Every February, we honor and pay tribute to the generations of African Americans whose contributions and sacrifices over the decades have shaped our nation. In honor of Black History Month, the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce is proud to shine a light and show our gratitude to the black business owners that play a vital role in our local business community and help our organization drive business forward in Delaware County.

Today we would like you to get to know Anthony Nichols. Continue reading Anthony's answers to learn more about him. 

Introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about your business:
My name is Anthony Nichols, and I operate a food trailer, called Tones Spot.   There is not a lot that says love like a plate of beautiful, delicious food. My goal with this business is to spread as much love as I can, to my neighbors, my community, and my friends. My food trailer allows me to do that unlike any other business that I’ve been in.  The Bible says the only debt that we owe to society is to love our fellow man, and I try my best to live by that scripture.

Name: Nick Giusti
Hometown: West Grove, PA
Company: LPL Financial
Position: Branch Operations Manager
Length of time you have been with you company: 7 Months
​Briefly describe your journey, noting both personal milestones and obstacles you may have faced along the way. Graduated from Cabrini in 2015, struggled to find full time work my first year out of college.  Balanced 3 jobs trying to make ends meet.  Finally found a full time position at a mortgage company but was laid off within 2 months, was unemployed for roughly 4 months but got an entry level position at GeoBlue, an international health insurance company.  Worked my way up and within 3 years became a Business Analyst.   After almost 5 years I was ready for more, was offered a position in the finance world at Commonwealth Trust Company, I loved the environment but was not feeling fulfilled in my role, was then approached by my friend and now boss Mike Brady about coming over to LPL to work for him. 

During last week’s contentious debate within the Session on Statute of Limitations, Speaker Rozzi discussed his Rules proposal for the Regular Session. Major changes are below and it sounds like these may be part of overall negotiations to have Rozzi step down in favor of Rep Joanna McClinton as Speaker. Rep McClinton represents portions of Delaware County. That announcement may come as soon as today (Friday) for a change next (this) week if a deal is solidified, but it is apparently tenuous.
 

• Changing the special order of business process so that a leader cannot hold legislation hostage from majority of members
• Changing the process of discharge resolutions so that a committee chairman cannot block votes on legislation on committee level
• Balancing committee membership to reflect close majority (but sounds like Democrat chairs/majorities)
• Providing that constitutional amendments cannot be placed on the primary ballot where only a fraction of Pennsylvanians participate;
• Providing that House-originated bills proposing a constitutional amendment can only include one subject
• Providing for increased protection against sexual harassment and discrimination in the House