Warren County Report

However, Weinberg explained he is considering options to move into private sector employment because he considers service in local government more important than a place in the federal bureaucracy.

"It's way more important than the working in the federal government," Weinberg said of his role as South River District supervisor. "I haven't made any decision but if I decide to run again, I'll have to move into private sector employment." Weinberg said he has had such offers in the past.

Weinberg is a native Canadian, who became a U.S. citizen after attending Christendom College and marrying a U.S. citizen. He got his job in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administrative Division for Children and Families, after the 2003 South River District race to replace retiring and long-time Supervisor Stuart Rudacille. The Hatch Act allows federal employees like Weinberg, elected before their federal employment began, to serve out their elective terms in office. However, a run for reelection is prohibited.

Weinberg declined to specify his federal salary but joked, “it’s more than $10,000.” County board members make about $3,000 less than $10,000 annually.

According to the federal website, the Hatch Act impacts the political activity of executive branch employees, District of Columbia government, and some state and local employees who work in connection with federally funded programs.

State Department employee George Glavis abandoned a planned 2003 run for office due to the Hatch Act. After his withdrawal from local politics, the South River District resident’s wife, Linda, ran a write-in campaign that garnered 279 votes in the 2003 South River board election. Weinberg defeated former county airport commission chairman Charlie Brown by 12 votes, 557-545 in that race. Weinberg stressed fiscal conservatism, a hallmark of Rudacille’s tenure as South River supervisor, in his campaign.