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Four Stafford Council Members Will Not Return In January

New council members will take their seats on the dais.

Four Stafford Township Council members who were not re-elected in the November election will soon be stepping down from the council dais.

Lori Wyrsch, Henry Mancini, Paul Krier and Robert Kusznikow spent part of a recent meeting thanking residents for the opportunity to serve them, according to The Sandpaper.

Kusnikow said he felt he had made a real difference.

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Back in 1997 in his pre-council days he was “locked up” for not hooking up to the municipal water system. He did 90 days in jail and paid a $1,000 fine because he wanted to use his well water. He saw the mandatory hookup as a violation of his rights.

That battle spurred him on the “get on the council and fight from the inside,” Kusznikow said.

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“Nobody goes to jail for (that) anymore,” he said.

Kusznikow is hoping to serve on the planning or zoning board.

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