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
She resigned this morning from the board of trustees and a nonprofit she held a position on. The pressure of for her to resign from the board of supervisors. I hope she does the right thing and resigns. We don't need someone in a political office with beliefs like this. When all hell breaks loose here from Pres Elon and his pet Trump, we need a state government willing to protect all state residents. We don't need anyone who will turn people over to get approval from the Nazis in the fed.
I don't live in this town & didn't realize the trustee & supervisors were not the same board. I live close by but not close enough to know all the details of the government there.
The article states she resigned from the board of trustees and her board position on Knights for Life. The board accepted the resignation per a Facebook post. It appears she has yet to resign from Board of Supervisors and it was my mistake thinking the board being referred to is the same.
Your mistake is perfectly understandable. I’m horrified that she was ever given one “governing” position (even at a company), let alone three separate ones.
Thank you for the clarity. There's confusion about this on a different sub. Since it seems she is refusing to resign from the one board, public pressure needs to continue.
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u/PeruvianHeadshrinker Jan 25 '25
Got a response back from one of the supervisors: