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BY STACI WILSON<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"CHRIS<\/a>

CHRIS MABY<\/p><\/div>\n

Chris Maby\u2019s brother inspired the Lanesboro mayor to take an active role in his community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not get involved,\u201d Maby said his brother asked him after he expressed his annoyance regarding a local incident.<\/p>\n

At the second Local Government Day, hosted by the Susquehanna County League of Women Voters Tuesday at Blue Ridge High School, Maby not only shared how he came to be mayor but also issued a challenge to the high school seniors in the audience.<\/p>\n

He challenged them to go to their municipality\u2019s next borough or township meeting and find one thing they didn\u2019t know about their township. Post it on Facebook, Maby said, and \u201cwrite it<\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a>

Blue Ridge senior Kelsey Wages asked about executive sessions during the local government forum held Tuesday at Blue Ridge.<\/p><\/div>\n

down and take it to your teacher the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also told any future elected officials in the audience to develop a thick skin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been called an \u2018idiot\u2019 a hundred times,\u201d he said. \u201cYou need to know they are talking to the position and not the person. It\u2019s not about the name \u2013 listen to the validity of the concern.\u201d<\/p>\n

The forum brings together a panel of elected leaders to discuss local government and its responsibilities. In addition to Maby, the panel included County Commissioner Alan Hall, Sheriff Lance Benedict, Magisterial District Judge Jodi Cordner, Hop Bottom Councilwoman Janice Webster, Lathrop Twp. Supervisor Paul Himka, and Blue Ridge School Director Christina Whitney.<\/p>\n

The elected leaders urged the students to not only get involved in their community governments but also to vote.<\/p>\n

Hall said that in the May primary, only about 17 percent of the registered voters in Susquehanna County cast ballots.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t let the 17 percent determine the rest of your lives for you,\u201d Hall said. \u201cPut your voice to work for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The panel also fielded questions from the audience.<\/p>\n

Jason Baransky, of Mountain View, asked if the county code \u2013 the book of laws governing counties in Pennsylvania \u2013 was available to the public.<\/p>\n

A large part of the county code is available online.<\/p>\n

An Elk Lake student asked how Pennsylvania became a Commonwealth. He said he had moved to the area from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

Montrose teacher Joe Festa challenged some of the remarks made by panelists. Hall and Whitney had remarked that if someone who is eligible to vote and doesn\u2019t, then they shouldn\u2019t complain.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tell my students that Freedom of Speech doesn\u2019t come with a ticket to punch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Festa then asked for opinions from the panel regarding lowering the voting age to 16 or 17.<\/p>\n

Whitney said that she believed 18 years of age was appropriate, and with that age and level of education voters would be better able to make informed decisions.<\/p>\n

Webster said the voting age had been 21 but lowered to 18. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t always been 18,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Blue Ridge senior Kelsey Wages said she had served as a junior council person in New Milford during the summer. \u201cWhat happens in executive sessions,\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

The sessions are reserved for personnel, legal and the purchase of property, Hall answered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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