State College Community Leaders Condemn Antisemitic Messages Left Outside of Borough Homes

Residents of at least one State College neighborhood, including a Jewish candidate for borough council, awoke on Sunday morning to find antisemitic messages outside their homes.

Evan Myers, a former council member who is running for a new term in November, said he found the messages in plastic bags at the end of his driveway and on the sidewalk in front of his house. At least a dozen more were found by neighbors, both Jewish and non-Jewish, Myers said.

"My reaction was obviously that someone was trying to intimidate people," Myers told StateCollege.com on Monday. "The messages were just vile. That’s the best way I can describe them: vile and disgusting."

State College police are investigating. Similar messages were found downtown and on the Penn State campus on Sept. 11 and were reported to borough and university police, State College Police Chief John Gardner said at Monday night's borough council meeting.

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