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Calamitous, Cleared, and Keeping Both Jobs

After months of investigation and seventeen thousand signatures asking for a resignation petition. The Bucks County DA District Attorney office, headed by DA Joe Khan cleared Police Chief Scott McElree of criminal charges while calling his response to the Quakertown student protest a "calamitous decision.". Calamitous, but not in the DA's eyes illegal. Legality in this case hinges for the most part on intent of McElree and I'm not sure the case would have won in court based on that legal standard. However, I am sure that the incompetence and poor decision making shown by Chief Scott McElree, who enter an agitated crowd of protesting teenagers while wearing plain clothes, with no visible badge, uniform, body-worn camera, or handcuffs was clear. McElree continues to keep his job as police chief and borough manager, two offices that concentrate more power in one 72-year-old than most small towns hand a mayor. I'll have more to say on this subject soon, but for now I'll say that this is not the better Bucks I hope for.

Read the full story at Central Bucks News

Official Bucks County DA post

Read the memorandum here

Falls Township Supervisors React to Data Center Anger

Falls Township supervisors voted Monday to declare parts of their zoning ordinance "substantively invalid", a legal maneuver called a curative amendment that starts a 180-day review for new rules specifically aimed at data centers. It's a direct response to the thousands of residents who signed petitions against the Amazon Web Services data center already under construction at the Keystone Trade Center, a $3 billion, 3-million-square-foot project that sailed through approval in March 2025 with barely a murmur. The solicitor called the amendment a "protective mechanism" against developers who might sue while the township rewrites its code. The vote doesn't stop the data center that's already approved, but it does signal the supervisors heard the noise.

Full story at LevittownNow →