked Zelov about this last night, and he corroborated the narrative. Since by all accounts there was nothing privileged in the discussion, one has to assume that Manos just closed it to spite the public.

If you want to post something on your blog, feel free to use my name.

Fondly, Audrey

Cheers George, they are watching you...

But seriously as I know nothing of this committee (Ad Hoc Environmental Initiative Committee), what does it do that couldn't be done in public?

Last night a very nice person tried to ask Solicitor Gil High a question at the LMT meeting. She was rebuffed, and QUITE rudely so. As a matter of fact she got, almost verbatim, the same asinine quip that Andy Meyers received when he tried to ask the solicitor a question recently. The solicitor doesn't speak to the public, only works for the board, you have no right to address the solicitor directly blah, blah, blah.

I received the sad news this evening upon leaving the Commissioners' meeting that Bill Gillane of Gillane's Tavern passed away last evening. I didn't know him personally, but I know he was a beloved part of the Ardmore community, and my friends and I have spent enjoyable time in Gillane's over the years going out and even lunch on Saturday's.

I hear that there will be an obituary in the next day or so in the paper andarrangements are being handled by McConaghy Funeral Home in Ardmore. (610) 642-7954 http://www.mcconaghyfuneralhome.com

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
----traditional gaelic blessing

Have you ever noticed how much better Don Cannon sounds in a press release? Anyway, on March 1st in the midst of an e-mail conversation with some commissioners over the poor road conditions near Bryn Mawr Hospital I made a suggestion - for a pothole hotline kind of dealio.

Never heard a word about my suggestion...until today....when it became reality - I doubt I was the only resident to ever suggest this, but it would have been nice for Don Cannon to acknowledge it was created at the suggestion of residents (and I believe it was). But I know how busy old Don is - why he can barely answer his phone I hear....

Township Establishes Pothole Hotline
Link Also Provided to Report State Roads in Need of Repair
Posted Date: 3/10/2010 4:21 PM

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Every day something new is written somewhere in the media about LMSD...Interesting piece from something called the Petoskey News, WHYY did a nice write up on the evil spying laptop anti-lawsuit meeting a week ago I guess, but once again Ru Freeman is making this all about her. Humble pie she ain't...full of it...perhaps...the comments are priceless here...someone e-mailed me this to me along with an article from Philadelphia Weekly called "Robbins' Hood. All are worth a read.....

It's the principle, principal!