Pa. supervisor wants officials to wear blazers

WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — A newly elected supervisor wants his colleages and other officials in their southwestern Pennsylvania township to wear blazers to public functions so citizens will know who they are.

Canton Township Supervisor Jack Sheppard says the blazers would have an emblem or other insignia that would identify the officials wearing them to the public.

Fellow supervisors Sam Bear and Robert Franks gave Sheppard the OK to see how much the blazers would cost for them and other officials.

Sheppard says he sees people at public meetings and other functions “and a lot of people say, ’Who is that?’ The blazers would solve this problem.”