Election Explainer: What’s a Controller?
This is the fifth and final profile in a weekly Thursday series of informational briefs to explain the roles and responsibilities of Bucks County Row Officers up for election in November.
Current Occupation: Lawyer
Public Service: Served on Lower Makefield Township’s Zoning Hearing Board through 2021. From 2013-2016, Ms. Van Blunk was a member of the Bucks County YWCA’s Board of Directors. From 2000 through 2007, Ms. Van Blunk was a co-creator and co-coordinator of Falls Township’s National Night Out event. For her work with Fall Township’s National Night Out, Ms. Van Blunk received the PA Governor’s Award for Crime Prevention issued by the PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency in 2002.
This is the fifth and final profile in a weekly Thursday series of informational briefs to explain the roles and responsibilities of Bucks County Row Officers up for election in November.
County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia criticized the two Republican officials for “bypassing” the commissioners and the deputy’s union during ongoing contract negotiations this spring.