Police are investigating an attempted abduction of a child in the Downingtown area. A recorded message was reportedly sent out to all parents of children in the Downingtown Area School District to report the incident.
According to unofficial reports, Downingtown Police are searching for a two men in a blue pick-up truck who were reportedly attempting to lure middle-school aged students in the Johnsontown section of Downingtown. The incidents occured sometime this afternoon, however, no further details are available.
Anyone with information regarding the incident - including tips on possible suspects or the suspected vehicle - or wishing to report similar incidents is asked to call Downingtown Police at (610) 269-0263 or the Radio Room at (610) 383-7000.
Unplugged will attempt to get more details if and when they become available.
17 December 2009
11 December 2009
ODDS AND ENDS - 12/11/09
The schedule of Magesterial District Court "criminal days" will be changing beginning in January 2010.
The most notable changes are that the criminal days at 15-1-04 in West Chester's East End will move from Friday to Thursday. The move apparently is causing some scheduling headaches in the other two district courts where West Chester Police have to address cases - West Chester (15-1-01) and Downingtown (15-2-06).
At present, most traffic and summary cases filed by WCPD on incidents in East Bradford - which is located in 15-2-06's jurisdiction - are heard on Thursdays. While it's not clear who precipitated the changes, someone apparently didn't think much of any potential conflicts that could arise from this decision.
And that's not factoring in WCU Police, who run the risk of having to attend preliminary hearings in two different courts on the same day - 15-1-04 and 15-2-03 in West Goshen (a portion of the East and South Campuses are in West Goshen Township).
Another notable change is the criminal days at Avondale will move from Thursday to Friday, now that controversial constable Matthew Seavey is now the District Judge. How much do you want to bet that some of the constables who work criminal days at 15-1-04 pushed the powers that be at the Justice Center to alter the schedule so they could work with their buddy down south?
Of course, old boy politics aren't at play here. Oh, of course not. And if you believe that, I have some swamp in South Jersey for sale...
And, as a friendly reminder, tomorrow is Downingtown's Good Neighbor Christmas Parade -which, unlike West Chester's sorry excuse for a parade, has yet to be corrupted by corporate naming right - will be held tomorrow starting at 15:00. The parade route will be along Lancaster Avenue from Aston Avenue in the West Ward to Uwchlan Avenue near East Ward Elementary School.
At least Mother Nature is expected to play nice with Downingtown for it's parade tomorrow; that was not the case last Saturday as Coatesville's Christmas Parade was cancelled due to the rain/snow that hit the area. It's too bad that the rain and snow didn't hit on Friday instead of Saturday; at least that way, the pinheads at the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester would've looked pretty stupid by promoting an event only to have Mother Nature ruin it...
The most notable changes are that the criminal days at 15-1-04 in West Chester's East End will move from Friday to Thursday. The move apparently is causing some scheduling headaches in the other two district courts where West Chester Police have to address cases - West Chester (15-1-01) and Downingtown (15-2-06).
At present, most traffic and summary cases filed by WCPD on incidents in East Bradford - which is located in 15-2-06's jurisdiction - are heard on Thursdays. While it's not clear who precipitated the changes, someone apparently didn't think much of any potential conflicts that could arise from this decision.
And that's not factoring in WCU Police, who run the risk of having to attend preliminary hearings in two different courts on the same day - 15-1-04 and 15-2-03 in West Goshen (a portion of the East and South Campuses are in West Goshen Township).
Another notable change is the criminal days at Avondale will move from Thursday to Friday, now that controversial constable Matthew Seavey is now the District Judge. How much do you want to bet that some of the constables who work criminal days at 15-1-04 pushed the powers that be at the Justice Center to alter the schedule so they could work with their buddy down south?
Of course, old boy politics aren't at play here. Oh, of course not. And if you believe that, I have some swamp in South Jersey for sale...
And, as a friendly reminder, tomorrow is Downingtown's Good Neighbor Christmas Parade -which, unlike West Chester's sorry excuse for a parade, has yet to be corrupted by corporate naming right - will be held tomorrow starting at 15:00. The parade route will be along Lancaster Avenue from Aston Avenue in the West Ward to Uwchlan Avenue near East Ward Elementary School.
