THANK YOU!

First, I want to personally thank all the fine folks who ran for local office this cycle including my opponent Mark Fedorov for Lehigh County Commissioner, District 2 who ran a well fought but clean campaign. Very clear to see he put in a ton of work into it and ran for the right reasons. There seemed to be a chance I was going to be unopposed for a bit but Mark jumped in and offered voters a choice. When voters have choices it’s better for our local democracy. I was hoping to meet Mark at the polls yesterday but didn’t run into him. I’ve heard he’s a good guy and appreciate the issues focused campaign he ran. Running for local office is a HUGE commitment of time, treasure and personal bandwidth. I sincerely appreciate all the folks who ran for local positions from school boards on up.

Next, I want to thank every single volunteer who helped me with this race. A quick count I did just now tallied nearly 100 people who helped in some fashion. From donations, canvassing to poll helpers. It’s even more if I count those who shared posts and made kind remarks on social media etc. And of course those who helped pass the Lower Macungie Open Space Referendum which garnered a resounding 60% yes votes.

Today, I’ll be out to gathering up signs. Tomorrow the work begins. In fact, late last night was already texting some folks about how we can begin to drive a conversation about regional sanitary sewer mandates and associated financial obligations. This is something that impacts each D2 community and an issue the county must take a lead in. In fact, this is a huge issue for just about every one of Lehigh Counties 25 municipalities.

And of course, my last few weeks as a Lower Mac Commissioner the work begins right away game-planning how we move forward the new open space funding! We’ve already scheduled a special meeting of the BOC to discuss as a group moving immediately on preservation priorities. I’ll talk more about this in the next few weeks. Lastly, serving in Lower Mac has been one of the most rewarding jobs of my life. The last 8 years have gone by so fast. We accomplished so much. But it wasn’t done alone and I’ll talk about that also in my last few weeks in this office.