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If you haven’t been following the news, pretty much the entire township of Bristol is under investigation for fraud and corruption and possibly public urination.
This goes all the way up to the mayor, Sam Fenton, who could be removed by office by the Town Council for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigation township corruption due to an obscure Pennsylvania law governing townships. The Council made a move to do this at a meeting next week.
The mayor, however, is unbowed.
Fenton made no comment on the council’s resolution to remove him. Instead, he launched into his monthly mayor’s report and spoke briefly of the recent township Easter egg hunt, upcoming Earth Day events and a grant acquired by the municipality.
But another City Councilman won’t be at the meeting, since he decided at the start of the meeting yesterday he was fed up and leaving.
[Coundilman Don] Lorady resigned from office at the very beginning of the meeting Thursday. He said he ran for office “with the hope that I could be of service to my community, but I’m sad to say that these last few years, especially these last few months, have been times of great frustration.”
“Usually a person in these circumstances would begin with the words ‘it is with much regret’ but I say that it is with no regret that I resign from this council, effectively immediately,” he added.
Lorady exited the council chambers through a side door and the audience in the town hall exploded in applause.
Pretty soon the Bristol Township Council will be down to zero members, and then maybe the citizens in town can finally get some work done.
Council could force mayor out of office [Bucks County Courier Times]
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