Limerick Election: St. Pedro Unofficially Defeats Siegel for Supervisor

In the race for the one open supervisor seat on the Limerick Township Board of Supervisors, republican incumbent Joe St. Pedro defeated democrat Robert Siegel in the election to the five-person board. The term will last six years. St. Pedro has his supervisor salary to charity for the past three years.

Here are the results:

• St. Pedro - 1,668
• Siegel - 960

St. Pedro said he wants to continue keeping a tight budget and running things like a business.

"The plan is probably going to be pretty much the same," he said. "Make sure the government doesn't spend a lot of money and keeps the budgets low. My goal is small government and to run it like a business. We've got to take care of the people living here."

He had nothing but good words to say about his opponent.

"He was nothing but a gentleman," said St. Pedro. "I met him today for the first time and he was nothing but a gentleman."

One of the big highlights for St. Pedro was the fact that the township was changed from a single-A to a double-A rating, financially saving the township $250,000 a year in interest in the span of 2004 until now. The township can never achieve triple-A status, because it is not big enough.

"In today's world, you cannot give people everything they want, as much as they want it," he said. "At the end of the day, we have to keep things low because people don't want to pay anymore taxes. If we need to raise taxes to change from that double-A to an A, it's going to cost our citizens a lot more money."

NOTE: Election results are unofficial until certified by the county.