To the voters of Shohola Township: I would like to thank you for awarding me both the Democratic and Republican supervisor nominations in the May 10 primaries. As has been reported [see page x], Shirley Masuo challenged the Republican nomination, as was her right. However, if she was going to challenge the integrity of the vote, she had an obligation to provide testimony and evidence to prove her point. At the June 16 court hearing, other than debating what my name is, she provided the court with no witnesses or evidence to back up her claims. Even Ms. Masuo’s adviser waved off her attempt to be called as a witness.

Showing up late and finding amusement in the proceedings showed Ms. Masuo’s lack of respect for the seriousness of the situation. At the end of the hearing, Judge Joseph Kameen denied her petition, and declared the election results will stand as called. Her attempt to disenfranchise the voters of Shohola without evidence shows she has no respect for anyone who disagrees with her.

Her repackaged agenda is the former administration’s elitist, high-tax and intolerant policies that would destroy the wonderful Shohola we know. For five and a half years, Ms. Masuo and her masters have attacked me relentlessly because I cleaned up the corruption of the previous administration. Masuo and her controllers deny the light of truth, so they attempt diversion and distortion.

No matter what they do, I will continue to protect all citizens’ rights in Shohola, even at high personal cost.

George Fluhr

Shohola, PA

[For a more extensive discussion of the petition in question, see page 3.]