Letter to the Editor: Reflections of Chadds Ford past
It’s early December 2013 and another year draws to a close here in Chadds Ford Township. I’m attending what is probably my sixth or seventh Board of Supervisors meeting this year and I’m prepared for business as usual. That’s the way it goes through most of the evening but this secession is, at last, a little different. It’s easy to think of our newly elected supervisor, Frank Murphy, and the tasks he and the other two supervisors face for the new year in 2014. With a little contemplation thoughts turn to Deborah F Love in her final meeting as supervisor. With a service of more than 12 years to Chadds Ford, you can only have the deepest respect and appreciation for an individual who is willing to give this amount of their time and energy in the public interest.
Deborah herself this evening articulates some benchmark events during her tenure, expediting the northwest quadrant of the loop road, beginnings of a recycling culture in the township, the development of the Girl Scout property — then known as Sunset Hill — by Toll Bros., to name a few. I’ve lived here through it all and understand that’s it’s not an easy job to make the tough decisions for things that must be, at times very unpopular with the citizens of our township. An individual willing and able to take on these responsibilities is unique and deserves our thanks.
Ms. Love took the office of supervisor in this township during a time of change and helped her fellow residents manage this change well. There where mistakes made but for the most part the residents of Chadds Ford Township are better off for her service. Now, a new administration takes over in an equally dynamic period in our township and we know that they are of equal dedication and energy. One has been there done that for many years, some are just getting warmed up and one steps into the fray as the new year begins. An example has been set and we can only hope that Ms. Love continues her interest in our township and her consul is heard at future municipal meetings.
Thomas Singer
Chadds Ford Township
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