Best Of Bob Singer Vs. Harold Herskowitz- A Resident Writes To Senator Singer(got no response)

From The Original TLS

Dear Senator Singer:
I hope this letter being posted on the TLS makes its way to you as I am aware that many politicians in Lakewood visit TLS every day to hear the Voice of some of the people of Lakewood. I am also sure that you are aware that a man by the name of Herschel Hershkowitz has decided to challenge you for your township committee seat in this upcoming Republican Primary election. As a voter who still hasn’t decided on who to vote for. I was hoping you could take a few minutes out of your busy schedule to address TLS. Can you please briefly mention some of the things that you have done for Lakewood during your 26 years in office as a township committeeman. I know that you probably don’t have time to debate all the points that Herschel has brought up in his criticisms of the current Lakewood Township Committee, but would you be willing to publicly debate Herschel or do you feel he isn’t worth your time to acknowledge as even running against you. Finally, I was curious in general as to why you supported Chris Christie for governor when part of his platform involved condemning NJ politicians who hold dual offices as corrupt. Can you explain to me whether you agree with Governor Christie, but believe you are an exception to the rule and if not why don’t you believe holding dual offices isn’t a corrupt practice.

I thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to listen to one of the voices of the great town that you represent and hope you will find time to respond.

Sincerely,
A Lakewood resident.

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There are 63 Comments to "A Resident Writes To Senator Bob Singer"

• taxpayer says: April 2, 2010 at 10:09 am Thank you for writing this excellent letter!! Senator Singer voted to raise your taxes every year.
  
  
• Anonymous says: April 2, 2010 at 10:18 am Some of the things he has done: raise our taxes, build a stadium
  
  
• Askan says: April 2, 2010 at 10:25 am Senator Singer is the person who brought the blue claws stadium to lakewood. He really likes sports!! Its going to cost taxpayers a fortune!!
  
  
• republican says: April 2, 2010 at 10:28 am When bob singer is going to lose in the primaries he will run in the general election as a democrat!! His true colors will show!! He will raise our taxes again and again and again!!
  
  
• A pushiter yid says: April 2, 2010 at 10:37 am senator singer has helped many peolple lakewood. His office helps every individual that calls. A close friend of mine had a issue with his NJ Care and his wife was due to give birth that week. It would have taken weeks to resolve and his office solved the matter in two days. When the cemetaries that are run by the union are about to close at 5:00 who do the chevra kadishas from NY call.when a yeshiva is trying to open in september and JCPL has’nt provided electric who do they call.senator singer has been of great help to Hatzolah, Tochei Shabbos, SCHI and ,many organizations. Has always been there for the special nees children on a personal and organizational level in our town.
  
  Im sure Hershel is a great guy. But he needs to show his accomplishments. We never heard his name as being a big baal chesed in town. You do not have to be a politician in order to help people. If he means the people then he should have been out there all the years helping others.
  
  
• lakewood 47 says: April 2, 2010 at 10:39 am all you guys voted for Lichtenstein, Miller. They also oted for tax increases. Dont be two faced
  
  
• hearthstone says: April 2, 2010 at 10:46 am mr. singer what are your thoughts about term limits? is it that you go with party line voting? i ask this only because gov. christie doesn’t agree with the amount of terms you have held in office. how do you divide your time for the positions you hold?
  
  
• Anonymous says: April 2, 2010 at 10:50 am If our taxes would go down by 1000 each house (and it could be done) that will be helping more people than helping schi hatzola and tomchei shabbos etc.. And also please explain for all those orgs that u mentioned what did he do for them besides go and get photo ops for the media! Did he do anything for tomchei shabbos?? What did he do for hatzola? Got them a uez ambulance he doesn’t control uez! Schi?? They don’t need his help they have every big person in the state coming down to their place as we see pics here on tls!!
  
  So instead of just saying he helped please let us know what he helped and also nj family care he will still be a state senator we are not throwing him out of that yet and his office will still handel that and he will even have more time to help people
  
  
• Nuch a Pushiter Yid says: April 2, 2010 at 10:53 am This is in response to the Poshiter Yid #5
  
  The job of government is not help people. For that we have Mosdos. The job of government is to provide the basic services, like police fire and garbage, and then to stay out out of everyone’s business.
  
  We are sick of taxes. We are sick of the government being so involved in our lives. We don’t want more money and services from the government. We want less services and less taxes.
  
