Suzanne Strickler - Delaware County, Southeastern PA

The Philadelphia Business Journal is offering a chance for Pennsylvanians to give our relatively new govenor a grade. Yes just like in grade school, you can rate his gubernatorial performance from A to F.

When Tom Corbett took office his platform stood on job creation, economic development in an ever shrinking PA job market and reforming the size and cost of our state government. How do you feel he has lived up to those promises?

As of this afternoon the poll results were this:

If you would like to voice your opinion, it's available to you at this link:

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/

I'm a glass half full sort of person. I'm a realistically optimistic personality type so my statement is not a doom and gloom retort on the fall of the American empire.

I just don't see how lower interest rates are helping our economy if the government is also putting a strangle hold on the throats of potential borrowers. Qualifications for lending mortgage money has taken a drastic turn for the worse since the beginning of this decade. It was too liberal in 2000 and now it's too conservative and totally beyond any shade of prudence.

When I have a qualified buyer, it's a rarity and a pleasure. Unless they want to buy a short sale or REO property and then that is another nightmare of paperwork and procedure.

We need to elect experienced business people to Congress. We need these people to run for Congress.

NO MORE LAWYERS who lobby for laws for self interest programs.

NO MORE RAISES ACROSS THE BOARD FOR CONGRESSMEN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SEAT AND A PULSE.

We need legislation that stimulates our American economy not overseas jobs.

The lowest mortgage rates in history means nothing when we have the second lowest employment rates since the Great Depression.

It had to be said. You want to make a change? Then begin with your actions.

You want your voice to be heard? Then make sure one action is to vote this November.

Community Profiles has just been unveiled in Chester County, PA as an electronic information resource for its 73 municipalities and 12 school districts.

It's free of charge and displays in colorful pie charts and bar graphs current information about the people of Chester County, land usage, population, transportation and the economy that make it up.

It's a useful tool for agents whose clients want more information about specific areas and conditions of the county. Information is what they expect from us and this helps bring it to our fingertips.