What was said? A lot really but here is my synopsis – and remember this forum was on policing. During the round-table forum candidates were asked to answer community-submitted questions on policing. This event was hosted by the West Chester Alliance for Social Justice along with Adbul Mughees Chandhri, board member of the Islamic Society of Chester County, Gillian Fitzpatrick Alicea, Chair of the West Chester Sustainability Advisory Committee and Melton Center Board Member Jennifer Johnson and moderated by attorney and West Chester community member Kelly Jurs. Eric Lorgus is running as an independent. Interim West Chester mayor Jordan Norley, Lillian DeBaptiste, and Kyle Hudson are all running on the Democratic ticket. Sure, there are currently four candidates for mayor. This was the first opportunity, we have had to see the candidates for mayor on equal footing and get a sense how each would shape his or her term in office. On Sunday the West Chester Alliance for Social Justice held a candidate form on policing. Namely how it would look under the various candidates running for mayor. It’s too easy to just say ,’this does not happen in West Chester.'” Jordan Norley, West Chester Interim Mayor The (Future) State of Policing in the Borough: West Chester Mayor Candidate Forum Black Lives Matter sign spotted in a West Chester window.Īs the world awaited the verdict in the Derek Chauvin case, West Chester took its own look at the future of policing in the borough. Too often our neighbors face discrimination. “Chauvin verdict only addresses a symptom of the problem.

Will your street be affected? I have the list. Plus a West Chester super-group collaboration, the town-wide clean up and the Borough is doubling its road paving efforts. It’s Friday, April 23. A 4/20 win for High Street, West Chester mayoral candidates share their visions for the future and Everhart park gets party-worthy news. With so much going on around town, catch up on what you may have missed. Everhart park cherry blossoms in full bloom.

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