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LANCE ROGERS OFFICIALLY JOINS RACE FOR LOWER MERION BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WARD 14/PENN WYNNE;

Event Held to Announce Petition Signatures Attained; Launch of Campaign

Wynnewood, PA - June 9, 2005 - Penn Wynne resident and community activist Lance Rogers will today officially announce his plans to run for Lower Merion Board of Commissioners at a gathering of his supporters. At the same event, representatives from The Committee to Elect Lance Rogers will help to secure the last required signatures for Rogers'  petition that will enable him to appear on the 2005 election ballot as an Independent candidate. A growing number of Penn Wynne residents are signing up to support Rogers'  campaign because of his interest in running a bi-partisan campaign that focuses on issues, not political parties.

Known best for leading the community effort when Lankenau Hospital threatened to build an access road through several Penn Wynne neighborhoods in 2003-05, Lance Rogers is now being support by concerned residents who observed his diligence and logic throughout the process and want Rogers to become their voice of leadership as Commissioner.

"Lance is exactly what this community needs right now," said Eileen Hovey, a resident of Penn Wynne, director of a pre-school/after-school program in the community, and a member of the Penn Wynn Civic Association. "He is not reactive, he's pro-active. He pays attention to what's happening in our neighborhoods and lets others know why it's important to speak up and do something." Hovey said that if it weren't for Lance and the civic association's Lankenau Committee, today we might be looking at the beginning of construction to build that access road. Hovey believes his mix of government, law and community service experience positions him as the ideal leader for Penn Wynne.

At Thursday's event, Rogers plans to provide information about his Independent approach to run an issues driven, nonpartisan campaign that focuses on (1) protecting Penn Wynne from future Lankenau expansion plans; (2) improving pedestrian and motorist safety; (3) addressing the flooding issue in a number of Penn Wynne neighborhoods; (4) fighting the FAA's approval of the Philadelphia Airport's expansion of a runway that will allow large jet aircraft traffic to fly at lower altitudes - increasing noise, pollution in Penn Wynne and; (5) maintaining and further enhancing the quality of schools/education.

Rogers explains that he is running as an Independent because, if elected, it would put him in a position to be the swing vote, and thus, yield a great amount of power for the community on all issues -- especially when it comes to issues involving Lankenau Hospital expansion plans. Lance also believes that these issues are best tackled by the community as a whole - not by a single party.

"I am running to give Penn Wynne a strong, assertive and independent voice on the Board of Commissioners," said Rogers. "Partisan politics should not play a role in this process as none of the issues that face Penn Wynne fall on either side of partisan lines."

Rogers understands municipal government from working as the Internal Auditor and Legislative Liaison for the City of Norwalk, CT. He also worked as a White House Intern during the first Clinton administration, and for former Senator Bob Dole. Rogers studied political science at the University of Pennsylvania and received a masters in government at the Fels Center on Government at Penn. He also attended Northwestern University School of Law. Currently, Rogers is an associate at the Philadelphia law firm Dechert LLP. Through pro bono legal counsel for the firm, Rogers recently was part of an effort that named the last surviving Revolutionary War-era prison camp on the "2005 11 Most Endangered Historic Places" list through the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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