UNION TOWNSHIP Supervisor bows out of 6-year race, seeks 2-year term

A disagreement over a successor ended up in court.
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Union Township Supervisor Steve Galizia has withdrawn from the race for a six-year township supervisor seat, opting instead to be the Republican candidate for the two-year term created by the death last April of Supervisor Ralph Nuzzo.
Republican precinct committeemen nominated him for the spot at a recent meeting.
Galizia won the Republican nomination for the six-year term in the May primary and would have opposed Democrat Pat Angiolelli in the November election. He will face Democrat Louis Mrozek for Nuzzo's unfinished term, leaving Angiolelli unopposed.
County Republicans may still name a Republican to oppose Angiolelli for the six-year term, but must do so by Sept. 22.
A recent disagreement over who would succeed Nuzzo as supervisor until the end of the year ended up in court.
Galizia claimed that Mickey DeLeone, who serves as vacancy board chairman when there is a supervisor vacancy, had a conflict of interest in voting for Nuzzo's replacement because he is employed by the township sewer authority.
Galizia lost the court case, and at a recent meeting, DeLeone voted with Supervisor Kevin Guinaugh to name Clair Damon to the post. Galizia abstained from the vote. Damon is employed by the township as a police clerk.