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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

REMINDER: DA Candidates' Night on 3/28

Steve Baratta (L) and Terry Houck (R)

This is a reminder that there will be a candidates' night for Northampton County District Attorney candidates Steve Baratta and Terry Houck one week from today. It's on Tuesday, March 28, 7 pm at the Oliver Border House located at 15 Wood Street, Nazareth, Pa. 18064 ( right by Holy Family Church). The public is welcome. 

Both candidates will be given an opportunity to make opening statements and then respond to each other. After they have finished, it will be your turn to ask questions.

At least one of the dailies will be there, so I better shave. 

It should be a doozy. Baratta has sent two campaign mailers so far. His first missive is a very positive piece. His second is a brutal attack saying, "Northampton County's citizens deserve better than an incompetent Terry Houck." 

Houck has yet to respond, but I expect he'll be sending his mailers soon.  

Both candidates are Democrats. Unless there's a write-in campaign on the Republican side, this race will be decided in the primary.

I tried to schedule this night so that candidates could make their pitches before mail-in ballots go out so you can make an informed decision. 

The last to register or change your party registration is May 1. 

Will there be other candidates' nights? 

In the Fall, I plan to schedule candidates' nights for the County Controller and County Council D3 races on separate evenings. 

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 21, 2023 at 12:07 AM

    The Courthouse wouldn't allow me to change my registration from Democrat to Republican. They did a background check and found out my mother and father were married.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 21, 2023 at 7:03 AM

    Will someone be available to interpret the events for the reporter from The Easton Express? None of their journalisming types have ever covered Northampton County politics - or any actual news. Will candidates wear big name tags for this reporter? Does the reporter know how county judges are elected and for how long they serve? How will a reporter who is utterly unfamiliar with county government properly report on the event? This isn't a hot dog rating contest.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 21, 2023 at 7:40 AM

    Please no more Soros DA'S they are causing crime to go up worse then Al Capone.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 21, 2023 at 7:08 PM

    7:03 am, your post made me laugh — and then cry. What a sad state of affairs when newspapers are a laughing stock. Journalists were once revered (and feared) because they kept people honest. Today’s ilk just cut and paste news releases or wait until someone (Bernie) does the work for them. My gosh, “reporters,” get yourselves TO meetings and start reporting on what is happening. Too darned bad if there are few of you — get the job done.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 21, 2023 at 9:07 PM

    You need to try to schedule a night for the democratic county controller race, it would be a hilarious dumpster fire.

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