This was a very strong run for a council seat with amazing results!
I personally walked just about every street in the Borough, and on election day I continued to pound the phone for votes till 6:00 pm. There are so many people to thank. I applaud the effort of every person who voted yesterday, and appreciate the help from those who joined me going door to door. It was overwhelmingly nice that strangers and friends adorned their lawns with VOTE FOR TED signs.
I must thank everyone who invited me into their homes to meet and speak with their families, neighbors and friends. My most gratifying reflection of such a late start to campaign, I can say with certainty that all of Freehold Borough is full of wonderful families, neighbors and friends! I encourage ALL, to PLEASE come to both Boro Council and School Board meetings.
This community must continue to send a consensus from our families, neighbors and friend. Our elect representatives must address our quality of life issues. The alternative, as we see today, is allowing the outside activist to influence our elected Government. We need our council and school board to represent US with US in mind, not outside anarchist and protesters .
There are many issues that challenge and erode our well deserved First Class Quality of Life!
The incumbents have failed to offer voters the opportunity for a fair debate. It is reasonable that incumbents provide an honest forum for the voters. It is necessary for incumbents to demonstrate they truly understand issues. And we should not and do not accept the presumptive rule we have today!
This year, after hard working Mothers and Fathers where paned by incumbents as being illegitimate, and not appropriate for a debate. At the same time one incumbent held secret meetings that legitimize outside activist from “Casa Freehold”, a Freehold Township group who nominated their appointment of Juan Reyes, a resident from Howell Township, to a Freehold Borough Human Relations committee!
Ironic how our newly reelected Councilman articulates that there is a ...”divide that's being created in the town by the extreme radicals on both sides of the immigration issue”. I feel It is important that WE know in detail, who he sees as “Extreme Radicals on Both Sides”.
This is why all Borough residents must start thinking about November 4th 2008, TODAY.
We must work on restoring the two party system for Freehold Borough, we must press HARD on our most important Quality of life issues, we must stop the outside activist from “Block Busting” Freehold Borough, we must reinforce with vigor current enforcement of Rental Code and demand a permanent standing Rental Property committee, we must insist that our streets be free from aggressive day laborers and we have to fight hard to maintain the value of our homes that we work so hard for!
Freehold Borough is a great melting pot, and will become a fine all American city!
We need more “Vote For..." and less “For Sale Signs”
Lets all keep engaged and send a message to Borough Hall, we're mad as hell, and we are not going to take it any more!!!
I conclude with a concession on this years election balloting, but i will NOT CONCEDE ON OUR CHOSEN HOME, FREEHOLD BOROUGH!
Lets all stay engaged. We wikk continue to work on getting even more of resdidents united and engaged to rebuild democracy in Freehold Borough!
Best Regards to all
Ted Miller ted-miller@verizon.net
