Republican Hayden Phillips is so admired by even his Democratic colleagues on Northampton County Council that they call him "the Colonel" in honor of his service as a Marine. But I am glad he lost his attempt to take the Controller's seat from Steve Barron. Smart an independent, Phillips has been a force for good government. If he defeated Barron, his replacement would be a pale imitation. On top of that, Barron has matured and is no longer the partisan he was when he first took office. He has been an effective check on Executive John Brown and abuses that have extended from charging improper expenses to illegal raises.
Barron's razor thin victory (532 votes), however should serve as notice that taxpayers are unwilling to tolerate any more instances of immaturity.
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The teabagger came up short to Mr. Barron. Maybe the hypocrisy of a tax raising teabagger was noticed but probably not. The baggers are ideological slaves undeterred by reality, if nothing else.
Four more years of the lying, immature, lispy time thief.
Blubber boy Barron eeks out a win against a default candidate. If the R's had fielded a decent candidate from day one, Barron would be out the door. But I agree with you Bernie. With his narrow victory the electorate is putting Barron von Footinmouth on notice that if he returns to his old habits he will be gone next election. Instead of carrying the unions' water, grandstanding at council meetings, threatening local businesses and not showing up for work he should be a professional, impartial, nonpartisan watchdog on county expenditures.
Blubber boy Barron eeks out a win against a default candidate. If the R's had fielded a decent candidate from day one, Barron would be out the door. But I agree with you Bernie. With his narrow victory the electorate is putting Barron von Footinmouth on notice that if he returns to his old habits he will be gone next election. Instead of carrying the unions' water, grandstanding at council meetings, threatening local businesses and not showing up for work he should be a professional, impartial, nonpartisan watchdog on county expenditures.
Stop whining...a win is a win! Period. The county has spoken. The crap you talk about is old news-move on. Barron has done a great job for the last 2.5 years without any issues and sometimes county council grandstanding is necessary. He has matured and the voters can tell. Word on the street is that "the colonel", this "true gentleman", this wonderful respected person has yet to conceed personally to Mr Barron....classy and very mature.
So if Barron was horrible and won, what does that say about uber teabagger Phillips who lost.
Barron "classy and very mature"???? GAKKKKK there goes my lunch.
I don't think Cusick cares for Little Stevie Blunder either, so there should be some combative controller reports at council next year.
Wow. This passes as serious discourse. Name calling is not political commentary. Grow up.
I think it is wrong to assume this loss by Phillips is a vote against the teabaggers. They are still very into their issues.
Too bad we don't have film of Hayden's shameful mudslinging performance at the Gracedale debate. He had a slim grasp of the issues, went negative right away and offered little of substance.
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