Thu Aug 16, 2007 at 10:50:54 PM EDT
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A few weeks ago, the Burlington County GOP tried to make a big deal out of the appointment of engineers in Evesham Township even though one particular company in question had already saved the town over 150K. GOP Councilwoman Debbie Sarcone decided to weigh in saying..."I'm just disappointed by all their actions on all the professional appointments," Councilwoman Debbie Sarcone said. "They were obviously rewards for money given, campaign contributions." Eh Hem, before you go accusing, you may want to look in the mirror Councilwoman. From a press release today...Demonstrating hypocrisy at its worst, pay-to-play veteran Evesham Councilwoman Debbie Sarcone accepted a $2000 gift from Evesham engineering applicant Churchill, P.C. Consulting Engineers on Wednesday, August 15. Sarcone was Churchill's guest at the Gloucester County Democratic Party's $2000 a person fundraiser held at Philadelphia's Prime Rib. So I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that Churchill will not be seeking a contract at any time in the future because this might be considered as some to be a potential future investment. It's a good thing council members Schmidt and Brown have introduced a strict pay to play ban which was recently praised in a Courier Post Editorial...Evesham's new township council is on the right track when it comes to stopping the corrupting practice of pay to play. Other local governments in South Jersey should follow Evesham's lead and not wait for citizens to force the issue through petition drives when it comes to getting tough on pay to play. Councilman Chris Brown gave me a good laugh with his quotes..."Perhaps Debbie believes that pay-to-play is not an issue if you accept the gift in Pennsylvania," remarked Evesham Councilman Christopher J. Brown. "This is exactly the type of conduct that will be illegal under the ethics ordinance we've introduced.""It looks like Debbie is trying to take a few last bites at the apple before the loopholes are closed," said Brown. "She owes it to the residents of Evesham to not only return the money for the gift she took, but to pledge that she will stop accepting these outlandish gifts." It looks like Councilwoman Sarcone will have to find a new issue. |
| Jason Springer :: Evesham Republican Councilwoman called out on her hypocrisy |
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