  If you would be more involved in the wordly affairs, and not be in your close-minded bubble, you would realize that this is a sentiment being echoed around the country, and at the national level as well.
  
  The people are fed up. We want less services and less taxes. Let us live!
  
  
• Hakoras Hatov says: April 2, 2010 at 10:54 am I personnaly was helped by sentor Singer. A year ago when i was having a issue with a state agency I placed a call to senator Singer and within a few days arranged a meeting with the head of that department in his office. Senator singer never met me before that. I was a residenrt off the street. The issue involved the well being of a family member.within days the issue was taken care of.Yes the stadium might be an exciting topic, but lets not forget what he has done for our town over so many years of service. Thank You Senator Singer. You have my full support.
  
  
• bob is our man says: April 2, 2010 at 10:58 am You are obviously all one person, or perhaps even Herskowitz himself. Anyone. that thinks about it logically will understand that we can’t live in Lakewood without Senator Singer. He got us the UEZ funding. He put our town on the map with the blue claws. It was all his idea from the start. He was on the board to redo the Strand theater. It was an eyesore and he got millions in UEZ money to fix it up. It brings so many people to our town. He helps the senior communities it seems. He helped all the builders add more homes to this town with big projects that increases our tax base. We now have the most technologically advanced public works. Nicer than any other town. Eight gorgeous fire stations. He is a devoted father to his two daughters, and his lovely wife. He has been a fine upstanding citizen for more than 25 years on the committee. Never once was he involved in any scandal.
  Why would we throw all that away for some unknown rambunctious rabbel rouser? This guy doesn’t have the connections that Singer has. What could he possibly do for us?
  
  
• a pushiter yid says: April 2, 2010 at 11:01 am in response to 8
  
  Interesting. when he builds the stadium and spends UEZ money he is blaimed and when the UEZ gives a ambulance to Hatzolah he doesnt get any credit. Also, please pick up a phone to the people involved in SCHI and find out who brought the commisioner of the department of education to their dinner. Please lets stick to the facts.
  
  I totally disagree with what you say that his job is not about hel[ping individuals. who are they supposed to turn to. B”H yopu obviously never had a major poblem. If you would you’ll find out that there is no one to turn to in this town when you need high level intervention.
  
  
• Anonymous says: April 2, 2010 at 11:16 am Eight fire house and still building!! Wow a total waste of money anyways to all u people who are talking about bobs help that is all as a state senator and that’s not changing and u wanna know why he gets blame for blue claws and why he doesn’t get credit for hatzola rig cauz hatzola rig makes sense and any normal person would do it its not even 100 thousand dollars and they save many lives in town and its the towns responsibility on the other hand stadium doesn’t make sense and no normal person would spend 25 million with a commitment to fix whatever brakes and get nothing back (25000 a year is less than it cost to rent a house or a store) the only one that can pull that off is bob singer
  
  
• Oy vey says: April 2, 2010 at 11:33 am I was helped by Senator Singer and the Vaad when my wife had emergency medical issues thatthe hospital & insurancebuerocracies were not allowing her the imediate treatment she needed.That is a lot more then I can say for any of their opponents.And this is an understatement.They definitly will get my vote
  
  
• a pushiter yid says: April 2, 2010 at 11:47 am in response to 13
  
  he’s either a good guy or not. either he cares about the people or not. not in township shoes no good and senator yes good. the stadium is something that if our Kehillah would use you and most other people would say its a good thing. so you should allow yourself to look a it from a differen prospective. as far as the 25,000 contract, youre 100 percent right. it may have been stupid but it still doesnt take away from the good that he does.
  Can you please tell me what Hershel has done
  
  
• not voting says: April 2, 2010 at 12:06 pm i dont trust anybody anymore . but i would like t add one thing. you guys saying what favors he got you, that is exactly the problem with government. you ask for favors, and we all pay for them. bob has been giving favors for so long i cant afford my house that i paid 56,000 dollars for 27 years ago. but you guys say he did it for good? there is a price for everyrhing, anyone who knows him knows that . and if you need somethinng from him you gotta return the favor with an endorsement or something. he makes you need him all these years and he is the hero. if hershkowitz promises to only stay in office less than two terms i would vote for him, otherwise i am afraid he would become the same as all the rest.
  
