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Dean Browning and Commissioner Scott Ott met Thursday in the first and possibly only Republican primary debate in the Lehigh County executive race, focusing on their records on taxing and spending. Moderator Tony Iannelli summed up the race as a mirror of trends within the Republican Party at the national level. Ott, a member of the Board of Commissioners' conservative reform slate, represents movement to the right, while Browning, also conservative, looks less so in comparison. "Primaries are where the Republican Party decides what kind of party it wants to be," Ott said. "Let's set an example here. Let's make a prototype here in Lehigh County so we can show the guys in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C., that our principles really can be lived out in practice." Click here to read the article.
Dean Browning and Commissioner Scott Ott met Thursday in the first and possibly only Republican primary debate in the Lehigh County executive race, focusing on their records on taxing and spending.
Moderator Tony Iannelli summed up the race as a mirror of trends within the Republican Party at the national level. Ott, a member of the Board of Commissioners' conservative reform slate, represents movement to the right, while Browning, also conservative, looks less so in comparison.
"Primaries are where the Republican Party decides what kind of party it wants to be," Ott said. "Let's set an example here. Let's make a prototype here in Lehigh County so we can show the guys in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C., that our principles really can be lived out in practice."
Click here to read the article.