Blair County Commissioners Talk Home Rule At Chamber Event

The Blair County Commissioners were the guest speakers at the monthly Blair County Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Club held at the Casino at Lakemont Park on Thursday, Jan. 10.

Commissioners Terry Tomassetti and Bruce Erb and former Commissioner Donna Gority, sitting in for Ted Beam, who was unable to attend due to illness, answered pre-selected questions. Gority did not give her own opinion on the subjects discussed, but relayed Beam's prepared answers .

The topic of home rule, a subject first brought up by Tomassetti in October, was one of the main focal points of the discussion.

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