At least Mother Nature is expected to play nice with Downingtown for it's parade tomorrow; that was not the case last Saturday as Coatesville's Christmas Parade was cancelled due to the rain/snow that hit the area. It's too bad that the rain and snow didn't hit on Friday instead of Saturday; at least that way, the pinheads at the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester would've looked pretty stupid by promoting an event only to have Mother Nature ruin it...
WILL THEY PAY FOR THIS DECISION?
The West Chester Borough Council is reportedly considering drafting a request to SEPTA to re-route all bus routes through the West End. And, as you can imagine, parking appears to be the reasoning behind it.
At last week's Parking Commitee meeting, a request was made to have SEPTA's Routes 92, 104, 306, and 314 buses, along with Krapf's Coaches Route A bus from Coatesville, re-routed from it's current West End loop routing via West Chestnut, North New, and West Market Streets. The proposed re-routing would have buses continue down West Chestnut before turning up Hannum Avenue, then turning onto North New.
When the routing came forth several years ago, prior to the opening of the Justice Center and the Parking Garage/West Chester Transportation Center, SEPTA rejected the recommendation due to additional operating expenses. The routing ultimately resulted in the elimination of one parking space on the 100 block of North New near the corner of West Chestnut. That former parking space is now a bus stop for buses making the turn onto Chestnut.
It seems as though some of the neighbors want their parking spot back, hence the request to have the borough make the request. I mean, come on, we're talking about ONE parking space. Just one. Would it really kill people to park up in the Spaz lot instead of forcing additional operating costs on a transit agency that is trying to contain costs?
I'm sure the borough would have no problem paying the additional costs, since, after all, they are the ones who are pushing this decision, which will be nothing but a headache for riders.
The full Council is expected to discuss the issue at Tuesday's Work Session. Here's hoping that this idea doesn't get past the discussion stage...
At last week's Parking Commitee meeting, a request was made to have SEPTA's Routes 92, 104, 306, and 314 buses, along with Krapf's Coaches Route A bus from Coatesville, re-routed from it's current West End loop routing via West Chestnut, North New, and West Market Streets. The proposed re-routing would have buses continue down West Chestnut before turning up Hannum Avenue, then turning onto North New.
When the routing came forth several years ago, prior to the opening of the Justice Center and the Parking Garage/West Chester Transportation Center, SEPTA rejected the recommendation due to additional operating expenses. The routing ultimately resulted in the elimination of one parking space on the 100 block of North New near the corner of West Chestnut. That former parking space is now a bus stop for buses making the turn onto Chestnut.
It seems as though some of the neighbors want their parking spot back, hence the request to have the borough make the request. I mean, come on, we're talking about ONE parking space. Just one. Would it really kill people to park up in the Spaz lot instead of forcing additional operating costs on a transit agency that is trying to contain costs?
I'm sure the borough would have no problem paying the additional costs, since, after all, they are the ones who are pushing this decision, which will be nothing but a headache for riders.
The full Council is expected to discuss the issue at Tuesday's Work Session. Here's hoping that this idea doesn't get past the discussion stage...
04 December 2009
LET THE INCONVENIENCE BEGIN
Within the last 90 minutes, parade staffers organizing the "Christmas Parade" in West Chester have shown a complete disregard for the residents living along stretches of West Market Street as they prepare for tonight's corporate sell-out masquerading as a holiday parade.
On several sections of West Market Street - which was closed off to traffic within the past hour - parade staff placed signs in the middle of sidewalks along the 400, 500, and 600 blocks of West Market, potentially violating Section 95-24 of the Borough Code of Ordinances:
In addition to the staging signs, at least two light towers were blocking the sidewalks - one at Market and Everhart, the other at Market and New.
Yet another reason why the Chamber of Commerce should never have sold out this parade for commercial purposes.
On several sections of West Market Street - which was closed off to traffic within the past hour - parade staff placed signs in the middle of sidewalks along the 400, 500, and 600 blocks of West Market, potentially violating Section 95-24 of the Borough Code of Ordinances:
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation or any officer or employee thereof to block or cause to be blocked a continuous three-foot-wide strip for unimpeded pedestrian traffic in the center portion of a sidewalk of the Borough of West Chester by the storing or placing of goods, wares or merchandise within that three-foot-wide traveled section of the paved sidewalk, whether the same is ordained or unordained, or by the obstruction thereof by trucks or other vehicles being backed or driven on or across such sidewalks for the purpose of loading or unloading goods, wares or merchandise of any kind or description whatsoever.
