Coalition Of Independents, Reform Republicans and Reform Democrats Organize To Recruit Candidates For Ward Council Seats In Dover

Many Newspaper Editorials Denounced Boss System, Greedy Politicians Who Trashed Good Government Ideals And Raised Taxes In New Dover Government

According to representatives of a new good government alliance called the Independent Coalition To Rescue Dover Township, citizens of the community are hopping mad about the way their new government has been hijacked by a tiny group of political bosses and a legion of political flunkies that looted and plundered the local government since Mayor Paul Brush and the Republican Council took office sixteen months ago.

Needed: Independent Campaign For Ward Seats

The Independent Coalition will try to recruit candidates, campaign leaders and district organizers to put together an independent campaign for Dover Township Ward Council seats to be contested in the November election.

Rescue Dover Township: Independents, Republicans & Democrats

The Rescue Dover Township Coalition includes independent citizens who helped spark the original petition drive to change the government here, neighborhood residents upset with the new government, and leaders of two political reform organizations formed last year to restore good government principles in a structure that is currently dominated by the boss system.

New Government Is A Tragedy For The Taxpayers

Joseph E. Haelig, a reform Republican, and Christopher Earle, a leader of the New Democrats of Ocean County, said the new government "has become a tragedy for the taxpayers, and a role model for bad public policy."

Haelig and Earle noted that Democrat Mayor Paul Brush and the seven member Republican council "made numerous campaign promises before the election, and broke all of them before the ink was dry on the election returns.

Promised To Cut Spending, They
Sponsored A Record Spending Increase

"Brush and the Republicans promised to cut spending, but they approved the biggest spending increase in the history of the local government," the two reform leaders noted.

"Brush and the Republicans promised to hold the line on taxes, but they sponsored one of the largest tax increases ever," Haelig and Earle noted.

Broke Every Campaign Promise,
Trashed Every Ethical Standard

"Brush and the Republicans made direct promises on no-bid professional contracts, pay-to-play bribery,  affordable housing policy, ethical standards, waste in government and other issues that speak to the performance we expect from public officials," Haelig and Earle recalled.

"But they broke every promise, trashed every ethical standard and paid off dozens of lawyers and political cronies with useless township jobs and appointments wasting millions of dollars belonging to the taxpayers," they said.

Taxpayers Who Have Been Ripped Off By
The Boss System Should Sign Up And Help

"We mean to turn this around by electing independent candidates to the four ward seats which are up this year, and we are appealing for help to residents who have been ripped off by Brush and the Republicans over the last sixteen months."

Any Registered Voter Is Eligible To Be An
Independent Candidate And To Sign A Petition

"Any independent, undeclared, Republican or Democrat registered is eligible to be an independent candidate in this election, and any registered voter is eligible to sign an independent candidate's petition," they noted.

We need the help and support of residents who believe the government can be honest, forthright and productive - we believe that because the issues are so well drawn, this opportunity may not come again for a generation," they said.

Sign Up To Help Rescue Dover Township - Do It NOW!

The two reform leaders said citizens and taxpayers who want to help in our grass roots campaign to Rescue Dover Township, as a candidate, campaign leader, district leader or volunteer, should contact the Coalition immediately: petitions for the four ward seats need to be filed by Tuesday, June 7th - and it will take at three weeks to collect the required signatures.

Please contact Rescue Dover Township as follows:

EMail @ RescueDover@aol•com.

Mail us at: Rescue Dover Township; P.O. Box 155; Lavallette, New Jersey 08735.

Telephone us at 732-244-2212

This article prepared for publication 5/01/05.