  
• dave says: April 2, 2010 at 12:12 pm Dont vote for Singer!!! He hold dual offices, he almost disbanded our fine Ems Dept of the town, increased the taxes of the townthe list goes on!!!!! TIME FOR A CHANGE FOR THE RESIDENT OF LAKEWOOD
  
  
• dave says: April 2, 2010 at 12:16 pm Mr. Singer helped me (a regular guy off the street) with a matter involving the police dept of a different city. He had all the connections neccessary to resolve the matter. A real mentch (more than I can say about some other people). Got my vote!
  
  
• Anonymous says: April 2, 2010 at 12:19 pm ofcourse we use blue claws, where was the kollel event the past 2 years?!
  
  
• nisht a pushiter yid says: April 2, 2010 at 12:20 pm hershel has never been in office yet. so what do you want him to have done?.as a private citizen, he has tried to save our town from being run by drug cartels by setting up a downtown commission to stop it, fought people trying to destroy the town. he built a very prominent nice business out of an eyesore in the center of town. he raised quads with his wife, he has many good friends, gives to many moisdos, including mine generously, and doesnt need anybodies favors at all, so hopefully he cant be bribed. as a private citizen what has bob singer done before he was elected? if you found out you may not want to support him.so far hershel seems better for public service than singer would have been thirty years ago. he knows how to get along with everybody,he can speak, and write english, and not scared to speak up just so he can keep his job. bob is a career politician ,no longer well liked in the republican party. i would actually tell hershel to run against him for his SENATE seat next .
  
  
• love to hock says: April 2, 2010 at 12:53 pm #20 – and if he continues at obama’s rate, he can be president in 2012!
  
  
• eli s says: April 2, 2010 at 12:57 pm Senator Singer is an extremely, intelligent, educated, empathetic and honest public servant. He has always made himself available to concerned citizens of his town and district. He gives of himself freely and unconditionally. Be it his concern for the seniors, mentally ill or “unzere” he can always be counted on. His diplomatic way of dealing with people enables him to actually accomplish things. Government, even at the federal level is completely impotent due to the lack of diplomacy and decency. These are attributes which Senator Singer has displayed continuously in all of his publicly held positions.
  Let us all keep in mind Lakewood Township is run by Committee. One individual cannot be solely blamed for every decision.
  Herschel is someone who cares, perhaps deeply about issues affecting him. He however displays a lack of respect to many members of the Lakewood community as well as to members of our own community. (The VAAD for example)
  I read a great deal about Herschel and his downtown commission and all his gripes with his fellow downtown landlords. I read about Herschel and his concerns with parking downtown. I read about Herschel and his concerns with the Illegal Immigrants… downtown.
  Herschel is a toy store owner,a landlord and a frustrated taxpayer. He is not diplomatic, he his not well spoken and he is not representative of the concerns of Lakewood constituents. I for one will daven that Herschel NOT win and take a seat on our committee. It will only create further animosity in our already fragile community.
  
  
• rt says: April 2, 2010 at 1:04 pm to we need bob.
  the fact that he got us the stadium and redid strand theater is only going to cost us money. gov. christie just froze uez funds for this year so now it has to come from our tax dollars. and it has not brought in one dollar to our economy go to any store owner on clifton and ask them
  
  
• live in development says: April 2, 2010 at 1:14 pm If taxes stay the same and do not go down me and all my neighbors who live in our development will vote against bob singer
  
  
• To nuch a poshiter Yid says: April 2, 2010 at 1:34 pm Really “less services” are what you want.
  
  I am reading here on TLS about how the garbage drop off spots are not good enough. Come pick it up from my house.
  Plow every street to the black while it is still snowing.
  Do this for me and that for me.
  Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, oh and also lower taxes.
  
  Get real you can’t have it both ways.
  
  
• westgate says: April 2, 2010 at 1:54 pm WE WILL ALL VOTE AGAINST BOB SINGER IF HE DOESNT REDUCE PROPERTY TAXES HE VOTES EVERY YEAR TO RAISE OUR TAXES !!! A VOTE FOR SINGER IS A VOTE TO PAY MORE TAXES!!!
  
  
• Lakewooder says: April 2, 2010 at 1:59 pm I owe a debt of gratitude to senator singer for going above and beyond a few years ago a Dept. of Education related matter. He was there for me where others could not be. whenever I speak with him he is always well reasoned and makes sound decisions. I also feel it’s a huge advantage to our community to have a local committeeman have a voice on the state level as well.
  
