{"id":4855,"date":"2013-04-04T09:23:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T13:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=4855"},"modified":"2013-04-04T09:28:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T13:28:02","slug":"letter-stunned-by-commissioners-support-for-sweatshops-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=4855","title":{"rendered":"Letter: stunned by commissioners\u2019 support for sweatshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<style><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:10887 -2147483648 8 0 511 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-520092929 1073786111 9 0 415 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin-top:0in;\n\tmargin-right:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:10.0pt;\n\tmargin-left:0in;\n\tline-height:115%;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\np.normal, li.normal, div.normal\n\t{mso-style-name:normal;\n\tmso-style-priority:99;\n\tmso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tline-height:115%;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Arial;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tcolor:black;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n--><\/style>\n<p><strong>To The Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Letters12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Letters1\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Letters12.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a>Does Chester County support sweatshops?<\/p>\n<p>That may seem like a ridiculous question. Whether or not you support overseas manufacturing, I think I am safe in assuming that the vast majority of Chester Countians oppose sweatshop labor. However, recent actions by our elected leaders in the County Commissioners\u2019 office suggest that they, and by extension the taxpayers of Chester County, do in fact support sweatshops.<\/p>\n<p>In opposition to the efforts of Department of Human Services employees to get fair pay and fair treatment, the Commissioners have hired Peter List of Kulture LLC. On the company\u2019s official website, Mr. List proudly posts an article supporting sweatshops.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>List is a shady character. He cannot be contacted by phone, and there is no published physical address for his business. He is also a radical, as his support of sweatshops clearly shows.<\/p>\n<p>We, here in Chester County, are not radicals. We support basic fairness, including fair pay for a hard day\u2019s work. We do NOT support the use of sweatshop labor anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Engaging the services of a radical like Mr. List, a man who is in the business of extremism, suggests that we support his radical ideas. By hiring Mr. List, Chester County is supporting the things he supports, and Mr. List openly supports sweatshops.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time that our leaders get their priorities straight. The County Commissioners must stop using our tax money to pay exorbitant fees to a radical who supports sweatshops and radical causes.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioners, stop making us all look bad. FIRE PETER LIST and deal fairly with the employees at the Department of Human Services.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Brad Bradlee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Malvern<\/strong><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To The Editor: Does Chester County support sweatshops? That may seem like a ridiculous question. Whether or not you support overseas manufacturing, I think I am safe in assuming that the vast majority of Chester Countians oppose sweatshop labor. However, recent actions by our elected leaders in the County Commissioners\u2019 office suggest that they, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[301],"tags":[20,46,1909,1908],"class_list":["post-4855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters-to-the-editor","tag-chester-county","tag-commissioners","tag-kulture-llc","tag-peter-list"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}