MAYORAL CANDIDATE DAVID HENDERSON’S RESPONSE TO THE HAMILTON STATE OF THE TOWNSHIP ADDRESS

Hamilton, NJ – Candidate David Henderson said, “Today Hamilton Township taxpayers heard their Mayor try to put a set of re-tread tires onto the same old broke down car she’s been forcing upon the residents since she has been in office.”

Mr. Henderson’s view of the event, attended by some forty township employees, indicates his disappointment in a Mayor who talked about a vision she announces four years ago at this event to develop an “entertainment region” in Hamilton.  At that time, she had former Mayor Jack Rafferty drive a go cart into the luncheon and promised an All Play facility and go cart attraction. Today, four years later, neither promise has been fulfilled and the Mayor doubled down today saying it would happen before the end of the year, even though there have been no plans submitted and no proposals presented. She also recycled the same old rhetoric when it came to

Economic Development and Re-Development by rambling on about how she secured the WaWa’s and warehouses.

The Mayor seems to have been influenced by Henderson’s campaign announcement last Thursday in which he presented his Fire Consolidation opinion that the original option of consolidation to a single district was best.  The Mayor seems to have said that she will change her stance and advocate a move to consolidation to a single Fire District.

Henderson expressed his concern that the Mayor did not mention one word about any plan for the Trenton Water Works crisis effecting our drinking water, the failing infrastructure of our road system and our various municipal structures and the massive debt accumulated during her tenure.  “For the mayor to say she believes her budget to be presented later this month will contain a tax cut,” Henderson said, “while the township struggles under massive debt with no principal payment for years and after proposing a 5% increase last year is just irresponsible election year banter.”

The Mayor’s presentation was sprinkled, as usual, with several lies including a reference to a past Ebola health threat in the township, a $3 million dollars savings under her now infamous energy aggregation program and a statement about how she fixed the animal shelter problems.

Mr. Henderson can do better for the taxpayers of Hamilton. His Economic Development and Re-Development Plan stands above anything the current Mayor has spoken about. He will address the Trenton Water Works health threat and take steps to protect the citizens of Hamilton. He will bring fiscal responsibility to the Municipal Government