  
• Lakewood Yungerman says: April 2, 2010 at 2:03 pm It is so absurd to make the phony claim that Bob Singer will “raise” taxes!!?? All you posters out there are a bunch of frauds posting on behalf of herschel the toyman.. If anything, it’s just the opposite.. Bob Singer has always worked to LOWER our taxes against a democratically controlled committee.. Stop the Lies!!!
  
  
• taxpayer says: April 2, 2010 at 2:07 pm Herschel does NOT represent my voice.
  
  
• lakewood tax payer says: April 2, 2010 at 2:47 pm to # 11 listen to your self 8 fire houses 25 million dollar stadium that has zero revenue for the town strand theater zero revenue for town if he was a buisness man he would have been fired after he blew the first 25 million dollars then another 25 million public works building to keep outdoor equipment indoors?! now he wants to build a 25 million town hall?its not his money he is spending itde ours.
  
  
• to lakewood yungerman says: April 2, 2010 at 2:48 pm Get your facts straight BOB SINGER votes every year to raise our taxes! No layoffs etc. Just increasing taxes!!
  
  
• Dr. Smart says: April 2, 2010 at 2:49 pm Its all nice and dandy how all the comments are praising Bob for helping THEM personally. Not many praising him for what he has done for the township!!! Its quite obvious he was voted on the committee all these years because of the powers that be and the favors he provided to them. As we see and as hh said “we the people of lakewood are now the powers that be” and the game is over!!
  Hh might not have political experience but guess what- nobody else on the committee had either, yet they got the vote in exchange for………
  Time for change!!!
  
  
• community activist says: April 2, 2010 at 2:51 pm Bottom line is…. Singer does a lot of good things for his constituents, and for that we are grateful. He is a State Senator, part of his job is to assist his constituents with their needs.
  
  The question is would Lakewood gain by having another “voice” with voting power working for us (which would mean Hershkowitz or someone else)? Or will Singers clout (or the communities clout with Singer’s) be diminished somehow if he no longer has a committee vote?
  
  He works hard for this district for us in Trrenton.
  
  
• lakewood bochur says: April 2, 2010 at 3:21 pm to # 26 the fact is bob singer votes every year to raise our property taxes!! let him write a letter to everyone showing us where he cut spending!!!
  
  
• ASKAN SAYS says: April 2, 2010 at 3:24 pm There is a rumor that Bob Singer will not run in this years election can anyone confirm anything about singer running this year
  
  
• taxpayer says: April 2, 2010 at 4:04 pm I would vote for singer again if he cut taxes substanially. Otherwise its time for change!!
  
  
• Anonymous says: April 2, 2010 at 4:32 pm Meir, Menashe & Steve also vote every year to raise taxes. It’s disengeneous to lay this at the feet of Bob Singer. Taxes go up because the cost of goods and services goes up. Your gas costs more, you electric costs more, your tuition costs more, a house costs more, a car costs more, bread costs more, produce costs more – why is it that taxes are supposed to magically defy economic reality?? He also represents us well in Trenton – it would be a grave misstep to replace him on the Township Committee.
  
  
• reply to #20 pushiter says: April 2, 2010 at 4:49 pm please check your facts. Steven Langert & Bob Singer set up the downtown commission NOT HH.
  
  
• Taxpayer says: April 2, 2010 at 4:49 pm So we have a beautiful public works many firestations. BUT if you were running a business and spent equity you think how will this affect my future will I save money or gain money from it? from all the renovations have there been any way to decrease the work power or not? Strand has brought revenue to shops in Lakewood or not? (The downtown comiittee does not think so) The bottom line is what matters!
  
  
• harold(hershel)herskowitz says: April 2, 2010 at 5:21 pm There seems to be so many people posting on here all of the numerous favors Senator Singer has done for them in the past. If I had heard all these inspirational stories before, I may have decided not to run. Far be it for me to ruin such a lovely party.
  The fact remains that our Senator has not done much of substance in the past 29 years on the committee to help the population in general(we will talk about his Senate voting record closer to election day). Yes he has helped some specific individuals, yes he may even have helped a few organizations. Unfortunately it was at the expense of the general populace.
  As I’ve said numerous times. One favor usually needs to be paid with another.
  There is a bill to pay for all these favors, and it has come due.
  
  As to those on here that keep saying that I have no right to go against the VAAD. I must tell you the truth. There are some VAAD members that told me they support everything I am doing. The members that have no ulterior motives have assured me of their support. Whether they have the bravery to publicly announce it is another story.
  
