When East Lampeter Township Supervisor Ethan Demme talks about helping the struggling business owners on Lincoln Highway East, he’s talking about people such as hotelier Bhavesh Patel.
Kurt Radanovic, the county GOP chairman, could not immediately be reached for comment. Enough is enough and such behavior cannot be excused or ignored, the letter continued. The Republican Party we once knew is gone and has left us behind. As a result, we are disaffiliating from the Republican Party and will seek to work as Independents with anyone who strives for good government, decency for his neighbors, and the rule of law.
East Lampeter township is one of the county s largest by population, and in recent years GOP margins of victory have been slipping.
The board s two other supervisors, David Buckwalter and Glenn Eberly, both ran as Republicans. Buckwalter said he is still registered as a Republican. Eberly could not immediately be reached for comment.