HONESDALE, PA —Shirley Masuo, write-in candidate for Shohola Township Supervisor, is making decrepit road conditions on Shohola’s Lackawaxen Road part of her platform.

The bad road conditions have families who live on the road up in arms, and at the August monthly meeting of town supervisors, Masuo presented the board with a form letter of complaint addressed to PA Transportation Secretary Leslie Richards (see page 6). “This letter can be posted on the township website so that Shohola citizens concerned about conditions on Lackawaxen Road can easily download, sign and mail it to the PennDOT chief,” she said, adding, “This is a very simple action that our local government can take to equip concerned citizens with an easy tool to make their voices louder in Harrisburg.”

Masuo’s opponent, incumbent George C. Fluhr, earlier said, “I won’t hold my breath because we’ve written them (PennDOT) letters.”

“Sometimes, writing letters just isn’t good enough,” Masuo responded.

While Fluhr expressed the view that “form letters don’t do any good,” Supervisor Keith Raser expressed his approval, saying, “A whole lot of letters going to the secretary of transportation could be very helpful. The more letters, the better.”