LANGHORNE, PA (Jan 5, 2004) -- Just sixteen minutes after being sworn-in, new Middletown Supervisors Lisa Pflaumer & Jasper Caro joined with partner John J. Kelly, Jr, to fire Middletown's 7-year engineer and hire the most-investigated engineer in Bucks, S.J. (Bruce) Campbell of Unitech Engineers.  Campbell, who also operates a company named Middle Atlantic States from the same Langhorne location, has been investigated by numerous townships and school boards for suspicion of over-billing.
Supervisor Raymond Mongillo also voted on the appointment despite a glaring conflict of interest. Mongillo co-owns a corporation with Campbell, which was formed to recover gold, stolen from the Philippine government, and to smuggle it out of that country.
"Middletown Township is now for sale" remarked Supervisor Robert McMonagle, who voted against Campbell's appointment. "Campbell bought this appointment from the Kelly-Pflaumer-Caro campaigns for $5,300.00 - now he can get his money back by over-charging the township."
  The Kelly-Pflaumer-Caro corruption ring fired nearly every professional that worked for the township, replacing them with campaign contributors. [See the complete list]