FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Joseph Ingemi

Phone: 770-530-4118

October 9, 2009

Mayor and Council Continue to keep Hammonton Taxpayers in the Dark

Hammonton, New Jersey – Despite two OPRA requests, numerous questions at Council meetings and a state inquiry, the Mayor and Council still have not provided any grant information or the project plan for the proposed satellite campus.  Mayoral Candidate Joseph Ingemi stated,

“First, let me say that my request to the state is not a lawsuit.  There is no court action or litigation involved despite what the subject-changers and rumor-mongers are trying to tell people.  I asked the state to help me get the information that the Mayor and Council are denying the taxpayers.

The Mayor and Council once again think they are exempt from answering the concerns of the citizens of Hammonton and that the law does not apply to them.  In an interview, the Mayor implied that citizens should be honored with this proposed project and not question it.  He talked about getting more grants yet he has never identified those grants.  I just hope that should these grants really exist, he or whoever is actually leading this project, remembers to make copies of the applications and provide them to the Town Clerk.  He said that there were no costs to the taxpayer ‘currently in place’.  What about the costs that will be accrued in the months and years to come?  It is time for a town government as good as the people of Hammonton.  It is time for government that is accountable to the people.”

The Hammonton Democrats are running this year on a platform that emphasizes economic development, smarter spending and greater government accountability. For more information on the candidates and their platform, visit www.hammontondems.org.

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