Councilwoman Schirmer: Hamilton Deserves Better

As a current sitting councilwoman and as a Republican, I feel it is important to share
with the residents of Hamilton Township why I personally cannot support Mayor
Kelly Yaede for re-election.   Mayor Yaede has demonstrated year after year that she,
along with members of her administration, condone a culture of bullying,
intimidation and retaliation.  A culture where they intentionally go after individuals
who do not agree with them or dare to criticize them, this includes members of her
own party.  Yaede continuously fails to take ownership of her wrong doings and
financial mismanagement within her administration.   She has intentionally sent out
inspectors to intimidate residents, suspended the township CFO after he questioned
her spending practices and then placed her brother-in-law in charge of the township
finances, accuses Robbinsville of not paying their bills yet cannot provide
documentation to prove they owe the monies, oversaw a failed animal shelter that
led to animal cruelty charges and official misconduct charges against two of her
employees, has members of her administration issue anonymous OPRA requests for
council emails after publicly complaining that OPRA requests are crippling the
township, refuses to address the public regarding the State of NJ Department of
Health actions to revoke the Health Officer’s license, allows her administration to
purposely delay fire consolidation negotiations then lies about the delays and
publicly attacks the firefighters, not to mention that her administration had township
computers seized by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s office as part of their ongoing
investigation of her administration.

As a Republican, it is shameful and embarrassing to see what Yaede and Hamilton
Republican Chairman, Dennis Pone have done to my party. Both of them purposely
lied about the fake news, blogspot, which was used by Yaede’s campaign to attack
Republicans. They lied to the press, lied to the public and even though they were
caught lying, neither one has ever issued an apology, instead they continue to attack
others and play the victim.

Yaede is incapable of accepting responsibility for any of her actions. Her actions not
only affect Republicans, they affect all of Hamilton Township. It is no wonder she
has not received the endorsement of any current elected Republican. She has

demonstrated through her actions and behaviors that she is not worthy of an
endorsement and certainly not worthy of the office of mayor.