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Updates Galore on a Variety of Things

December 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments · News, Planning Commission, Politics, Real Estate

I got slammed this week with a bunch of new items to discuss.  In order to expedite the post and keep everything consolidated, I’ll rattle them off quickly: Looks like my previous post was correct, Style of Man is going into the space on Fayette St next to Chaingmai.  I used to get my haircut [...]

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Election Results — Some Surprises

November 4th, 2009 · No Comments · News, Politics

So, after the election I was checking out the Montgomery County Election Results site and noticed some interesting things about our most recent election day: Turnout was lackluster.  Only about 125,000 voters out of a total of 576,000.  So, about 25% turnout.  Not sure what the national average is but this seems low.  Maybe because [...]

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Politics as Usual? We shall see…

November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · News, Politics

I have to admit, I’m not much of a political expert.  In fact, I generally have one stance when it comes to politics, I vote out the incumbent.  Why?  Someone who is new to the office is motivated.  But, this year the Conshohocken elections seem particularly exciting so I wanted to post some links to [...]

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Blockbuster In PM Closing

October 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · News, Review

Reader Valerie sent me an email tip that the Blockbuster located in Plymouth Meeting will be closing.  No surprise, the business model for Blockbuster is dead.  Valerie tells me that the location will no longer be renting movies and will become an outlet store temporarily. So, the big question, what are the options for you [...]

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Fire Settlement, PLCB and San Jose? It’s the Friday News!

October 9th, 2009 · No Comments · General, News

Well, the big news this Friday is that the Riverwalk Fire lawsuit has been settled for about $36 million.  I have a friend that lost everything in that fire and the money will be put to good use.  The interesting thing to me is that he also had renters insurance, so it seems like he [...]

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