  
• taxes... says: April 2, 2010 at 5:28 pm To mr annon. You say its not anyone’s fault bec “things go up”. That’s a nice argument, but if you do basic math the amount of new constuction (who don’t send to PS) is staggering in compared to inflation. A typical development can bring in over a half million a year. And what do they get for it??? Your argument holds no water!!! Gutshabbis
  
  
• to #22 says: April 2, 2010 at 5:40 pm empathetic?
  watch the report about the lakewood homeless on you tube
  search lakewood tent city. you will see a report where our committeeman tells a reporter, “this is my forest and if they dont leave we will force them to leave”. very empathetic . more like pathetic. and the way him and his committee reacts to residents that cry that we are killing ourselves with so many developments. very empathetic also.. just go to any meeting see how singer exudes empathy. like by the ems also.
  
  
• a working mom says: April 2, 2010 at 5:47 pm Senator singers office was very helpful to me when I had a complication with my state teaching license. They gave me contact people to call and followed up with both me and the agency. I am not saying I agree with all the things he does but he was helpful to me personaly. Can mr harold herschel do the same? Maybe… maybe not… and maybe there are more important things in town than some lady needing a license to get a job…like downtown and downtown and downtown….and downtown!
  
  
• playmobil says: April 2, 2010 at 6:25 pm I think the fact that senator singer has so many posters answering for him without him even having to say a word says a lot for him.
  
  
• logicman says: April 3, 2010 at 9:55 pm question
  all this about sen.singer’s office doing great things for people, isn’t that their job. Are we all excited that the garbageman took our garbage away? isn’t that what they are paid to do?
  
  
• so many posters? says: April 3, 2010 at 9:56 pm Do you really think you can judge anything by these posts? They can all be bob singer or his wife, or hershel himself, or his mother. Don’t be a fool. The only way we will know the truth is with a vote. I can guess who will win, but you never know till its over. People are fed up and want a change. They finally have a alternative to the same old ame old. But we never know till its over. Good luck to both men.
  
  
• Anonymous says: April 4, 2010 at 12:57 am Sounds like singer has one or two people writing posts on his behalf. But they all sound the same. Pathetic.
  Why don’t we hear any posts on how singer has helped us pay less taxes. Enough giving favors or special treatment in exchange for the masses paying more taxes.
  Don’t do me any special favors. Let me keep more of my hard earned money. Please just do what we elected you to do.
  
  
• a working mom says: April 4, 2010 at 2:07 am I’m for real I don’t know mr singer and never met him. I’m just saying that he helped me. I’m not saying to vote for him. But what has mr harold done for anyone? He doesn’t either have the answers to lower taxes. Langert was supposed to do that! Wasn’t that his big campaign promise? I’m tired of all these people coming here screaming about taxes and then doing nothing to change it. I guaranty you harold will bot lower your taxes. He’s not even dumb enough to claim he will because like he says most of it is from the boe and the mayor doesn’t control that.
  
  
• Senior Taxpayer says: April 4, 2010 at 8:11 am Senator Singer should remain as Senator & should no longer have a seat on the Township Committee. Mr Herskowitz is exactly the type of person that should be on the Local Government committee. Government needs to be responsive to all the people & not just the ones they personally favor. Lakewood is becoming a city & a Mayor should be elected by the people & not appointed.
  
  
• Me says: April 4, 2010 at 10:47 am #5 Would you be so kind as to name the many organiztions he has helped? That is, besides the 3 you mentioned.
  
  
• Eli S to #42 says: April 4, 2010 at 10:52 am Most of the homeless in “tent city” suffer from either mental illness or substance dependency. There are a number of government programs and not for profit organizations who are willing to help them. Living in a tent with propane heaters in the forest is a recipe for disaster. Feel free to do a search in APP news stories over the past 2 years detailing two deaths resulting from fires in “tent city” and other fires that didn’t result in deaths. Bob Singer is on the board of the States commision of Mental Health. He, better than anyone understands the difference between helping people and enabling bad, sometimes dangerous behaviour. The “Reverand” who runs the “tent city” is a known kook who is responsible for the deaths of the very people he claims to protect.
  With regards to developments in town, his empathy could be with the people looking for homes rather than with the voices of opposition. His final decision on that matter has no bearing on the argument of his “empathy”.
  On the matter of the EMS, I believe all of the commitee members were empathetic to the emotional pleas of the union, seniors and ems employees. The plain simple truth of the ems debate was dollars and cents. We all want our taxes reduced, which means government needs to reduce expenditures. Ems employees were overpaid, no one can deny that, so the commitee moved into make a cut. Did they enjoy it? Did Bob Singer and Steven Langert take some kind of perverse pleasure in cutting salary’s of dedicated public safety employees? I think not.
  BTW I don’t work for Bob Singer’s office, I’ve never received a favor from Bob Singer or his office. I don’t even know Bob Singer. I’m just a fat “Baal a bas” who isn’t working Chol Hamoed but who is sick of the uneducated running to Harold Hershkowitz because… Well I don’t know why they’re running after Harold perhaps because they’re uneducated.
  
