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A new year meant a new board of supervisors in Middletown.
Democrats Amy Strouse and Tom Tosti were sworn onto the Middletown Board of Supervisors Monday evening. The two newly-elected Democrats join Republicans Tom Gallagher, George Leonhauser and William Oettinger.
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Leonhauser was appointed chairman of the board, and Gallagher was voted vice chairman.
Democrat Jena Champion was sworn in as the town’s new auditor.
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The election of Strouse, wife of one-time Democratic congressional candidate Kevin Strouse, and Tosti marks a change for Middletown, which has been run by an all-Republican board for the past few years.
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Residents said during public comment in 2013 that they would vote out the sitting supervisors if they voted in favor of an Earned Income Tax, which ended up getting approved. The issue was brought to light during the election when signs from Strouse and Tosti that mentioned the tax increase.
Solicitor Joseph Pizzo and several other township professionals were retained by the board. Strouse asked Pizzo to explain his monthly retainer fee of $2,000, which the attorney explained to the board.
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