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The result of Democratic write-in votes yet to be announced will decide whether the winner of Tuesday’s Republican primary for Harrison’s 4th Ward commissioner will take the seat or whether a Democraic challenger will emerge.
Commissioners Chairman Bill Heasley served two four-year terms. But he said he chose not to run again because he supports term limits.
Republican Jim Erb bested Dylan Seelnacht for the Republican nomination.
There were no candidates on the Democratic ballot for the 4th Ward seat. However, there were 109 write-in votes, which could potentially set up a challenge to the Republican nominee in the Nov. 2 General Election.
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Two political newcomers are facing off in the Republican primary to replace a Democratic Harrison commissioner who is not seeking reelection.
Jim Erb is opposing Dylan Seelnacht in the May 18 primary for the 4th Ward seat now held by township Commissioners Chairman Bill Heasley.
No candidates will appear on the Democratic primary ballot.
After serving two four-year terms, Heasley said he’s not running again because he is an advocate of term limits at all levels of government.
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Four Harrison volunteer firefighters were properly equipped, trained and working by the book when they responded to a fire at a Brackenridge business 30 years ago this year.
Despite all those things and valiant efforts to save them, Hilltop Hose Lt. Rick Frantz, Chaplain Frank Veri Jr. and firefighters David Emanuelson and Michael Celicki Burns did not go home from the call at West Interior Services that cold December morning in 1991.
“Those guys were just doing their job. They didn’t do anything wrong. They were volunteers,” said Gordon Routley, author of the U.S. Fire Administration report on the incident. “They all lived close enough to the firehouse at Hilltop that they all ran to the firehouse to answer the call. They did their thing and what’s expected of them.”