Raise your hand if you see politics behind what is going on in Upland Borough.
Yep, met too.
Let's review. That was the photo of the borough council president Christine Peterson, on the front page of the Tuesday Daily Times, noting she had been charged in a flap over signatures on some police time cards. Peterson also just happens to be the police secretary.
But Peterson's photo is back on the front page this morning. That is because late yesterday afternoon Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan ordered all the charges withdrawn, saying there was insufficient evidence to go forward with the case.
I wanted to be sure we put Peterson's photo back on the front page, since it was there the day before when she was charged.
In the meantime, the man who brought the charges, police Chief Nelson Ocasio, remains on suspension.
Whelan declined any further comment, saying that the matter remained under investigation.
In the meantime, we managed to get a comment from Peterson's attorney, Michael Dugan.
"She very happy the charges were withdrawn," Dugan said. "She did absolutely nothing wrong. The only thing she's guilty of is being a dedicated Upland employee and council member."
Later Peterson herself released a statement, also saying that she had done nothing wrong, and stressing that she had been charged as the police secretary, not in her role as council president.
Fair enough.
But it's pretty clear that something is going on in the little borough.
If you smell politics and a power struggle, I think you're on the right track.
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