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Elect Parker, Sohn and Castle

Restore integrity, responsiveness and fiscal responsibility
to the Teaneck Council!

Elect Lizette Parker, Alan Sohn and Jason Castle.

I don't need to speak for them as you can check out who they are and what they stand for at their websites:

Instead I want to focus on three incumbents, Katz, Stern and Gussen. They are up to their usual tricks - trying to win through fraud, misdirection and political attacks. Their campaign materials and robocalls are designed to create the illusion that Lizette Parker is a teammate. It is a lie. Gussen used the same dirty trick at the last minute in 2010, to eke out a 90 vote victory. This year the lie is just more blatant.

Rather than run on their abysmal record, the three are trying to change the conversation. They started by spreading a lie that the Sohn and Castle OPRA requests were aimed solely at the Orthodox council members. Now they are trying to create the illusion that the minor legal complaint will cost the town huge sums. It will cost next to nothing.

Any costs will be dwarfed by the money they have paid crooked contractors, Birdsall and C3, hired at the request of their patron, indicted county boss Joe Ferriero.  They have a new patron now - the owners of Glenpointe.  Glenpointe’s property tax lawsuit could cost Teaneck $5 million or more. Glenpointe has good reason to want to own the council.

Gussen has been talking openly about shutting down the professional fire department and replacing it with volunteers. He has also said we should consider reducing the police force by another 30 officers to 60. What does his mailing say? Nothing but “Born and bred in Teaneck”! For more of his “wisdom” see the video  Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Tax Avoidance.

As for fiscal responsibility, where is the 2014 budget? They have delayed it so Teaneck voters won’t know the municipal tax rate will be going up another 6 to 8%. More on their tax record in Who do they think they’re fooling?  Hopefully it won’t be Teaneck voters.

On Tuesday, May 13th. elect Parker, Castle and Sohn - lines 2, 6, and 7!

Tom Abbott
Teaneck, NJ

P.S. Warren Hodge's disgusting robocall attacking Sohn and Castle is just part of the standard Katz, Gussen, and Stern tactics.
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