CNBC / AP: …Following a tumultuous three years-plus in office, Mayor Linda Thompson lost Tuesday’s Democratic Party primary election in the heavily Democratic city. She was defeated by Eric Papenfuse, who will face independent Nevin Mindlin in the November general election. The winner will take over in January.
For now, a state-appointed receiver, William Lynch, is in control and is working to resolve nearly $350 million in debt tied to Harrisburg’s municipal trash incinerator and a persistent gap in its operating budget that he has estimated would be $7 million on anticipated spending of about $58 million for the year…
“Even though we want to work with all our elected officials, no matter the result of the election, we really want to stay focused on the implementation of the recovery plan and continue negotiations on the structure of the deals,” said the spokesman, Cory Angell. … (more)
