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Amy Zanelli to Run for West Bethlehem\/Fountain Hill Magistrate\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Fountain Hill<\/strong> – Amy Zanelli, the 2020 Lehigh County Commission Chair, has announced that she will run for District 31-1-06 Magistrate in the Pennsylvania Primary Election on May 18, 2021 to fill the seat of late Magistrate Wayne Maura. The magisterial district represents Fountain Hill and West Bethlehem.<\/p>\n In 2017, Zanelli was elected to the Lehigh County Board of Commissioners to represent District 3, a diverse section of the county encompassing South and East Allentown, Hanover Township, West Bethlehem, and Fountain Hill.\u00a0 As the first openly gay\u00a0 county commissioner, she focused on passage of important issues such as pay equity and non-discrimination policies and the renovation and sustainability of Cedarbrook Nursing Home.<\/p>\n Elected Chair during her third year, Amy gaveled down a tumultuous 2020 with not a single job or service lost, nor tax dollar raised.\u00a0 Under her leadership, Lehigh County doubled its dollars invested in preserving farmland, ensuring cleaner air, cleaner water, and an improved quality of life for our future generations.\u00a0 In addition, she helped to direct grant funding to seed progressive solutions to issues like homelessness and repeat criminal offenders.\u00a0 With the funding of two new substance abuse recovery centers, by the end of her third year in office Zanelli fulfilled every campaign promise she made to the community.<\/p>\n Zanelli\u2019s career, volunteer work, and personal achievements have always had a common thread of justice, fairness and a commitment to doing what\u2019s right.\u00a0 Whether it\u2019s recognizing the plights of vulnerable children or seniors, understanding the often complex rules, regulations and procedures of governments and organizations, or making transparent the available options to solve a problem, Amy Zanelli is fair and just in both her actions and decision making.<\/p>\n Zanelli\u2019s dedication to fairness and equality will be present in her court because she recognizes the challenges in the diverse district she will oversee. She will bring organization, efficiency and accessibility with:<\/p>\n Zanelli is dedicated to finding fair and just solutions and resolutions to help build a better, stronger community for all West Bethlehem and Fountain Hill residents. \u00a0A committee of attorneys was formed to support Zanelli in her run for magistrate. Committee members include Jim Fiorentino, former public defender; Lehigh County Commissioner and immigration attorney David Harrington; George Kounoupis and Nancy Hahalis, prominent employment lawyers; and Zac Cohen, attorney and candidate for Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas.<\/p>\n The announcement of Zanelli\u2019s candidacy\u00a0comes with a long list of endorsements \u00a0including Bethlehem Mayor Robert Donchez; Pennsylvania State Representatives Michael Schlossberg, Peter Schweyer and Jeanne McNeill; Lehigh County\u00a0Executive Phillips Armstrong- along with numerous members of the Lehigh County Board of Commissioners, Bethlehem City Council, and Fountain Hill Boro Council.<\/p>\n Zanelli and her family moved from West Bethlehem to Fountain Hill in 2019.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Amy Zanelli to Run for West Bethlehem\/Fountain Hill Magistrate\u00a0\u00a0 Fountain Hill – Amy Zanelli, the 2020 Lehigh County Commission Chair, has announced that she will run for District 31-1-06 … Continue reading Zanelli Announces Bid for Magistrate<\/span> \n
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