CAIN AND DeFEO CALL ON KESSELMAN & McLAUGHLIN

TO REFUSE SUPPORT FROM WHEELING PAC

Charlie Cain and Rich DeFeo, Republican candidates for Hamilton Township Committee, today called on Democrats Mehri McLaughlin and Harvey Kesselman to refuse money from Hamilton Citizens for Action – a Political Action Committee recently formed to get around the Township’s tough Pay-to-Play ban.  The organization is holding a fundraising event for Kesselman and McLaughlin on September 24 at Mays Landing Country Club.

“Under Republican control, Hamilton Township Committee enacted a tough Pay-to-Play ordinance, modeled on a similar ordinance authored by County Executive Dennis Levinson,” said Rich DeFeo, a resident of the Laureldale section of Hamilton Township.  “We're disappointed that local Democrats seem to be attempting to get around that ban by setting up a PAC that is separate from their campaign fund to receive campaign contributions.  This is exactly what the Township’s Pay-to-Play law was designed to avoid.”

 

“We are calling on McLaughlin and Kesselman to stay away from this event on Thursday – where both are listed on the invitation – and publicly state that they will not accept any funds from Hamilton Citizens for Action and other PAC accounts that are clearly designed to circumvent our Pay-to-Play law,” said Charlie Cain, who resides in the Clarkstown section of Hamilton Township.  “Our residents deserve a clean campaign and fundraising that respects our local Pay-to-Play laws.”

The campaign of Cain and DeFeo has identified at least 5 or more accounts that have been established to fund the local Democrat campaign in Hamilton Township where a tough Pay-to-Play ban was enacted last year by the Republican-controlled committee.  Both candidates called on Hamilton Township voters to be wary of fundraising efforts that seek to circumvent this ban.  “We need government that is for Hamilton Township residents, not campaign donors from outside of Hamilton Township.”

Accounts:

Hamilton Citizens for Action

Friends of Harvey Kesselman

Folks for a Brighter Tomorrow

 Kesselman & McLaughlin for Twp. Committee

Twp. of Hamilton Democrat County Committee