Chester County Democratic Committee

(info from Megan Lynott for Coroner, 6/29/09) Did you know that: Women represent 53% of registered voters in Chester County.  Women make up 52% of the population of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania ranks 46th when looking at the number of women holding elected office Pennsylvania ranks 47th in terms of women’s overall political participation 14% of the [...]

[N.b. John McHugh, chairman of the Honey Brook Township agriculture preservation board, is a Democratic committeeperson] By Darrin Youker Reading Eagle A Honey Brook Township citizens group is trying to eliminate the township tax for farmland preservation by putting the issue before voters. For three years, residents in this Chester County municipality have paid a [...]

eNewsletter – June 18, 2009 Dear Constituents of the 7th District, Our efforts both in Washington and here in the 7th District to overcome the economic challenges we face together continued throughout May and into June, and were highlighted by the passage of critical credit card legislation to stop unreasonable practices such as retroactive interest rate [...]

As many of you know by now, CARES has unfortunately closed its doors and the County has created the CC Food Bank to administer food programs across the county.  The Food Bank is off to a very good start by working on programs to increase awareness of hunger problems in the County.  The Food Bank [...]

Barb McIlvaine Smith (D-156) addresses the 6/11/09 single payer healthcare rally in the State Capitol Rotunda. To hear a news report on the rally, click here