VOTERS GUIDE ADDITIONS

Information on the candidates below was missing from Thursday’s Voters Guide.

NORTH WHITEHALL SUPERVISOR

Republican

RONALD J. HEINTZELMAN

D.O.B.: 1955

Education: Graduate of Parkland High School

Occupation: Supervisor/Farmer Qualifications: North Whitehall Township Supervisor for 18 years. Chairman of the board for more than 6 years.

Response: At this point in time, I don’t see any major upcoming issues in the township. My goal for the next 6 years is to continue keeping the budget under control so that we don’t need to raise taxes and be able to continue serving the community with our recycling center, snow removal, leaf pickup and emergency services.

SOUTH WHITEHALL COMMISSIONER

Democrat

JOE SETTON

D.O.B.: 1951

Education: B.A., Leicester University, England

Occupation: Real estate broker, real estate appr aiser, and auctioneer

Qualifications: Real Estate Broker and Real Estate Appraiser, practicing residential and commercial real estate and land development, for over 35 years in the Lehigh Valley, 20 in South Whitehall Township. Response: A resident of South Whitehall Township since 1984, having raised three children who graduated from Parkland High School, I am deeply committed to this community. With my extensive knowledge and experience of real estate and land development, my contribution as a Commissioner to South Whitehall Township in this period of rapid growth will be to ensure that developers are responsible and qualified while our township maintains its safety and quality of life.

LEHIGH COUNTY COMMISSIONER AT-LARGE

Democrat

ZAKIYA SMALLS

South Whitehall Township www.zakiyasmalls.com

D.O.B.: 1982

Education: Fordham University B.S. Communications Occupation: Business Owner Qualifications: I am a Business

Owner, Volunteer, Philanthropist and Mother. Over the last several years, I built a commercial cleaning business from the ground up. I focused on innovative strategies, smart decisions, accountability, and fiscal management.

Response: I think our major issue is the county budget. We are currently facing a 7 million maybe at this point 8 million dollar deficit. The budgets that keep being passed are not fiscally responsible. They keep increasing expenditures without looking at what monies are coming in first. We all know you can’t keep spending money without taking into account what your budget is. That is not responsible fiscal management. As commissioners, our job is to approve contracts and service providers. We evaluate what is working and what needs improvement.