Well on the local home front, in what was the first bitterly contested race for seats on borough council and tax collector, the democrats actually fielded some viable candidates, and were able to go out and campaign. All democratic candidates won, not overwhelmingly, but they managed to sweep their way into what has been a long standing Republican borough.
This campaign was pretty issue based, and toward the end but sides got nasty and personal. Although I don't/didn't agree with the democratic platform, and the didn't get my vote, based on that, there is still a 4-3 republican majority on council, so the democrats will probably have a hard moving their agenda forward. The remaining four seats, including the mayor's seat will be on the ballot in two years.
So the next two years should be interesting. Let's see if the newly elected councilors will do what's in the best interest for the borough, or the party. Hopefully its the former. The republicans have kept taxes low, and its known that democrats like to tax and spend. The borough has been a great place to live, and I hope for the residents sake that it stays that way.
--gfo
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