Letter: Lower Saucon Needs ‘Good Government’ Restored
Lower Saucon Township resident Lynn Hill says some members of Lower Saucon Township Council are using a “bully pulpit…to push landfill propaganda.”
Editorās Note: The next Lower Saucon Township Council meeting will be held Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at Lower Saucon Town Hall. Meetings are also livestreamed on YouTube. The YouTube link as well as a draft agenda may be found on the townshipās website.
To the editor,
Lower Saucon Township residents need to closely watch Lower Saucon Township Council. Check the minutes, go to meetings, watch the YouTube videos. Every meeting brings more outrageous spending plans and ridiculous assertions about Bethlehem Landfill. Priscilla deLeon is the only council member who is responsive to the needs of township residents.
Council took advantage of the bully pulpit at the Aug. 30 hearing/meeting to push landfill propaganda and threaten a tax increase of $3,500 per year, per household, if the giant garbage dump closes. That would equate to $14 million per year in extra revenue! Annual township expenses are $8 million.
Propaganda peddling didnāt stop there and included ātalking pointsā posted on the LST website for the sham of a hosting agreement and the dubious new conservation easements. Who wrote these, and why are they telling these one-sided fairy tales? Township finances have shown surpluses in recent years. We are not so dependent on landfill revenue. Letās keep it that way.
We need a new majority to curb extravagant spending and stop threatening a tax increase. It seems at every meeting, Council reveals a new way to squander taxpayer money. On Aug. 16, it was a plan for a $4 million little league field renovation, followed by Aug. 30ās sudden declaration for a $2.5 million paid fire department. Outrageous salary increases, legal fees through the roof, lawsuits, lies, contemptible behavior and the laughable ālibrary of the futureā instead of funding Hellertown Area Library?
Please restore good government this Novemberāvote for deLeon, Opthof-Cordaro and Ray.
Sincerely,
Lynn Hill
Lower Saucon Township
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