Joe "Puppet Boy" Knowles

The mayor of Bensalem wants Joe Knowles to Continue being on township council.  Joe Knowles is a real estate broker who works for Joanne Redding’s Re/Max real estate office.  Knowles has never been particularly involved in the community, but Redding is on the township zoning board, and the two together could get very rich brokering the proposed land development on the riverfront and the Mayor would get everything he wants without any opposition or reasonable scrutiny.  Knowles will look over at the Mayor at council meetings to see which way he should go on each and every issue.

Bensalem has been overdeveloped.  Just ask Aqua PA and the Bucks Water and Sewer Authority who have raised their rates enormously since the mayor and council sold our water and sewer systems to them.  The township’s own study by Carroll Engineering has shown this to be true.  Traffic, flooding, and pollution are just some of the results, all at the expense of our local quality of life.  The Republicans on Council and the zoning board have given developers far more in the way of zoning changes, variances, waivers, and approvals than required by law (Bensalem’s code of ordinances and the PA Municipalities Planning Code).  He twice made the motion to approve Tremont Village (in the Trevose section of Bensalem), which according to testimony given by the attorney hired by neighborhood residents, violates numerous township ordinances. Recently, Knowles voted to approve questionable housing in the Linconia section, that to this day, is being vehemently opposed by the residents, because they believe it will more than likely cause dangerous accidents, and bring property values down.

We need change in our local government.  Change that will protect the neighborhoods and homes of Bensalem residents from the onslaught of greedy developers.  Change that will defend our code of township ordinances rather than ignoring it. Its time to vote for honorable individuals who will NOT be "yes people", for the mayor, but act in the best interest of this town.

Let's Kick out the "Puppet" and put in a "Rock" who will stand up for us!!