The Lower Macungie Township Commissioner race has heated up to the point where special interest money and misleading ROBO calls have now flooded the township.

Two items I want to address head on.

1. Special interest money is a major problem. Finance reports show an astronomical amount of outside the township money being spent on this local primary race. Over 20,000 dollars have flowed into the incumbents coffers from the Alliance for a better Pennsylvania. The group based out of Lemoyne, PA produced and paid for the “fake newsletters”, ROBO calls and television ads is a front group for the PA Realtor PAC.

Two reasons it’s critical to follow the money trail:

(a) For the past 3 years I’ve questioned various real estate conflicts of interest regarding development decisions. This proves who the incumbents answer to. It’s not residents.

(b) The PA association of Realtors is against traffic impact fees. I believe impact fees are an important protection for a community facing continued growth pressure well into the next decade.The levying of impact fees on large-scale greenfield developers is one of the reasons we have avoided a property tax. I do not believe there is any way to maintain a 0% property tax rate without impact fees.

The incumbents are selling the township to outside interests….Is your vote for sale?