Meet the New Boss, same as the Old Boss?

Apparently even though Perkasie Borough has ousted former Manager Dan Olpere, is a new direction really on the horizon?

Maybe not, as suggested by the re-appointment of Jim "Chicken Little" Purcell as head of the Public Utility committee and charged with oversight of the Borough Electric scheme.

Remember when Chicken Little warned that the "sky was falling" in 2008 and that gasoline would be $8 per gallon when he urged approval of an electric contract that resulted in a 66% rate increase to borough residents?

Chicken Little was further rewarded with the position of Council Vice President.

This was the electric contract negotiated by the wet-behind-the-ears Jim Havrilla, friend of Dan Olpere after months of neglect and missing the "spring dip" in electric prices by the Perkasie Pride majority council.

Only time will tell whether new Council President Jim Ryder and new council member Chuck Brooks will mean a new direction forward, or just more of the same "Perkasie Pride" that has left such a dark cloud over Perkasie .