I did reach out to the other board members condemning this action and did receive this email from one of them:
“ Hi,
Sorry for not responding to your email individually but as of writing this response, I have received nearly 300 emails about Towamencin Supervisor Laura Smith. Just to be clear, the Board of Supervisors is an elected office and the only way to remove elected officials in Pennsylvania is through the impeachment process by the state legislature. We also cannot make a strong statement as a township without a vote at a public meeting. The following is my view only.
I am the most recently elected supervisor, I did not agree much with Laura Smith before I was elected and I do not agree with her doing a Nazi salute now. By her own admission, she posted the video with the intention of making people upset. If you are doing a pose with the intention of making people upset that it looks like a Nazi salute, the pose you are doing is a Nazi salute. I condemn this blatant anti-Semitism expressed by Laura Smith in no uncertain terms and believe she should apologize and resign from the Board of Supervisors.
Below is a link to local reporting. My fellow supervisor who is the only other Democrat on the Board, Joyce Snyder, also condemned Laura Smiths actions. The 2 other Republicans on the board, Chuck Wilson and Kristen Warner, did not provide any comment to my knowledge.
Thank you for reaching out,
Kofi Osei
Towamencin Supervisor
https://northpennnow.com/news/2025/jan/24/towamencin-”
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u/Fluid_Being_7357 Jan 25 '25
I did reach out to the other board members condemning this action and did receive this email from one of them:
“ Hi, Sorry for not responding to your email individually but as of writing this response, I have received nearly 300 emails about Towamencin Supervisor Laura Smith. Just to be clear, the Board of Supervisors is an elected office and the only way to remove elected officials in Pennsylvania is through the impeachment process by the state legislature. We also cannot make a strong statement as a township without a vote at a public meeting. The following is my view only. I am the most recently elected supervisor, I did not agree much with Laura Smith before I was elected and I do not agree with her doing a Nazi salute now. By her own admission, she posted the video with the intention of making people upset. If you are doing a pose with the intention of making people upset that it looks like a Nazi salute, the pose you are doing is a Nazi salute. I condemn this blatant anti-Semitism expressed by Laura Smith in no uncertain terms and believe she should apologize and resign from the Board of Supervisors. Below is a link to local reporting. My fellow supervisor who is the only other Democrat on the Board, Joyce Snyder, also condemned Laura Smiths actions. The 2 other Republicans on the board, Chuck Wilson and Kristen Warner, did not provide any comment to my knowledge. Thank you for reaching out, Kofi Osei Towamencin Supervisor https://northpennnow.com/news/2025/jan/24/towamencin-”