Post Election 11/12/04
The Middle Road
By Rich Kohler
November 12, 2004
Just after the tollbooths at exit 117 off the Garden State Parkway, there is a fork in the road. Although both roads lead to Hazlet, the sign implies that the best route veers off to the right, which is exactly what Hazlet voters did this past Election Day.
Hazlet voters (in every one of its seventeen districts) re-elected President George W. Bush. Hazlet voters (in all seventeen districts) also chose to maintain the Republican administration of Monmouth County by re-electing Amy Handlin and Sheriff Joe Oxley. Hazlet voters (in fifteen of the seventeen districts) re-elected Republican Michael Sachs to his third term on the Hazlet Township Committee. Even the two newly elected candidates to the county and township dais, Rob Clifton and Bridget Antonucci, are Republican. They won in all but two of the seventeen districts.
Written before, but published after Election Day, a column in this newspaper wondered what kind of government we would have come January 2005. The voters’ answer was loud and clear…responsible.
Under the leadership of President Bush, our country has grown stronger and is leading a crusade (and not the religious kind feared by many liberal pundits) to make the world safer for all people, not just Americans. By winning the popular vote as well as the electoral votes, all the claims that President Bush’s presidency is illegitimate are exposed as lies, like the many others, as told in Michael Moore’s film or on CBS.
Frank Pallone, the only Democrat to win in Hazlet, will continue to serve his constituents as he always has, faithfully and intelligently.
Republicans have held the majority on the Board of Monmouth County Freeholders for at least 10 years. During that time, Monmouth County residents have enjoyed responsible use of our collective resources. The Republican Freeholders have worked hard to manage growth by developing and executing plans to preserve open space, and they have provided efficient administration of county services. Sherriff Joe Oxley’s department has aggressively identified and responded to the security needs of our diverse communities.
In Hazlet, the police department and court are bringing in record revenues. Our tax rate is on the decline. A responsible, cost-efficient plan for a new town hall is under development. A plan to share services between the sewerage authority and the township is also in the works. Strategies to preserve open space and gain better control over commercial development are well underway.
For three consecutive elections, Hazlet Democrats have failed to gain the trust of Hazlet voters. As a result, there will not be a single Democrat left on the Hazlet Township Committee in 2005. The positive direction of the current committee will continue for at least the next two years, because that is what the majority of residents want to happen.
What kind of government will we have? We will have a government that closely resembles the one we had last year. That is what Hazlet wanted and, thanks to the opportunity inherent in American democracy, that is what Hazlet will get.
By Rich Kohler
November 12, 2004
Just after the tollbooths at exit 117 off the Garden State Parkway, there is a fork in the road. Although both roads lead to Hazlet, the sign implies that the best route veers off to the right, which is exactly what Hazlet voters did this past Election Day.
Hazlet voters (in every one of its seventeen districts) re-elected President George W. Bush. Hazlet voters (in all seventeen districts) also chose to maintain the Republican administration of Monmouth County by re-electing Amy Handlin and Sheriff Joe Oxley. Hazlet voters (in fifteen of the seventeen districts) re-elected Republican Michael Sachs to his third term on the Hazlet Township Committee. Even the two newly elected candidates to the county and township dais, Rob Clifton and Bridget Antonucci, are Republican. They won in all but two of the seventeen districts.
Written before, but published after Election Day, a column in this newspaper wondered what kind of government we would have come January 2005. The voters’ answer was loud and clear…responsible.
Under the leadership of President Bush, our country has grown stronger and is leading a crusade (and not the religious kind feared by many liberal pundits) to make the world safer for all people, not just Americans. By winning the popular vote as well as the electoral votes, all the claims that President Bush’s presidency is illegitimate are exposed as lies, like the many others, as told in Michael Moore’s film or on CBS.
Frank Pallone, the only Democrat to win in Hazlet, will continue to serve his constituents as he always has, faithfully and intelligently.
Republicans have held the majority on the Board of Monmouth County Freeholders for at least 10 years. During that time, Monmouth County residents have enjoyed responsible use of our collective resources. The Republican Freeholders have worked hard to manage growth by developing and executing plans to preserve open space, and they have provided efficient administration of county services. Sherriff Joe Oxley’s department has aggressively identified and responded to the security needs of our diverse communities.
In Hazlet, the police department and court are bringing in record revenues. Our tax rate is on the decline. A responsible, cost-efficient plan for a new town hall is under development. A plan to share services between the sewerage authority and the township is also in the works. Strategies to preserve open space and gain better control over commercial development are well underway.
For three consecutive elections, Hazlet Democrats have failed to gain the trust of Hazlet voters. As a result, there will not be a single Democrat left on the Hazlet Township Committee in 2005. The positive direction of the current committee will continue for at least the next two years, because that is what the majority of residents want to happen.
What kind of government will we have? We will have a government that closely resembles the one we had last year. That is what Hazlet wanted and, thanks to the opportunity inherent in American democracy, that is what Hazlet will get.
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