Allen Township Supervisor Bruce Frack was asked at the March 13 board of supervisors meeting to recuse himself from voting on the proposed FedEx mega hub distribution project due to his dealings with the Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority .

The distribution center would be located on 253 acres of land owned by the airport authority in the township.

Mike Givey, a township resident, asked Frack if he worked for the airport authority. Frack, board vice chairman, sat in as chairman for the meeting since board chairman Paul Balliet was absent.

"I'm not making any money out of this," Frack said, mentioning he has been employeed at the airport for 44 years.

"We think you should recuse yourself," Givey asserted. "We are checking on it [legality of Frack voting on the FedEx project]."

Supervisor Al Pierce questioned whether the remark was a threat. Givey said he was not threatening anyone.

"Go for it," Pierce said.

The township planning commission has the matter on its agenda.

Richard Gosch later addressed the supervisors, chastising Pierce for his comments. Gosch noted Pierce's comments were disrespectful.

Gosch's comments that the supervisors pockets are lined brought a sharp rebuke from the board, in particular from Supervisor Larry Oberly. He specified the statement was general, denying any specific reference.

"If it's a done deal, just tell us, tell us it's a done deal," Gosch said. "You work for us. We put you where you're at."

Supervisor Larry Oberly reminded Gosch the FedEx matter is not before the supervisors, that the township planning commission, a recommending body, is holding hearings on FedEx's plans.

After Gosch issued some heated remarks, Frack slammed the gavel down.

"You're done, you're done," Frack said as Gosch continued talking. "You're done, you're done."

Frack repeated instructing Gosch to sit down. The people in the audience were told the remarks were not general in nature.

Willim Holmes, a member of the planning commission and former supervisor, attempted to frame the issue.

"We're leaving no stone unturned, that's gospel,'' he said. "I'm not lying. There's a lot of things we have to look at, so much work to be done."