Published: October 26, 2009 11:28 pm      

Two on ballot for Cambria supervisor

EBENSBURG — Tim Bracken lost the Democratic primary but gained enough write-in votes from Republicans to get a spot on the fall ballot.

He is challenging Cambria Township Supervisor Dave Hoover.

That means both will be on the ballot Nov. 3 – Bracken as a Republican and Hoover as a Democrat.

In Bracken’s campaign literature, he promises “a new perspective and enthusiasm.”

Bracken, service manager at a Bedford car dealership, said his job as a master mechanic makes him capable of operating township equipment and repairing it, which could save the township maintenance costs.

“When elected, I promise that I will do everything within my power to reinstate spring cleanup and cut down on illegal dumping on rural roads,” his literature says.

Hoover is campaigning on his record, stressing that the township has gone 19 years with no increases in real estate taxes and that he has helped maintain a balanced budget.

His political literature stresses that during his tenure he helped form the Central Cambria Coalition, which he said saved the township more than $180,000 by purchasing four pieces of shared equipment.

Bracken criticized the current supervisors for changing their meetings to 4 p.m. and said he will try to change the meeting times to evening hours.

“Most people hold a job that ends at 5 p.m., which makes it impossible to attend a meeting held at 4 p.m., so if someone had an issue that required a meeting they would have to take time off to attend the meetings,” he said.

“I promise that I will hold informal meetings, over the course of the year, and I will listen to your issues and concerns and I will bring them to the attention of fellow supervisors, and those issues and concerns will be addressed in a timely manner,” his literature says.

Hoover said the current board replaced water and sewer lines in Colver, Revloc and Mylo Park, plus playground equipment in township parks, through grants and at no cost to taxpayers.

He also said he helped implement the fall leaf-collection program.