Our Successes
The quality of life in Warrington improved significantly during the seven-year period (2016-2024) that Democrats ran the township. Our successes improved the quality of life for families living here. We applied for and received grants to help us make many improvements. Your tax dollars were well managed by the Democrats. Some of our major accomplishments are below.
Lions Pride Park & Recreation
The Republicans only saw a pile of dirt they could utilize as a line item to hide money in the budget. Residents only saw abandoned day camp structures that were rapidly becoming hazardous.
The Democrats saw an opportunity to develop an award-winning and inclusive playground and recreation area for Warrington families. Working with the Lion’s Club and dedicated community members, our coalition transformed that humble pile of dirt and the dilapidated buildings into an innovative public space project! Funding came from generous grants, gifts and in-kind donations.
In June 2025, the Lion’s Pride Park Ecological Restoration Project was awarded the Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence because of its “creative collaboration, forward-thinking design, and community engagement.” We transformed an overgrown, flood-prone pond into a thriving, accessible wetland mosaic that now supports native biodiversity, mitigates stormwater impacts, and provides a wide range of environmental education and outdoor recreation opportunities.
The Republicans continue to trash this incredible township amenity.
The Democrats also facilitated the building of Doc Adams Park and the new township community center.
Grants for Open Space, Wetlands, and Improvements
The Warrington community appreciates open space, trails, parks and recreation. Many of the these amenities were funded through open space grants that allowed the township to:
Expand our trails network and add 130 new open space acres
Improve Lower Nike Park
Build needed infrastructure
Since 2012 we were able to complete many township improvement projects with grant money that we applied for, including:
Police Station —$1 million
Mill Creek Preserve acquisition — $1.2 million plus $285,000 provided by the Bucks County Open Space Program
Community Room—$500,00
Multimodal police station road—$270,00
Electric Vehicle—$7,500
Palomino Farms Basin Modification—$550,000
Palomino Stream Channel Stabilization—$150,000
Additional Monies for Mill Creek Preserve—$15,000
Work with Neshaminy Watershed Association—$10,000
European Water Chestnut Seed Pod Control Project (L.P. Pond Con.)—$8,040
Statesman Basin—$6,685
New Police Building
After much study and discussion, the Democratic Board of Supervisors replaced the township’s outdated police station with a new, state-of-the art facility that opened in 2024. Governor Josh Shapiro and Pa. Rep. Brian Munroe toured the accredited building on September 3 to express their support and appreciation for the township’s dedicated police and emergency services staff.
The new facility includes a $300,000 overhang that was built to protect police cars that pull into the secure area of the police station (on the side of the building behind the fence) to protect them from adverse weather while downloading their video cameras. Solar panels placed on the overhang will result in cost savings for years to come. Republicans like to say the solar panels cost $300,000. Nope. Just more disinformation. That figure represents the approximate cost of the entire overhang.
During this period, the Board implemented a program to bring the Police Department up to FBI-recommended staffing standards and the Police Department was finally accredited by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Additional support of the Police Department during the period included implementing a two person K-9 unit for Search and Rescue, Narcotics Identification and Explosive Detection, as well as joining with the County and the Warminster Township Police Department in creating a Co-responder program to follow up on Mental Health and Domestic abuse problems identified by police officers.
Sale of Water & Sewer System
Warrington Township depended upon a well system for drinking water. When Water Department staff completed an asset inventory of the well system, they determined that it would cost several million dollars to bring it up to standards. An investigation found that it would be fiscally prudent to sell the water and sewer systems. Proposals were solicited from both publicly traded Corporations (Aqua America, Pennsylvania American, etc.) and quasi-governmental Authorities (Bucks County Water and Sewer and North Wales Water). Township residents were notified by mail. More than 20 public meetings were held, both at night and in the afternoon, to ensure we received representative opinions on the sale.
In the end, the Democratic Board of Supervisors sold the drinking water system to the North Wales Water Authority and the sewer system to the Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority. Both had the capacity in personnel and resources to ensure the maintenance necessary to maintain the systems for the future.
As a result, residents did not have a water bill for three years. The proceeds from the sale allowed the township to operate without raising taxes during the Covid-19 crisis. Warrington’s capital reserves also were strengthened.
