Unearthed records reveal Dem mayor sought tax hike to fund DEI role ahead of key House race
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A 3% property tax hike, and the thing it was buying wasn't a paramedic or a pothole crew. It was a DEI coordinator. Scranton's council apparently looked at that math and quietly killed it, which tells you something about where the actual people who have to answer to voters land on this stuff when nobody's watching.
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Scranton's mayor once proposed a 3% property tax increase to fund a DEI coordinator role, a line item her city council cut without fanfare.
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A 3% property tax hike, and the thing it was buying wasn't a paramedic or a pothole crew. It was a DEI coordinator. Scranton's council apparently looked at that math and quietly killed it, which tells you something about where the actual people who have to answer to voters land on this stuff when nobody's watching.
The timing here is what makes it worth digging up. This mayor is now stepping into a marquee House race, and this is the kind of budget decision that never makes it into a stump speech. Nobody runs on "I wanted to raise your taxes to hire a diversity officer." They run on schools and public safety and bringing jobs back to Northeast Pennsylvania. The gap between the governing instinct and the campaign pitch is the story.
We're not shocked that a Democratic mayor floated a DEI hire. We're pointing out that her own council, in her own city, decided it wasn't worth squeezing homeowners for. That's not a Republican talking point. That's Scranton.
Voters deserve to know what their elected officials actually prioritized when the cameras weren't on, not just what they say now that there's a primary to win.
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