Christie's Team, Perfect Together

I received this campaign flyer in the mail recently and thought it very creative and somewhat funny. The Christie Team is alive and well in Middletown NJ.

Stephanie Murray and Tony Fiore, do make a lovely couple don't you think??

Election signage reflects candidates’ focus

The following letter written by Lincroft resident Melanie Elmiger appears this week in the Independent and for the record, I could't agree more!

It’s that time of year again, when masses of election signs sprout up on our roadsides with just names and a tagline to state the candidates’ objective. As a Middletown resident, I was struck by the contrast between the signs for Township Committee and how they are meant to speak to me as a voter.

The enormous signs for Republicans Gerald Scharfenberger and Kevin Settembrino tower over the others with the bold headline, “The Christie Team.” This says to me that these candidates are riding Christie’s coattails to Trenton and that they intend to work for the governor rather than for Middletown residents. In fact, Scharfenberger already has a lucrative state job as the director of the Office for Planning Advocacy. The signs reveal these two Republicans are political candidates who seek their own interests and are not citizen candidates who will work for Middletown’s interests.

In contrast, there are the modest signs of Democrats Linda Baum and Pat Olsen, which simply state, “A Better Middletown.” This conveys to me that they want more for us, and their sights are set on improving things in Middletown. Their focus is here, and they won’t be using their committee seat as a springboard for a job in state government.

It is time to replace the all-Republican Township Committee with balance and diversity by electing two Democrats who will bring new ideas to the floor and present public debate rather than participate in rubber-stamp voting.

The lofty signs of Scharfenberger/ Settembrino are meant to cast a shadow on the new light and transparency that the Baum/Olsen team will bring to our town. I will vote for these women because Middletown matters to me and to them. I don’t want my representatives to be on Christie’s team — I want them on Middletown’s team.

Melanie Elmiger
Lincroft