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Amoroso was a founding member and co-chair of Baton Rouge Tax Busters. He was a board member of  the East Baton Rouge Airport Commission and the Alcohol Beverage Control Board. He was the chairman of the Baton Rouge Apartment Association and had been president of the Apartment Association of Louisiana. In 2012, he ran unopposed for the Metro Council.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=anthony-joseph-amoroso-buddy-iv&pid=189456793|title=Anthony Joseph "Buddy" Amoroso, IV obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 3, 2018|accesdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref> When he sought reelection in 2016, he polled 8,489 votes (66 percent) against two [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] opponents, Antoine Pierce and Wendell Piper.<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Results (East Baton Rouge Parish)|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=November 8, 2016|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> Councilman Amoroso sought to heal political divisions and to seek  common-sense solutions to municipal and parish affairs. He worked to create the Smart City Committee to find ways to streamline government and used technology to improve traffic. He supported body cameras for law-enforcement officers. At the time of his passing, he was seeking to develop a comprehensive reform of the Flood Plain Development Code.<ref name=obit/>

Amoroso was a founding member and co-chair of Baton Rouge Tax Busters. He was a board member of  the East Baton Rouge Airport Commission and the Alcohol Beverage Control Board. He was the chairman of the Baton Rouge Apartment Association and had been president of the Apartment Association of Louisiana. In 2012, he ran unopposed for the Metro Council.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=anthony-joseph-amoroso-buddy-iv&pid=189456793|title=Anthony Joseph "Buddy" Amoroso, IV obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 3, 2018|accesdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref> When he sought reelection in 2016, he polled 8,489 votes (66 percent) against two [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] opponents, Antoine Pierce and Wendell Piper.<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Results (East Baton Rouge Parish)|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=November 8, 2016|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> Councilman Amoroso sought to heal political divisions and to seek  common-sense solutions to municipal and parish affairs. He worked to create the Smart City Committee to find ways to streamline government and used technology to improve traffic. He supported body cameras for law-enforcement officers. At the time of his passing, he was seeking to develop a comprehensive reform of the Flood Plain Development Code.<ref name=obit/>

Amoroso was killed at the age of sixty-one in a [[bicycle]] accident on Louisiana Highway 66 west of St. Francisville in West Feliciana north of Baton Rouge. He was in training for a cross-[[Texas]] race in August with his bicycling companion, Thomas Clement (born c. 1947), who was seriously injured in the mishap but physically survived. Nicholas Alexander (born c. 1997) of [[Lafayette]] paid a $17,500 bond and was released from the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center, where he had been held  for negligent homicide and negligent injury. A toxicology test was performed on the driver; results are pending.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_4facc7f0-7f0a-11e8-8c1f-7369c2593dcf.html|title=Funeral arrangements for Buddy Amoroso; Private services later in week; Public event to be determined|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 3, 2018|accessdate=July 5, 2018}}</ref>  

Amoroso was killed at the age of sixty-one in a [[bicycle]] accident on Louisiana Highway 66 west of St. Francisville in West Feliciana north of Baton Rouge. He was in training for a cross-[[Texas]] race in August with his bicycling companion, Thomas Clement (born c. 1947), who was seriously injured in the mishap but physically survived. Nicholas Alexander (born May 5, 1997) of [[Lafayette]] paid a $17,500 bond and was released from the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center, where he had been held  for negligent homicide and negligent injury. A toxicology test was performed on the driver; results are pending.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_4facc7f0-7f0a-11e8-8c1f-7369c2593dcf.html|title=Funeral arrangements for Buddy Amoroso; Private services later in week; Public event to be determined|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 3, 2018|accessdate=July 5, 2018}}</ref>  

Amoroso and his wife of thirty-seven years, the former Denise Waters, have a son, Anthony, V, and two daughters, Elaine Swart (husband Thaddeaus) and Michal Ann Traina (husband Joshua), and five grandchldren. Private services were to be held on July 6, 2018, at Christ [[Presbyterian]] Church, of which he was a member and [[deacon]].<ref name=obit/>  

Amoroso and his wife of thirty-seven years, the former Denise Waters, have a son, Anthony, V, and two daughters, Elaine Swart (husband Thaddeaus) and Michal Ann Traina (husband Joshua), and five grandchldren. Private services were to be held on July 6, 2018, at Christ [[Presbyterian]] Church, of which he was a member and [[deacon]].<ref name=obit/>