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Mark McAndrew – Tom Borthwick
Politics
Scranton School Board: The Clear Choice
November 4, 2018

Tomorrow, the Board has an opportunity and an obligation to do the right thing and appoint the most qualified person to fill its vacant seat.  While I hate to eschew my normal humility, that person is me. I’ve made my case previously, and I’m going to make one final pitch. I’ve said more than once […]

Scranton School District Pt 3: The Players
July 14, 2018

Blame for the current Scranton School District Disaster isn’t actually very easy to assign, because we are going way back.  And that means there are different political majorities and factions and people in control at different times. Not every person listed below is getting blame, per se.  The Grand Jury will handle that definitively.  The […]

In today’s paper, Borys points out that the Scranton PAC called in a few sitting Scranton School Directors and told them they wanted Paige Cognetti on the Board. Now, I’m sure Paige could’ve and would’ve gotten on the Board without this influence.  This isn’t about her.  Instead, I want to point out something very important and […]

The Scranton PAC has been of interest to me since they debuted two years ago.  I’ve posted about them here and here.  As of two weeks ago, they’d endorsed for candidates: Katie Gilmartin, Rob Casey, Mark McAndrew, and Chris Phillips. Notice any difference between the two mailers?  One was from two weeks ago, one just […]