NEWS:
2008 Highlights:
Supervisor Mike Zowniriw Votes Against Richland 280% Tax Increase — 12/30/08
Registering Concern: ACORN - 10/23/08 (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Wall Street Turned its Back on America - 9/19/08 (Washington Post)
Republicans try an end run - 9/13/08 (Garrison Keillor)
Politics and the English Language - 9/7/08 (Miami Herald)
135 Homes Better Than 504 — 8/18/08
Supervisor Zowniriw casts only NO vote on Front Gate Development — 6/29/2008
ANOTHER FEDERAL CASE won against Richland Twp for violation of First Amendment Rights - Supervisor Mike Zowniriw said the township "dodged a bullet". He knocked his colleague, Rick Orloff, a member of board that fired Stump. This case is "the 2nd lawsuit of its kind that Rick Orloff and (2 former) supervisors were involved in that they lost," Zowniriw said. "It's revealing a horrible trend as to the mind set of the governing body and some of its members." 12/06 the twp settled First Amendment suit involving Emergency Management Coordinator Patrick Murphy, who lost his post in '03. Murphy charged he was sacked for supporting Zowniriw's campaign for supervisor. - 6/08
Did supervisors Keller, Orloff and Tamburri violate the State Sunshine Act by holding private meetings? Did they violated the State Municipalities Planning Code approving certain developments in exchange for donations? - 6/08
Smoking Ban In Richland's Veterans' Park - 5/6/08
Bush's $6 billion reading program fails - 5/2/08 (Washington Post)
Meeting Minutes should give sense of speakers' points - 3/2/08
"Prosperity preacher” moves to sell private jet - AP 2/21/08
Court strikes down EPA Mercury plan - AP 2/9/08
New Baptist Covenant, a historic gathering - 1/31/08
2007 Highlights:
Morning Call sale nail in coffin of US press - 12/2007
Flak Prompts Newspaper to Stop Covering Politics-12/26/07
Life and Death in the U.S of Fear - 11/4/07
"It may be free [blogs], but some of it is worthless" - Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald 9/30/07
PPL Trying to avoid Woodlands - 9/07
Suing the Worm-Poop People - Hightower Lowdown 8/2007
PPL Crossed the Line - 8/17/07
"General Municipal Purposes" Remains Undefined - 8/14/07
Open Space to remain Mainly Open - 7/30/07
Supervisors won't pursue building on Open Space - 7/29/07
Making building on open space firm policy is wrong - 7/25/07
Board prefers newer 75-home building proposal - 7/10/07
Casting the Net for people in Richland - 5/1/07
E-mails Spark Controversy - 5/07
Judge Approves School Board Vote System - 1/07
2006 Highlights:
Defamation and the Elected Official - 2006
Ex-official settles suit against Richland Twp - 12/06
Plumstead's environmental inventory - 10/15/06
Zoning board rejects change that would have allowed Y - 9/06
1st 'Green' US Car Dealership Opens McKinney, TX - 9/12/06
Federal Jury Hears Patrick Murphy's Free Speech Claim Against Twp, Keller, Tamburri & Orloff - 7/26/06
Bucks County Forms Open Space Task Force - 6/06
Watson Johnson Landfill Among the Worst - 6/06
Richland supervisors looking for reasons to reject 74-home development next to Quakertown Swamp - 5/9/06
Zowniriw objects to supervisors' “carte blanche” on deciding what to put on open space - 3/14/06
In Richland, Lawsuits a Pattern - 2/15/06
Supervisor Joins Suit against fellow supervisor - 2/1/06
Zowniriw objects to Staats’ "political speech"; said coordinated planning nothing new. - 1/24/06
2005 Highlights:
Definitions Regarding Open Space Needed - 9/05
Richland Growing Too Fast - 9/05
Judge Reverses Y Approval - 9/8/05
PPL Unveils Power - 8/05
Y Looks for Alternative Site to Build - 7/10/05
Zowniriw Questions Fellow Supervisors' Ethics - 6/05
Lease public open space to Y? Mike Zowniriw opposed - 5/10/05
Richland violated its own ordinance giving YMCA approval to build on township-owned open space, - 5/5/05
Land Swap voted against by Mike Zowniriw - 3/26/05
"Either you control your destiny or developers control your destiny"-Vice-Chairman Mike Zowniriw - 2/05
WB Homes Development-2 supervisors say twp got good deal. Zowniriw says twp got raw deal - 1/5/05
2004 Highlights:
Swamp Remains Treasure - 11/28/04
Transferable Development Rights -11/15/04
POWER SHIFT POSSIBLE - 11/14/04
"Zowniriw Reinforces Preserving Open Space" says Tamburri-11/10/04
Board To Rescind Ordinance. Said Tamburri, "If we made a mistake, we have obligation to correct it." - 11/9/04
Age-restricted housing developments..are beginning to raise concerns across the area...- 10/10/04
504 Unit Project Sparks Friction - 9/14/04
Hilltown residents turn up heat on supervisors over proposed 450-house development - 7/23/04
Light Coming to Problem Intersection - 7/14/04
NBC10: Out-of-date Food Found at Quakertown Farmers Market - 4/1/04
“Vote on SUPERFUND affects us all today as well as future generations” - 3/04
Cleaning Up Landfill - 3/7/04
Community Leaders Demand to Clean Up Toxic Landfill- 3/5/04
"Extension of Paletown Rd would open flood gates of development", says Mike Zowniriw - 2/6/04
Green Party Member Joins Richland Board - 1/6/04
2003 Highlights:
Residents argue restriction doesn't give fair opportunity to address issues during course of meeting.- 12/15/03
Does Tie Go To Developer? - 12/10/03
Orloff steps down from dais, stands at podium used for public comment, calls himself "Citizen Orloff - 12/9/03
Supervisors Keller, Tamburri & Orloff vote unanimously to amend twp's zoning code to allow condominiums - 11/25/03
Politics Stall Toilet Installation - 11/12/03
Sparks Fly at Meeting in Richland - 11/11/03
Green Party Win Shakes Up Richland - 11/9/03
Land-use battles frustrate PA towns -Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/12/2000
