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On the article 35 Families Still Displaced From Belmar Homes Due to Hurricane Sandy
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On the article 35 Families Still Displaced From Belmar Homes Due to Hurricane Sandy
Belmar 123
1:43 pm on Friday, April 5, 2013
ReplyJerseyswamps - that is precisely the problem! You can not determine if cards or now cash were given out to friends because the mayor has made it confidential. The point, and the point of Councilman Bean is the borough should, as the State suggests, not be giving out charity to people after the hurricane!!! They should not! These types of things are better left to registered charitable organizations! When a donation is made to the borough of Belmar, it becomes a public fund. When public funds are paid out it becomes public record. Food stamps, and section 8 housing are government programs with general fund monies budgeted specifically for the program. Collecting donations and disbursing the monies as elected officials or appointed by (hired by) elected officials deem fit is a dangerous practice! I'm not saying the mayor and council gave this money or gift cards to their cronies or people who said they would vote for them, but the meer appearance of a conflict of interest is exactly why the borough should not be involved in this practice!
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On the article 35 Families Still Displaced From Belmar Homes Due to Hurricane Sandy
Belmar 123
9:33 am on Friday, April 5, 2013
ReplyI couldn't agree with you more TownCrier! It also bothers me that the Patch keeps reporting Councilman Bean's issue with donations as if he wants to out those in need! He simple doesn't think the town, especially the mayor, or other elected officials, or persons appointed by (hired by) elected officials should be determining who needs and recieves gift cards, or further more cash! It is an appearance of a conflict of interest, which is exactly why FEMA urges governments to use charitable organizations!
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On the article Local Connections to Belmar's Use of AshBritt Questioned
Belmar 123
3:29 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
ReplyFinally an article that gets it right! Mayor Doherty should not be defending AshBritt, he should be answering to the real issue. His wife profitted from a company through business with the borough. The Star Ledger article begs the question; why the borough administrator would have cc’ed Maggie and one of her employees on an email regarding the contract? She says she did this because she, “didn’t know who had Matt’s blackberry”. If he wife was in upstate NY with their children during the storm, why would she have the mayor’s blackberry, and why would one of her employees have it???
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On the article Belmar's Seasonal Liquor Licenses Not Amended
Belmar 123
12:58 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
ReplyWhen are people going to get, this has zero to do with what the Mayor says it has too. There is something rotten in Denmark, and this was a ploy to work around the towns people for one business in town!
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On the article Doherty: 'Bombard JCP&L With Calls'
Belmar 123
3:05 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
ReplyI called and they just have someone tell you the same estimates that are on their website!
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On the article Doherty: 'Bombard JCP&L With Calls'
Belmar 123
3:06 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
ReplyThis is ridiculous! Residents do not have power and many do not have phones. We should sit on hold with the power company wasting our cell phone minutes and batteries. True leadership does not pass the buck to the people they are suppose to lead. Instead of being on every news channel talking about rebuilding the boardwalk, why isn't he on every channel screaming about the incompetinece of JCP&L??? Why is he not calling the Governor's office or BPU and demanding answers for his residents?
Belmar 123
3:21 pm on Friday, April 5, 2013
While I don't disagree that neighbors should help neighbors and communities have, what I believe, is a responsibility to help there own, especially with the destruction of a storm like Sandy. But, this has been going on now for 5 months! Giving people food, blankets, etc in the days and even weeks after the storm is one thing. We have moved from gift cards to cash! And we have done this with an opinion from the State Department of Community Affairs to not do this! I completely understand the mayor's position of not releasing the names of those who received donations, but by continuing to have the borough administer charity work is absurd! The borough needs to donate that money to a local charity like the Women's Club, Vincent DePaul, a charity that can guarantee it stays within Belmar. It is time for the mayor and council to stop the charity work, and end the appearance of a conflict in interest once and for all!