  
• Eli S says: April 4, 2010 at 11:09 am Dear Harold
  thanks for clarifying for all of us where the VAAD stands on the issues.
  Some members on the vaad, who don’t have a hidden agenda, but wish to remain anonymous back you in your run for a senate seat.
  This is what I mean when I say you have a lack of respect. In that one statement you infer that a) the members of the VAAD derive personal gain from there positions. b) members of the vaad support you but only in secret for fear of repercussions, from who, pray tell? Perhaps you Reb Harold should be brave enough to tell all us simple folk who exactly is backing you? c) That even if members of the Vaad don’t agree with you it’s probably because they have their own self interests at heart.
  Am I way off base in assuming this is what you are proposing to us Harold?
  
  
• Eli S says: April 4, 2010 at 11:11 am Excuse me Harold in your run for a Township Commitee Seat.
  
  
• to eli s says: April 4, 2010 at 11:19 am Yes the uneducated are running to harold, and you the fat educated baal habaas have no ulterior motive to defend bob singer. But the facts remain. Singer went on television and said ” it is my forest, they have to leave”. As far as the EMS. Yes it was dollars and cents. The dollars that Langert and his uncle will make off of GEM getting the contract.(Spoiler alert). He is close friends with the owner of GEM ambulance company, and has a stake in it. They are in the process of expanding their. Company. Promises have been made, it is a done deal, Jersey style. As far as harold being uneducated, I have been reading what he writes about improving lakewood. So far, I must say, he has his head screwed on straight. So please don’t insult us.I think you should take some of your time off and read what he writes, he will be your committeeman soon, like it or not. As far as what the senator has done for this town in 29 years? Two words. Overexpansion, and debt. If he truly were in Trenton to help us, he would have made sure to get rte. 9 widened before allowing all those townhomes to be built. Obviously the builders came before the people.
  Enjoy your chol hamoed vacation. I and all my uneducated friends of hershel will.
  
  
• A resident of Lakewood for over 40 years says: April 4, 2010 at 5:07 pm I have known Sen. Singer for over 35 years and all the good things he’s done for the Township of Lakewood. The baseball stadium created jobs something that is much needed in this economy. It may not benefit some of us but it does bring in people to the town. If people would open their eyes to what he has done you’d leave him office. If he gets defeated, all the work he does for the township in Trenton will be lost and what you are currently getting in Lakewood as far as services will disappear. You don’t know how good you’ve got it till it’s gone. Vote against him and watch your tax dollars rise. You’ll deserve it.
  
  
• lkws friend says: April 4, 2010 at 5:36 pm #12 well said you are 100% on the money .all of these clowns dont know how much bob does for our town and that he is laways there for the average household
  
  
• brian says: April 5, 2010 at 11:40 am # 54, thank you for embracing your lack of education. Education often is overrated. However, to all the HH supporters, please try to be consistent. You can’t tell Singer he should reduce taxes, and then get upset over the EMS issue. For the record, the EMS issue was a financial decision. The conclusion was the EMS accepting a cut in pay. The tax payers gained. The EMS lost. There was no ficticious uncle / friend making money. So far HH has told us that in a two month election he will only share his ideas one at a time. He already sounds like a politician. The one item he gives us is related to the school budget, which he correctly points out as Lakewoods major tax burden. I thought he was running for the township committe. The township committe does not run the schools, the Board of Education does. As a township commiteeman, he could not implement any of the ideas indicated in his first official blog as a candidate. His uneducated supporters probably don’t realize this, but I assume he does. If he decides to run for the Board of Education next year, I will support him. It would give the township a good idea how sincere he is about issues not directly impacting downtown. At this time however we have an incumbent committeman with years of excellent service. Information on all of Singers accomplishments is readily available for anyone interested in looking.
  
