• Family Background - Joel Buckley, the youngest of seven children, was born and raised in Hanover, PA. His wife is Dr. Barbara Ostrov, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine, Vice-Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Head of the Divisions of Pediatric Rheumatology and Adult Rheumatology at the MS Hershey Medical center, and former Chairman of the Central PA Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. They have three children who attend Lower Dauphin schools and have lived in Conewago Township for over 15 years.

• Education / Work - Buckley earned a National Merit Scholarship and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Life Sciences. Buckley was Electronic Design Engineer and Program Manager for Geophysical Survey Systems in Hudson, NH, working on SIR Subsurface-Interface Radar Systems. He was also Test Engineer with Industrial Solid State Controls of York, PA and self-employed as a computer programmer and consultant. He is the founder and publisher of a non-profit community web-site serving Conewago Township, www.conewagoonline.com as well as Conewago.US, a guide to the municipal government of Conewago Township.

• Community Service - Buckley was a volunteer firefighter and ambulance attendant with the Hanover Fire Department. He has been a coach for Lower Dauphin Soccer Association, Secretary of the Lower Dauphin Baseball League, T-Ball Commisioner of the Conewago Baseball Association, Vice-President of the Hershey Apple Core Computer Club and active in scouting. At Conewago school, he's done Art Appreciation, Computer Lab, kindergarden aide and volunteered in many Arthritis Foundation activities. Buckley was a candidate for township office in 2003 and was elected to and serves on the Conewago Township Board of Auditors.

• Super Pay Raise – In 2005, the Supervisors voted to triple their base pay. Supervisor Brandt did not vote against the pay raise. Joel Buckley will vote to repeal the pay raise.

• Special Interests - In 2005, the Supervisors appointed 4 individuals each representing a MILLION DOLLAR PLUS business or real estate interest to the Conewago Municipal Authority —interests directly affected by decisions the Authority makes. Joel Buckley will name people who represent the interests of the citizens, not real estate and business interests, to the Authority Board.

• Land Use Planning - In 2003 and 2004, Joel Buckley led the fight against a big government regional planning group that wanted to zone farm land for monster warehouses and have higher density residential zoning. Supervisor Jay Brandt wanted to stay with the regional planning group. Joel Buckley will update the township’s Comprehensive Plan to promote farmland preservation and restrain development.

• Why should I care who is township supervisor? - The decisions supervisors make impact your pocketbook and your quality of life. Their decisions concerning sewer service have or soon will cost 350 Conewago households up to $9000 each ($5000-6000 tap fee, $3000 plumber fee, and $396/yr). Supervisors’ decisions also influence the rate of commercial and residential development.

• Jay Brandt - Jay is a dairy farmer who has been on the Board of Supervisors for 30 years. If you live in Conewago and don’t have an opinion of Jay Brandt, you probably don’t vote in township elections. Jay and I agree on more issues than not. But in the last two years Jay has not been effective in restraining the excesses of fellow Supervisors. On the supervisor pay raise, on reappointing Ralph Luttrell to the municipal authority, on the $30,000/year part-time administrator, Jay abstained rather than voting “No”. Sometimes just voting “No” is the best decision to make! Now the voters can just vote “No” to good-old-boy, politics-as-usual in Conewago Township.

On Tuesday, November 6

- It is time for a Change in Conewago politics. .

Vote for Joel Buckley for Conewago Supervisor.

• Buckley will vote to repeal the Supervisors Super pay raise.

• Buckley will name people who represent the interests of the citizens of the township, not real estate and business interests, to the Conewago Municipal Authority Board.

• Buckley led the fight against a regional planning group that proposed rezoning farmland for warehouses. He would update the Comprehensive Plan to promote farmland preservation and restrain development.

Elect Joel Buckley Conewago Township  Supervisor on Tuesday November 6

He's a registered Republican but is on the ballot on the Democratic line.

Join the Joel Buckley for Conewago Supervisor campaign.

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