In addition to the staging signs, at least two light towers were blocking the sidewalks - one at Market and Everhart, the other at Market and New.
Yet another reason why the Chamber of Commerce should never have sold out this parade for commercial purposes.
PARADE TONIGHT... YAWN...
Tonight marks the 30th edition of what used to be a nice, quaint, community event before the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce corrupted it into a sorry impersonation of the Thanksgiving Day parade in Philadelphia.
The Old Fashioned Christmas Parade will take place tonight, resulting in a slew of street closings - and almost as many headaches for residents along side streets which will see gridlocked traffic as a result of the foolish, long-standing tradition of holding the parade on Friday night.
This year's event is being sponsored by an East Goshen based company known for mediocre coffee. In fact, the company aided the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester, have now conspired to commandeer the quaint nature of this event all in the name of money.
As a result of this crass commercialization of this neighborhood event, Unplugged will not dignify said company with a mention in this report (unless they decide to become a "corporate sponsor" of this site). That sponsorship in and of itself generated this letter to the editor written by Dave LaLeike in Monday's Daily Local:
In a letter to the editor back in August of '08, I asked the question, "How thin of a line is it between selling the Borough of West Chester like a bottle of detergent and keeping the integrity of a municipality and its residents intact?" Recently, I've come to realize that that proverbial line is getting more microscopically thin, if, at this point, it exists at all.
When the Democrats started taking control of the Borough Council, turning West Chester into a one-party town, that's when the line started to get thinner.
Some of you may have noticed that the upcoming annual West Chester Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade will be held on Dec. 4. Oh, no, I'm sorry, that's wrong. This year the parade has been rechristened, it is now called, "The (company name redacted) Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade." What the heck! When did the Borough of West Chester change its name to (company name redacted)?
Fear not, it seems the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester just temporarily rented out the name of the parade to a corporation that sells candy bars. (Company name redacted), a drink product division of the candy company, must have coughed up the big bucks to supplant their name for that of the "West Chester" parade from days of yore.
Sure enough, go to the Chamber of Commerce Web site, or the Business Improvement District Web site, and there it is, "The (company name redacted) Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade." Old-Fashioned West Chester? Not anymore. It's a logo kind of parade this year. Kind of similar to how big city sports stadiums sell the naming rights of their commercial facilities to the highest bidder. You know, it engenders that hometown feel.
Which is part of the reason why I don't refer to the sports arenas in South Philadelphia by their "corporate" names ... You know, The Center, The Ballpark, and The Linc...
Oh, sure, parades cost money, and all the local businesses and institutions that donate time and money for the borough's parades should be commended. But of course, the bigger the production, the more money required.
In its climb toward the parade heavens I wonder if the reach our local Chamber of Commerce has exceeded its grasp in a tasteful, old-fashioned manner.
To answer Mr. LaLeike's question, the answer, in this humble blogger's opinion, is yes.
However, the controversial Presdient of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester Katie L. Walker decided to pull a Robert Gibbs and respond with her own letter to the editor in Tuesday's Daily Local, a letter which came off as both defensive and arrogant:
In response to the Letter to the Editor in [Monday's] paper regarding The In response to the Letter to the Editor in yesterday's paper regarding (company name redacted) Old Fashioned Christmas Parade, my response is simple. You are correct "all the local businesses and institutions that donate time and money for the borough's parades should be commended." Our community is extremely fortunate to have businesses like (company name redacted) and so many others located here in greater West Chester, that are passionate about giving back and supporting community programs.
Dave LaLeike posed the question about whether or not it's "tasteful" for the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester to list (company name redacted) as the headline sponsor for the Old Fashioned Christmas Parade. The Chamber believes it is not only "tasteful" but will also be quite "tasty" with FREE hot beverage giveaways from (company name redacted) the night of the parade.
This blogger believes that Walker's comment was not only stupid, but rather snobby.
But seriously, folks, since the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade first rolled down New York City streets in 1924, corporate names have headlined events to help pay for these free community events.
But, seriously, stupid, you're comparing apples and oranges. The City of New York did not initiate the parade, the Macy's company did.
