Bangor mayor succeeds Grube on council

Just as it appeared Northampton County Council's foundering ship had hit an iceberg Thursday night, members were able to compromise long enough to appoint Bangor Mayor Joseph Capozzolo to fill the board's ...

[Wow]

I am embarrassed to be a resident of Northampton County...

[Red Baron]

What a great way to choose a "qualified" person to fill the position. Joe Capozzolo has been AWOL as Mayor of Bangor since 2002. Now he is qualified to sit on County Council simply because he's the last man standing in the room! Drive around Bangor and try to find some of the Mayors accomplishments. You'll be hard pressed to find one!

[what the]

we have been trying to get the streets dept to fix a hole in the road for a year....finally went 'to the top' to Joe....still have a hole in my street.
We went to Lowes & bought cold-patch & did it ourself....best $50 spent ever!!

[Billy Givens]

As I recall, Joe Capozzola represented Waste Management/Grand Central Sanitation's attempt to widen the road between its landfill and Wind Gap Borough financed with a Northampton County Grant.

[Billy Givens]

Before Northampton County Councilman was stripped of his responsibilities as that body's vice president and finance committee chair, he was coerced by his council cohorts to resign from his position as president of the Bangor Area School District, on a charge of "conflict of interest."

Yet Capozzola, council's newest member, is allowed to serve on that body and as Bangor mayor concurrently.

[Billy Givens]

As Bangor Borough Mayor and Northampton County Councilman, Capozzola is in stronger strategic position to get council's and a reluctant BASD's approval of KOZ tax-emption for Monroe County developer Todd Miller's Bangor Trust Co. building and adjacent properties.

[Larry Kisslinger]

Congrats to Mr. Capozzolo, I think!

[Elmer Fudd]

Bernie's Blog said that Joe C was a brother-in-law of Ron Angle. I don't believe it, I know Ron once dated a Capozzolo, tried to take her for every thing she had. Ron also dated a third cousin once.

[Billy Givens]

Convince me that Northampton County is not racist. When at-large Councilwoman Mary T. Ensslin and the counties District 3 representative Michael Corriere resigned, creating two unexpired vacancies, applicants for those slots included an African-American, Bruce Gilbert, and a Latino, Tim Cuevas.

When applicants Douglas Dodge and I learned that Gilbert and Cuevas were applicants, Dodge and I withdrew our applications and threw our support to the two minority candidates in the name of racial diversity on county council.

Last night council had the opportunity again to add to its membership two minority candidates, Bruce Gilbert again and Esther Lee, both African-Americans.

Instead, council chose two candidates who had lost their bids in the general election, Tony Branco and Lamont McClure.

[dantheman Mt Bethel]

Give the guy a break. He has the guts to stick his neck out.
I think he's gonna do great!

[umbt res]

ok lets take a vote who would you rather have angle or cap. haha

[Oximoron]

umbt res wrote:

ok lets take a vote who would you rather have angle or cap. haha

I will take Cap over Angle any day!

Angle is a real crook.

[Brad]

Joe Capozzolo is becoming the best voice on county council. His wisdom, personality and sense of humor have changed that body into a class act. Keep up the good work Joe Cap!