Council At Large Seat

The Morning Call has an article on the County Council at large seat featuring Peg Ferraro and Anthony Branco (read it here).

The article discusses their reasons for running and stance on some issues, but fails to mention the ugly underbelly of this campaign being waged by an anonymous anti-Ferraro faction.

I wrote previously about the illegal campaign call I received last week (read it here and listen to the call).

Bernie O'Hare of Lehigh Valley Ramblings (post, follow-up, and part III) reports that he contacted Branco and learned that Branco has enlisted Tom Severson and Precision Marketing of Easton as a campaign consultant and has prepared automated calls, but not the one in question. Branco told O'Hare he would not end his relationship with Severson and O'Hare noted that the illegal calls continued on Saturday.

To me, Branco's failure to stop the calls demonstrates silent consent of the tactic.

O'Hare also rightly notes that Branco has violated election law on his own blog by indicating "re-elect Branco" when Branco was never elected in the first place, but was appointed.

Now retired, Ferraro could easily give up politics and enjoy life, but for her a part of that enjoyment is serving the community. It is a shame she has to go through this type of smear campaign to serve and it is no wonder we often have such trouble finding quality candidates for our elected offices.