Bylaws don't recognize proxy voting

I helped to write the by-laws for the Chadds Ford Civic Association. There was never any mention of accepting or recognizing votes by individuals not present at the tally. I wonder who the proxy voters thought they were representing when they signed their ballots. After voting in the recent election I chatted outside of the church with members of the Republican Executive Committee but was never offered a proxy ballot. My guess is they figured I'd ask questions and possibly expose the rotten agenda they had planned. Tony Francis, one of the longstanding members of the Civic Association, would not have approved of this. In his heyday, Tony always said the business of the Civic Association was to be a watchdog organization of the supervisors, and he diligently attended their meetings and reported his honest opinions on what they were up to. Only after his health began to waiver did the association begin to feather its board with individuals directly aligned to the elected Board of Supervisors. Chadds Ford residents only have to ask themselves who among the board of elected officials has a personal agenda, aspiring to higher political power. Which of the supervisors is using the residents as steppingstones to launch him- or herself further into the Republican Political arena? Why else would it be so important to have the directors of the Civic Association follow in line with the same political tempo that seems to be the way Chadds Ford is now going? If the citizens of this fine community truly want bipartisan representation than they need to work on solid candidates, and when their solid candidates are stripped of their legally won titles, they need to stand and fight. Vote by proxy is wrong in this case. Fight for what's right.

Samantha Reiner

Chadds Ford Township