"It’s so much easier. It’s so much nicer." Coatesville City Council President Ed Simpson

"There’s been significant change in the last couple of months and I'd like to thank the staff for rolling with the punches. It hasn’t been easy.

But first and foremost, I'd like to thank my fellow council members for the last couple months. It’s been for me 6 long years of constantly bickering and fighting. It wasn't much fun; I’ll be totally honest with you.

Now I can say that for the past couple months we had a lot of issues in front of us that aren't easy to handle. There are a lot of things going on that, we had some pretty tough decisions to make.

But with the group that I have sitting up here with me makes it a lot easier. Without them (pause) it’s so much easier. It’s so much nicer. I'd like to thank everybody up here for the last couple of months. And hopefully we can continue to move forward and do what we have to do to make the City a better place."