The upcoming (company name redacted) Old Fashioned Christmas Parade has been a long standing tradition in the borough that entertains residents from all over the region. Being that the mission of the Chamber is "to promote the betterment and prosperity of the business community," the parade also serves as an opportunity for the Chamber of Commerce to showcase the businesses in and around Greater West Chester that help to make our community a special place to live, work and raise a family.
False. In the last few years, the Chamber has chosed to turn over the production of a parade to professionals instead of the local community. The "long standing" tradition would refer to the days when local volunteers would organize the parade instead of out-sourcing it to some "specialists" whose sole goal appears to be corrupting the spirit of Christmas.
The Chamber is not giving away the identity of West Chester's grandest parade, it's supplementing the costs to provide citizens with the greatest experience possible.
False. The Chamber IS giving away the identity of "West Chester's grandest parade."
Children enjoy the parade and parents appreciate it — that's what really counts.
Whatever. I think what really counts in Walker's mind is increasing her over-inflated ego by allowing this corruption to continue. The parade was just fine for nearly 25 years without Channel 6 sticking it's nose into the parade and turning portions of the parade into more self-promoting garbage (which is one of the biggest reasons Action News has gone downhill in recent years; it seems as though half of their newscasts are designed to promote ... Channel 6 or other ABC/Disney entities).
This is what the Old Fashioned Christmas Parade has become:
This year's parade will also include a marching band competition. Seriously.
No offense intended to the bands that will be performing, but a marching band competition as part of a Christmas parade is highly inappropriate. Don't these bands participate in enough competitions during the year? Sorry, but a holiday themed parade is not the right time to stage such a competition complete with "three professional judges from Central Pennsylvania."
For what it's worth, the six bands that will be participating are Avon Grove, Conestoga, Downingtown, Octorara, Springfield (Delaware County), and the Baltimore Westsiders Marching Band from Maryland.
Conspicously missing from this competition list are two schools that people in West Chester may be familiar with - West Chester East and Bayard Rustin. They'll be marching, but apparently not participating in the competition.
Overall, there will be over 20 marching bands and drill teams participating in the parade, according to the list posted at the Chamber of Commerce's web site. Doesn't 20 bands sound like overkill? After all, this is only West Chester, not 5th Avenue in Manhattan.
That's on top of the 8 floats and 28 additional "parade elements" that will be part of the route. The "featured singer" in this year's parade is some Jonas Brothers wanna-be from Orlando (the same city that forced The Backstreet Boys and N*SYNC on an unsuspecting world) who happens to be a "Radio Disney" performing artist. Yes, the same "Radio Disney" that's owned by the conglomerate that also happens to own Channel 6.
I guess Justin Guarini wasn't available...
Another change that is sure to anger traditionalists is that there will no longer be any performances in front of the Historic Courthouse. The parade route will now start at Market and New Streets before heading up New Street to Gay Street, then to Matlack Street, and back up Market Street. I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say that the traffic along North New Street will probably be backed up deep into West Goshen with this new routing.
Suffice to say that if this year's parade is anything like last year's, that doesn't bode well for the soul of West Chester. In fact, the soul has been slowly disappearing when the Chamber and the Business Improvement District began promoting Uptown as "Downtown West Chester."
Sorry, but if I need to get to Market and Church Streets, I'm not going to go to "Downtown West Chester." There is no "Downtown" in West Chester - it's Uptown. I learned that when I first moved down here in 1995; too bad the rest of the clowns at the Chamber or the BID didn't get the message.
Now, if you want to see a real "old fashioned" Christmas Parade, head out to Coatesville tomorrow morning at 9:00 when the city hosts a real Christmas Parade in the spirit of community, not this "Broadway Meets Gay Street" fiasco in West Chester.
Or, even better, check out Downingtown's Christmas Parade next Saturday, which starts at 15:00.
Both parades are organized by local groups, not a "professional parade planner" - the Coatesville parade by a non-profit organization which includes the Stewart Huston Charitable Trust and the City of Coatesville; the Downingtown parade is also staged by a non-profit organization with logistical support from the Borough of Downingtown, however, the borough does not provide financial support.
The Old Fashioned Christmas Parade will take place tonight, resulting in a slew of street closings - and almost as many headaches for residents along side streets which will see gridlocked traffic as a result of the foolish, long-standing tradition of holding the parade on Friday night.
