INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
May 10, 2016
Middle Township- The Regular Meeting of Committee Township took place May 2 to a standing room only crowd. They came to see and maybe even start some fireworks. No one was disappointed.
There were winners, losers and combatants. There were plenty of fireworks especially between the former MAYOR, Tim Donohue and recently elected DEPUTY MAYOR DeVico. The two elected representatives for Middle Township did everything but engage in hand to hand combat.
Donohue complained that he was not given the opportunity to give his input to the proposed budget.
He basically said This budget sucks and blows, De Vico retorted that he only received the budget proposals from Donohue on the previous Friday at 3:30 leaving him no time for proper review before submission. MAYOR Clark, sitting between the two, kept calm and carried on.
“Yosemite” Sam Kelly of Swainton, an alleged Eagles season ticket holder, and regular Public Meeting attendee , made it obvious that he was clearly in the DeVico corner. Should be an interesting year.
Rumblings, murmurings and general unhappiness were heard in the standing room only crowd as the budget passed along strict party lines 2 to 1.
During the period set aside for questioning a resident was not allowed to ask the former mayor of Middle what his specific QUALIFICATIONS were for his $60,000 plus bennies position with public works because it was not an agenda item. But if she had been permitted to do so she would have inquired: Were they -ENGINEERING?? CIVIL or STRUCTURAL??? CONSTRUCTION ??? HORTICULTURAL????? OR was it just POLITICAL .
Well everybody can go relax at a lovely local hotel as long as they can pay the HOTEL TAX INCREASE.
Pie anyone ?
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