Addiego breaks campaign promise before she takes office

by: Jason Springer

Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 07:26:52 PM EST

Republican Dawn Addiego ran her campaign for Assembly telling the voters she would resign her freeholder position if elected. She railed against opponent Tracy Riley over the possibility that Riley would hold two offices if elected...

I also want to see an end to the double-dipping and the pension padding. We have to bring confidence back to elected office.

Maybe Addiego isn't the one to bring that confidence back. Before she takes the Assembly oath of office on Tuesday, she will have already broken her promise and will join the distinguished club of dual office holders. The watered down dual office holding ban exempts those who hold more than one office prior to Feb 1 allowing Addiego to remain a freeholder and become an Assemblywoman. Today she is singing a different tune and not complaining about loopholes...

I want to give the party an opportunity to find a replacement, she said.

Well isn't it convenient that the county ban Addiego championed also allows her to serve out the remaining year of her term while the party searches for a "suitable replacement", aka someone willing to take marching orders from Boss Paulsen?

Not like the party hasn't had a couple months to be looking for someone, but I guess Dawn will just wait it out and enjoy collecting both checks. She'll probably cry all the way to the bank too.

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Addiego breaks campaign promise before she takes office | 3 comments

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by: Jason Springer @ Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 18:32:23 PM CST

dawn addiego (0.00 / 0)

i wonder if her constituents-to-be know this? better yet, do any freeway bloggers in burlCo know about her?

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 18:38:14 PM CST

Addiego's record (4.00 / 1)

The BurlCo GOP were touting Addiego and the rest of the 8th district slate as a break from politics-as-usual, but nothing could be further from the truth. Addiego filled her families coffers and borrowed from the open space trust fund for Indian Springs Country Club, made sure Boss Paulsen's connected companies kept getting contracts when she served on the Evesham Municipal Board, and she now is a dual-officeholder, somethign that njdem rightly notes smacks of hypocrisy.

At worst, I'm sure that Addiego and Rudder's impending records in the Assembly will remind voters why they need to vote against the BurlCO GOP in the future.

by: Martin @ Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 12:21:19 PM CST