Article: Tennis in Manheim Township, anyone? [Corrected 03/15/05]

Spend $20 million! What's the big hurry?

Manheim Township Commissioners "General" Smith and Mr. Bledsoe wanted to run for another four-year term. But guess what happened on the way to the May primary? They had to meet with the Manheim Township Republican Committee, which asked them some tough questions about their past and future performance as commissioners. As a result, they decided not to run again!

I wonder why they, along with fellow "lame duck" Commissioner Ritter, are all of a sudden fast-tracking a $20-million community center at Overlook Park? Could it be anger that motivates them to leave a real can of worms for the future commissioners to deal with?

The other two commissioners, ...

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