Government & Politics
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Delaware County Council Provides Friday Update as COVID Cases Continue to Surge
Delaware County and Pennsylvania have seen an alarmingly high spike in COVID-19 cases this week, reported Delaware County Council at a Friday afternoon press conference. The 7-day incident rate as of Friday showed 318 cases per 100,000 people. On Nov. 6, that incident rate was 149.3. The highest number of daily cases in the early…
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Delaware County Family Faces Bitter Disappointment as Deana’s Law Fails a Second Time
Deana’s Law, a bill designed to increase penalties and create more preventative measures for repeat DUI offenders, again went down to defeat Nov. 20, reports Ashley Johnson for 6abc.com. The bill is named after Deana Eckman, who was killed by a six-time repeat DUI offender about three years ago. Her Delaware County family has been…
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Delaware County Really Did Play a Key Role in Joe Biden’s Win. Here’s Why.
Delaware County and Philadelphia’s other suburbs delivered for Joe Biden in the General Election, writes Jonathan Lai, Andrew Seidman, and Chris A. Williams for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Compared to Hillary Clinton’s run in 2016, Biden expanded his total margin of victory by nearly 105,000 votes in Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, and Bucks counties. That offset gains…
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191st District State Rep. Joanna McClinton Named State House’s First Woman Minority Leader
State Rep. Joanna McClinton has made Pennsylvania history by being the first woman named minority leader in the State General Assembly, reports Matt Petrillo for Philadelphia.cbslocal.com. Rep. McClinton, a Democrat, represents the 191st District, which includes Darby Borough, parts of Yeadon Borough and parts of Philadelphia. She was named minority leader in the Pennsylvania House…
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FBI Called In After Ransom Demanded Following Delaware County Computer Breach
The FBI has been called in to investigate a cybercrime attack on the Delaware County government computers that included a ransom demand of $500,000 in Bitcoin to release the system, reports Chad Pradelli and Cheryl Mettendorf for 6abcnews.com. The cybercriminals encrypted files on Nov. 14, making them inaccessible. Affected files included police reports, payroll, purchasing,…
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Parts of Delaware County Computer System Suffers ‘Disruption’ as Forensics Experts Are Called In
Parts of the Delaware County government computer system had to be taken offline Tuesday while officials work with forensic experts to determine what was causing a disruption in some systems, reports 6abc.com. There was no indication of an impact to the Bureau of Elections or the county’s Emergency Services which run on a separate system.…
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No Delaware County Tax Hikes Planned in 2021 Budget as Council Looks to Cut Positions
Delaware County taxpayers won’t see their county taxes go up next year, but the trade-off is that the county council will eliminate 241 positions to make up for a $23 million shortfall, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. A $352 million preliminary budget will receive a first reading on Dec. 2 followed by…
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It’s Now Just a $50 Health Code Fine to Possess a Small Amount of Marijuana in Delaware County
In Delaware County, it will now cost you $50 if you’re caught in possession of less than 30 grams of marijuana, writes Max Bennett for patch.com. Delaware County Council unanimously voted Nov. 4 for ordinance 2020-8, which decriminalizes possession of a small amount of marijuana and turns it into a health code violation. Buying and…
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Upper Darby Mayor Joins 11 Other Pennsylvania Mayors With an Opinion on a Biden Presidency
It was Pennsylvania that first gave Joe Biden the electoral votes need to win the presidency, reports Sandra Shea, Elena Gooray, Kevin Riordan, and Abraham Gutman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Twelve mayors from across Pennsylvania, including the mayor of Upper Darby, were asked what a Biden administration should do to improve the lives of their…
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1,700 Challenges to Delaware County’s Provisional Ballots All Withdrawn, Except for 1
Only one of 1,700 challenges to Delaware County’s provisional ballots in the Nov. 3 election was upheld at a Friday hearing with the county’s Department of Voter Registration, the Delaware County Board of Elections and legal representatives from multiple parties, reports the digital staff at 6abc.com. The filed challenges were almost exclusively filed by the…
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UPDATE (as of 8:03 p.m. Nov. 6) Here Are the Latest 2020 Delaware County Election Results
All mail-in and absentee ballots have been processed in Delaware County and those totals added to the election results on the Delco Votes website. Those results, last updated Friday evening, are shown here. Delaware County began counting about 9,000 provisional ballots Saturday morning at the Government Center in Media. Military ballots are also still being…
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Twitter Video Purporting to Show a Delaware County Election Staffer Filling in a Blank Ballot Is Misleading, Officials Say
An online video being circulated on Twitter supposedly showing a Delaware County election staff member fraudulently filling in blank ballots is a manipulated video and not accurately representing the activity shown, according to a release from Adrienne Marofsky, public relations director for Delaware County. The video was taken from Delaware County’s official live stream of…
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Applications Now Being Taken to Receive Delco Strong 3 Grants for Businesses and Nonprofits
Applications are now being accepted for a third round of Delco Strong grants to help local businesses. For-profit business applications are being taken until Friday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m. Nonprofit applications are being taken through Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. Delaware County Council voted unanimously Oct. 21 to release the remaining CARES Act funding…
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Here’s What Voters Can Expect in Delaware County on Election Day
The Delaware County Bureau of Elections reports that over 250,000 Delaware County voters are eligible to vote in person at 428 precincts at 250 polling places in the county’s 49 municipalities. That’s in addition to the more than 100,000 votes that have already been cast by vote-by-mail ballots prior to Election Day. Delaware County polling…
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Many U.S. Presidents and Presidential Candidates Have Stopped Off in Delaware County
Delaware County has been visited by several presidential candidates over the decades from both sides of the political fence, writes Pete Bannon for the Daily Times. Here’s a list. John F. Kennedy. In 1960: Visited the Aronimink Golf Club, Lawrence Park Shopping Center, and stopped in Chester. Richard Nixon In 1960: Visited Market Square in…
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Volunteers Sought for Citizen Corps to Help Out During Emergencies and Disasters
Delaware County is recruiting residents to join the Citizen Corps of Delaware County (CCDC) which assists during disasters, mass care and public health events. The Citizen Corps of Delaware County is offering an orientation session Nov. 12, 6:30 to 9 p.m., to find out more about the volunteer group. Those who register will receive an…
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Joe Biden Stops in Chester to Thank Campaign Volunteers
With about a week to go until the Nov. 3 presidential election, former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden visited Democratic campaign volunteers in Chester Monday, writes Pete Bannon for the Daily Times. Biden thanked the two dozen or so volunteers. “He talked about how we could become safer from the COVID outbreak…
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Music Hath Charms to Sooth the Nervous Delaware County Voter
Their sign read, “Thanks for Voting. Musicians of NY City Local 802.” Musicians from New York City drove down to Delaware County Thursday, Oct. 22, and parked themselves in front of the Media Courthouse to promote voting, reports Tyger Williams for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The combined group included musicians from the New York Philharmonic, American…
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