Complaining is easy, but standing up and changing government is hard, something The Mercury finds its readers feel when they call Sound Off instead of their elected officials whenever they have an issue. Exhibited in this Halloween-themed cartoon is that attitude in terms of what children choose to where and say at a resident's door while trick-or-treating.

While the state budget impasse caused a great many problems for state workers and state programs, as well as those who depended upon them, one good thing came out of the negotiations: more funding for disadvantaged school districts, including Pottstown and Daniel Boone.

I created this cartoon to celebrate the Mercury's new look, which premiered Sept. 30, 2009.

The state of Pottstown's borough finances may be more a fright than a thrill for the borough's newest finance director who has found unused accounts full of money and past due bills in dire need of it.

For more on this story, check out Sorting out Pottstown's lost and found and Bungled billing could cost Pottstown Authority $2M.

This was an alternative cartoon I developed on this subject.

Area politicians are using the regional rail proposal that has stalled for some time in their campaign platforms.

For more, see "Area politicians hopping on board regional rail."