Back on Reorganization day in January, one of the many things that Gerry Scharfenberger addressed during is speech after being re-appointed as Mayor of Middeltown, was the upcoming budget process.
He told the crowd in attendance that the Township was facing a huge budget shortfall of nearly $7 million but not to worry because there was a plan on how to deal with it.
He state that even though ..."no one here is a super expert on finances by profession but if you sorta do it by osmosis..."
Which I suppose means, that if you sit around long enough thinking about it, to let it sink in you become a expert in how to deal with a $7 million deficit without a Chief Financial Officer to help in the process! Unfortunately however the process of osomsis isn't good enough now that budgets need to be submitted to Trenton by the end of the month.
Where's a Finance Committee when you need it? Oh that's right, Middeltown doesn't need one because Gerry and the boys can handle the budget process on their own.
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Osmosis is the mayor's term for ignorance I guess because whatever plan he has has not become a reality.
This bunch should be lined up and given a good swift boot in their posteriors !! Osmosis be damned,it's commonly known as incompetence !!
And this mayor thinks he is a candidate to higher office....he can't even serve in the one he holds. Didn't anyone ever tell him he's there to serve the people of Middletown. About time he listened.
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