  
• entitled to my opinion says: April 5, 2010 at 6:17 pm Well I can tell you that Singer and the rest of the committe are responsible for cutting my families living expenses by 30% as well as an additional 7.5% for out insurance. All this whill he makes a nice salery as a senator and additional money to be on the committee. where was his pay cut??? he should be leading by example not double dipping. Mr. Singer take your 30% pay cut and contribute to your insurance then maybe you would regain some respect from me but I for one will be campaigning for who ever will run against you.
  
  
• one who knows says: April 6, 2010 at 9:48 am fools, fools, why are you blaming Bob Singer for raising taxes?
  it take ALL of the committee to vote. he didn’t do it alone. and
  if the new guy runs he will also vote for a raise in taxes. there hasn’t
  been one comitteeman who doesn’t vote for it. if you have more people
  living in lakewood, than you need more services and that means more
  taxes or less service. you just cann’t do both no matter what you
  promise the public. as far as the Blue Claws-you wouldn’t know what
  is good for the township if it looked you in the eye. other towns would
  jump for the chance to have them- they bring jobs, joy, and a safe place at a cheap price for the whole family and put lakewood on the map. only those who don’t use it or appreciate it complains– and you
  are not the only people who pay taxes or live here. it is surpose to be for all the people of lakewood. give us a break. having someone in
  trenton to help us is only a plus. he gets our vote every time.
  
  
• one who knows says: April 6, 2010 at 9:48 am fools, fools, why are you blaming Bob Singer for raising taxes?
  it take ALL of the committee to vote. he didn’t do it alone. and
  if the new guy runs he will also vote for a raise in taxes. there hasn’t
  been one comitteeman who doesn’t vote for it. if you have more people
  living in lakewood, than you need more services and that means more
  taxes or less service. you just cann’t do both no matter what you
  promise the public. as far as the Blue Claws-you wouldn’t know what
  is good for the township if it looked you in the eye. other towns would
  jump for the chance to have them- they bring jobs, joy, and a safe place at a cheap price for the whole family and put lakewood on the map. only those who don’t use it or appreciate it complains– and you
  are not the only people who pay taxes or live here. it is surpose to be for all the people of lakewood. give us a break. having someone in
  trenton to help us is only a plus. he gets our vote every time.
  
  
• Me says: April 6, 2010 at 12:21 pm You go boy!!! to #54
  
  
• one who knows? says: April 6, 2010 at 9:53 pm Nobody is saying there is something wrong with having the blue claws. There is something wrong with wasting millions of dollars to get nothing in return. It did not put us on the map. It brings no respecatable jobs to our locals. No business to local stores. It will cost the taxpayers millions now. as far as being a joy. It has nothing to do with religion. Not everybody likes baseball.we needed to spend that money for all the people or for income producing ideas. As for the pride we get. You are the fool. The new blueclaws slogan does not include the word Lakewood. So sad. And even sadder that you could fall foer such foolish ideas. His nest idea is to build a 25 million dollar shiny new municipal building. That will put lakewood on the map. Right? And won’t raise our taxes right?
  
  
• To #58 entitled to my opinion says: April 7, 2010 at 6:52 am Apparently you are missing the mark. As a taxpayer, the pay cut the EMS took, which everyone taxpayer applauded as nobel, was a win for the community and taxpayers, services will remain the same and the town will save money. The EMS employees were the highest paid EMS in the nation, not just NJ, the nation….the USA for those not understanding the issue.
  
  You probably dont even reside in Lakewood, just like most, if not all of the EMS employees. SO, your antacs and comments mean just about nothing. You were propbably one of the employees who drove the over $100,000 ambulance (which I might add was ALL over the news) recklously last year at the Blueclaws Stadium and thought it was funny. Your comments lack responsibility as a member of a township department. If you would take your blinders off, you would see that the town did the right thing.
  
  As far as Sen. Singer and what he has done for the community, his service speaks for itself, as the residents of Lakewood and his district have always been a priority. Check out his record and you will see all the good he has done.
  
  Enough about the EMS deaprtment already…your fight is over Johnny, it’s over!
  
  As far as the other comments….Herschel, making up different names and placing new posts to appear as though they are not you is wrong. This site seems to be his ONLY sounding board as they post what they want to post. If it is negative about him, they do not post it. He should stick to the toy business. How about offering 20% off to all Lakewood residents who sacrifice each and every day, not just the EMS employees?