The Adults in the Room
Friday, September 9, 2011 at 04:53PM 
Labor Day is behind us and as such, we have officially begun the home stretch of our campaign which concludes on Tuesday November 8th.
Post Labor Day, also signifies the start of the silly season wherein the Democrats will roll out their propaganda machine and start to spew the normal garbage about our candidates. Owen, Debbie, Jim and I will be vilified and blamed for all the ills affecting our town because, quite frankly, the Democrats cannot run on the issues.
The Democrats in Old Bridge have done significant and long lasting damage to our town. Through years and years of malfeasance, they have left the Township with a $7 – 8M debt starting in 2012.
They have sold off Township land, used one-shot revenue schemes to balance bloated budgets, decimated the OBMUA causing Water and Sewer rates to rise and have continually raised Municipal Taxes.
Is that a record you would brag about? Of course not.
At our Headquarters Grand Opening last night, I was asked about what the Republican plan would be if we were elected. I answered the question posed to me in great specificity; highlighting our goals of reducing duplicative and redundant processes, growing our Revenue base by making Old Bridge a business friendly Town, all in the context of short term stabilization of Township finances with a not so long term goal of driving down the Municipal tax rate.
It occurred to me as I was explaining our positions, that we (the Republicans) would in affect be the Adults in the room. We would need to be the Adults that say No to special interests, No to one shot revenue deals, No to frivolous spending. This will definitely be a shock to the system.
Our Township has been run like a kid in a candy store for 16 years under Democratic rule and there are some that will resist this change. That’s ok, we didn’t get involved thinking this was going to be easy. Turning around 16 years of mismanagement is going to be hard, but that’s what we signed up for. It’s time for the Adults.
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