Sunday, May 19, 2013
Candidates for Salisbury School Board in Tuesday's primary include a teenage high school student.
Tuesday's primary features a Salisbury Township candidate who may be the youngest person on the ballot across Lehigh County in this election. Chad Gleissl, a junior at Salisbury High School, is one of five candidates running for four school board seats, each a four-year-term. The school board oversees a $31 million budget and a district that enrolls 1,600 students. Patch sent a questionnaire to each candidate. The responses are posted in their entirety. Click on the name of the candidate to read his/her response. Incumbent Challengers (cross filed) Challenger (Republican) The top four vote getters on each ticket will advance to the general election. If the same four candidates are the top vote getters on both the Republican and Democratic …
Here's what you need to know about Tuesday's primary election in Salisbury Township.
Tuesday, May 21 is primary election day in Pennsylvania. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Poll Problems? Contact the Lehigh County voter registration office at 610-782-3194. How to Use Touch Screen Voting Machines Salisbury Races (click on the link for information on candidates) Lehigh County Races Voter ID According to Lehigh County Voter Registration: Polling Places
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Medicaid expansion continues to hang over Gov. Tom Corbett and budget-making lawmakers.
By Eric Boehm | PA Independent HARRISBURG – Democratic leaders in the General Assembly say Gov. Tom Corbett has delayed long enough on a decision about expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania. And if the governor won’t make a decision, they are ready to force his hand. “If Gov. Corbett is unwilling to do the right thing, my colleagues in the Senate must send a clear message that this is unacceptable. It’s time for a vote on Medicaid expansion,” said state Sen. Vincent Hughes, D-Philadelphia, on Tuesday. Hughes has filed a resolution to force the state Senate to vote on Medicaid expansion. If a majority of senators support the resolution, a proposal to force the state to accept the expansion would be busted out of committee and brought …
Privatization debates in the Pennsylvania General Assembly could mean changes to where Pennsylvanians can buy six-packs.
By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG — A simple six-pack of beer is becoming a focal point of the most substantive legislative debate on Pennsylvania alcohol laws since Prohibition. A Tuesday afternoon Senate Law and Justice Committee on liquor privatization, headed by Chairman Chuck McIlhinney, R-Bucks, featured numerous testifiers discussing the already-private industry of beer sales. Chief among the concerns from the beer distributor industry and taverns is package reform, or allowing establishments who sell beer to sell different amounts. Under current law, beer distributors cannot sell less than a case, and bars or grocery stores with the ability to sell bottles cannot sell more than a 12-pack. The Senate, under McIlhinney’s…
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Five candidates—four of them cross filed—are running for four seats on the Salisbury School Board in Tuesday's primary election.
Tuesday's primary election features a race for four Salisbury School Board seats with five candidates, four of whom are cross-filed. There are four challengers and one incumbent. Each seat is for a four-year term. The race includes what may be the Lehigh Valley's youngest candidate in the primary—Chad Gleissl, a junior at Salisbury High School. The top four vote getters on each ticket will advance to the general election. If the same four candidates are the top vote getters on both the Republican and Democratic ballots, then the election will essentially be decided in the primary barring any write-in campaigns in the fall. Patch sent a questionnaire to each candidate. The responses are posted in their entirety. Click on the name of the …
In the most contested of Lehigh County commissioner races, four Republicans are seeking their party's nomination in District 5, and two Democrats are seeking their party's nod in the May 21 primary.
In one of the most contested races in the May 21 primary, four Republican candidates are seeking their party's nomination for a Lehigh County Commissioner seat in District 5. On the Democratic side, two candidates are seeking their party's nod for the seat. The winners of the Republican and Democratic races will square off in the November general election for the four-year position. District 5 includes Salisbury Township, Emmaus, Macungie, Upper Milford, Lower Milford, Coopersburg, Upper Saucon Township and parts of Allentown. Patch sent a questionnaire to the candidates and is posting their replies in their entirety. Click on the name of the candidate to read his information, including educational and family background as well as each …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The KidsPeace Family Center, at 1850 Broadway, is now housing immigrant refugee children until they can be placed. Township officials see no problem with the program.
Salisbury Township officials see no problems stemming from a KidsPeace Family Center program that houses immigrant refugee children from Central America and South America. At a recent meeting, Police Chief Allen Stiles expressed concerns about not being advised in advance about the program. "I don't see any problems," said Township Manager Randy Soriano in response to questions from a township resident. "ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) will take the appropriate action if something happens," Soriano said. "It's no burden on the police department. It's a worthwhile thing and [the children] are probably very happy to be there." Soriano said KidsPeace is increasing security staff at the location and that the staff and programs there …
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Former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, a Democrat, announced Tuesday that he's exploring another run for the Senate; Sestak narrowly lost to Pat Toomey in 2010.
A rematch between former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak and U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is in the works as Sestak announced Tuesday that he's exploring a run for the Senate in 2016. Democrat Sestak, a former Navy vice admiral, lost narrowly to Republican Toomey in 2010. Sestak, of Delaware County, has formed an exploratory committee—the equivalent of launching a campaign in terms of Federal Elections Commission paperwork, according to a Washington Post report. Can Sestak beat Toomey? Who would you vote for if the Senate election was held today? Tell us in the comments section below. Tuesday's announcement ends speculation that Sestak, 61, is raising money to challenge Gov. Tom Corbett. Sestak raised $460,000 in the first quarter of this year. A Sestak-…
Political foes Scott Ott and Dean Browning seek the Republican Party nomination for Lehigh County Executive in the May 21 primary.
Two political foes—Scott Ott and Dean Browning—are seeking the Republican Party nomination for Lehigh County Executive in the May 21 primary. Ott, 51, of Lower Macungie, is currently a Lehigh County commissioner. He is co-host of a current events talk show for PJTV, a conservative online network. Browning, 57, of South Whitehall, is former Lehigh County commissioner and board chairman. He is executive vice president, finance and administration, and chief financial officer at New World Aviation. Patch sent a questionnaire to Ott and Browning and is posting the replies in their entirety. Click on the name of the candidate to read his information, including educational and family background as well as each candidate's vision for the county …
Incumbent Salisbury Township Commissioner James Seagreaves is running a write-in campaign for the May 21 primary.
Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners incumbent James Seagreaves says he is running for re-election even though a problem filing for the primary left his name off the ballot. Seagraves, who represents the township's second ward, is running a write-in campaign. Seagreaves serves as president pro-tempore of the board. If no one wins the election, a person from the second ward would need to be appointed, said Commissioner Joanne Ackerman. Republican Board President James Brown is running unopposed in the Fourth Ward and will move on to the general election, where someone could engage him in a write-in campaign.
Tanya Bryant
10:24 am on Thursday, May 16, 2013
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