Wishes freeholders luck in restoring ethics, honor

As you know, on Nov. 2 the majority of people in Middlesex County voted to keep the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders completely in the Democratic Party’s hands for another year.

This saddens me in that for at least another year, there will again be no system of checks and balances set up to correct the problems that we continue to have here in Middlesex County — no way to stop another Halper farm incident from taking place and no one to stop the current freeholder board from making one-sided (and poor) decisions that directly affect each and every resident in this fine county.

It was because of these chronic problems that I chose to run this year as a candidate for the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders. It was something I felt strongly about and something I am so very glad that I did.

I know that I can also speak for my fellow running mates, Charles Edwards, Frank Coury and Maria Garcia, when I say that they felt the same way as well.

As the director of training for a major health organization, I have found that it is always best to look at the bright side of every situation. Now that the votes have been counted and the election is over, I wanted to take this time to truly wish my opponents — newly elected freeholder incumbents Stephen Dalina, Christopher Rafano and our first Hispanic freeholder, Blanquita Valenti, the very best of luck in the future, and I sincerely hope they can improve on their current government practices and policies.

They should remember that even though the majority of voters seem to be satisfied with the way the county has been run, more than 40 percent of these voters still feel that they are paying extremely high property taxes, dealing with too many dangerous and congested roads and are very tired of opening a newspaper and reading about the latest political scandals and bad publicity that continue to plague Middlesex County.

I sincerely hope that they will work hard on these issues (and many other concerns that the people have) and strive to bring dignity, honor, integrity and true ethics back to our county government.

I truly wish them the best of luck in this respect.

Pete Trabucco

Old Bridge