Taxes and Financial Management
Warrington residents have a right to expect that our tax dollars are managed well and with transparency. Democrats have a history of balancing our revenue and expenses, keeping taxes low while improving our quality of life. Not so for Republicans. Consider:
When Democrats took control of the Board of Supervisors in 2016, the township was servicing $38 million in debt. They reduced that debt to $25 million over the seven years they ran the township. The Dems strong fiscal management earned the township an investment grade bond rating of A1a.
The Township Finance Department developed a “model” using separate funds for each Department and major project. This transparent model documented where every taxpayer penny was being spent. The Administration was then able to identify budget overcharges and make corrections. When the Republicans regained control of the board in 2024, they scrapped this system within a month and installed a far simpler system where no one could determine where the funds were being spent.
Democrats did not raise taxes in 2020-2021 as residents dealt with Covid-related issues. The proceeds from the sale of our water and sewer systems allowed the township to operate without raising taxes during the Covid-19 crisis. Warrington’s capital reserves also were strengthened.
In 2023, the Democratic majority passed a 3-mil tax increase leaving the incoming Republican Board with sufficient funds to operate, but not enough to fund their pet projects such as rebuilding the Mary Barness Community Swimming Pool, which less than 10% of township residents use. Although township residents would like to see potholes repaired, the Republicans in 2025 spent $65,000 repaving the parking lot at the Mary Barness swimming pool. They anticipate spending millions more in repairs and replacement of this 85-year-old facility.
Democrats applied for and received $5.3 million dollars in federal, state and county grants, thanks to our dedicated grants administrator. Despite her 20 years of experience and personal relationships with staff at the various agencies responsible for influencing or issuing grants, the Republicans demoted her to receptionist. She resigned and now works for another municipality.
This one-room schoolhouse was built in 1858 and it remained in operation until 1928. The Warrington Township Historical Society began restoring the schoolhouse in 2007. On August 13, 2024, the Warrington Historical Commission and Warrington Historic Society held their first official meetings at the completed schoolhouse, located on County Line Road.
Why Democratic Management is Better
During the five years the Democrats controlled the board of supervisors, they:
Limited the building of big box stores by adopting amendments to local ordinances.
Rewrote zoning to curb high-density development.
Solved contaminated water problems.
Created a cost-saving climate action plan.
Increased Open Space at no cost to the township.
Built a new community building in Lions Pride Park.
Democrats Let the Sunshine In
Democrats kept township residents informed about developments in Warrington by mailing to every home the quarterly Link magazine and emailing a monthly newsletter. Republicans discontinued the Link purportedly to save money even though the advertising revenue made the publication cash neutral. They promised to publish it online but have not done so.
Democrats provided a Zoom link so residents could watch supervisors’ twice monthly meetings from the comfort of their homes. The Republicans wanted to abolish the Zoom broadcast of their meetings, but later relented to protests and kept it.
Democrats welcomed residents who wanted to speak at the supervisors meetings. Republicans moved the time for the public to express their concerns from the beginning of the meetings to the end of the meetings, forcing residents to stay through the entire business meeting.
Democrats conducted all decision-making in public at their twice monthly supervisor meetings. Republicans now hold only one public meeting per month, often lasting less than an hour. One short meeting per month is highly unusual for a township this size. So where is business being conducted? (In an effort to appear frugal, they also discontinued offering candy and water to visitors and meeting attendees.)
Republicans Waste Our Tax Dollars
In their futile effort to find a campaign issue this year, the Republican Board engaged Bee Bergvall, a Warrington accounting firm, to audit the township’s financial recordkeeping going back to 2018. Far from finding irregularities the Republicans hoped to uncover, the auditor found that all financial records were in order. The Republicans wasted $55,000 of taxpayer funds for this fishing expedition. Township finances were audited every year by a public accounting firm, so this expense was unnecessary.
During the years Democrats managed the township, employee turnover was low. Since the Republicans took over the township in 2024, they lost the township manager, assistant township manager, financial director, zoning officer, and the grants writer who had secured $5 million for us over xx years. Why did she leave? Because they wanted to move her into the position of receptionist.
Turnover is expensive. For instance, the new township manager was hired at a salary significantly higher than the previous one who knew the Township. She was furnished with a brand-new executive-type vehicle as opposed to using the six-month old previous one.
Democrats were proven to be excellent stewards of the budget. A previous Republican Board claimed as an asset a pile of soil valued at $700,000 to balance the budget. The pile was later appraised at about $30,000. Today the pile is “Kids Mountain” at Lion’s Pride Park.