Taxpayers in Haverford Township Continue to Pay for Decades of Neglect

This Oct 18, 2011 story was in the Haverford-Havertown Patch Broken Sewer Pipe Costs $1.3 Mill To Repair. It says that a "sewer pipe along Naylors Run Creek broke two weeks ago", behind Kohl's department store. In our Township, where the annual budget is just over $30 million, $1.3 M to fix this is HUGE hit!

Why do you care?
Emergency repairs always cost substantially more than preventive maintenance and timely replacement when required. But for decades, our elected officials have let our Township's valuable assets fall apart. The 1988 master plan called for many assets to be replaced, but little has been done to address these problems. Things get fixed when they break. Energy spews out of our buildings. And the taxpayers pay extra because of this neglect.

It's time for a 7th ward commissioner who understands economics and planning, has the skills to work on this stuff and the guts to get it done.

That's what I'll do if I'm elected - work for the taxpayers and take care of our community assets.