Plainfield Township News

The four candidates for two seats on the Board of Supervisors were requested to respond to four questions, asked by a local news reporter.  Since there is no guarantee there will be a news article that includes my responses, I am posting them here, verbatim.  There was a 100-word limit to each response. 1. What types of businesses would you like to see generating tax revenue and jobs in the township? Our light industrial zone had been underutilized until a light manufacturer redeveloped lots on Engler Road and Bangor Road , which are planned to provide 50 to 70 good paying jobs.   I worked hard as a citizen to have the township adhere to its ordinances and not allow nuisance businesses that were not permitted by zoning to continue to operate or to develop these sites.   As a result, they were available and a world-class facility has replaced the destroyed NICOS building.   I would like to see more light manufacturers locate in the township.    2. ...

This is the question that a reader posed to the editor of the Express Times (Lehigh Valley Live) in Easton, PA: Area requested to be rezoned to Solid Waste in 2020, and rejected by Township BOS The reader cited four facts, and posted links to their sources, the Township Board minutes posted publicly (click link above to go to article, and links): In July 2020, the Plainfield Township Board of Supervisors (BOS) rejected Waste Management's request to rezone 211 acres of farmland to solid waste by a vote of 3-0-2.  Steve Hurni and Joyce Lambert abstained. In the following month of August, Mr. Hurni, who also serves on the Green Knight Economic Development Corporation's Board, announced that he had requested that the State Ethics Board Counsel rule on whether he did not have a conflict of interest in voting on matters related to Green Knight and the landfill.  This is despite the fact that for 8-1/2 years he has recused himself from such discussions and votes on the advice of the...