Oh boy.....this is some crew and you are correct as far as I can tell, only one of the members lives within the Borough limits. Have we not learned time and again that Barry Cassidy is an incompetent boob??? The rest......except for Carnevale and except for his joke of a library plan, not god awful but I think we can do better. It amazes me that our Council officials have zero knowledge of competent residents who would be better at these things. I suspect they just go for anyone who isn't challenging or critisizing them and their assine actions. That would pretty much require that appointees be from far away places because anyone from town is wise to their debacle they call "leadership".

Does Carnevale still live within the Borough? He house on Gay Street was for sale a while back. Did he sell and move out?

What surprises me is that Barbara Cohen isn't on the list!

What the heck? When, where, and how were these particular people picked, Mr. Toohey? This citizen's advisory group reads like a business luncheon gathering at the country club.

Can you see any new or fresh ideas coming from this group? Why would they be the only people in town with an idea what Phoenixville should look like in the future? No women on that board? No wonder nobody gives a frig anymore. It's just more of the same old, same old. This is not the equitable way to plan the future Phoenixville.

Let's all speak about this at the Sept 8th Borough council meeting. We can organize and focus on the two main problems...monoply of players/ cronism (Cassidy and Krack don't have to be involved in EVERYTHING), and absense of borough residents. Bitching here ends here. We need to take our voices to Borough Hall.

CDC board is not elected.
CDC executive director is not elected.
CDC controls everything.
Live with it.

I believe the Planning Board are members as well and there are four women members.