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Consider independent candidates for Luzerne County Council

May 28, 2011

Now that the dust has settled after the taxpayer funded primary contests, the view of the November Luzerne County council battlefield is clearer. Voters need to be made aware that at least two third party candidates will be hard at work gathering the nearly 1,000 signatures required to appear on the November general election ballot. There is no air of sophistication nor a long list of credentials that follows these gentlemen. There is just a hard-nosed dogged determination to do right for the downtrodden taxpayers of Luzerne County.

Tim Mullen is an Army combat veteran of the Iraq war and currently works as a registered nurse. Charlie "Bible Buck" Hatchko is a retired truck driver/Teamster warehouseman/prison guard. Both these men have been taxpayers to Luzerne County most of their lives. Each leads the pack of contenders in their own distinct area. Mr. Hatchko is by far the most morally conservative candidate, which is a prerequisite for the clean out of this ethics challenged county. Mr. Mullen is the most fiscally conservative candidate in a county that has racked up a debt fast approaching a half a billion dollars. Mr. Hatchko has vast experience with collective bargaining negotiations. Mr Mullen takes a strong anti-public service union stance. Both men have rock solid anti-nepotism and anti-cronyism positions. Between both these men they assure that with all their power that the taxpayers of Luzerne County will never again be viewed as sheep that need a regular fleecing. Both agree that the large elderly population of our county bears a disproportionate slice of the suffering.

Both men are however, compassionate, in that they both agree that if possible, attrition, rather than layoffs should be employed as a means of reducing county expenditures and paying down debt. Both men agree in a fair workingman's wage, but not at the expense of the homeowners, many of whom are elderly and the least able to bear the brunt of further property tax increases. "While most candidates tell you what you want to hear," Mr. Mullen states, "I will be the one to tell you everything you don't want to hear." Mr Hatchko quotes Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalts a nation," as his philosophy to setting our beleaguered ship back on course. Neither of these men will ask you for your hard earned money to support their cause. They ask you only to spread word of their truly independent efforts to right the wrongs of the past in Luzerne County.

Tim Mullen