What’s that smell? Not manure, but District Justice races

Primary battles have gotten childish and turn off voters By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Ah primary season. Like the odor of manure from the mushroom houses, you can smell the stupid wafting on the spring breeze. And while most of the primaries will likely be either anti-climatic — with Democrats winning Democratic nominations and Republicans (or the much-maligned and increasingly endangered RINO)...

A rush to bipartisanism amid a few intra-party battles

Is getting along to get ahead back in fashion? By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Let’s face it, bipartisanism is the new black. If you listened to a lot of political types in Chester County this past week, candidates and elected officials across the political spectrum were working to show their ability to make nice with the other side. But roiling below the surface are a handful of intra-party battles...