ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The City of Allentown is mourning after the death of a longtime community leader.<\/p>\n
City Controller Jeff Glazier died on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Now, his colleagues are coming together to honor his legacy, in his many roles serving the community over the decades.<\/p>\n
Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk ordered all flags on city-owned property to fly at half-staff to remember Glazier’s passing.<\/p>\n
Community leaders said it’s been a tough day, and while they mourn, they’re also taking the time to reflect and remember.<\/p>\n
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Allentown Controller Jeff Glazier with Allentown City Council members Candida Affa and Santo Napoli. Photo courtesy of City of Allentown<\/p>\n
“Jeff loved music,” said Tuerk.<\/p>\n
“Once in a while we’d just listen to records. He was an avid record guy,” said Santo Napoli, Allentown City Council President.<\/p>\n
Slower tunes and heavy hearts are throbbing in the city.<\/p>\n
“We lost a real one,” said Tuerk.<\/p>\n
For Glazier, his consistent meticulous review of the city’s budget and finances wasn’t the only song on repeat.<\/p>\n
His fellow colleagues are sharing their favorite notes and memories.<\/p>\n
“You could interview dozens of people and everyone is going to say the same thing,” said Candida Affa, Allentown Councilwoman.<\/p>\n
Affa said she worked alongside Glazier for a decade.<\/p>\n
“He was a man of integrity,” Affa said.<\/p>\n
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Allentown City Clerk Mike Hanlon swears in Jeff Glazier. Photo courtesy of City of Allentown<\/p>\n
Glazier was appointed controller in 2016 and was re-elected three times.<\/p>\n
He previously served on the City Council and Allentown School Board.<\/p>\n
Colleagues said serving the community was always at the forefront of his life.<\/p>\n
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“He was always watching out,” said Tuerk. “He was there for public service. He would come to City Hall with his dog, Artemis, and everybody on the third floor had a treat for Artemis, but they also just loved seeing Jeff.”<\/p>\n
Napoli said Glazier left behind a legacy that will forever be cherished not only inside, but beyond City Council Chambers.<\/p>\n
“A lot of colleagues today are struggling. And, we lost not just a colleague, but a friend,” said Napoli.<\/p>\n
“I miss you, Jeff,” said Affa. “We all miss you.”<\/p>\n
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All Wednesday scheduled council meetings have been cancelled to allow members to grieve.<\/p>\n
Napoli said they have rules that pertain to finding a new controller. The council will start visiting those guidelines to move forward, saying that is what Glazier would have wanted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The City of Allentown is mourning after the death of a longtime community leader. City…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,5177,4059,5183,4056,4027,5182,2971,28,5178,4057,4060,4058,382],"class_list":["post-203928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-american-politicians-of-caribbean-descent","tag-hispanic-and-latino-american-mayors","tag-hispanic-and-latino-american-politicians","tag-local-politicians","tag-matthew-tuerk","tag-mayors","tag-mayors-of-allentown","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-democratic-party","tag-people-from-allentown","tag-politicians-from-allentown","tag-politicians-from-lehigh-county","tag-politics-of-the-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}