Petition filed under the Faulkner Act
Earlier this week I handed in a petition with over 400
signatures from Berkeley Heights Voters stating that they would
like to repeal the $28,000,000 bonding for the municipal building
complex or submit it to a vote.
My goal was to get 334 signatures in the shortest amount of time
possible. The Faulkner Act requires 15% of the
Ballots cast in the municipality during the last General Assembly
election.
I easily blew past the 334 and was only limited in the number of
booklets that I printed out as I simply ran out of forms for people
to sign. From my observations, the residents in town
are vehemently opposed to this bonding and doubling our town's debt
to build an unreasonable and ostentatious municipal building.
I was able to get over 400 signatures in less than a week from
people walking past the Berkeley Heights Post Office or Dunkin'
Donuts. A significant majority of the people I
spoke to signed the petition. Many stated complaints
about the out of control taxes and the poor state of the town in
general. "They can't even keep the roads in reasonable
condition and now they want $28,000,000 for larger offices"
stated one resident.
I would like to thank all of you for helping sign and
supporting my efforts to get this pretentious special interest
initiative put on the ballot.