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Official Democratic Endorsements: ASPLEN FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, HEINZL FOR CONTROLLER, ROSENTHAL FOR RECORDER OF DEEDS, PROKOPIAK FOR PROTHONOTARY, HERRING FOR SHERIFF, DEBLASIO FOR JURY COMMISSIONER
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March 1, 2009
For Immediate Release
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Contact
Neil Samuels
Deputy Chair
215-348-2140
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CHRIS ASPLEN FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
• Senior Deputy District Attorney, Bucks County
• Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, DC
• Director National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence
• Director DNA Unit, National District Attorney’s Association
• Awarded the US Attorney General’s Award for Contributions to Public Safety
• United States Department of Justice Representative to White House Initiative on Law Enforcement Technology
• Chief Faculty member for the President’s Initiative on DNA Training for Officers of the Court
• Member of the Board of Advisors for the John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Center for Modern Forensic Practice
Chris Asplen was raised in Bucks County from the age of 6 and graduated from Pennsbury High School. After attending West Chester University, where he was appointed by Governor Thornburgh to the University’s Council of Trustees, he attended the Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University. After interning in the Bucks County DA’s Office in the summer of 1988 he accepted an offer from then District Attorney Alan Rubenstein to become an Assistant District Attorney for Bucks County.
Assigned to the Sex Crimes and Child Abuse unit for the entire length of his career under Rubenstein, he was also assigned to the Grand Jury Unit and as Chief of the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition Unit. During his tenure in the DA’s Office, he was an active trial attorney trying homicide, attempted homicide, vehicular homicide, rape, robbery, corruption and other cases.
Asplen has an extensive history of working with victims and victims’ advocates. For several years, Chris has been an active faculty member for the nation’s largest victim advocacy organization, the National Center for Victims of Crime. He has also contributed his time and expertise to the Surviving Parents Network and has partnered with America’s Most Wanted’s John Walsh and victim advocate Jayann Sepich to educate law makers and police about the power of DNA evidence in fighting crime.
Asplen subsequently became the director the DNA Legal Assistance Unit for the National District Attorney’s Association. Asplen was then appointed by the Director of the US Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice to be the Executive Director of the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence.
Today Asplen is one of the world's leading authorities on the use of DNA. He brings exceptional vision, discipline and experience to the challenge of running the District Attorney's office.
HARRY HEINZL FOR CONTROLLER
Harry Heinzl currently works for the Office of the Auditor General of Pennsylvania. He serves the Commonwealth as an auditor of municipal pensions for the southeast region.
Heinzl has an extensive financial accounting background that ideally suits him to the office of County Controller. He devoted 8 years as an adjunct instructor of accounting and economics at the local college level; served 14 years as a cost analyst at the former Naval Air Warfare Center, Warminster; and worked for 3 years as a computer programmer for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
He graduated from Drexel University and then attended Temple University where he received a Master’s of Business Administration degree in Economics. He moved to Buckingham Township in 1978 where he and Nancy, his wife of 43 years live. Heinzl is the father of two grown children, John and Grayce, and is a Vietnam-era veteran of the U.S. Army (1968-1970) where he held a Top Secret Crypto security clearance.
His platform as a controller candidate is to be a full-time Department Executive; a watchdog of taxpayer monies; and, especially in these times of economic recession, see to it that county government spends only those funds which are absolutely necessary to be spent on behalf of the citizens of Bucks County.
ROBIN ROSENTHAL FOR RECORDER OF DEEDS
Robin Rosenthal has over 20 years of management experience and has focused a considerable amount of her professional career on providing customer service excellence and expertise. She was a real estate agent for 5 years and worked for a Bucks County title company for 6 years.
Currently Rosenthal serves the people of Bucks County in her capacity as Executive Assistant to County Commissioner Diane Marseglia. She previously served as a County Row officer when she held the position of Bucks County Jury Commissioner.
As Commissioner Marseglia's assistant, Rosenthal is extremely familiar with the entire operation of the county courthouse and its various departments. Her professional work in the field of real estate and titles has prepared her specifically for the duties of County Recorder of Deeds.
Rosenthal graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Communications and a Business Minor. She has been married 23 years to Mark Rosenthal and has two children, Sam (16) and Emma (13) in the public school system. She is also extremely proud that her World War II veteran mom lives with her and her family in Buckingham.
WILEY HERRING FOR SHERIFF
Wiley Herring is a veteran Bucks County Deputy Sheriff having served in the department for 20 years. In addition he served the Borough of Tullytown for 23 years as a part-time police officer.
Herring completed the Police Academy program (Act 120) at Temple University and Deputy Sheriff Training (Act 2) at The Dickinson School of Law.
He has been a licensed pilot for 20 years and, prior to beginning his law enforcement career, worked at US Steel for 17 years. As a current Deputy Sheriff, Herring brings a wealth of experience to the challenges of running Bucks County’s Sheriff’s Department.
JIM PROKOPIAK FOR PROTHONOTARY
Jim Prokopiak, a licensed attorney, is running for the office of Prothonotary, the chief clerk and custodian of all civil court records in Bucks County. In addition to running his law practice, for the past eight years Jim has served as a Supervisor in Falls Township. He has worked to reduce taxes, increase government efficiency, increase jobs, and even reduced his own pay.
Through his efforts, over 1000 jobs were created at the former U.S. Steel site. Jim was appointed by Governor Rendell to serve on the local government advisory commission, and also served as a member of the over 10,000 population committee for the Pennsylvania Association for Township Supervisors.
Jim will use his experience and knowledge to bring change to the Prothonotary's office. He will make the Prothonotary's office more efficient and streamlined through the use of technology and hard work, and will implement policies that will make the prothonotary's office more user-friendly.
Jim Prokopiak is a resident of Levittown, Falls Township, where he lives with his wife, Gail and son.
DEBBIE DEBLASIO FOR JURY COMMISSIONER
Debbie DeBlasio is one of Bucks County’s two incumbent Jury Commissioners. She is experienced with troubleshooting deferrals and other scheduling hurdles faced by residents. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Trenton State College and is currently the office manager of anelectrical engineering company
DeBlasio believes the justice system is a co-equal branch of government and it is the one branch that is intended to be non-partisan. As both political parties are guaranteed a jury commissioner by current statute, they provide a non-partisan check on the influence of politics in the jury selection process. She would champion the restoration of the Jury Commissioner’s independence and the removal of the county commissioners’ influence over this function of the judiciary.
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