Nov. 2, 2026
— Jeff Ward, Lehigh Valley News Briefs
Northampton County Executive Tara Zrinski’s request for a 44% property-tax increase has angered taxpayers and had political repercussions.
Some former allies are now opponents and the proposed increase is being held against Democrats on County Council, even though they have no input until the plan is presented.
Now Bernie O’Hare’s Lehigh Valley Ramblings blog, the top source of information on county government, has published an email exchange involving Zrinski and her administration that leaves me (a taxpayer) pleading for an adult to take charge of things at 669 Washington St. in Easton.
Here’s a link to today’s Lehigh Valley Ramblings post:
https://lehighvalleyramblings.blogspot.com/2026/11/norco-administrator-mark-aurand-insults.html?m=1
Perhaps the adult in the room would be for council to ask Lamont McClure to advise them on areas to reduce this bizarre budget increase.
His editorial in the MC this weekend appeared to be very forthright & I truly believe that the people doing this budget have no idea what they are doing. Sounds like they forgot that they have borrowing capacity for selected budget items they are not using.
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