Small businessman Larry Padora has announced his candidacy for Schuylkill County commissioner in the May 16 Republican primary.
Padora said he is running because the community needs bold, conservative leaders who will stand strong for taxpayers by fighting lockdowns and reassessments while restoring good government.
“Our people continually move away to places with lower taxes, better jobs, and clean government,” Padora said in a statement announcing his candidacy. “It’s time to start a new chapter, so that our children and
grandchildren will want to remain here to thrive instead of fleeing for greener pastures.”
Padora owns Padora’s Italian Bakery, which has been in operation in Tamaqua for 138 years. It produces over 100,000 loaves of bread a year for area grocers and caterers while donating bread to Toys for Tots and other charitable causes.
Padora said his family bakery has thrived through hard work, proper planning, and dedication to quality.
He noted that his business, like many others in the region, suffered through the pandemic because officials weren’t willing to stand up on their behalf against the heavy hand of big government.
“As a business owner and homeowner who has been deeply impacted by the effects of big government, I will never back down,” Padora said.
Padora is borough council president in New Ringgold, a town that has increased public services while maintaining one of the lowest tax rates in the county. Padora is chairman of the county’s Tax Collection Committee, which oversees the collection of more than $20 million in local Earned Income Tax revenue. Padora helped to negotiate one of the lowest tax collection rates in Pennsylvania.
“I’ve always been someone who fixes things and makes them run better,” he said. “The courthouse is in
dire need of a strong, conservative leader to institute transparency and efficiency for the peoples’
tax dollars. I firmly believe that our brightest days are ahead with a new generation of principled
leadership.”
Source: Berkshire mont
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