Election 2013
Scott Ott Will Run Again for County Executive
After a narrow miss in 2009, Scott Ott runs again for Lehigh County's top job.
Scott Ott, 51, a fiscally conservative Republican, told supporters and friends on Jan 24 that he will again run Lehigh County Commissioner in the fall. Ott is making his second attempt for the county's top job which narrowly eluded him in 2009 when, as an unknown, he came within 900 votes of beating seasoned Democratic politico Don Cunningham. He is currently a Lehigh County Commissioner, a position to which he was elected in 2011. “I am running for Lehigh County executive because I want to make our local government more accountable to the taxpayers who fund it and more effective for the people it serves.” Ott said in a written announcement. “I have spent my time on the Lehigh County Board of Commissioners fighting for reforms that reduced…
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Phillyboy
12:06 pm on Saturday, April 6, 2013
QED...Simple solutoion... Stop Borrowing ..Cutout the Entitlements. Let the welfare crowd earn their handouts...Clean streets , Highways, Erase Graffiti, cleanup ghetto neighborhoods. Dont think the Liberal Legislators would go for this because they would lose their voter base. Want Food stamps...no problem .Come clean the restrooms at all public transpotrtation depots. We could save millions on … more ›