Ocean County Observer Endorses Change Of Government In Dover Township

Editorial Urges “YES” Vote; Says “Current Township Comedy” Should Be “History”; Referendum “Offers Hope That A New Broom Will Sweep Clean”

Observer Cites “Overdevelopment, Congestion, Decline In Municipal Services” That Make Dover Township “A Less Attractive Place To Live Than It Once Was”

Citizens Alert Leader DiGiovanni Hails Editorial As “A Big Boost” In Vote YES Campaign; Again Cites Current Committee As “A Community-Wide Disgrace”

An Ocean County Observer editorial says “abuse of the current system” in Dover Township “caused the overdevelopment, congestion, and decline in municipal services that makes the town a less attractive place to live than it once was when aggressive two party government” produced action on major issues.

Mayor Would Be Directly Elected By The Voters

The referendum would allow for the direct election by the voters of a new mayor. “The mayor will not be someone appointed by unelected partisans”, the newspaper said.

The Observer said the referendum offered an opportunity for voters to pass the referendum and then elect a new governing body dedicated to making Dover “once again the envy of Ocean County”.

Newspaper Says Wards Will “Increase
The Voice” Of Individual Neighborhoods

The newspaper also noted four councilman will be elected by voters in four newly created wards, “increasing the voice of those areas on the governing body”, and that the election of the mayor by the voters would do away with the “current Township comedy” where two resignations (Raymond Fox and Clarence Aldrich) have produced three appointed “mayors” since the beginning of the year.

Angelo DiGiovanni, spokesman for the Citizens Alert organization that collected more than 10,000 signatures to get the government change question on the November 5th ballot, hailed the Observer editorial “as a big boost for our campaign to restore the government in our community to its citizens”.

DiGiovanni has said of the current government: “You can’t get a straight answer from them on any important issue, they make up stories at the drop of a hat.”

Independents, Republicans And Democrats Are “Fed Up”

“This is a community-wide disgrace: Independents, Republicans and Democrats are fed up with cheap posturing, political rewards, cronyism and the massive incompetence of the local government, DiGiovanni repeated, “and we are determined to change the system”.

“Failure to address the big issues (over-development, open space acquisition, botched master plan changes, traffic gridlock) is directly related to the low quality dialogue in the local government.”

“The public is acutely aware the current township committee is doing a poor job of governing the community; the referendum will give our citizens an opportunity to make a desperately needed change”, he said.

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