This year's event is being sponsored by an East Goshen based company known for mediocre coffee. In fact, the company aided the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester, have now conspired to commandeer the quaint nature of this event all in the name of money.
As a result of this crass commercialization of this neighborhood event, Unplugged will not dignify said company with a mention in this report (unless they decide to become a "corporate sponsor" of this site). That sponsorship in and of itself generated this letter to the editor written by Dave LaLeike in Monday's Daily Local:
In a letter to the editor back in August of '08, I asked the question, "How thin of a line is it between selling the Borough of West Chester like a bottle of detergent and keeping the integrity of a municipality and its residents intact?" Recently, I've come to realize that that proverbial line is getting more microscopically thin, if, at this point, it exists at all.
When the Democrats started taking control of the Borough Council, turning West Chester into a one-party town, that's when the line started to get thinner.
Some of you may have noticed that the upcoming annual West Chester Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade will be held on Dec. 4. Oh, no, I'm sorry, that's wrong. This year the parade has been rechristened, it is now called, "The (company name redacted) Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade." What the heck! When did the Borough of West Chester change its name to (company name redacted)?
Fear not, it seems the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester just temporarily rented out the name of the parade to a corporation that sells candy bars. (Company name redacted), a drink product division of the candy company, must have coughed up the big bucks to supplant their name for that of the "West Chester" parade from days of yore.
Sure enough, go to the Chamber of Commerce Web site, or the Business Improvement District Web site, and there it is, "The (company name redacted) Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade." Old-Fashioned West Chester? Not anymore. It's a logo kind of parade this year. Kind of similar to how big city sports stadiums sell the naming rights of their commercial facilities to the highest bidder. You know, it engenders that hometown feel.
Which is part of the reason why I don't refer to the sports arenas in South Philadelphia by their "corporate" names ... You know, The Center, The Ballpark, and The Linc...
Oh, sure, parades cost money, and all the local businesses and institutions that donate time and money for the borough's parades should be commended. But of course, the bigger the production, the more money required.
In its climb toward the parade heavens I wonder if the reach our local Chamber of Commerce has exceeded its grasp in a tasteful, old-fashioned manner.
To answer Mr. LaLeike's question, the answer, in this humble blogger's opinion, is yes.
However, the controversial Presdient of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester Katie L. Walker decided to pull a Robert Gibbs and respond with her own letter to the editor in Tuesday's Daily Local, a letter which came off as both defensive and arrogant:
In response to the Letter to the Editor in [Monday's] paper regarding The In response to the Letter to the Editor in yesterday's paper regarding (company name redacted) Old Fashioned Christmas Parade, my response is simple. You are correct "all the local businesses and institutions that donate time and money for the borough's parades should be commended." Our community is extremely fortunate to have businesses like (company name redacted) and so many others located here in greater West Chester, that are passionate about giving back and supporting community programs.
Dave LaLeike posed the question about whether or not it's "tasteful" for the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester to list (company name redacted) as the headline sponsor for the Old Fashioned Christmas Parade. The Chamber believes it is not only "tasteful" but will also be quite "tasty" with FREE hot beverage giveaways from (company name redacted) the night of the parade.
This blogger believes that Walker's comment was not only stupid, but rather snobby.
But seriously, folks, since the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade first rolled down New York City streets in 1924, corporate names have headlined events to help pay for these free community events.
But, seriously, stupid, you're comparing apples and oranges. The City of New York did not initiate the parade, the Macy's company did.
The upcoming (company name redacted) Old Fashioned Christmas Parade has been a long standing tradition in the borough that entertains residents from all over the region. Being that the mission of the Chamber is "to promote the betterment and prosperity of the business community," the parade also serves as an opportunity for the Chamber of Commerce to showcase the businesses in and around Greater West Chester that help to make our community a special place to live, work and raise a family.
False. In the last few years, the Chamber has chosed to turn over the production of a parade to professionals instead of the local community. The "long standing" tradition would refer to the days when local volunteers would organize the parade instead of out-sourcing it to some "specialists" whose sole goal appears to be corrupting the spirit of Christmas.
The Chamber is not giving away the identity of West Chester's grandest parade, it's supplementing the costs to provide citizens with the greatest experience possible.
False. The Chamber IS giving away the identity of "West Chester's grandest parade."
