I appreciate the effort that Mr. Reber, Mr. Kirkner and Mr. Tigro put into answering this weeks question. To an extent, I appreciate Mr. Wagner telling me to go pound sand. Mr. Amici is on a grand tour of America and was unable to answer.

I have little respect for candidates that ignore these platform questions. I mean ignore them, not refuse to answer. It really doesn't show the voter that they will listen to their concerns and answer their correspondence. I will give the candidates one more chance to answer a question before hammering them. Check your spam folders, people! I will not send Mr. Wagner a question this week because I don't think he wants to answer my questions. Feel free to email him the question. I will print the response. I will send the questions to the 2 party heads with hopes that they will push a little harder.

This week I want to deal with the Library. I really think that this is a complex issue that gets narrowed down to Yes/No too much. I want to do a series of questions on the Library that will form a well rounded view of the candidates on the issues surrounding it. There is certainly a legislative side to the Library project that is important to learn how the candidates think, but the political side of it is just as important. If Council is willing to be pushed around by the Library Board, does that help you out?

This weeks question:

Using the expansion of the Phoenixville Library as an example, how do you weigh a projects impact on the immediate neighbors vs. the needs of the overall community (being a regional library, community is to mean Phoenixville, East Pikeland and Schuylkill)?