Thursday, October 25, 2007

Lehigh County Row Offices

Lehigh County Clerk of Judicial Records

The race for the newly created Row Office is between current Clerk of Court and Democrat Andrea Naugle and current Recorder of Deeds and Republican Marie Dean. The new office will be a combination of the Clerk of Courts, Recorder of Deeds and Register of Wills. I voted against the creation of this office last fall, and still think it will be a mistake.

There has not been too much campaigning in this race.

The Morning Call ran an article in today's paper regarding all of the row offices up for election in Lehigh County.

I feel that Andrea Naugle is better situated to handle the new responsibilities that this office will create. Currently, the Clerk of Courts office handles both the Civil Division/Family Divison and the Criminal Division, which is going to be the bulk of the new office.

For Clerk of Judicial Records I recommend Andrea Naugle.

Lehigh County Sheriff

Sheriff Ron "Trooper" Rossi is the Democratic Nominee and incumbant.
Republican Joseph C. Vargo is the opponent and currently a Sargent in the Allentown Police Department.

Rossi has been a good and decent public servant. He is a popular figure in Lehigh County and will be hard to beat. He claims staying within his budget as one of his achievements.

Vargo believes the Sheriff's department needs better and more adequate training. He also believes the deputies need to be more visible in the community and out there tracking fugitives.
While I think Vargo has some good ideas, Rossi has an understanding of what running this office entails. He understands that the Sheriff's office involves more than protecting judges and running the x-ray machine. Deputies serve process in civil and criminal matters, execute on judgments and handle gun permits, in addition to many other jobs.

For Lehigh County Sheriff I recommend Ron "Trooper" Rossi.

Lehigh County Controller

Thomas Slonaker, the Democratic nominee, is running against incumbent and Republican Peter Shaffer.

Slonaker is the former Treasurer of Whitehall and has degrees in business, including his MBA, and would be willing to be more than a part-time Controller.

Shaffer is a CPA and is the two term incumbent. In addition, he runs his own accounting firm. Shaffer claims he spends approximately 35 hours per week as the Controller.

Slonaker wants the Controller to help forecast the County's financial future.

Both men are well qualified and would be fine choices.

I recommend Thomas Slonaker for Lehigh County Controller.



42 comments:

  1. Greetings,

    I disagree with your recommendation for the Lehigh County Controller race. In my opinion, I feel Peter Shaffer is far more qualified for this position than Slonaker due to the fact that he is a CPA with over 30 years of experience, plus he has degrees in taxation and belongs to several local accounting organizations. Slonaker's issue about wanting to make recommendations regarding the financial figures for the future of Lehigh County does not make sense, as it is not the Controllers job to set budgets or rates in the County. If that were the case, he should be running for County Executive or a position within the County legislature or administration that allows him to do this, not Controller. The Controllers job is to verify that the financial assets of Lehigh County are safe and perform quality audits of County revenue and spending. These procedures guard against theft and embezzlement in the County.

    I recently did some google searching and I found Shaffers campaign flyer for this year. I think you will find it useful in learning about what a controller does and ultimately allow you to make the right decision in the election next week. Here is the link I found - http://www.shaffercpas.com/lehighcounty

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  2. Read yesterday's Voter's Guide that came with the Morning Call and then decide who is qualified. Slonaker is not qualified in any way whatsoever. He doesn't even have any Accounting experience! Tom Slonaker is very qualified at putting out road signs. He must have 50,000 littered throughout Lehigh County. I believe the County Controller needs to be a CPA!

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  3. I would never vote for Andrea Naugle. I remember reading an article in the newspaper that she was using Lehigh County employees working on County time to solicit votes on her behalf at the polls when she was running in the Primary election. That's just not right!!

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  4. Rossi is too old. You never see him anywhere except at baseball games. It's time for a change. I heard Joe Vargo give a talk about the Sheriff's office and I like his ideas.

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  5. I changed my normal position of voting Dem and say we should re-elect Peter Shaffer. I was never really sure what the Controller’s office did beyond bookkeeping. Peter is a CPA and as master of County Auditing, recently he had a wealth of ideas for saving and recouping money. For example, at any one time there are 50 unemployed inmates held in the County work release center. These unemployed inmates are willing to work for $5.00 per hour, but sit idle. Lets put them to work. At the very least, they can be used to pick up the trash throughout the city. Or we could rent them to municipalities. As current Controller, Shaffer maintains a secure 24hr phone line for reporting ethical violations and fiscal irregularities. I did not know that. There he gets and investigates tips. He also audits local businesses, for example, those that cheat on amusement, hotel and restaurant taxes. He said their office recovered $80,000 by auditing 8 hotels. That’s just great IMHO!

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  6. I'm voting for Peter Shaffer for Lehigh County Controller. He's a CPA and has all the necessary credentials to run the office, plus he has done a great job in the past. The only wrongdoing that I can see is that he used a county e-mail address in his political brochure that was sent out, according to Slonaker's ridiculous accusations in today's Morning Call. Who cares? Even the Ethics Commission wouldn't comment on this one. Come on Tom. Is this the best you can do to find fault with your opponent? Where's your Accounting degree? Where's your CPA license? We all know Peter Shaffer is the only one qualified to do the job. I'm a Democrat, but I'm voting for Peter Shaffer, too. If it ain't broke, why fix it?

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  7. I heard Peter Shaffer speak at the Lynnport Fire Company. I'm very impressed with his ideas to help Lehigh County. He has a hat full of cost-saving suggestions that make sense. Lehigh County needs him to be re-elected as county controller.

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