GOP wants "political welfare" in Middletown
The benefits situation in Middletown is out of hand when it comes to these elected and appointed officials today. Middletown Demcorat for Township Committee Patrick Short is making a good case when he says that part-time officials should not be earning full-time pension and health benefits. The average working man or woman in a township department faces cutbacks and part-time from the township just so Middletown does not have to pay them pension or benefits. Keep in mind these people who work for our township departments are the backbone of our township. Whether it is the Public Works Department or any other, it is them and not the pampered politicians in our Town Hall that keep Middletown going.
But it is the politicians who insist on deluxe dental coverage, health coverage and pension benefits. I keep on hearing about how qualified these men and women on the Committee are right now. They'll be the first ones to tell you how successful they are in life and such. But if I take them at their own word then I guess I have to ask if they are so successful then why do they need my money, and the money of every other tax payer, for their health coverage, for their dental and for them to get a free ride on when it comes retirement time.
There is very good precedent in this country and particularly in New Jersey whereby good elected officials on the municipal level did not need to milk the public when they were unable or unwilling to secure health coverage or retirement benefits elsewhere. The Township Committee is trying to run Middletown like a country club. The town pays for a cultural arts center, it gives out VIP passes for its top Republicans. Well, if that is the case, then they are forgetting the part of a country club that might even help Middletown's taxpayers and that is the part where everyone at the "club" has a job outside "the club."
This Middletown Committee and this Republican administration has been deserving to be voted out of office for years. They have bonded this township into $80 million in debt and it is not going to get any better in the near future beacause this governing body is beholden to their Republican chairman, Peter Carton, who is also the head of the public bonding division of his law firm (and that law firm represents Middletown).
But it is the politicians who insist on deluxe dental coverage, health coverage and pension benefits. I keep on hearing about how qualified these men and women on the Committee are right now. They'll be the first ones to tell you how successful they are in life and such. But if I take them at their own word then I guess I have to ask if they are so successful then why do they need my money, and the money of every other tax payer, for their health coverage, for their dental and for them to get a free ride on when it comes retirement time.
There is very good precedent in this country and particularly in New Jersey whereby good elected officials on the municipal level did not need to milk the public when they were unable or unwilling to secure health coverage or retirement benefits elsewhere. The Township Committee is trying to run Middletown like a country club. The town pays for a cultural arts center, it gives out VIP passes for its top Republicans. Well, if that is the case, then they are forgetting the part of a country club that might even help Middletown's taxpayers and that is the part where everyone at the "club" has a job outside "the club."
This Middletown Committee and this Republican administration has been deserving to be voted out of office for years. They have bonded this township into $80 million in debt and it is not going to get any better in the near future beacause this governing body is beholden to their Republican chairman, Peter Carton, who is also the head of the public bonding division of his law firm (and that law firm represents Middletown).
posted by Joe Caliendo @ 4:42 AM
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