Yesterday, all nomination petitions for elected office were due in our elections office. If someone is still knocking on your door today, you might want to tell him he's too late.
In NorCo, the Elections office has posted an unofficial list of primary candidates. You can see it yourself here. It's unofficial because there could be challenges to these petitions.
Below are the most relevant races:
NorCo Judge - Bob Eyer and Jeremy Clark have cross-filed with the Department of State. James Fuller is only seeking the Republican nomination.
NorCo Exec. - Democrats Amy Cozze or Tara Zrinski will face Republican Tom Giovanni. A news release from the Zrinski campaign claims she obtained 1,453 signatures, well beyond the required 259 needed. Cozze has reported the endorsement of former US Senator Bob Casey, her former boss. Tom Giovanni reports having 800 signatures.
NorCo Council - Five at-large seats up for grabs. Running on the Republican side are John Brown (inc.), John Goffredo (inc.), Juan E. Martinez, Sam Elias and Daniel Campo. Running on the Democrat side are Lori Vargo Heffner (inc.), Jason Boulette, Nadeen Qayyum, David Holland, Theresa Fadem, and Patti Bruno. Bruno, who still uses a photo that looks nothing like her, claims to have obtained 577 signatures.
Magisterial District Judge (Wind Gap area) - Democrat Ellen Kingsley and Republicans Robert Kemmerer and Matt Flower have cross-filed.
Bethlehem Mayor - Willie Reynolds (inc.) faces a primary challenge from Grace Crampsie Smith. No Republican is running.
Bethlehem City Council (four seats) - Democrats Rachel Leon (inc.), Justin Amann, Tina Cantelmi, Hillary Kwiatek (inc.), Celeste Dee and Jo Daniels seek their party's nod. Only one Republican, Joseph Poplawski, is running.
Easton City Council (College Hill) - Democrat Roger Ruggles (inc.) faces a primary challenge from Frank Graziano III. No Republican has filed.
Easton City Council (south side) - Democrat Taiba Sultana (inc.) is being primaried by Susan Hartranft Bittenger. No Republican has filed. Although Sultana has alienated just about everyone on the south side, she claims 350 signatures. My guess is that she plans to run for Congress after she gets crushed.
Easton City Council (west ward) - Democrats Lance Wheeler and Julie Zando-Dennis are running against each other. Republican Sharbel Koorie will face the winner of that race in November.
This Zirinski thing is real? The most vapid candidate the dems can run. Northampton county's Mark Pinsley on steroids. The ultra-liberal left wing progressive fanatics have handed the county to the republicans. There are many dems who will vote for the republican over this constant professional campaigner. The dem self-annihilation continues, when her record and background id s exposed, she will lose again. She is your candidate and even you know she is nutty. One year of quietly letting trained staff do their jobs and forgetting her record, is hardly an endorsement.
ReplyDeleteNo Tara is a tax cutter. Voted to cut property taxes in ‘22. Pinsley on the other hand called for a massive tax increase on the middle class. Big differences.
DeleteYes unfortuantely it is real and Tara will likely win just as she has in the past. TZ has sky high name ID from constantly campaigning and those left wing fanatics vote. MAGA only shows up when Trump is on the ballot so expect a big year for Dems.
DeleteNC exec - basically the choice is the least of the two evils
ReplyDeletecozze gets the endorsement of a loser - too funny
ReplyDeletewoke willie for 5th deputy assistant animal control officer
ReplyDeleteAmy Cozze is incompetent. Her small business failed miserably because while she spent a great deal of time there she didn’t focus on making the business a success. Amy Cozze is a failure.
ReplyDeleteMatt Flower? Are we talking about the same man? The Jan 6er, independent film star, "lawyer", pastor, many time criminal defendant (previously featured on this blog) and republican guru. Hahahahahahahahahaha, what a loser! Amazing this clown thinks hes qualified to be a judge!
ReplyDeleteMaybe he needs new film ideas, like Judge Goes Hard on Criminal or MAGAstraight Judge Puts Criminal in the Doghouse.
DeleteYou forgot "wife abuser" to both his ex wife and current wife, and he's only allowed supervised visits with his daughter.
Delete8:41 a.m. are you perfect? Let the one without sin cast the first stone. Matt's ok. Look at some others like Lisa Boscola. Enough said.
ReplyDeleteWell stated.
DeleteMatt is not ok. He's just a really good liar and manipulator.
DeleteI am usually a proponent of attorneys holding the MDJ positions, however, my vote is for Robert Kemmerer in that race. He has done a great job at pre-trial services and has the right temperament for the job. I am really disappointed to hear from people within the DA's office that Ellen Kingsley pushes off most of the brunt work to those within her unit. She mysteriously changed her facebook profile to a different last name. Also, not sure she can be fair in a red district with all the anti-Trump things (more than your average poster) she's posted in the past.
ReplyDeleteanyone is better than "Pastor" Matt Esq.
Delete-Dumbass
From a reliable source with extensive knowledge of pretrial state rules, one cannot run for office if still employed as a pretrial officer. Strange as it may seem, if you are employed in the DA's office you can.
DeleteRobert Kemmerer is a national treasure and must be protected at all costs
ReplyDeleteGas prices going down egg prices going down other items will be coming just the start of the golden age Biden 4 years Trump will have it fixed in 6 months
ReplyDeleteNow is the time to buy stocks Trump says the stock market will take off very soon so get aboard the Trump Train, Bernie
DeleteDemocrats will be mad Inflation is going down
DeleteSo are trump and Musk’s ratings …..
DeleteWouldn’t doubt that any inflation indicator going down is from a maga news source….things are so good Tesla has a dealership at the WH and the king Donny is out front selling them at the east wing.
Keep buying all his lies, and a Tesla too!
It will be a shame to lose Rob Kemmerer as the head of Pre-trial Services, but he is the most qualified non-attorney candidate I've ever seen for MDJ
ReplyDeleteAs a Muslim, I believe that Sultana will vote no for the marijuana bill. If she doesn't, then she can't play the Muslim card again.
ReplyDeleteYa just got to love her... she is a feral cat......
ReplyDeletePease in Ukraine because of Trump
ReplyDeleteEaston West Ward looks interesting. On the Democrat side, it's A.I. (Anger Issues) Lance Wheeler vs. A.I. Julie Zando-Dennis (her Feb. 19 release (the first half), posted this blog, was A.I. generated. Run it through any A.I. checker). I don't know which is more disqualifying, making terroristic threats (albeit dismissed) or the inability to write something positive about yourself without using A.I. Sharbel Koorie should win here but Easton's West Ward does have a lot of automatons whose grasp of the alphabet doesn't go past the letter "D".
ReplyDeleteThe "Flower" in this garden..... is lower then crab grass and lives below the ground with the maggaot worms....
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