Eight of nine Republicans on the ballot attended last public head-to-head before May 16 primary. Top two vote-getters will make the November ballot.
Eight candidates for Republican nominations for Cumberland County commissioner made their pitches to voters in Upper Allen Township last night.For a campaign that’s been marked by broken relationships, pointed criticisms and negative mailers, the final public forum in the Republican primary for Cumberland County commissioner stayed fairly friendly Monday night.
If elected for a third term, the retired Highmark employee said he would continue with those priorities, and seek changes in the state’s county code to permit counties to move future hires to a defined contribution pension plan, which supporters say reduces long-term risk for taxpayers.Gary Eichelberger
Eichelberger, 61, said he wants one more term, his sixth, to “complete and preserve” the business-like reforms that he has brought to county administration, including - in this past term - the hotly-debated sale of the county-owned nursing home to a private sector operator. At the courthouse, Ward pledged, she will guarantee Republicans have a strong, conservative majority, in an apparent dig at DiFilippo’s votes last year with Democratic Commissioner Jean Foschi, over Eichelberger’s opposition, to appropriate millions of dollars in American Rescue Plan funds to local governments and non-profits.
Fast forward to 2023, Ingram said, he’s distressed at the overall lack of progress that’s been made on this front, and promised addiction services will be prioritized if he is elected. “We’ve become an island unto ourselves,” Neiderer said, “... and you cannot continue to operate and function that way.”
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