Children enjoy the parade and parents appreciate it — that's what really counts.
Whatever. I think what really counts in Walker's mind is increasing her over-inflated ego by allowing this corruption to continue. The parade was just fine for nearly 25 years without Channel 6 sticking it's nose into the parade and turning portions of the parade into more self-promoting garbage (which is one of the biggest reasons Action News has gone downhill in recent years; it seems as though half of their newscasts are designed to promote ... Channel 6 or other ABC/Disney entities).
This is what the Old Fashioned Christmas Parade has become:
- It has become a corporate shill-fest where the Chamber of Commerce, in it's role as a "pimp", has sold out the Borough of West Chester as if it were a Kensington Avenue crack whore. The "johns" in this case are not only the corporate sponsor who commandered the name of the parade, but the ego inflated Channel 6, which is sending two of it's idiots to host the event. The idiot who hosted the parade last year was terrible.
- It has become a staged production which neither feels old-fashioned nor community based, with more representation from outside the county instead of more emphasis on local talent and organizations. Henderson High School wasn't even represented in last year's parade, for example, but the Pennsbury High School band from Bucks County marched (ok, I know Henderson didn't have a band last year, but would it have been too much to allow their choir to perform instead of bringing in some D-List singer from a D-List reality talent show?).
- It has become a nightmare for residents in the neighborhoods immediately surrounding Uptown thanks to the traffic gridlock of gullible tourists entering town as workers - mostly county employees - are trying to leave their jobs and start their weekends.
This year's parade will also include a marching band competition. Seriously.
No offense intended to the bands that will be performing, but a marching band competition as part of a Christmas parade is highly inappropriate. Don't these bands participate in enough competitions during the year? Sorry, but a holiday themed parade is not the right time to stage such a competition complete with "three professional judges from Central Pennsylvania."
For what it's worth, the six bands that will be participating are Avon Grove, Conestoga, Downingtown, Octorara, Springfield (Delaware County), and the Baltimore Westsiders Marching Band from Maryland.
Conspicously missing from this competition list are two schools that people in West Chester may be familiar with - West Chester East and Bayard Rustin. They'll be marching, but apparently not participating in the competition.
Overall, there will be over 20 marching bands and drill teams participating in the parade, according to the list posted at the Chamber of Commerce's web site. Doesn't 20 bands sound like overkill? After all, this is only West Chester, not 5th Avenue in Manhattan.
That's on top of the 8 floats and 28 additional "parade elements" that will be part of the route. The "featured singer" in this year's parade is some Jonas Brothers wanna-be from Orlando (the same city that forced The Backstreet Boys and N*SYNC on an unsuspecting world) who happens to be a "Radio Disney" performing artist. Yes, the same "Radio Disney" that's owned by the conglomerate that also happens to own Channel 6.
I guess Justin Guarini wasn't available...
Another change that is sure to anger traditionalists is that there will no longer be any performances in front of the Historic Courthouse. The parade route will now start at Market and New Streets before heading up New Street to Gay Street, then to Matlack Street, and back up Market Street. I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say that the traffic along North New Street will probably be backed up deep into West Goshen with this new routing.
Suffice to say that if this year's parade is anything like last year's, that doesn't bode well for the soul of West Chester. In fact, the soul has been slowly disappearing when the Chamber and the Business Improvement District began promoting Uptown as "Downtown West Chester."
Sorry, but if I need to get to Market and Church Streets, I'm not going to go to "Downtown West Chester." There is no "Downtown" in West Chester - it's Uptown. I learned that when I first moved down here in 1995; too bad the rest of the clowns at the Chamber or the BID didn't get the message.
Now, if you want to see a real "old fashioned" Christmas Parade, head out to Coatesville tomorrow morning at 9:00 when the city hosts a real Christmas Parade in the spirit of community, not this "Broadway Meets Gay Street" fiasco in West Chester.
Or, even better, check out Downingtown's Christmas Parade next Saturday, which starts at 15:00.
Both parades are organized by local groups, not a "professional parade planner" - the Coatesville parade by a non-profit organization which includes the Stewart Huston Charitable Trust and the City of Coatesville; the Downingtown parade is also staged by a non-profit organization with logistical support from the Borough of Downingtown, however, the borough does not provide financial support.
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