“INDEPENDENT”. I embrace that
thought. And that word has extra meaning
here in party-machine run Sussex County.
My run for County Freeholder as an Independent seeks not only your vote
but also your support to make it happen.
No
Republican Party Boss is going to convince me that a Wall Street-style scam
operation disguised as “solar” was in your interest. There is no Democratic Party boss to tell me that
government has a right to be in your face all the time. A vote for me is… well, your declaration of independence
from big, crony government caretakers.
I’ve lived
in Sussex County for 32 years and in that time I’ve been active in political
matters that required intricate knowledge of how our system works and doesn’t
work. It’s pushed me around, but I’ve
effectively pushed back by building coalitions and knowledgeably using the tools
available to the public. Let me put my
skills and experience to work for you to begin to bring about much-needed
changes in County government.
We’ve had
awful Party Boss county leadership for years. – Even the solar bailout was
delivered from a Morris County Republican Party Boss. When Medicare wanted hospitals to deliver
more quality, and penalized them for not doing so, Sussex County saw this as an
opportunity to fight this effort and to featherbed and crony-up to corporate
interests at your expense through the “feel-good”, put-you-to-sleep program called
“Transitional Healthcare”. And our county
level 9-1-1 program has become a disaster – your 911 call was always answered in
the past, but now it costs $1,000,000/yr extra at the County level for no real
improvement. More than half the families
in Sussex County now pay twice for this ill-defined and poorly implemented
9-1-1 program (e.g. Vernon, Sparta, Hopatcong, Byram, Newton, Hardyston,…). And
single bids abound on many county projects – recently the County even ignored
local contractors to enter into a backroom contract for the latest solar bailout,
and has suffered ethical conflicts in a disgraceful single-bid SCCC procurement.
I am your Freeholder
candidate promise for real independence from the Party Bosses.
I’m running
against Carl Lazzaro, a party designate who somehow now finds it appropriate to
throw rocks at the solar bailout, yet it was he who put Fredon into this very
same solar fiasco – foolishly reaching for a rainbow that flushed the taxpayer. He was there in the beginning, willing to pay
9.35 cents/kwh after Somerset County paid 4.1 and Morris County paid 6.7. All of Sussex County was to save $180,000/yr,
and for this small risk-laden sum Lazzaro was willing to borrow an absurd $28million.
Lazzaro then
totally abdicated his public responsibility to the taxpayer by not just voting
for, but by signing the first of three bailouts, this one being solar bailout
Amendment I. At the critical point when
the bankers of Sunlight sought to avoid paying their first, yes - their very
FIRST - lease payment, Amendment I removed any remaining effective taxpayer protections
against the Wall Street bankers of Sunlight.
Worse, by
signing Amendment I, Mr. Lazzaro also waived his right of consent to future
solar project matters. He now asks for
an investigation – but he held the door open for the foxes to enter the
henhouse. He gave up his consensual
power to stop the nonsense.
Now is the
time for the taxpayers to finally end this Party Boss selection process. And I represent the only promise of true “independence”
in this race.
My business
life has provided me with solid contracting experience in NASA, Defense Department
and other government entities as well as with private industry expertise on
what can and cannot be better performed in Sussex County government. I’ve been active
in municipal government oversight for many years and am well versed in the
operation of government. I am a straight
talking creative thinker, and am both willing and able to listen, represent and advance public interests that
require a strong backbone to prevail.
I have no
party to call upon for support and funding, so I am asking for your help to
spread the word for Independence. And on
November 3, vote for independence from the Party Bosses by voting for “Harvey Roseff
– Your True Independent” for Freeholder.
Sincerely,
Harvey Roseff
HROSEFF.ORG
Tel 973-551-5050
Roseff – Independent for Freeholder
Byram Township
