Brown Has Skimped on Open Space as Exec

When he was elected Executive in Northampton County, John Stoffa lobbied for and convinced Council to vote for a 1/2 mill tax hike for a pay-as -you go open space program. Though the money went into the general fund and could be spent for anything, Stoffa largely stuck with his pledge.

Between 2007 and 2014, tax receipts from this tax amounted to $29.6 million. Stoffa devoted $23.5 million to open space. 

That commitment has been ignored by Executive John Brown.  Over the past three years (2015-2018), that half mill of taxes has generated $15.2 million. But Brown has spent only $3.7 million on open space projects It has gone to county and municipal parks. .