Attempt for Cameron County Consolidation by Anthony Moscato

Anthony Moscato is a Commissioner for Cameron County and was part of an effort to abolish the local and county governments in favor of one, centralized county government. The municipalities in Cameron County had talked about a plan for radical change, because some felt that there was too much government for less than 6,000 people living in the county. They planned to abolish the local and county governments and put in one, centralized county government. Only two of the county’s seven municipalities agreed to put the referendum on the ballot, however. Their biggest challenges were money and voter education, according to Moscato, in trying to get the referendum on the ballot. He also cited 'walls' that were put up by the township supervisors because they did not want to lose their jobs through consolidation, although Moscato explained to them that new jobs would be created in the process.