Camden County and Gloucester County The Truth

Is John "whips & chains" Kearney Promoting Nepotism in Gloucester City & Somerdale???

John Kearney Ignores the Department of Community Affairs & Violates State Law by Allowing Approval of Acting Municipal Clerk in Pine Hill.

John Kearney solictor for Gloucester City & Pine Hill Ignores the Department of Community Affairs & Violates State Law by Allowing Approval of Acting Municipal Clerk in Pine Hill.

What Laws has he broken in Gloucester City

2011-01 BE IT RESOLVED By the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Pine Hill, County of Camden, State of New Jersey that Loretta Buchanan is hereby appointed as Acting Municipal Clerk for a term to expire December 31, 2011.

 It looks like the 2009 resolution was just an error in the wording, which was corrected with the 2010 resolution, in which they named her Acting Clerk again.  The 2011 resolution is the real problem one.

 

                After we spoke on the phone I pulled Pine Hill’s file.  In a letter of 6/15/10, we approved her third year as Acting Clerk, commencing as of 1/1/10.  We also notified them in that letter that, pursuant to the statute, 40A:9-133c, if she didn’t obtain her RMC certification as of 1/1/11, they would have to appoint someone who is a RMC as Municipal Clerk.  Looks like they didn’t do that, so we will have to send them a letter notifying them that they have to appoint a RMC to be in compliance with the statute.

 

                Thanks for bringing this to our attention.  Please contact me if you have any further questions.

 

                                Dan Kaminski, Mgr., Certification Unit, Division of Local Government Services

Camden County Solid Waste Commission Meeting

Camden County Solid Waste Commission  will be holding a meeting in Gloucester City Thursday May 5, 2011 at 7 pm at Gloucester City Town Hall 313 Monmouth St Gloucester City NJ 08030.

They will be discussing the proposed Compost Facility to be built on Water St. in Gloucester City

Action May Be Taken

Gloucester City Council Meeting 4/28/11

  

Pay to Play is Alive and Well in Gloucester City NJ

Mayor James Lies about Contaminated Dirt on Water Front Properties

I asked the Mayor if dirt that was being dumped on the properties at Water st. were contaminated and he first wanted to know what that meant, so the definition is for him. 

The attached documents shows that contaminated dirt was in fact dumped there and the Mayor and Council knew about it.

CONTAMINATE

a : to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association <bacteria contaminated the wound> b : to make inferior or impure by admixture <iron contaminated with phosphorus>

2

: to make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements

Gloucester City Mayor & Council NEED to do the same for Councilman Hutchinson

Stafford Township Council ousts Mayor McMenamin over residency issue

Stafford Township Council ousts Mayor McMenamin over residency issue - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Ocean County News

John P Schmidt Candidate for Gloucester City School Board

John P Schmidt

“Working For a Better Gloucester City”

Candidate for School Board

Vote John P Schmidt on April 27, 2011

 

About Me:

            My name is John P. Schmidt and I am seeking election to the Gloucester City Board of Education.  I am a lifelong resident of Gloucester City and care deeply about the direction the city is going in and believe we can do better for the next generation.  Throughout my life growing up in Gloucester City, attending High School at St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia and college at The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., which I will graduate with a degree in Politics and a minor in Media Studies.  My pending graduation has only increased my desire to serve others and use my education to help others have the same opportunities I have had. 

 

Currently I work part time for the New Jersey Forest Service and have previously worked in the congressional offices of Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio and the late Rep. John Adler of New Jersey.  From my experience working for them, I know many people are upset with government at all levels and I believe unless our government officials remember that they were elected to serve the people and do the peoples work we are creating irreversible problems for the next generation of Americans, our children.  Last year, the former President of the Catholic University of America was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton and as his Episcopal motto took the phrase “To Serve and Not to be Served.”  Those words are what drives me to be involved in government and in my community, to serve others and not myself, family or friends, but everyone.  I have also served as a member of the Gloucester City Board of Health and the Gloucester City Shade Tree Committee, where I helped to oversee nearly 400 new trees planted in the city and helped Gloucester City receive over $100,000 in grant monies in the last two and half years.

 

The children of Gloucester City, their education and future is very important, if not the most important thing today, because they are the future of our community and country.  In the past, I have attended school board meetings, often times being the only member of the public to do so and I am always surprised by how the board conducts business and the limited amount of information that is released to the public.  Last month, I attended a board meeting and asked the board if they had reached out to the Governor’s office since he is the one to make the decisions on what schools get built and the answer was no.  The children of Gloucester City and the residents of Gloucester deserve better.  I also believe that the people of Gloucester City, residents, property owners and business owners should know how their money is being spent to ensure the best possible decisions are being made.

 

 I also have serious concerns how we can pay high salaries to administrators like our Superintendent who makes over $155,000 a year plus benefits and yet our schools rank near the bottom.  We have to work together to improve this problem.  I also do not believe it is right for the Board of Education to allow the Superintendent to do what he wants and rubber stamps his agenda without asking him questions.  Our school board members are elected to represent the people of Gloucester City and ask tough questions not do whatever the Superintendent wants which has been the case under Mary Stansky and now Paul Spaventa.  I am also concerned that our teachers continue to be without a fair contract.

 

I am running for School Board to be a voice for my community and bring a common sense approach to government, asking questions of school administrators and not just rubber stamping what they want done, as is the case with the Gloucester City School Board.  I will also not be afraid to reach out to state agencies and the Governor’s office for answers on issues.  The children of Gloucester City are important and we need to do everything we can to ensure they have the best education possible so they can live the American dream.  However, I also believe we need to ask questions and consider how decisions are made with respect to our teachers and taxpayers and consider all points of view because only through a honest and open processes will the best decisions be made.

 

I would hope that you would consider voting for me to represent you on the Gloucester City School Board.

 

Sincerely,

John P. Schmidt

 

Paid for by John P Schmidt.

Mayor James & Councilman Brophy Lied about how Much Money Gloucester Received in the MTBE Suit

I asked Mayor James how much Gloucester received in the MTBE Suit and he stated around a million dollars and he even backed up his statement with Councilman Brophy statement of yea around a million. as you can see in the following documents Gloucester received somewhere in the range of 3 million dollars.

The big Question is - Who has our money.  I had ask if the money was used for the new water plant and was told no, Fred from the water plant stated he didn't know anything about the suit.

If you look through this sit yo will see several post about the MTBE suit and there is even proff that the city recieved over 3 million dollars.

Councilman Spencer stated the city used $500,000 to offset last years budget.

 

 

 

      

Gloucester City Mayor & Council NEED to watch this video