Larsen Repeats His Assertion: “You’ll Have To Get A Court Order To Get Copies Of My Campaign Fliers”

Township Committee Meeting Was A Model Of Decorum Compared To Previous Sessions, But They Continue To Posture And Dissemble About Important Issues

Larsen and Moriarty Still Won’t Surrender Copies Of Possibly Slanderous Campaign Literature, But Larsen ("The Accountant") Predicts Serious Budget Crisis And Says He Will Meet With Treasurer And Take Pro-Active Steps To Minimize Potential Shortfall

Dover Township: A contingent of anti-Russo Democrats (dedicated to the political demise of “Mayor” John Russo and his father, former Sen. John Russo Sr.) attended last night’s meeting of the lame duck township committee, and when OCPolitics•Com editor Rich Schiff was told by Moriarty-Democrat Committeeman Richard Larsen that he still wouldn’t turn over Democratic campaign literature from the recent campaign, unless Schiff “gets a court order from a judge”, the group of twelve or fourteen anti-Russo citizens broke out in a round of applause.

Seemed An Odd Time For Citizens To Applaud

It seemed an odd time for this or any other group of citizens to applaud, with a member of the township committee so ashamed about what slander might be found in “Doctor” Jack Moriarty’s 2002 file of general election campaign fliers, that he would withhold them at all costs short of being dragged before a judge for a court order.

For Sheer Volume Of Lies, Nothing
Beats The GOP Campaign

For sheer volume of lies, nothing beats the campaign conducted by Boss R. C. Clement and the Republican team of Virginia Haines and Michael Fiure.

But Democrat Lies Were
More Odious And More Offensive

But one or two of the Democrat lies transacted by publicist “Doctor” Jack Moriarty were so odious and so culpable that they deeply offended everyone who read the Larsen literature carefully enough to understand the import of what Larsen, Rodgers and Moriarty were saying to the public.

\ Editor Schiff

OceanCountyPolitics•Com Will Continue To Press
For Turnover Of Offensive Democrat Fliers

Editor Schiff said he would continue to press for a complete collection of fliers, saying the cascade of lies from the last campaign “tainted and corrupted the whole political dialogue in Dover Township: even if we have to put out a reward offer, we’ll get our hands on this stuff eventually.”

Larsen charged that the OCPolitics WebSite was “unfair” to him and “Doctor” Moriarty, calling it “a political WebSite that indulges in “name-calling” and “innuendo”.

Thoughts Immediately Focused On Anti-Russo “Name-Calling”

Schiff held his tongue and stifled a smirk and let Larsen ramble on even though the thoughts of everyone in the room were immediately focused on the WebSite (theRussoWatch•Com) recently started by Larsen and Moriarty which called the Russos “Ocean County’s most self serving and nefarious political family.” Match that for “name-calling”.

Nefarious? “My Life Is Now Complete”, says Sen. Russo

“I’ve been called everything else, but I’ve never been called ‘nefarious’ before. My life is complete”, said Senator Russo, who arrived at the meeting in time to hear Larsen’s comments.

“We Are Facing A Serious Financial Crisis”, Says Larsen

But the meeting also produced the first really intelligent comment that Larsen has made since joining the township committee two weeks ago, and possibly an important one if he follows through.

Larsen said the township faces a “budget crises that is very bad: we need to spend the next six months being pro-active so that the damage can be minimized”.

To Meet With Township Treasurer

Although he did not quantify anything, Larsen said he would meet soon with township treasurer Dennis O’Neill to try and determine the extent of any potential revenue shortfall, and see if there are areas of the budget that can be trimmed before the end of the fiscal year on June 30th.

The current township budget contains the largest spending increase in township history, a contingency that, oddly enough, has yet to be acknowledged by any of the five current members of the committee.

Two members, “Mayor” John F. Russo and “Doctor” Township Committeeman John Furey, voted against the budget, but it is unclear what that means as far as township spending is concerned, because Furey made it clear that he was voting “no” because he wanted to spend more “on recreation improvements and more police.”

The total police budget was up by more than $2 million, a 15% increase that was the largest in the history of the township. Furey wanted to make it worse.

Maybe Larsen, billed as “the accountant” by Moriarty during the campaign, can turn things around. Probably not, but he deserves credit for being willing to try.

Other news from this meeting, including a report on an address by Ortley Beach leader and  OceanCountyPolitics Dot Commentator Dan Polifroni, will be covered soon by OceanCountyPolitics•Com.

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