Why Are They Smiling?

Kulessa: "Bagmen Are Ones Holding The Cash"

Former Conservative Candidate Says New Dover Government Makes It "Easier For The Fat Cats To Maintain Power"

Robert Kulessa, former Conservative Party candidate for Dover Township committee, says the new township government makes it easier for the "Fat Cats" to maintain power.

In a letter to OceanCountyPolitics, Kulessa said party bosses have access to the bulk of campaign funds and pay-to-play contracts because they have been handed excessive power by Mayor Paul Brush and the Republican Council.

Council President's Firm Receives No-Bid Contracts

The Council President, Gregory McGuckin Esq. is a partner in a powerful pay-to-play law firm, a firm that is second only to GOP county chairman George Gilmore in no-bid legal services contract income.

The text of Mr. Kulessa's letter follows:

The Versacio letter basically says everything I said would happen. I predicted on this very WebSite this would happen right from the start of the whole "Change of Government" movement.

No one wanted to listen, everyone wanted "change;" well now you have it and now you damned well have to live with it.

Greed And Corruption Still Permeate Town Hall

You were given ample warning from this private citizen here who had actually run for local office and figured out how local government worked and knew that changing the form of government wasn't going to change the atmosphere of greed and corruption that permeates our good town hall.

The Citizens Alert Committee got what they deserved. They wanted change without TRULY examining the consequences of their actions.

Welcome Top The Real World

They seemed to have thought, "if we get change of government, government itself will change". Sorry pal, welcome to real life. As long as there are elections and money is needed to win elections and the bagmen are the ones holding the campaign cash, politicians will be corruptible.

What you have actually done is make it EASIER for the fat cats to maintain power. You have now effectively compartmentalized the financing of local campaigns. Instead of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on town wide races, now they can pick and choose which Wards will get how much attention.

"Now You Must Pay The Piper"

Congratulations, you have made a campaign strategist's job all that easier. Again, I warned you of this, you wouldn't listen and now you must pay the piper.

       Sincerely, Rob Kulessa