Incoming Luzerne County Council member Chris Belles said Wednesday he is seeing online postings and “fearmongering” wrongly characterizing his winning team of four Democratic council winners as “left wing lunatics.”

“I don’t want the people of Luzerne County to ever think that’s a remote possibility. We are your neighbors, and we are going to take care of the county’s business in our positions every single day,” said Belles.

County voters picked four Democrats and one Republican for county council in Tuesday’s general election, switching the 11-member legislative body to a Democratic majority, according to unofficial election results. In addition to Belles, Democrats Denise Williams, Steven M. Coslett and Dawn Simmons were elected. Council Chairman John Lombardo was the lone Republican t

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