radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: June 24, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 06/24/26          POCONO TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONER MIKE VELARDI HAS RESIGNED, LAUNCHING A SCATHING PARTING SHOT AT THE BOARD DURING ITS JUNE 15TH MEETING.          VELARDI WARNED THAT PERSONAL POLITICS AND FLAT-OUT REJECTIONS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE DRAINING TOWNSHIP REVENUE AND DRIVING UP TAXES. HOWEVER, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT MATT LONG PUSHED BACK, CALLING VELARDI'S COMMENTS IRONIC GIVEN THAT THE TOWNSHIP IS CURRENTLY FACING A TWO-MILLION-DOLLAR DEFICIT.            PRESIDENT TRUMP RETURNED TO THE LEHIGH VALLEY YESTERDAY, GIVING A SPEECH AT THE MACK TRUCKS FACILITY IN LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP.  THE PRESIDENT TOUTED HIS ECONOMIC POLICES INCLUDING HIS TARIFF PLAN THAT AIMED TO GET COMPANIES TO BUILD FACTORIES IN THE U.S.  TRUMP WAS JOINED AT THE EVENT BY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN RYAN MACKENZIE, WHO IS FACING DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER BOB BROOKS IN WHAT IS SEEN AS A KEY HOUSE DISTRICT IN THE MIDTERMS.