In an email last Thursday to voters in her ward, which includes Gladwyne and Penn Valley, Brown, a Republican, said resigning before August will give voters, rather than the Board of Commissioners, a chance to select a replacement.
“If I vacate my commissioner seat after August 10 of this year, it will be the majority of the Board of Commissioners who will decide who represents Ward 2 for 2016-2017,” Brown wrote in an email reported by the Main Line Times. “However, if I vacate my seat before August, it will be you, the residents/voters of Ward 2, who will choose for yourselves who will represent you by way of a special election on November 3, 2015.”
Brown gave no reason for her resignation. She was first elected a commissioner in 2006 and re-elected in 2013. Brown has been a municipal attorney since 1996, representing several area cities, townships and boroughs.